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  • Her God Was Able

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,474 views

    Her name will never be in the history books, but it is written in the Book of Life. She was never an item in the newspaper, but she was God’s reporter, telling His good news. She never had much formal education, but like her Lord she taught with authority from her own experience of God’s grace. ...read more

  • Army Paratrooper Takes Comfort And Hope Listening ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
     | 4,348 views

    Army Paratrooper Takes Comfort and Hope Listening To Taps During the Vietnam War A story from a Vietnam veteran testifies of God’s transforming work. I served as an airborne Ranger platoon leader (paratrooper) in the First Air Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War. Our company was hacked up ...read more

  • Roy Riegels: Don't Give Up

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,338 views

    ROY RIEGELS: DON'T GIVE UP On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played the University of California in the Rose Bowl. A UC player named Roy Riegels, who was their center, recovered a fumble for California and in the confusion of evading some of the Georgia Tech tacklers, started running ...read more

  • Crashing Through  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,179 views

    CRASHING THROUGH At three years old, Mike Mays was accidentally blinded by a chemical explosion when he and his 4-year-old sister were playing in the garage. He lived his entire life until he was well into his forties before having his eyesight was restored by a pioneering ophthalmologist. But ...read more

  • If Only I Would Take Notes

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 26, 2022
     | 586 views

    As a writer, I always have a small notebook in my shirt pocket to take notes when I have an idea. I don’t have too many ideas, so I want to write down any I get so I don’t forget them. That has helped me out on many occasions. There is one exception. When The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage ...read more

  • The Crowd Jumps To Its Feet. Many Clench Tissues ...  PRO

    Contributed by Everette Pafford on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,772 views

    The crowd jumps to its feet. Many clench tissues or wipe tears on their sleeves. The applause is thunderous, intermingled with cheers and praise to God. Who would have guessed a developmentally challenged teen could invoke such a response? For my son, Christopher Kline, from Madison ...read more

  • Don't Give Pain The Short Shrift!" Luke 13:10-17 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,416 views

    “Don’t Give Pain the Short Shrift!” Luke 13:10-17 Key verse(s): 16:“‘Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’.” Many things in this life get short shrift. Perhaps its the lot of the ...read more

  • There Once Was A Woman Who Really Felt She Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,904 views

    There once was a woman who really felt she had nothing to share with or give to God and his people. During the services she would sit, sing softly to herself, pray to herself, engage in little small talk afterward. On Sunday the preacher gave a message on Expressions of Gratitude. When she went ...read more

  • What Kids Need  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,771 views

    WHAT KIDS NEED Today’s kids desperately need Dads who: . . . play catch, enjoy tea parties or wrestle because the heart of a child is there and they set out to capture it. . . . laugh till their belly hurts and tears fall from their eyes while secretly creating deep friendships and memories that ...read more

  • I Am The Greatest" I Like Boxing. Not The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,096 views

    “I am the greatest” I like boxing. Not the biggest fan, but I enjoy it. I just read this past week that Jermain Taylor is going back to his original trainer, the one he became champion under. We should be proud of him as Arkansans, from what I hear he is an outstanding young man, not your ...read more

  • God In Real Life

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 3, 2008
     | 2,423 views

    GOD IN REAL LIFE There is this Christian comedian who was sharing his testimony. He came to a point in his life when he was drinking, doing some drugs, had some money issues, his relationship with his wife was falling apart, and he said that he had even beat his small child for crying. When all ...read more

  • Punishment Teaches The Great Lesson That Choices ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007
     | 2,422 views

    Punishment teaches the great lesson that choices have consequences. I have been spanked, but the worst punishment I ever had was not a spanking. I called my grandmother an old “battleaxe”. I didn’t even know what it meant. She told me, “Well this old battle axe is going to make you sit in the ...read more

  • B. The Largest Church In The World Is David ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 27, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,560 views

    b. The largest church in the world is David Yonngi Cho’s church in South Korea which numbers over 800,000 people. It is know for it’s “Power Evangelism model of prayer and miracles.” He adds, “Healing has always played a major role in Cho’s church. Spiritual warfare through prayer has ...read more

  • Wrong Way

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
     | 3,512 views

    Illustration: On New Years Day, 1929, Georgia Tech was playing California. Late in the second quarter, Roy Regals recovered a fumble for California, and in his excitement became confused and began running in the wrong direction. After racing 65 yards he was finally tackled by his own player at ...read more

  • The Father Loves You

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 15, 2008
     | 4,024 views

    THE FATHER LOVES YOU The memory of one particular evening when my wife and I lived in Florida remains fresh in my mind. We were invited by some friends to listen to their children's contemporary Christian band play some of their new songs at the "Coffee Spot" in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It's ...read more

  • When Was The Last Time You Took Some Time Out To ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,727 views

    When was the last time you took some time out to play the age-old children’s game, “Who am I? Well, after the sermon this morning you will be able to tell all of your friends that you last played it at church during the worship service. That is how we are going to start out this morning, with a ...read more

  • Beauty And The Beast

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 19, 2005
     | 3,676 views

    INTRODUCTION... Beauty and the Beast One of my wife’s favorite movies of all time is Disney’s ’Beauty and the Beast’ which came out in the early 90s. The story centers around a young woman named Belle and her experiences with the Beast. The story begins with her father becoming lost in the woods ...read more

  • Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 26, 2006
     | 2,550 views

    ILLUSTRATION... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [may need Buzz L toy to explain] I was watching a cartoon with my kids the other day and a great example of unity piped into my home through the TV. The cartoon was Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (one of Nate and Ian’s favorite ...read more

  • These Are Actual Answering Machine Answers ...

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,994 views

    These are actual answering machine answers recorded and verified by the world-famous International Institute of Answering Machine Answers *Hello, you are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They ...read more

  • Any Adults Here Remember The Television Show, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,656 views

    Any adults here remember the television show, "Emergency?"¨ That was my ultra-favorite show. And at times I wish I had TV Land on my TV so I could watch it still. But because of that show, I was planning to be a paramedic, like the guys on that show. I thought it was really cool to use the ...read more