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  • Several Years Ago I Was In A Bible Study In Which ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Morgan on Jan 21, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,611 views

    Several years ago I was in a Bible study in which we were studying the Sermon on the Mount. It was a most interesting study because of the diversity of people we had in the study. You remember that passage, “Blessed are the peace makers…” The discussion centered on the situation in the world ...read more

  • Your Brain Makes Up Only About 2% Of Your Body ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Mar 28, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,365 views

    Your brain makes up only about 2% of your body weight, but it uses about 25% of the oxygen within your blood. Why does your brain require one fourth of your body’s need for oxygen? Because it is always active. In addition to controlling the function of your body, the brain cells and nerve fibers ...read more

  • Amazing Things Happen  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 7,134 views

    AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN When God sends forth the Spirit amazing things happen: barriers are broken, communities are formed, opposites are reconciled, unity is established, disease is cured, addiction is broken, cities are renewed, races are reconciled, hope is established, people are blessed, and ...read more

  • Philip Yancey, In His Book The Jesus I Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,414 views

    Philip Yancey, in his book The Jesus I Never Knew, comments on this truth, that Christ can only be King on His own terms. He alludes to the 3 temptations Jesus faced before he began His ministry: 1) to turn stones into bread and feed Himself, 2) after taking Him to the temple in Jerusalem, to jump ...read more

  • There Is A Nautical Term Used In The Sailing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
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    There is a nautical term used in the sailing world today that I want to tell you about. It is called “kedging.” A kedge anchor is used when a ship is grounded or found in turbulent seas. Sailors will row the kedge anchor as far as they can from the ship in the general direction they wish to move ...read more

  • I Had Something To Look Forward To

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jan 16, 2005
     | 1,604 views

    I had something to look forward to The story is told of a muti-millionaire businessman who greatly changed the lives of a sixth-grade class in a poor downtrodden housing area. This was an area where most of the students would not finish formal schooling. He had been asked to speak to a class ...read more

  • Of Royal Lineage  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,210 views

    OF ROYAL LINEAGE People will pay big bucks to be royal. A scrap book that once belonged to Britain’s Queen Victoria is now up for auction, and the current high bid is £53,400 (101,117.42 dollars). One of the bidders is hoping to prove royal heritage through a hair that belonged to Victoria ...read more

  • Hold On! Wait!

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,972 views

    "HOLD ON! WAIT!" A young convert told of his experience in the First World War. He was in the "Lost Battalion." We were cut off from our main army and all around us were Germans. Our food and water gave out and every once in a while a +German would come to say "Surrender." Only one shell was ...read more

  • The Penetrating Message Was Caught In A Poem ...

    Contributed by Frank Jackson on Nov 12, 2005
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     | 2,220 views

    The penetrating message was caught in a poem written by an unknown confederate soldier, who finally learned the lesson of the thorn. I asked God for strength that I might achieve. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked God for health that I might do greater things. I was given ...read more

  • There Is An Old Legend Of A Benevolent King Who ...

    Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Oct 25, 2006
     | 2,824 views

    There is an old legend of a benevolent king who had his men place a great heavy stone on a certain roadway over which all his subjects would be forced to travel. He then hid himself to see who would try to remove the stone only to discover that no one stopped to try to remove the stone, but all ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe Tells A Story About The Days Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,869 views

    Warren Wiersbe tells a story about the days of the Old West. There was a horse bolting down the road with a wagon hitched to it and little boy trapped on the wagon. A young man risked his life to catch the horse and stop the wagon, saving that little boy. Well, that little boy grew up to be a ...read more

  • Rev. R.s. Jones Was A Missionary To Brazil. He ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
     | 2,656 views

    Rev. R.S. Jones was a missionary to Brazil. He had many years of Christian service. In 1936, he was retiring due to ill health. At the Southern Baptist Convention that year, this missionary was talking to the songwriter BB McKinney. Jones told McKinney that his doctor would not let him return to ...read more

  • Trampled In The Church

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 7, 2009
     | 2,977 views

    TRAMPLED IN THE CHURCH An African proverb says, "When elephants fight, grass gets trampled." Elephants do not throw their weight around for nothing. The average African elephant weighs 16,534 lbs. The largest elephant on record weighed about 24,000 pounds and was 13 feet tall! Wild elephants eat ...read more

  • I Want To Close By Reading The Benediction From ...

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 17, 2009
     | 1,510 views

    I want to close by reading the benediction from Charles Spurgeon’s message on this passage, which serves as an invitation and an encouragement. Will you be there…? Will you behold His final triumph over sin, death and hell? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Is he your confidence and trust? ...read more

  • Poem On Risk

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,561 views

    POEM ON RISK This is a poem on risk from a classroom wall: To laugh is to risk appearing the fool To weep is to risk appearing sentimental To reach out for another is to risk involvement To expose feelings is to risk exposing, your true self To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to ...read more

  • Olympian Ben Johnson Stripped Of Gold Medal For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
     | 2,326 views

    Olympian Ben Johnson Stripped of Gold Medal for Cheating In the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Ben Johnson of Canada won the one-hundred-meter dash, setting a new Olympic record and a new world record. Our American contender, Carl Lewis, came in second, and most were shocked that he ...read more

  • He Left It All

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 25, 2010
     | 1,453 views

    HE LEFT IT ALL A famous millionaire died of cancer. For weeks he suffered intolerable agony. Although surrounded by every luxury and receiving every possible care, he died as wretchedly as a pauper. There was the usual publicity, flowers, telegrams, an expensive bronze casket and a towering ...read more

  • Holding On

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,726 views

    HOLDING ON Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll. "Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, 'Joe, are you ...read more

  • William Doherty On How Marriages End Up Down ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
     | 2,181 views

    William Doherty on How Marriages End Up Down River William Doherty begins his book Take Back Your Marriage with a powerfully true illustration. His office is located in St. Paul, Minnesota, not far from the farthest point north on the Mississippi River. He describes the river’s powerful but silent ...read more

  • More Than A Golf Ball

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
     | 2,915 views

    MORE THAN A GOLF BALL Curtis Strange, one of the golfers in the Master’s Tournament, teed up on the 12th hole and hit a beautiful shot. It rolled right up and dropped in the cup for a hole-in-one. The crowd went crazy with applause and cheering. Then Curtis Strange did an interesting thing. He ...read more

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