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  • Three Sons Left Home, Went Out On Their Own And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 2,562 views

    Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said, "I built a big house for our mother." The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver." The third smiled and said, "I’ve got ...read more

  • Just Over A Century Ago, Archaeologists ...

    Contributed by W F on Dec 11, 2005
     | 1,620 views

    Just over a century ago, archaeologists discovered two magnificent silver cups both with Irish Celtic origins. The first is known as the Gundestrup Cauldron and comes from a century or two before Christ. This was a the time when the Irish worshipped violent pagan gods. It is adorned with pictures ...read more

  • Sitting On The Side Of The Highway Waiting To ...

    Contributed by Dr. Wheeler Jones on Jun 11, 2006
     | 4,765 views

    Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State police officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over. Approaching the car, he notices that there ...read more

  • Everyone Is Familiar With Sherlock Holmes, ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 18, 2006
     | 1,448 views

    “ Everyone is familiar with Sherlock Holmes, his faithful companion Dr. Watson, and Holmes’s keen power of observation that solved countless crimes. Yet few of us know that Holmes thought deduction and observation were even more necessary to religion. Tucked away in "The Adventure of the Naval ...read more

  • Several Years Ago I Read An Article About Queen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,199 views

    Several years ago I read an article about Queen Mary, who made it her practice to visit Scotland every year. She was so loved by the people there that she often mingled with them freely without a protective escort. One afternoon while walking with some children, she went out farther than she’d ...read more

  • The Devil's Beatitudes  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,325 views

    THE DEVIL'S BEATITUDES 1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend even an hour once a week with their fellow Christians – they are my best workers. 2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked -- I can use them. 3. Blessed are the ...read more

  • Richard Dehaan Tells Of A Soldier Who Was Doing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,777 views

    Richard Dehaan tells of a soldier who was doing sentry duty on the front line in WWI. After being relieved of duty, as a Christian, he wanted to pray, to thank God for protecting him and to ask specifically for his continued protection. But the enemy lines were very close and he couldn’t go far, so ...read more

  • There Was A Tenant In An Apartment Building Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 120 ratings
     | 2,916 views

    There was a tenant in an apartment building who was a widow woman who loved God dearly. Her landlord on the other hand despised God and her faith. One day she ran out of food and money and with no one to help she turned to God in prayer. She prayed, “Oh dear God please help me in my time of ...read more

  • Moral Decision

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,144 views

    What would be your moral decision on this? Updated 6:33 AM ET May 29, 2003 - Sometimes crime can pay, even on death row, if you’re in need of a new kidney. Thanks to the state of Oregon, a law-abiding citizen in need of a kidney transplant may have to die so that death-row prisoner Horacio ...read more

  • Winning For Another—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,800 views

    WINNING FOR ANOTHER--COMMUNION MEDITATION Giving your life for someone else is a powerful image. When it happens, it is impossible to miss the divine in it. Even when the sacrifice happens on a less than mortal level, it still echoes a spiritual truth. The world saw a little of this over the ...read more

  • Let Me Demonstrate With The Following: "The Mall ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,998 views

    Let me demonstrate with the following: "The mall was shoppers. They were it seemed racing every which way in the halls and stores. Cashiers struggled to stay ahead of the growing lines of impatient customers. Amid the havoc, nobody noticed that an elderly woman had dropped her packages near an exit ...read more

  • Once There Was This Man Who Was The "Picture ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,752 views

    Once there was this man who was the "picture perfect Christian". Tithes, attendance, participation in activities you name it, he was it! One day as he was praying, he asked the Lord, "Lord I wonder if I have been an obedient enough child that I might ask one favor when I die?" Well the Lord thought ...read more

  • Yet Another Film I Have Seen Recently Is Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 3, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,958 views

    Yet another film I have seen recently is called Pay It Forward, and in that story some year 7 students are set a social studies project in which they are to think of a way that one of them could do something which would change the world. No easy assignments for this class! Yet one of the students ...read more

  • This Is How Vision Works With God. There Was A ...

    Contributed by Harold Simpson on Jul 13, 2004
     | 4,247 views

    This is how vision works with God. There was a businessman who lived during the depression. In one moment he lost his business, his family, his wife, and house. The only thing he had left to hold on to was his faith. While out walking one day he observed some construction workers building a ...read more

  • The Devil's Great Deception

    Contributed by Steaven Snow on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,090 views

    The Devil’s Great Deception Last Saturday, two ladies from the church were out soul-winning. As they approached a large yellow house with quaint burgundy shutters, they noticed the ramp leading up to the front door. It led up to a large porch with a swinging gate. When they knocked on the ...read more

  • On Most Days, Elkhorn Creek Is A Narrow Stream ...

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 21, 2007
     | 1,127 views

    On most days, Elkhorn Creek is a narrow stream that flows placidly through southern West Virginia of McDowell and Mercer counties. But on July 8 2002, after a flash flood dumped six inches of rain on the area in a couple of hours, the creek became a monster. One of the region’s worst floods ever ...read more

  • A Young Boy Was Leaving For Iraq And On His Last ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jun 16, 2007
     | 921 views

    A young boy was leaving for Iraq and on his last night at home he went out with his friends. Arriving home about 11:30 he made his regular stop at the refrigerator. The mother and father were in bed upstairs, and as always did not feel right until they heard him come in. The mother said to the ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,446 views

    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

  • Serving Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,243 views

    Serving Jesus • A certain family in a Southern Baptist Church had been inactive for years. • The family simply never went to church any more and every effort to get them to attend had failed. • One day one of the sons, name John, was bitten by a rattlesnake. The father immediately sent for the ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Spending The Night At Grandma ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,326 views

    A little boy was spending the night at grandma and grandpa’s house. Kneeling beside his bed with his grandparents he softly said his prayers; "Dear God, please bless Mummy and Daddy and all the family. Thank you for letting me stay with grandma and grandpa tonight bless them and please give us ...read more