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  • Knowing Scripture To Save Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 19, 2009
     | 1,714 views

    KNOWING SCRIPTURE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Several years ago in Guatemala, a young Christian named Paulos had been arrested with a gang of robbers. In that place and in those days, anyone suspected of a crime, was immediately taken to an open field, ordered to dig a hole, and then toppled into the hole ...read more

  • When Life Crashes In  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    When Life Crashes In The classic MG moved briskly through the afternoon traffic. The drive enjoyed the quick response of the small high-powered convertible. After driving her station wagon, this little red car was rather like taking off her boots and putting on sneakers. Driving along with the ...read more

  • Relying On Technology

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 15, 2012
     | 3,084 views

    RELYING ON TECHNOLOGY The following two news stories come from Reuters: "A Ukraine businessman who bought a pager for each member of his staff as a New Year gift was so alarmed when all 50 of them went off at the same time that he drove his car into a lamp post. The unnamed businessman was ...read more

  • Shortly After The First Edition Of The Miami ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jun 26, 2008
     | 2,537 views

    Shortly after the first edition of the Miami Herald had gone to press on Sunday night, December 29, 1946, Timothy Sullivan answered the telephone on the city desk. “Please help me,” a woman’s voice pleaded. “My husband is bleeding to death.” Sullivan got the entire story. The man’s name was Rudy ...read more

  • Listen Carefully  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,141 views

    LISTEN CAREFULLY Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and ...read more

  • Back When The Telegraph Was The Fastest Method Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,259 views

    Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter, ...read more

  • Sleeping In The Cemetery  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,221 views

    SLEEPING IN THE CEMETERY According to a March, 2005 news report, a tramp in Holland has been found using the cemetery as his sleeping quarters. The man was charged by police after they caught him a second time sleeping in the graveyard at Nijmegen. The 43-year old had dug out the earth from ...read more

  • A Woman, Her Attacker, And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 5,167 views

    A WOMAN, HER ATTACKER, AND THE BIBLE Earlier this year, a North Carolina woman read the Bible to her attacker for an hour and a half after he slashed her throat before the man apologized and left. Lindsay Wood, 32, of Shelby, N.C., had just arrived home from Bible study on Wednesday. Wood asked her ...read more

  • Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed Are Those Who Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,404 views

    Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." On June 17, 2004, when Sister Jiang Zongxiu went to the market in Guizhou Province, China, she thought it would be just another day. Along with her mother-in-law, Jiang went through ...read more

  • Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed Are Those Who Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,668 views

    Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." On June 17, 2004, when Sister Jiang Zongxiu went to the market in Guizhou Province, China, she thought it would be just another day. Along with her mother-in-law, Jiang went through ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,626 views

    BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED Matt 5.10-12 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." On June 17, 2004, when Sister Jiang Zongxiu went to the market in Guizhou Province, China, she thought it would be just another day. Along with her ...read more

  • Cliques

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 22, 2025
     | 228 views

    According to Forbes.com, “If you thought cliques were a thing of your past—something from your high school years—you thought wrong. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 43% of workers say their office is populated by cliques—which are tightly knit ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Young Soldier In The Army ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Aug 6, 2008
     | 4,736 views

    The story is told of a young soldier in the army of Alexander the Great who, during one violent battle, could not control the fear that gripped him. The young man turned from the battle and fled. In the course of his attempt to flee, an officer apprehended him and took in chains to stand before ...read more

  • We Think God Should Just Forgive Everyone And Let ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
     | 1,867 views

    We think God should just forgive everyone and let everyone go to Heaven. EXAMPLE If I write up a petition saying pardon all criminals Tear down the prisons and do away with all of the laws get rid of the police force and courts. Would you sign it? Not one of you is in favor of ...read more

  • Kind Of Like The Guy Who Had Too Much To Drink ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 5, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,702 views

    Kind of like the guy who had too much to drink and he was driving -- all of the sudden he turns down a road going the wrong direction. The police finally pull him over and said to the man, "Hey fella, what are you doing, you could have killed yourself and someone else. Didn't you ...read more

  • Boudreaux And Dufrene Were Drinking A Few Beers ...

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Apr 27, 2003
     | 2,590 views

    Boudreaux and Dufrene were drinking a few beers while driving around, when Boudreaux saw a roadblock ahead. He couldn’t turn around, so he told Dufrene, "peel the label off your bottle and put in on your forehead." "Are you crazy," Dufrene responded? "No! Just do it and let me do the talking," ...read more

  • A Certain Story Is Told About The Construction Of ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,354 views

    A Certain story is told about the construction of the overseas highway between Miami, Florida, and Key West, Florida. In the midst of the construction, a fierce storm destroyed most of the work that had been done. The man in charge called b back to his home office described ...read more

  • If You Thought Christian Martyrdom Was Merely A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,364 views

    If you thought Christian martyrdom was merely a part of history, listen to this statistic: more Christians have been killed for their faith in this century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. According to Paul Marshall, author of Their Blood Cries Out, in more than 60 countries ...read more

  • When My Eldest Brother Peter Was Caught In A ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
     | 1,814 views

    When my eldest brother Peter was caught in a riot at the university, he realized that at his age, he couldn’t confront the riot police as they engaged the students in the melee. He therefore thought very fast in order to save his skin. He took an African basket and bought some groceries - cabbages, ...read more

  • Missing Husband

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
     | 5,054 views

    MISSING HUSBAND A woman went to the police station to report her husband as missing. She described him as "29 years old, six foot three, athletic, and handsome." The sergeant shook his head. "Wait a minute, lady. I know your husband. He’s 50, short, and overweight." The woman said, ...read more