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  • When Joe Wright Was Asked To Open The New Session ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,374 views

    When Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual politically correct generalities. But, what they heard instead was a prayer delivered with grace yet full of truth. "Heavenly Father we ask Your forgiveness. We know Your Word says, ’Woe on ...read more

  • John Jay Was A Delegate At That First Continental ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Aug 25, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    John Jay was a delegate at that first continental congress. At a very young age JAY was one of the smartest and most respected lawyers in the colonies. You may have never heard of John Jay before, but in the early history of U.S. government, Jay was responsible for single handedly averting a war ...read more

  • A Group Of Frogs Were Traveling Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 21, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,649 views

    A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two fallen frogs that they were as good as dead. The two fallen frogs ignored their comments and tried to jump up ...read more

  • Some Time Ago, In Los Angeles, There Was A Person ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,549 views

    Some time ago, in Los Angeles, there was a person called the “Human Fly.” This man could literally climb the sides of department store buildings and slide along the walls without help from any outside force. He was a master. That’s why they called him the “Human Fly.” One Friday afternoon, a ...read more

  • In Eastern Lands, People Used Public Baths And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Wright on Mar 30, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,865 views

    In Eastern lands, people used public baths and got dressed again; as they walked in the dusty streets, their feet became dirty. On arriving home, they did not need another bath; they needed only to wash their feet. When the Jewish priests were ordained, they were washed all over (Ex. 29:4), which ...read more

  • In A Cemetery In Hanover, Germany, Is A Grave On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,520 views

    In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her grave be made so ...read more

  • The Devil's Great Deception

    Contributed by Steaven Snow on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,631 views

    The Devil’s Great Deception Last Saturday, two ladies from the church were out soul-winning. As they approached a large yellow house with quaint burgundy shutters, they noticed the ramp leading up to the front door. It led up to a large porch with a swinging gate. When they knocked on the ...read more

  • Leave It Up All Year Long  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,325 views

    LEAVE IT UP ALL YEAR LONG Not too many years ago newspapers carried the story of Al Johnson, a Kansas man who repented, who came to faith in Jesus Christ. What made his story so remarkable was not his conversion, but the fact that as a result of his newfound faith in Christ, he confessed to a bank ...read more

  • A Man Urgently Needed To Get To Town. So He Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Nov 23, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,228 views

    A man urgently needed to get to town. So he went to a neighbor who happened to be a pastor and asked to borrow his horse. The pastor obliged but told the man that there were some special instructions required for riding this particular horse. The preacher said, “since we need to begin our ...read more

  • Family  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,977 views

    Family Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail’s pace of the ...read more

  • Torn Away: Baby Richard

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Oct 11, 2009
     | 2,584 views

    TORN AWAY: BABY RICHARD When Paul says that they were "torn away" from them, that word translated as "torn away" means bereaved or made an orphan. He feels like he has been torn away from his children. When I hear this word, I get a certain picture in my head. Baby Richard – 1995 (picture of ...read more

  • Claiming ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010
     | 2,241 views

    Claiming Forgiveness How do we know our sins are gone in God’s sight? Most of us know we have been born again. We see the difference. But how do we know we are forgiven? We know it only by taking God at His word and claiming it by faith. Emperor Napoleon, riding through his ranks fell ...read more

  • Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010
     | 3,362 views

    Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery Kunta Kinte lived free among the Mandinka people of West Africa, becoming a Mandinka warrior at fifteen. But then as he gathered wood for a drum outside his village, slavers captured him. Stacked away on a slave ship piled up with a hundred seventy other slaves, he ...read more

  • Kirby Puckett: Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,272 views

    KIRBY PUCKETT: DISCIPLE Few have illustrated the process of imitating Jesus as an apprentice, a student, a disciple than Kirby Puckett, who was the centerfielder for 13 years for the Minnesota Twins baseball team. He had a career batting average of .318, made the All Star lineup ten years in a ...read more

  • Happiness Is The Lord

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 3,174 views

    "HAPPINESS IS THE LORD" Ira F. Stanphill was born in Belview, New Mexico, in 1914. He has written more than 550 songs, the most popular of which are "Mansion over the Hilltop," "Room at the Cross," and, of course, "Happiness Is the Lord." On any number of occasions the Lord has given a song to a ...read more

  • De-Sanctified Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
     | 3,969 views

    DE-SANCTIFIED CHURCHES Not too long ago, a real estate listing in Dallas had the simple headline: "Converted Church." In other words, what had once been a church facility is now somebody's house. The listing under the heading had this description: "The altar has been adapted for use as a granite ...read more

  • Firm Foundation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,785 views

    FIRM FOUNDATION Ravi Zacharias told about doing a lectureship several years ago at the Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, they passed what was then the "new" Wexner Art Center. The driver commented, "This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating ...read more

  • Two Faces

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 5, 2011
     | 1,781 views

    TWO FACES WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being euthanized because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only ...read more

  • God Is For Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,678 views

    GOD IS FOR US Keith Hartsell of Wheaton, Illinois, was driving around with a friend of his in California, when he noticed that his friend's cell phone was locked with an unusual password -- pro nobis. Keith asked him what pro nobis meant and why he chose that for a password. Keith's friend told ...read more

  • The Emporer's Clothes

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 19, 2014
     | 7,334 views

    Do you remember the story of the emperor’s clothes? If I am recalling it right, someone persuaded the emperor to buy a suit of clothes that only people with the most exquisite taste in fashion could see. Of course, the emperor could not see the clothes, nor could anyone else – because the peddler ...read more