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  • A Pastor Told Me His Testimony One Day When We ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2006
     | 951 views

    A pastor told me his testimony one day when we both had some time to share. He told me that coming to Christ was absolutely wonderful. The weight of the world was lifted off his shoulders. The worry that had consumed him was gone. He was definitely a changed man on the inside. He and his 4 ...read more

  • It Is Like The Parable I Read Recently By Paul ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 23, 2006
     | 1,458 views

    It is like the parable I read recently by Paul Kooistra, where he said, “I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. ‘You don’t have to tell me,’ I said. ‘I’m off the team, aren’t I?’ ‘Well,’ said Coach, ‘you never were really ON the team. You made that ...read more

  • Ultimately, When Your Friends Close Their Eyes ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
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    Ultimately, when your friends close their eyes for the last time here on earth, where will they open their eyes? At a funeral, you usually hear that the deceased is in a better place now. Well, there are two places out there. One is better and one is not. It is what they do with Christ that will ...read more

  • This Is Not The Only Time The Philippian Brethren ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
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    This is not the only time the Philippian Brethren saw Paul in JAIL and having his JOY TESTED by DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE - Acts 16:22-25 What if we had the opportunity to INTERVIEW Paul while he was in this DUNGEON, what do you think he would tell us? Paul and Silas, are you in there? “Yes, we’re ...read more

  • A Young Man Went Out To Buy His First Car. He ...

    Contributed by Jerry Caddell on Feb 16, 2007
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    A young man went out to buy his first car. He didn’t have a lot of money to spend so he went to a local used-car lot where he found a 1967 Red Mustang in what appeared to be mint condition. He was told by the salesman that the car had been owned by a little old lady from Pasadena, oops, I’m sorry, ...read more

  • George Sweeting, In His Book The No-Guilt Guide ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 25, 2007
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    George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In 1968, Currier’s sentence was ...read more

  • There Was Apparently A Middle School In Oregon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    There was apparently a middle school in Oregon that faced a unique problem. Kind of a funny problem, actually. The custodian was constantly cleaning lipstick off the mirror in the girls’ bathroom. It was a middle school, and many of the girls were just starting to use lipstick. So they’d go into ...read more

  • We Need Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    We need forgiveness -Others may remember all your faults but friends forgive A story tells that two friends were walking through a desert. During some point in the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying ...read more

  • During The Conflict In Sarajevo A Reporter Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 29, 2001
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    During the conflict in Sarajevo a reporter who was covering the conflict in the middle of Sarajevo saw a little girl shot by a sniper. The reporter threw down his pad and pencil, and stopped being a reporter for a few minutes. He rushed to the man who was holding the child, and helped them both ...read more

  • Hocus Pocus  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on Mar 14, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
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    Hocus Pocus Salvation can be difficult to understand, especially when it’s not clearly explained. During the Middle Ages, the most educated people in European villages was usually the priest. He was a source of information and help, as well as the one holding the keys to heaven. The people ...read more

  • As A Part Of An Assignment For A Doctoral Thesis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
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    As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As part of his research he lived with one of the Navajo families, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them, & generally living the ...read more

  • In His Book, Love Beyond Reason, Author John ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
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    In his book, Love Beyond Reason, author John Ortberg retells a wonderful story by Deborah Tannen: My great aunt, for many years a widow, had a love affair when she was in her seventies. Obese, balding, her hands and legs misshapen by arthritis, she did not fit the stereotype of a woman ...read more

  • A Forwarded E-Mail Contained The Following Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 259 ratings
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    A forwarded e-mail contained the following story ... Wind Shield Wipers One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my son Matthew spoke up from his relaxed position in the front ...read more

  • The Furnace Keeper  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 214 ratings
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    Illus.: “The Furnace Keeper” One of the ancient kings of Persia loved to mingle with his people in disguise. Once, dressed as a poor man, he descended the long flight of stairs, dark and damp to the tiny cellar where the fireman, seated on ashes, was tending the furnace.. The king sat down ...read more

  • William Tanner, Former President Of The North ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    William Tanner, former president of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, tells the story from his boyhood in a small town in Texas. There, he would sneak off every week to see a display which an insurance salesman would put in his store window. This was during World ...read more

  • Mickey Mantle, An Almost Mythical Baseball Star ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Mickey Mantle, an almost mythical baseball star who feared he had failed to fulfill career expectations because of alcohol abuse and whose recent years were haunted by self-recrimination, died of cancer. He was 63. The former New York Yankees center fielder and a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame ...read more

  • Ken Medema, Blind Songwriter Wrote The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ken Medema, blind songwriter wrote the powerful words of a song called “If this is not a Place” which is so fitting to the message of what the family of God should be. “If this is not a place where tears are understood, Then where shall I go to cry? And if this is not a place where my spirit can ...read more

  • Earl Palmer, In A Fine Little Book Entitled The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Earl Palmer, in a fine little book entitled The Enormous Exception, tells the story of a pre-med student at the University of California, Berkeley "who became a Christian after a long journey through doubts and questions." When Palmer asked the young man why he had chosen Jesus Christ, he answered ...read more

  • Did You Know That The Idea For Mothers Day Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Did you know that the idea for Mothers Day was born in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia? It was 1876 and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed that one day ...read more

  • Tater People  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    TATER PEOPLE (author unknown) Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what to do, but don’t want to soil their own hands. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians They are called "Dick Taters" . Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just content to watch while others do ...read more