Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 29, 2000
based on 77 ratings
| 40,860 views
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic.
One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man.
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 2, 2001
based on 78 ratings
| 3,184 views
Normally the flight from Nassau to Miami took Walter Wyatt, Jr., only sixty-five minutes. But on December 5, 1986, he attempted it after thieves had looted the navigational equipment in his Beechcraft. With only a compass and a hand-held radio, Walter flew into skies blackened by storm clouds.
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 7, 2003
based on 7 ratings
| 3,828 views
Several years ago, I watched a PBS Special that covered the events leading up to the "Battle of the Bulge" during WWII.
It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and the repeated bombing raids of the Allies all but
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 13, 2004
based on 1 rating
| 3,845 views
“The Hidden Mud and Leaves!” Ephesians 6:10-17 Key verse(s): 10: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”
We moved to Beech Springs valley some sixteen summers ago now. We had been looking for a place that could afford us peace, quiet and some room for our growing family to
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Brian Atwood on Nov 22, 2004
based on 5 ratings
| 3,834 views
In his book, "How Great Generals Win", Bevin Alexander tells of "The General Who Beat Hannibal". One of Hannibal’s most effective tactics was the use of elephants in battle. For years Roman soldiers and horses were ineffective against the elephants - until the Roman general Scipio Africanus made
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 25, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,467 views
The Smithsonian is vast collection of museums that could take weeks to see, but we hurried through two or three of the most popular. One of our favorites was the Air and Space Museum, which features everything from the original Wright brothers’ aircraft to displays of advanced space exploration.
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 2, 2005
Coil And Spring! (11.07.05--Christian Soldiers!--Ephesians 6:10-17)
As I walked with her this morning in the dim morning light, she trotted obediently at my side. There was no pulling on her part. She simply walked obediently at heel anticipating each new smell that wafted through the nearby
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 8, 2005
based on 4 ratings
| 2,500 views
Widow-Makers! (11.11.05--Christian Soldiers!--Ephesians 6:16-17)
Beech trees tend to bend and grow at odd angles. When it comes to felling one, you have to do a bit more than simply cutting it down. First you need to determine which way the tree is leaning. Then you need to size-up the other
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2010
based on 2 ratings
| 3,138 views
SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE
The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible.
A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2011
based on 1 rating
| 4,388 views
BANGEDY BANG
A soldier in the heat of battle had his gun jam on him. The enemy was charging straight for him and he was defenseless, desperate! For some unknown reason he pointed his finger at the man and said "Bangedy bang" and the guy fell down dead. He looked at his hand and thought, wow!
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2012
based on 2 ratings
| 3,188 views
THOMAS MANTON ON GOD'S WORD AND PRAYER
Thomas Manton:
Meditation on Scripture supplies us in prayer. Barrenness and leanness of soul is a very great defect, which God's children often complain of. One great reason is because the Word of God doth not dwell plenteously in them, so that in every
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 11, 2014
based on 5 ratings
| 5,402 views
When I was a kid, we rode our bikes down the sidewalks and in the streets. We played baseball and football in the street. Summers were especially great because we could play ball until you couldn’t see. We rode in cars with no seat belts or car seats. Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Calvary Chapel
Contributed by Alexier Mayes on Aug 21, 2015
based on 2 ratings
| 5,300 views
In the 1995 movie ’The Usual Suspects’ the character Verbal utters these thoughtful words ’ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
WAR
My life fell apart in the summer of ‘68. One minute I was the happiest man in the world then wham! It was all over. My countenance changed from a look of total contentment into one filled with agony and anguish. Here I was living in total rapture, married to the woman of my dreams. It’s hard
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 24, 2021
based on 1 rating
| 1,839 views
As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them.
However, the two frogs decided to ignore what the others were saying and they
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
THE SPIRIT NAMED PAN
Many creatures, or demonic spirits, that have been called mythological gods are not mythological at all. They are real in the kingdom of darkness. Pan’s appearance in mythology is with horns, ears, and legs of a goat on a man’s body. His sudden appearance was supposed to
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational