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  • High On Their Huddles

    Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,811 views

    HIGH ON THEIR HUDDLES One of my favorite preachers is Dr. Tony Evans in Dallas. Some years ago I heard him give the following description of the purpose of the church service. He said, "In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play; that is ...read more

  • When Muller Prayed

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 10, 2011
     | 3,624 views

    WHEN MULLER PRAYED During GEORGE MULLER'S life, he received more than 1,000,000 pounds from the Lord, without advertising - every penny came as an answered prayer. The following story is told by the captain of a ship on which he was traveling. "We had George Muller of Bristol, England on board," ...read more

  • Where Do We Stand?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Jul 19, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,343 views

    WHERE DO WE STAND? This past Tuesday morning I had finally settled down into my easy chair to read the daily news paper. As always, I turned to the editorial section of which is one of favorites, besides the daily “Frank and Ernest” cartoon. There I found a very interesting Readers Commentary ...read more

  • Losing The Boys

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 24, 2011
     | 1,843 views

    LOSING THE BOYS Dr. H Norman Wright tells this story: My wife and I had just arrived home from vacation, and the phone rang. It was our house painter. He said, "I remembered that your son died. My daughter just lost two of her little boys. Can you help her?" We agreed, so my wife and I made an ...read more

  • Running The Race God's Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,863 views

    RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S WAY Joni Eareckson Tada recently told a story commenting on Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." She writes, "My husband, Ken, serves ...read more

  • I Could Have Done More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,526 views

    I COULD HAVE DONE MORE The film Schindler's List chronicled the heroic efforts of a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler. Through his unselfish activities, over a thousand Jews on the trains to Auschwitz were saved. After Schindler found out what was happening at Auschwitz, he began a ...read more

  • Making Service A Joy

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 2, 2011
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    MAKING SERVICE A JOY An amusing story was told to me by the manager of a New York hotel. The great Paderewski occupied a suite there a number of years ago during one of his seasons at Carnegie Hall. It was the master’s custom to practice for a couple of hours every morning on the magnificent ...read more

  • We Need Models

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 15, 2011
     | 3,510 views

    WE NEED MODELS Peter tells us not only that Jesus Christ is the model but what are the tools and pieces to put together so that this model is complete and working for God's glory and our security in our lives. I remember getting a model car for a birthday present when I was about 12. It was a ...read more

  • When One Is Threatened  PRO

    Contributed by Pramod Kumar Eleti on Feb 12, 2012
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    WHEN ONE IS THREATENED A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a Mouse-Trap Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a ...read more

  • Go Find Something To Do For God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    GO FIND SOMETHING TO DO FOR GOD Ruth Rettig tells the story of having gone through unsuccessful cancer surgery and following up with chemo in Houston, which meant 500-mile roundtrips from their home in central Texas. The trips were exhausting enough but the chemo made her feel sick to death. She ...read more

  • Lottery's Biggest Losers

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 3, 2012
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     | 2,841 views

    LOTTERY'S BIGGEST LOSERS Winning the lottery isn’t a guaranteed ticket to the good life, as these previous winners can attest: --Jack Whittaker: This West Virginia businessman won $315 million in the Powerball lottery in 2002, the largest jackpot ever from a single ticket in American history at ...read more

  • Not Allowed To Die  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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     | 3,286 views

    NOT ALLOWED TO DIE Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more ...read more

  • Instructions Are Life Or Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
     | 4,514 views

    INSTRUCTIONS ARE LIFE OR DEATH Imagine with me if you can. You're rafting down the Ocoee, splashing through a huge rapid when all of a sudden, you find yourself flying over the front of the boat. You're tossing and turning in the waves, and your mind and body are telling you to get stabilized. Our ...read more

  • Ken Wales: Christian Integrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 4,483 views

    KEN WALES: CHRISTIAN INTEGRITY Ken Wales is a TV and film producer, who has produced several, award-winning TV series and films, including Christy, East of Eden and the highly-acclaimed movie Amazing Grace. Wales has enjoyed tremendous success as a producer, but he started his Hollywood career ...read more

  • Horror To Hope—a Story From The Holocaust  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,941 views

    HORROR TO HOPE--A STORY FROM THE HOLOCAUST In Jerusalem there is a Holocaust Museum dedicated to the memory of the millions of Jews who were killed by the Nazis in World War II. It has been said that going through the museum is a very depressing experience because you see these horrible pictures ...read more

  • Glory To God First

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jun 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,670 views

    GLORY TO GOD FIRST A man came to Pastor Chuck, the church that I went to for several years while in California, and he said to the pastor that he wanted to make a large donation - about one million dollar donation. The pastor said to that, "Wow -- that is a lot of money. Let me go first and pray ...read more

  • How To Eat A Cessna Airplane

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2012
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    HOW TO EAT A CESSNA AIRPLANE Michel Lotito was an extraordinary man. This elegant Frenchman had a love for food and a fondness for eating unusual objects like bicycles, shopping carts and televisions. His odd appetite earned him the nickname Monsieur Mangetout (Mr Eat Everything). I first heard ...read more

  • The Story Of George Beverly Shea

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    THE STORY OF GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA George Beverly Shea was a young man in the late 1920s aspiring to become a well-known singer. He entered Houghton College in New York in 1928 to get some good music training, but family financial problems caused him to leave after only one year. He found a job as a ...read more

  • Sometimes We Need A Steward

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Nov 15, 2012
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     | 2,900 views

    SOMETIMES WE NEED A STEWARD If you ever get to Venice, one of the places to see is Saint Mark's Square, the spot Napoleon called "the drawing room of Europe." But if you go there, make sure your belly is covered up. It’s not that there's exactly a dress code, but there is an expectation of ...read more

  • Monogamy Syndrome  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Feb 15, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,245 views

    MONOGAMY SYNDROME Where at one time, having sexual relations outside marriage was considered liberating, current studies show that it damages one's ability to trust, affecting future relationship, one's respect for self, affecting every decision and diminishing the value of right decisions, and ...read more