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  • He Was From South Carolina And All This Baptist ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 10, 2003
     | 2,059 views

    He was from South Carolina and all this Baptist preacher ever wanted in life was to provide leadership to a Bible College. All his life, he worked for the position and eventually attained it. As he fulfilled his life’s dream and vocation, the disease of Alzheimer’s struck his wife. Her health ...read more

  • In "A Forgiving God In An Unforgiving World", Ron ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 28, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,433 views

    In “A Forgiving God in an Unforgiving World”, Ron Lee Davis retells the true story of a priest in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who carried the burden of a secret sin he had committed many years before. He had repented but still had no peace, no sense of God’s forgiveness. In his parish ...read more

  • Pastor Named John Gossip Once Said About God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,825 views

    pastor named John Gossip once said about God’s love: The wonderful thing about Christ is that as people looked at Him, followed Him, and watched Him, it became apparent to them that this is what God must be like. They concluded that if there is a God at all, then He must have Christ’s eyes, ...read more

  • At The End Of C. S. Lewis' Book, The Last Battle, ...

    Contributed by Rick Bartosik on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,277 views

    At the end of C. S. Lewis’ book, The Last Battle, on the last page of the last book in The Chronicles of Narnia, Aslan speaks to Peter, Edmund and Lucy: "There was a real railway accident," said Aslan softly. "Your father and mother and all of you are—as you used to call it in the ...read more

  • For 51 Years Bob Edens Was Blind. He Couldn't See ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,391 views

    For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more

  • Reinhold Niebuhr, A Famous American Protestant ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 23, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,101 views

    Reinhold Niebuhr, a famous American Protestant theologian in the 20th century, served as both a working pastor in Detroit and a respected professor at Yale University. He told the story of a flatland farm boy who, all his young life, dreamed of being a sailor on a tall-masted sailing ship. He ...read more

  • For 51 Years Bob Edens Was Blind. He Couldn't See ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 3,570 views

    For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more

  • A Dad Wanted To Show His Son How Much He Loved ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
     | 539 views

    A dad wanted to show his son how much he loved him, so he bought him a brand new Cadillac Escalade. The new SUV was fully loaded with chromed aluminum wheels, leather interior, three DVD players, a touch-screen CD player, a state-of-the-art navigation system, and a sunroof. The dad spared no ...read more

  • God Came Near

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,121 views

    “For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more

  • Saturday At About 2:30 A.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007
     | 649 views

    Saturday at about 2:30 a.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. and his family were sleeping peacefully in their home when a tornado struck. Ogie, as he is commonly called, and his younger son were sleeping in the master bedroom. His wife had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room, while his eight-year-old ...read more

  • We Can Be So Satisfied Here, We Refuse To Step To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,595 views

    WE CAN BE SO SATISFIED HERE, WE REFUSE TO STEP TO THERE? Years ago 95% of all watches were SWISS MADE. The watches were mechanical, gears moving to keep time. For several decades all watches were made this way. One day a man was dreaming and came up with a BETTER IDEA! He invented the QUARTZ WATCH, ...read more

  • Fully Furnished!  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,337 views

    Fully furnished! Leander McCormick-Goodheart was a recruiter for the Ford Motor Company in 1944. He toured fifty universities across the United States to recruit the outstanding graduating student of each institution. At Leigh University, he met a young man named Lee and offered him a position at ...read more

  • In Large Part, Jesus Has A Negative Attitude ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
     | 1,933 views

    In large part, Jesus has a negative attitude toward wealth. Doesn’t have much of anything good to say about money (Mark 4:19; Matthew 6:19; Luke 12:13; 16:1; 19:1). Jim Bakker, of PTL fame, once the health and wealth and prosperity gospel preacher, said he was convinced by God in a dream, and he ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen The Film "Chariots Of Fire" It ...

    Contributed by Frank Silo on Dec 8, 2007
     | 2,100 views

    Have you ever seen the film “Chariots of Fire” It is about a man called Eric Liddell who ran in the 1924 Olympics and won the gold medal in the 400m Eric had a passion for his running put is passion for God was stronger. Eric was to run in the 100m as this was his event , but it was being held on a ...read more

  • A. E. Whitman Has An Imaginary Preacher Give The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
     | 1,349 views

    A. E. Whitman has an imaginary preacher give the following report of a visit to the New Jerusalem: “In my wandering, I came upon the museum in the city of our dreams. I went in, and an attendant conducted me round. There was some old armor there, much bruised with battle. “Many things were ...read more

  • It's Up To ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 4, 2009
     | 2,991 views

    It’s Up to You…………… One song can spark a moment, One flower can wake the dream. One tree can start a forest, One bird can herald spring, One smile begins a friendship, One handclasp lifts a soul. One star can guide a ship at sea, One word can frame the goal. One vote can change a nation, One ...read more

  • Reunited

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 23, 2011
     | 1,160 views

    REUNITED This week (1-11) an interesting story hit the presses: A woman who was kidnapped as a newborn 23 years ago says finding her real mother "felt like a dream." Carlina White was just 19 days old when she disappeared from Harlem Hospital in New York. She tells the New York Post that when ...read more

  • Spiritual Carcinogens

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 20, 2011
     | 2,154 views

    SPIRITUAL CARCINOGENS When the Challenger went down nearly 20 years ago, the whole country went around draped in a dark cloud of mourning. Soon the shock gave way to outrage and scandal when it was discovered that cost-cutting and carelessness components that didn’t quite meet the required ...read more

  • The Bride Of Christ

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
     | 3,742 views

    THE BRIDE OF CHRIST When I was a janitor at O.B.C. there were two or three times I had the opportunity to clean the floors in the girls dorms. One thing that astounded me as I went from room to room was the large pin-up pictures and posters of brides on the walls. Some of these girls had ...read more

  • The Color Of Colors

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
     | 1,670 views

    THE COLOR OF COLORS For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had ...read more

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