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  • How's My Driving?  PRO

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 1, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,971 views

    HOW'S MY DRIVING? Mat 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." A lot of trucks have a sticker on the back that says, "How's my driving? Call xxx-xxxx to report." This is supposed to make the driver accountable. I read that in ...read more

  • Chess Game With Satan

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 6,450 views

    CHESS GAME WITH SATAN From a great chess player of Cincinnati, we learn that in the early part of the last century an artist who was also a great chess player painted a picture of a chess game. The players were a young man and Satan. The young man manipulated the white pieces; Satan the black ...read more

  • When Muller Prayed

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 10, 2011
     | 3,760 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

  • Losing The Boys

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 24, 2011
     | 1,922 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

  • I Could Have Done More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,718 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

  • Pleading The Blood

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,724 views

    "PLEADING THE BLOOD" The singles group at the church I joined in 1978 was fascinated by Mike Warnke's book, The Satan Seller. He wrote about being drawn into Satanism, advancing through the ranks, getting saved, and the struggles he had with other Satanists and even demons after leaving them. It ...read more

  • Making Service A Joy

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 2, 2011
     | 5,899 views

    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

  • A Cub Scout's Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2011
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    A CUB SCOUT'S FATHER Gilbert was an eight year old in Cub Scouts. Each member of the club had to build a wooden car. It could only be 20cm long. Everyone was given a block of wood, some wheels and some instructions. Gilbert didn't have a dad to help him. So mum read the instructions and Gilbert ...read more

  • Chess Game With Satan

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
     | 4,987 views

    CHESS GAME WITH SATAN From a great chess player of Cincinnati, we learn that in the early part of the last century an artist who was also a great chess player painted a picture of a chess game. The players were a young man and Satan. The young man manipulated the white pieces; Satan the black ...read more

  • A Difference In Worldview

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Feb 11, 2012
     | 2,930 views

    A DIFFERENCE IN WORLDVIEW It was one of those awkward moments in a friendship -- when you feel like you should speak up, but you're not sure how your friend will react. I was a teenager -- just finishing up high school, thinking about the future. My best friend and I were preparing for a day of ...read more

  • The Cost Of Trying To Fit In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
     | 3,770 views

    THE COST OF TRYING TO FIT IN Kevin Miller of Wheaton, Illinois wrote the following: Right after I finished 6th grade, my family moved to a new town. As I started junior high that fall, I suddenly found myself in a school I didn’t know, in a town I didn’t know, with people I didn’t know. I felt ...read more

  • Perspective On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2012
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    PERSPECTIVE ON WORRY When my daughter Abigail was 2 or so she came down with what is now known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Basically, a person’s entire body gets covered in cold sores. The end result is skin scars, loss of vision, and even death. She could not be touched. She was in constant ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 3, 2013
     | 4,419 views

    ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Mahatma Gandhi, popularly known as the ’Father of the Nation, India also known as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, and died on January 30, 1948. Gandhi was a great freedom fighter who played a significant role in achieving independence for India from ...read more

  • Turn A Blind Eye  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 8, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,397 views

    TURN A BLIND EYE We must obey God rather than men (Acts 5:29) Have you turned a blind eye to God’s Word? Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase "turn a blind eye," which means to ignore undesirable information. The saying comes from a 19th century British naval battle. On April 2, 1801, during the ...read more

  • The Gold Wrapping Paper

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 19, 2014
     | 6,395 views

    The Gold Wrapping Paper - An Inspirational Short Christmas Story Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. This particular year a few days before Christmas, he was upset with his little five-year-old daughter after learning that she had ...read more

  • Renewed Like The Eagle  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 24, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,673 views

    RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE When the Psalmist mentions the renewal of the eagle, he may be referring to the "molting process" in an eagle’s life. As eagles age, their beaks and talons become encrusted with calcium. Thus, neither is as sharp as they once were. When this happens the aging eagle cannot ...read more

  • In The 1971 Film Willy Wonka And The Chocolat...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,843 views

    In the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, chocolateer Willy Wonka (played by Gene Wilder) launches a worldwide frenzy when he inserts five golden tickets into his famous Wonka Bars. Each ticket gives the owner a chance to tour the chocolate factory and win a lifetime’s supply of ...read more

  • One Child Can Change The World

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Jun 21, 2018
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     | 4,624 views

    When we think of children we don't always think that there may be a person who is going to change the course of history. We don't see their potential or we brush it off as he or she is just a child. But every person who has had an impact on the world started as a child. Jared A. Brock wrote a ...read more

  • Sunday's Coming

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Apr 15, 2019
     | 3,467 views

    HELLO, MY NAME IS PETER It’s Thursday evening and we were enjoying a private dinner with the JESUS. It should have been a great celebration, But Jesus kept talking about betrayal and death. WE couldn’t understand what he was getting at, then he broke the bread and told us it was his body. Then He ...read more

  • Honor

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 28, 2020
     | 5,338 views

    Victor Frankl was a survivor of the holocaust. His famous book is called "Man's Search for Meaning." The reader they ask me why I did not try to escape what was in store for me after Hitler had occupied Austria. Let me answer by recalling the following story. Shortly before ...read more