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  • Imagine A Ship Filled With People Crossing The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,845 views

    Imagine a ship filled with people crossing the Atlantic. In the middle of the ocean the captain announces that the ship is sinking and that everyone must leave the big, towering ship and get into the little lifeboats being lowered over the sides of the boat into the swelling ocean. a. One person ...read more

  • Philip Yancey's Wife Shares The Suffering Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 3,765 views

    Philip Yancey’s Wife Shares the Suffering of an Elderly Man Philip Yancey- My wife worked with some of the poorest people in the city of Chicago, directing a program of a church that intentionally seeks out lonely and abandoned senior citizens no one else cares for. Many times I have seen her pour ...read more

  • Spiritual "Glory Hole"

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 8, 2011
     | 3,530 views

    SPIRITUAL "GLORY HOLE" On a wall in our home hangs a picture of the GHOST-TOWN of Bodie, Nevada. While out west visiting family my wife stopped by and became intrigued with the place. It became an abandoned town after the gold rush gave out. In its hey-day, it was all anyone could have ...read more

  • In 1994, Two Christian Missionaries Answered An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Short on Apr 7, 2001
    based on 189 ratings
     | 9,807 views

    In 1994, two Christian missionaries answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics in a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage. It was nearing ...read more

  • There Is A Guy Named Shane Claiborne Who Sees ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 15, 2007
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    There is a guy named Shane Claiborne who sees this Shema of Jesus to do to others as a radical call to a radical way of living. When he was in college at Eastern University near Philly, the newspaper had a headline about some homeless families that were being evicted from an old, abandoned ...read more

  • Sin Demands To Have A Man By Himself. It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 5,714 views

    Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation. Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. ...read more

  • Pragmatic Religion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,325 views

    PRAGMATIC RELIGION Years ago in Germany, there was a young Jewish boy who had a profound sense of admiration for his father. His family’s life centered on the acts of piety and devotion prescribed by their religion. The father was zealous in attending worship and religious instruction, and ...read more

  • Today It Seems That All You Have To Do To Sell A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,397 views

    Today it seems that all you have to do to sell a product is include some natural herb or mineral with it. Products ranging from shampoo to diet pills have all jumped on the “all natural” bandwagon. Just because something is all natural does not make it better or safe. There is one word in our ...read more

  • In The Movie Saving Private Ryan, A Group Of Army ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
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    In the movie Saving Private Ryan, a group of Army Rangers receive a mission to go deep into enemy territory to save Private Ryan. They hit skirmish after skirmish, and some of them are killed along the way. They finally get to where Private Ryan is holed up, and they say, “Come with us. We’re here ...read more

  • December 17, 1903, At 10:35 A.m., Orville Wright ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
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    December 17, 1903, at 10:35 A.M., Orville Wright secured his place in history by executing the first powered and sustained flight from level ground. For twelve gravity defying seconds he flew 120 feet along the dunes of the outer banks of North Carolina. In the field of Aviation, this historic ...read more

  • Being Involved In The Church Will Require You To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Being involved in the church will require you to love people who are difficult to love. Being involved in the church may require you to work with people who are difficult to work with. Being involved in the church, may cost you some of our friends, who don’t see the importance of being actively in ...read more

  • I Want To Begin This Morning By Talking About A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,802 views

    I want to begin this morning by talking about a feud that started towards the end of the civil War in West Virginia and Kentucky. It began in January of 1865 when Harmon McCoy, who had joined the Union army, was found murdered, presumably by a group of men led by William Anderson Hatfield. This ...read more

  • In More Jesus, Less Religion, Steve Arterburn ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,481 views

    In More Jesus, Less Religion, Steve Arterburn writes: “Some time ago, I read about the work of a Wycliffe Bible translator in a remote village in Papua New Guinea. When the opening chapters of Genesis were first translated into the native language, the attitude toward women in the tribe changed ...read more

  • Forrest Gump: Sometimes There Aren't Enough ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 9, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,172 views

    FORREST GUMP: SOMETIMES THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ROCKS In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest has a lifetime friendship with Jenny. In one scene, when both of them are grown and Jenny is just beginning to retreat from her lifestyle of sex and drugs, they are walking down a dirt road. Soon they come to the ...read more

  • A Minor Detail, A Major Distraction

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    A MINOR DETAIL, A MAJOR DISTRACTION Anything that hinders the worship of God incites the anger of God, and should be abandoned immediately. "It was a majestic evening. On Friday, October 18th, 1991, the world-class Chicago Symphony presented the final concert in its year-long celebration of the ...read more

  • Winning The Lottery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
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    WINNING THE LOTTERY Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump payment and received $113 million after taxes. Listen ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Compass

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 18, 2011
     | 4,126 views

    THE BIBLE IS A COMPASS Just before the outbreak of the First World War, a small ship named the Endurance set sail from Briton with a crew intent on being the first to cross the South Pole. The ship reached Antarctica, but became ice bound in the Weddle Sea. Soon they had to abandon their ship and ...read more

  • Bad Blood

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,948 views

    "BAD BLOOD" "Bad blood" is an English phrase referring to enmity between two (or more) people or groups. This is a reference to the breaking of military covenants. Not too long ago in the 19th century leeches were enjoying a golden age. Millions were raised for medical use as their fame as a ...read more

  • Give Me Liberty  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,057 views

    GIVE ME LIBERTY March 23, 1775. A man with his eternal perspective addressed the House of representatives and said, “ No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same ...read more

  • Two Babies In The Manger?  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 2,269 views

    2 babies in the manger? In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire and police departments and a large ...read more

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