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  • Potato Provision

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 20, 2011
     | 4,244 views

    POTATO PROVISION I remember just a few years ago when we lived in Poland as missionaries. We were struggling so much financially. The dollar had plunged in value and we lost about 1/3 of the value of our money and were wondering if we would have to return back to the States. So we were praying for ...read more

  • Trapped On A Tram

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jun 1, 2011
     | 1,806 views

    TRAPPED ON A TRAM It was a beautiful sunny day in Ostrava, Czech Republic, a city of 300,000. It was 1995, and I had just moved there to take an intense Czech language course. After half a day of Czech grammar, I was tired. I got on the tram and spaced out for my 20-minute ride to the suburbs ...read more

  • Walking On Water

    Contributed by Greg Carr on Feb 21, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,407 views

    WALKING ON WATER There once was a young man named Jimmy who had heard a family rumor that his father, his grandfather and even his great-grandfather, all "walked on water" on their 21st birthday. When the day of his 21st birthday came, he believed that if they could do it, so could he. So, off he ...read more

  • Eating The Wealth Of A Nation

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 12, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,158 views

    EATING THE WEALTH OF A NATION Cleopatra made a bet with Mark Antony. She said, "I bet you, I can eat the wealth of an entire nation in one meal." And Mark Antony said, "Okay, I will take you up on the bet. Let me see you take the wealth of an entire nation in one meal." According to Plyne, he ...read more

  • Grace And Matthew

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013
     | 4,750 views

    GRACE AND MATTHEW These days people don't know Matthew as a failure and embarrassment who sold his soul to the Romans for a job. We know Matthew as a follower of Jesus who wrote the first book of the New Testament. It's important to understand that the grace of God doesn't simply invite us to ...read more

  • Guidelines For Praying  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 4, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,621 views

    GUIDELINES FOR PRAYING If the request is wrong, God says, "No." If the timing is wrong, God says, "Slow." If you are wrong, God says, "Grow." But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, "Go!" Here is a prayer where everything was RIGHT: In its early days, ...read more

  • God Can't Take His Eyes Off Of Me!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 13, 2022
     | 1,050 views

    There were 2 boys playing one day when they got bored. Little Johnny turned to his buddy, Billy, and said, "You know something, I'm bored. Let's go to the store and steal some candy!" Billy says: "Oh no! I can't do that! God is watching me!“ Little Johnny replies: ...read more

  • Before You Pick A Fight You Ought To Be Sure You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 10, 2002
     | 1,882 views

    Before you pick a fight you ought to be sure you can win the war. President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and ...read more

  • Movie Clip From "Just Married" (Used As An ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 11, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,840 views

    Movie clip from "Just Married" (Used as an introduction to "dealing with Divorce Part 1") Scene Setup: Tommy and Sarah have returned to the States after an amazingly bad honeymoon in Europe. Even though they were just married, they have separated. Tommy is sitting on the couch at his Dad’s house, ...read more

  • President Ronald Reagan Gave One Of The Best ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,697 views

    -President Ronald Reagan gave one of the best ‘Memorial Day’ speeches ever given on the 40th anniversary of the D-Day in 1984. D-Day was the invasion of France that led to the destruction and ultimate surrender of Nazi Germany. “We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of ...read more

  • The Cost His Father Paid

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
     | 1,963 views

    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • Thanksgiving At Plymouth ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
     | 5,490 views

    Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony Think of that little band of people who crossed the Atlantic in a boat that was 26 feet by 112 feet and landed on the New England coast during a bitter cold winter. At times that first year the daily ration of those who were well was only five grains of corn. In ...read more

  • God's Will And The Tablecloth

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 8, 2010
     | 2,425 views

    GOD'S WILL AND THE TABLECLOTH It happened in 1948, just a few days before Christmas. A flash flood ravaged a small town, leaving a gaping hole in the wall of an old church building--right behind the pulpit. The young pastor knew there was no time to fix the damage and decided to make the best of ...read more

  • Know The True From The False

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 23, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,924 views

    KNOW THE TRUE FROM THE FALSE I have heard and read several variations of this story. Some relate it to training bank tellers, some to treasury agents, and some to FBI agents. I don’t know which, if any, is true. The story makes a good point even if none of the stories are true. It is important ...read more

  • Hey, It’s Olympics Time!!! From July 27th ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jul 12, 2012
     | 1,496 views

    Hey, it’s Olympics time!!! From July 27th to August 12th, billions are going to be glued to their TV sets enjoying the rich fare being dished out by the World’s best athletes in the “Cauldron at London”. In the all the excitement leading up to the “Greatest games on Planet Earth” does the name of ...read more

  • Coveting

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,172 views

    When I was in sixth grade, I went to Corona Elementary School in Bell. Our school had a cafeteria, but my mom couldn’t afford to have me buy lunch. So I brought a lunch from home and ate it every day. Every day I carried the same meal in my brown paper bag. Baloney sandwich on white ...read more

  • Without Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 105 ratings
     | 8,604 views

    WITHOUT HOPE What is 750,000 miles long? It could wrap itself around the earth 30 times and it grows an additional 20 miles longer with each passing day? ...read more

  • Faith And Doubt  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 29, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,540 views

    Doubt sees the obstacles; Faith sees the way. Doubt sees the darkest night; Faith sees the day. Doubt dreads to take a step; Faith soars on high. Doubt ...read more

  • National Center For Education Statistics, 75% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,461 views

    National Center for Education Statistics, 75% of 4th graders report reading for fun at least once a week. Of that group, 43% say they read every ...read more

  • My Smiling Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
     | 1,415 views

    My smiling child Named for a noble ancestor Great hunter or warrior You will be one day. Which will give your papa pride But always I will remember you thus. ...read more

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