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  • Reverend Marsh Tells The Story Of Two Men Who ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
     | 955 views

    Reverend Marsh tells the story of two men who worked together for years. Joe went to church every Sunday, Harvey not at all. One Monday morning, Harvey said, "Joe, I went to church yesterday," whereupon Joe responded excitedly, "Harvey, I'm sure glad to hear that." Harvey continued, "The ...read more

  • Bernard Ebbers, Head Of Worldcom, Was Known As ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
     | 1,326 views

    Bernard Ebbers, head of WorldCom, was known as one of the most religious CEO’s in the high-tech sector of American business. Every board meeting began with a prayer. Ebbers served as a deacon in his Mississippi Baptist church, and led a bible study very competently. He was elected to the ...read more

  • I'm Fine, Sir!

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
     | 1,850 views

    "I'm Fine, Sir!" During the most intense fighting of the war with Iraq, I was listening to one of the embedded reporters who was traveling with a column of Marine tanks. He was sitting on top of one of the tanks when the enemy opened fire. He said it was a frightening moment, but he emerged ...read more

  • On Sheep

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,921 views

    On Sheep Jesus Christ is called The Great Shepherd; He calls us His sheep. On one of my shelves in my study is a little book bearing the title, "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23." The author, Phillip Keller, was a sheep rancher and has many insights to share about sheep. One that he shares is ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,715 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,814 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • Forgiveness Sets Me Free.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,284 views

    "FORGIVENESS SETS ME FREE." Kenneth Hart, a psychology professor at the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada), studied sixty-six recovering alcoholics. The individuals had one thing in common: They were all angry with someone. Teaching forgiveness, Hart found, is one way to break the cycle that ...read more

  • An Australian Mining Town Will Always Remember ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 29, 2008
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    An Australian mining town will always remember the year of the dramatic rescue. An earthquake killed one miner and trapped two others 3,000 feet under the ground. Days turned into weeks as miners bore through tons of rock; rescuers could only work one at a time on their backs in a cramped rescue ...read more

  • Volcanic Rock And Coal

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 3, 2009
     | 2,478 views

    VOLCANIC ROCK AND COAL When I went to Italy on holiday, one of the tours was to visit Mount Vesuvius. I climbed to the summit, and there was a huge crater with smoke coming out of it because, although the volcano is dormant just now, deep down in the earth there's molten rock. When the pressure ...read more

  • Remember With Me If You Can When Your Last Child ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
     | 1,410 views

    Remember with me if you can when your last child was born. For my wife and me it was in Hoffman Estates Medical Center, on October 17, 1986 at 1:58 a.m. We entered the hospital on a cool dark evening with great expectation about what was soon to occur. Birth pains gradually came in shorter and ...read more

  • Give Me All, And I'll Give You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    GIVE ME ALL, AND I’LL GIVE YOU ME In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: Christ says, "Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I ...read more

  • What Must I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
     | 3,733 views

    WHAT MUST I DO? Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book on golf has sold more than a million copies. It is one of the biggest things in the history of sports books. In the 1920s, Penick bought a red spiral notebook and began jotting down observations about golf. He never showed the book to anyone except ...read more

  • A Child ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 4,720 views

    A CHILD LEGEND A classic illustration by D. L. Moody There is a beautiful legend told about a little girl who was the first-born of a family in Egypt, when the destroying angel swept through that land, and consequently who would have been a victim on that night if the protecting blood were not ...read more

  • Everyone Needs This List To ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
     | 2,469 views

    Everyone Needs this List to Live. * The most destructive habit: Worry, * The greatest Joy: Giving, * The greatest loss: Loss of self-respect, * The most satisfying work: Helping others, * The ugliest personality trait: Selfishness, * The most endangered species: Dedicated ...read more

  • More Time Later...?

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 2, 2009
     | 1,244 views

    MORE TIME LATER...? When I returned from my trip to Europe, back in 1982, I remember a conversation I had with an high school classmate. He asked me if I heard about Vick, another classmate of ours. Vick was one of my old partying buddies from before I accepted Christ. His parents were good ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot On His Sufficient Grace For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
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    Elizabeth Elliot on His Sufficient Grace for Discipleship It’s the anticipation of that “glory of victory” that helps us to persevere in the hard times. It’s the assurance of that coming crown that helps us bear our cross today. Just one year after her husband was slain in Ecuador, along with ...read more

  • Spiritual Zombies

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 256 views

    Ephesians 2:1-3 “2 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves ...read more

  • Funny Prayers

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 1,758 views

    I found this collection of funny prayers on-line: • Lord, I ask that you give me the superpower to eat as much pizza as I want without gaining any weight. It would truly be a miracle and make my life complete. Amen. • Lord, I ask that you make all the calories in donuts and ice cream disappear, ...read more

  • Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 3, 2025
     | 129 views

    It’s Christmas Eve in 1818, in the little village of Oberndorf near Salzburg. St. Nicholas Church will soon be full. Father Joseph Mohr has words for a new carol—but no melody. He walks through the snow to the nearby village of Arnsdorf and asks his friend, schoolteacher Franz Gruber, “Could you ...read more

  • I Am A Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on May 26, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 6,379 views

    I am a soldier in the army of my God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my commanding officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct, Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit-- trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire. I am a ...read more