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  • Family  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,058 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

  • How Many Of Us Have To Go Down That Far Before We ...

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Apr 1, 2007
     | 1,647 views

    How many of us have to go down that far before we decide we need to change our direction? Many people find the story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale hard to believe. How many think it’s just a story made up to Illustrate something? There is an account of a whaling ship in 1891 called the Star ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago During The Easter Season A Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,101 views

    A few years ago during the Easter season a very unusual cross was constructed on the front lawn of a church in Dallas, Texas. The cross, which was at least 10 feet tall, became extremely controversial. Many people in the community, some of whom were church members, wanted the cross to be taken ...read more

  • Jesus Was Crucified, Not In A Cathedral Between ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,874 views

    Jesus was crucified, not in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves. - George F. MacLeod The cross cannot be defeated, for it is defeat. - Gilbert K. Chesterton There are no crown-wearers in heaven who were not cross-bearers here below. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon We ...read more

  • On Sunday, February 18, 2001, Nascar Lost One Of ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 11, 2004
     | 1,580 views

    “On Sunday, February 18, 2001, NASCAR lost one of its greatest drivers. Dale Earnhardt Sr., also known as "The Intimidator," was in third place on the last lap of the Daytona 500 when his car was tapped from behind and sent head-on into the wall at 180 mph. In a matter of moments it was ...read more

  • A Man Went To The Doctor After Weeks Of Symptoms. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 31, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,181 views

    A man went to the doctor after weeks of symptoms. The doctor examined him carefully, then called the patient’s wife into his office. “Your husband is suffering from a rare form of anemia. Without treatment, he’ll be dead in a few weeks. The good news is, it can be treated with proper nutrition.” ...read more

  • Almost Everyone Would Rather Have Sunshine Than ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 30, 2004
     | 1,436 views

    Almost everyone would rather have sunshine than showers. But just imagine what our world would be like if it never rained again. An example of such a place is in Northern Chile. Franklin Elmer, Jr., described a region between the great Andes mountain range and the Pacific Ocean where rain never ...read more

  • B. We Can Be Thankful Even During The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,144 views

    B. We can be thankful even during the most difficult circumstances in life. We see an especially inspiring example of a brave and thankful heart in the story behind one of the church’s thanksgiving songs #788 in our hymnal, Now Thank WE All Our God. This hymn was written during the 30 years war ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Continuing Hope

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
     | 4,660 views

    BILLY GRAHAM'S CONTINUING HOPE Billy Graham has been through the grinder in recent years. He lost his beloved wife, and he is suffering from the effects of Parkinson’s disease, making him unable to continue his crusade work. In his latest letter to the public, he has this to say about the hope ...read more

  • The Rich Man Had No Excuse As Lazarus Sat Right ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 13, 2009
     | 1,484 views

    The rich man had no excuse as Lazarus sat right outside his gate. He can’t claim that he didn’t know or didn’t see the poor. Sound familiar? “I don’t know any poor.” We live in the suburbs so we don’t have to see the poor. We applaud laws that keep the homeless from sleeping where we can see them ...read more

  • Confusing Messages

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 19, 2009
     | 3,624 views

    CONFUSING MESSAGES PARIS (AFP) – Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported. ...the new study, led by Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute ...read more

  • Only A Full View Will Do  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,928 views

    Only a Full View Will Do But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord [2Cor. 3:18]. I wish I had spent more time looking in the "mirror," beholding Him more. In the Word of God we ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,110 views

    IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL Horatio Gates Spafford, a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman, suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife were still grieving over the death of their son shortly before the fire, and he realized they needed to get away for a vacation. Knowing ...read more

  • Something He Didn't Do

    Contributed by Josh Cougle on Apr 6, 2010
     | 3,193 views

    SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO My fourth daughter Kezzi is struggling through some things lately; one of them is lying. She's an obvious liar too. A month or so ago, someone left the milk out. Not a huge thing in itself, but Kezzi isn't supposed to pour the milk. Now that complicates it. I call all of the ...read more

  • A Marriage Made In Heaven

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 8, 2010
     | 3,133 views

    A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite Italian sprinkle cookies wafting up the stairs. Gathering his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against ...read more

  • Our Tongues Get Us Into Trouble

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,962 views

    OUR TONGUES GET US INTO TROUBLE The classic movie, "A Christmas Story," is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphy. One scene depicts a school recess in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates argue whether a person’s tongue ...read more

  • Christians Still Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,655 views

    CHRISTIANS STILL PERSECUTED * Last year (July 2009), Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City was told that she would help a doctor perform an abortion or be fired. Even though the hospital knew it was against her Christian values. * In September of 2009 at Pace ...read more

  • Many Clearly Biblical, Crucial Beliefs Are Under ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
     | 1,856 views

    Many clearly Biblical, crucial beliefs are under assault these days. One of those beliefs is our conviction that Christ died as our substitute, that he took our sins upon himself when he died on the cross, and that he paid the penalty for our sins and offered himself as a sacrifice to the Father, ...read more

  • If He Hadn't Taken My Son

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2011
     | 1,518 views

    "IF HE HADN'T TAKEN MY SON" Imagine the following scenario: Three little boys walk into a large electrical compound in Okinawa when the workmen momentarily walks to his truck to get some tools. One of those boys touches a live wire and is instantly electrocuted to death. The parents are ...read more

  • A Mother's Marred Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,206 views

    A MOTHER'S MARRED HANDS There was a teenager who didn’t want to be seen in public with her mother, because her mother’s arms were terribly disfigured. One day when her mother took her shopping and reached out her hand, a clerk looked horrified. Later, crying, the girl told her how embarrassed she ...read more

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