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  • Mary Did You Know

    Contributed by Rev. Randy Barker on Apr 4, 2025
     | 212 views

    Mary did you know First choice Luke chapter 2:1-20 Second choice Matthew chapter 1: 18-25 1. I love Christmas but the reason why I love it has changed throughout the years!!! 2. Paul Harvey 3. Story of Bible (creation, Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, the law, Christmas) 4. ...read more

  • Riding The Hallelujah Train To The End

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 16, 2021
     | 1,811 views

    We had a long, hard week with problems and difficulties that took time to solve, if they even were solved. It is quite interesting to me that when I solve one problem, two other problems appear. I think they’re all waiting in line. In particular, one day was rather difficult and zapped both of us ...read more

  • It’s All In The Script

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 14, 2022
     | 1,626 views

    Everybody is concerned about details in various aspects of life. I like overseeing the details of my life to make sure I'm going in the right direction. I'm not always going in the right direction, as you can imagine. However, everybody's idea of detail management is not always the ...read more

  • Sir Forgets-A-Lot To The Rescue

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 17, 2022
     | 1,376 views

    Contrary to the idea that the older you get, the more you forget, it has never been my experience. I have forgotten things for as long as I can remember. I even forget things that never actually happened. It runs in our family, though it came to me legitimately down through the generations. A nut ...read more

  • The Right Side  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Daugherty on May 22, 2001
    based on 199 ratings
     | 6,562 views

    THE RIGHT SIDE The story is told of a little girl who had lived her life in the city and was acclimated to the many street lights at night. She had opportunity to go to the country on a vacation. One starlit night, she and her mother stood gazing up into the sky without any street lights to ...read more

  • Even Though The Two Copies Of Isaiah Discovered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 1,995 views

    "Even though the two copies of Isaiah discovered in Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea in 1947 were a thousand years earlier than the oldest dated manuscript previously known (A.D. 980), they proved to be word for word identical with out standard Hebrew Bible in more than 95 percent of the text. The ...read more

  • The Legendary Bear Bryant Once Told A Second ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
     | 1,538 views

    The legendary Bear Bryant once told a second string quarterback to go in the game and run out clock. The quarterback ran two plays, then throws a pass intercepted by an All American safety. The quarterback, who is the slowest man on field, catches him on 1 yard line. Other coach asked, how? And ...read more

  • Subtlety Of Pride  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,492 views

    SUBTLETY OF PRIDE Paul W. Powell once observed: “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and ...read more

  • According To Medieval Legend, Before King Arthur ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 27, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,180 views

    "According to medieval legend, before King Arthur sent his knights on errantry to right wrongs and befriend the helpless, he would call them together at his round table, where each knight could see the face of the his king and the faces of his fellows. Shall the followers of the King of Kings do ...read more

  • 65279;one Day, My Son Jonathan Came Home From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 2,985 views

    One day, my son Jonathan came home from preschool with a picture of Adam and Eve he had colored. He began to tell me the story of creation, and it seemed as though he had his facts down pretty well. "Adam and Eve disobeyed God because they ate the fruit God told them not to eat," he ...read more

  • Earl Allen's Book, Sign Of The Star, Relates The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,188 views

    Earl Allen’s book, Sign of the Star, relates the Suffering Servant to the Christmas story. Allen wrote: “Near the cradle of Bethlehem stands the cross, God’s Christmas tree—you can’t make anything else out of it. The blood of Jesus Christ has been the red ribbon strung from that first coat of skins ...read more

  • On 21 February A German Newspaper -- Badische ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Feb 22, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,174 views

    On 21 February a German Newspaper -- Badische Zeitung -- carried a story of a group of people in Freiburg who started a social help initiative to help the retired people who suffer from extreme sense of loneliness. This group organises for such people memory training, various games, ...read more

  • When Abraham Lincoln Was A Boy He Husked Corn ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 27, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,265 views

    When Abraham Lincoln was a boy he husked corn three days to pay for a second-hand copy of “The Life of Washington.” After he had read the book he said, “I don’t intend to shuck corn and split rails all my life.” When asked what he aspired to, he said, “Someday I’ll be president of the ...read more

  • A Common Source Of Challenge In Life Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 25, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,661 views

    A common source of challenge in life is commitment as illustrated in the following story: The church choir director was frustrated with the sporadic attendance of all the choir members for rehearsals for the Christmas Choral Concert. At the final rehearsal he announced, “I want to personally thank ...read more

  • Whenever I'm Tempted To Whine About The Demands ...

    Contributed by Curtis Deming on Apr 16, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,413 views

    Whenever I’m tempted to whine about the demands of leadership, I think of the story of Timothy. He had just heard Paul deliver the report of the Jerusalem Council that circumcision was unnecessary for Gentile converts. Yet Paul circumcised Timothy to avoid offending the Jews in the area. Timothy ...read more

  • The Movie Clip You Just Saw Is From The Life Of ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 2, 2005
     | 1,729 views

    The movie clip you just saw is from the life of Frank Abigale Jr. is based on the true story of his life as told in the movie, "Catch Me If You Can." Did you notice that he successfully pretended to be an airline pilot, doctor and lawyer. Before he was caught he cashed over $4 million of bad checks ...read more

  • A Short While Before Dr. J. B. Chapman Passed ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 2, 2006
     | 1,446 views

    “A SHORT WHILE BEFORE Dr. J. B. Chapman passed away, he was addressing a gathering of preachers, when he said, “We have reached the place where one plays a handsaw and another gives a “Life’s Story,” gathering a big crowd and we call that revival. No! that is not a revival; that is a farce. ...read more

  • Forrest Carter, In His Book The Education Of ...

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Nov 27, 2006
     | 1,615 views

    Forrest Carter, in his book the Education of Little Tree set around the great depression he relays the story of a grandfather’s explanation to his grandson his use of the phrase “I kin you”. It meant to love and understand. “Grandpa said back before his time ‘kinfolk’ meant any folks that you ...read more

  • Sheltered

    Contributed by Roger Roark on May 19, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,262 views

    When I was a child, I was afraid of the dark. I would go get in bed with my dad, and he would tell me a story, and I knew everything was okay. As long as I was with him, I knew nothing would harm me. That is the way our heavenly Father wants us to feal about Him. He wants us to know that He is ...read more

  • He Made Free Use Of Christian Vocabulary. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,549 views

    He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions, which would become the pillars of the new government. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to the church papers. He showed his tattered Bible and declared that he ...read more