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  • On Monday, February 6, 1995, According To The ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
     | 1,718 views

    On Monday, February 6, 1995, according to the Chicago Tribune, a Detroit bus driver finished his shift on the Route 21 bus and headed for the terminal. But somehow he took a wrong turn. He didn’t arrive at the terminal at the scheduled time of 7:19 p.m., and a short time later his supervisors ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Tells A Story About A Family ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
     | 1,917 views

    Dr. James Dobson tells a story about a family that lived in the Northeast part of the country. In the bitterly cold part of winter their car had become espe­cially dirty, what with road salts, frozen slush, and other wintry deposits. Conscious of the condition of their car, this family was driving ...read more

  • A Recent E-Mail Asked Readers To Reflect On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,769 views

    A recent e-mail asked readers to reflect on the following questions: 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the ...read more

  • A. There Was A Christian Lady That Had To Do A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 23, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,839 views

    A. There was a Christian lady that had to do a lot of traveling for her business; so naturally, she did a lot of flying. Flying made her extremely nervous, so she always took her Bible along with her to read since it helped relax her on the long flights. One time, she was sitting next to a man. ...read more

  • Among The Apostles, The One Absolutely Stunning ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 13, 2009
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    "Among the apostles, the one absolutely stunning success was Judas, and the one thoroughly groveling failure was Peter. Judas was a success in the ways that most impress us: he was successful both financially and politically. He cleverly arranged to control the money of the apostolic band; he ...read more

  • One Mother's Day I Was Preaching In Another State ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
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    One Mother’s Day I was preaching in another state and during the Sunday School class I told about one of the two times that I sassed my mother. Now my mother is about 4 foot 11 inches tall and I was approaching 6 foot so I towered over her. She had told me to do something and I told her she wasn’t ...read more

  • He Just Held The Ball

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
     | 1,874 views

    HE JUST HELD THE BALL In the summers, we always played basketball at the YMCA. One game playing Ebenezer BC. 2 minutes left in last quarter. Score tied. They go down make basket. We come back and make basket. They call a timeout with 30 seconds to go. Out of time out EBC runs play and scores. ...read more

  • Graham: I Would Read The Bible More

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    GRAHAM: I WOULD READ THE BIBLE MORE In an interview with Newsweek on 14 Aug 2006, Billy Graham, then aged 88, was asked what would he do if he could live his life over again. The article writes: If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and ...read more

  • I Am His!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    "I AM HIS!" President Theodore Roosevelt, was a charismatic figure who made quite an impression on people. One journalist, William Allen White, wrote of his first meeting with Roosevelt in 1897: "He sounded in my heart the first trumpet call of the new time that was to be... I had never known ...read more

  • A Lady In The North Of England Said That Every ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 6, 2009
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    A lady in the north of England said that every time she got down before God to pray, five bottles of wine came up before her mind. She had taken them wrongfully one time when she was a housekeeper, and had not been able to pray since. She was advised to make restitution. "But the person is dead," ...read more

  • Sunday School Student And Far Side On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
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    Sunday School Student and Far Side on Jonah The story is told of a Sunday School teacher who was proud of her lesson for the day. She thought that she had presented the material quite nicely. Summing up, she asked her class, "And what do we learn from the story of Jonah and the great fish?" An ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 14, 2009
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    Illustration: J. H. Crowell went to work on a sailing vessel at the age of 16. He was the only Christian among a crew of 12. Before leaving home, he had promised his mother he would continue his devotions and pray three times a day. When the other sailors discovered his piety, they taunted him and ...read more

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's Great Stone ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Great Stone Face Perhaps some of you remember Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story about the great stone face. A little lad lived in a village where there was a mountain with a rock formation which they called the great stone face. The people had a legend that someday someone would ...read more

  • G. Campbell Morgan Personalizes Jesus' Word To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    G. Campbell Morgan Personalizes Jesus’ Word to Jairus Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, that great preacher of 19th century spoke powerfully on this passage from his own experience. He said, “I can hardly speak of this matter without becoming personal and reminiscent, remembering a time forty years ago when ...read more

  • Trust The One Who Can See Over The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Trust the One Who Can See Over the Crowd In a time of fear and uncertainty, Jesus disciples were very careful to do exactly what He told them to do. and That’s what we must do if we want to survive and thrive in these days of fear and uncertainty. Anne Graham Lotz says that when she and her ...read more

  • Picked From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
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    Picked From the Fire John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family’s old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he had ...read more

  • Jim Went To Church On Sunday Morning. He Heard ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 11, 2010
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    Jim went to church on Sunday morning. He heard the organist miss a note during the prelude, and he winced. He saw a teenager talking when everybody was supposed to bow in prayer. He felt like the usher was watching to see what he put in the offering plate and it made him boil. He noticed the ...read more

  • Prayer: Form Vs. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2010
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    Prayer: Form vs. Substance There was a man who would start his day by kneeling beside his bed and spending an hour or so in prayer. But he had a cat that would disturb him and would nuzzle up against him. So to keep his cat from disturbing his prayer time, he would tie the cat to his bedpost. His ...read more

  • Repeat After Me

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    REPEAT AFTER ME A pilot was flying a plane-load of passengers to their destination when suddenly the rudder malfunctioned. He radioed the control tower in panic, and shouted, "The RUDDER has malfunctioned! What shall I DO?" The air traffic controller radioed back, "Keep calm, Captain. Just ...read more

  • The Foundation Made The Difference  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,891 views

    THE FOUNDATION MADE THE DIFFERENCE On Oct. 17, 1989, a massive earthquake struck the San Francisco area. Buildings built on solid ground sustained much less damage than those built on shaky ground. The south pier of the Golden Gate Bridge sits directly on top of the San Andreas fault, yet it is ...read more