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  • If You Ever Happen To Listen To Positive 89.3 On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Oct 26, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,281 views

    If you ever happen to listen to Positive 89.3 on Saturday nights, you know that Joe Polek and I often enjoy sharing humorous stories from the news between the songs that we play. If you listened last night, you would have heard us talking about a variety of mistranslations with humorous results. ...read more

  • Kim Duk-Soo Will Never Forget November 20, 1950. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,649 views

    Kim Duk-Soo will never forget November 20, 1950. That was the day Communist troops found him hiding with his father in a root cellar. "When we heard the soldiers coming, I was sure we would be killed," says Kim, his eyes filling with tears. "My Daddy told me we could not tell a lie to save our ...read more

  • Not Just Another Offering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,337 views

    NOT JUST ANOTHER OFFERING I had been praying regularly with the deacons for one of our members. His wife, Pat, attended our small congregation faithfully, but John hadn’t been to church in years. So every Sunday afternoon before the evening service, we prayed for ways to communicate our commitment ...read more

  • The Test Of Getting To The ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
     | 2,557 views

    THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go ...read more

  • Learning To Get Up Quickly  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,705 views

    LEARNING TO GET UP QUICKLY In the book A View From the Zoo, Gary Richmond tells about the birth of a giraffe: The first thing top emerge are the baby giraffe's front hooves and head. A few minutes later, the little newborn is hurled forth, falls ten feet, and lands on its back. Within seconds, ...read more

  • The Angel And Anthony Burger

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,789 views

    THE ANGEL AND ANTHONY BURGER Anthony Burger died at age 44. Many feel that he is the finest gospel pianist that ever lived. He spent the last ten years playing for the Gaither Vocal Band. He last played on a cruise ship. Fifteen hundred people were on the cruise, vacationing during the day, and ...read more

  • Use What Is There  PRO

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,456 views

    USE WHAT IS THERE My son Omri is large, extremely smart and very active. He has not met a tree or roof that he has not at least mentally pondered climbing. Omri's teacher runs up to me the other day and says, "Your son almost made me lose my mind, my religion and my job." This is not unusual, so I ...read more

  • Tumbleweeds And Mesquite Trees  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,529 views

    TUMBLEWEEDS AND MESQUITE TREES Have you seen those old movies about the wild West? Near the end, the good guy and the bad guy stand facing each other at opposite ends of the only street in town. The local folks, knowing what will happen, clear the street. They slam doors and shutter windows. The ...read more

  • Hezekiah's Story

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
     | 2,727 views

    HEZEKIAH'S STORY Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from ...read more

  • Visited By Angels

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 3,638 views

    VISITED BY ANGELS Dr. Ralph Harlow tells the story getting away with his wife Marion for a few days to visit family and of walking with his wife through the woods of Ballarvale, MA as Spring was breaking forth. The path that he and Marion were on was spongy as they walked along a beautiful creek. ...read more

  • Jesus Freak: Hezekiah

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 1,774 views

    JESUS FREAK: HEZEKIAH Laos 2001. Hezekiah’s life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved ...read more

  • When God Shows Up

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Feb 3, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,262 views

    I just finished reading a book called, “The Shack.” I read it about ten years ago, and something made me read it again, and I’m so glad I did. I commend it to you as a book that captures the very essence of a God who wants nothing more than to have a loving relationship with you. What an incredible ...read more

  • Leo Tolstoy Had A Marvelous Metaphor About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,177 views

    Leo Tolstoy had a marvelous metaphor about the need for us to set definite boundaries on our own appetites. It is called “How Much Land Does a Man Need?" There was a peasant named Pahom who worked hard and honestly for his family. He always remained poor and thought, "If only we had our own land, ...read more

  • The Lord Was With Missionaries John Paton, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 3,268 views

    The Lord was with missionaries John Paton, Alexander Duff, and William Carey Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. The Lord stood with me; the Lord gave me strength, with that strength the gospel was preached; and the aim was the Gentiles - all the nations. That was ...read more

  • Just Another Day In Ems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,021 views

    JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EMS I delivered a baby on the ambulance stretcher I baptized a newborn who’s life ended before it began. I hugged a frightened child. I was kissed by an intoxicated old man. I held the hand of a teenage girl while she delivered a 3 pound baby. I listened to the mournful ...read more

  • Pascal's Night Of Fire

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,483 views

    Pascal’s Night of Fire Blaise Pascal was an influential scientist who lived in the 1600’s. He was something of a genius. For example, at the age of twelve, even before he had received any formal training in geomoetry, Pascal independently discovered and demonstrated Euclid’s thirty-two ...read more

  • Together We Entered The Terrifying Building ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,491 views

    Together we entered the terrifying building [Ravensbruck prison camp]. At a table were women who took away all our possessions. Everyone had to undress completely and then go to a room where her hair was checked. I asked a woman who was busy checking the possessions of the new arrivals if I ...read more

  • I Doubt You'll Recognize This Man. His Name Is ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006
     | 1,191 views

    I doubt you’ll recognize this man. His name is Heinrich Schliemann. In 1871, Heinrich Schliemann began to fulfill a dream he’d had since his youth----he started excavating an ancient city in Turkey. He was looking for the lost city of Troy---and to the amazement of many, this retired ...read more

  • My Son Was Around Six Years Old And He Used To ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Jan 16, 2007
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     | 1,212 views

    My son was around six years old and he used to watch the other children riding their bikes. He often asked Daddy when will I get a chance to ride my bike like they do? (speaking of riding without training wheels) I said to him that to ride without training wheel takes some courage, then I asked him ...read more

  • As I Begin To Close, In The Cemetery Of Tuskegee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,399 views

    As I begin to close, in the cemetery of Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee Alabama, there is a tombstone which reads: "GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - Died in Tuskegee, Alabama, January 5, 1943. A Life that stood out as a gospel of Self-Forgetful Service. He could have added Fortune to Fame, but caring for ...read more

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