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  • Train Wreck

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,806 views

    TRAIN WRECK Some years ago, a fearful railroad wreck took a dreadful toll of life and limb in an eastern state. A train, loaded with young people returned from school, was stalled on a suburban track because of what is known as a "hot-box." Another limited train was soon due, but a flagman was ...read more

  • Our God Is Still Able

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 14, 2009
     | 2,257 views

    OUR GOD IS STILL ABLE An officer in the first World War gives this account of God’s willingness and ability to save men from shot and shell when they pray. A German machine gun crew had their gun trained on an angle of our trenches where troops frequently passed back and forth and the casualties ...read more

  • We're Building Two A Day

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 22, 2010
     | 3,022 views

    WE'RE BUILDING TWO A DAY In the 1880s the Methodist Church was privileged to have a leader named C. C. McCabe. He was a church extension pioneer and strategist, and a great achiever he was. One day he was on a train, riding out to the Pacific Northwest to help develop and launch a strategy for ...read more

  • God Answers Prayer In World War I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 3,755 views

    God Answers Prayer in World War I Battle An officer in the first World War gives this account of God’s willing and ability to save men from shot and shell when they will pray. A German machine gun crew had their gun trained on an angle of our trenches where troops frequently passed back and forth, ...read more

  • A True Story Of How My Close Relative's Urgent ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 8, 2011
     | 1,600 views

    A true story of how my close relative's urgent financial need was met by God's Providence! Dear friends, Jesus is same yesterday, today & forever (Hebrews 13:8). Oh how many personal experiences I have had and oh how many true accounts I have heard from God’s servants of the Almighty using ...read more

  • The Great Chicago Fire

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 2,997 views

    The fire started at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, in or around a small barn that bordered the alley behind 137 DeKoven Street.[3] The traditional account of the origin of the fire is that it was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Patrick and Cahterine O’Leary. Michael ...read more

  • Rockefeller's Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 17, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,133 views

    ROCKEFELLER'S GIVING The very first person to reach the status of billionaire was a man who knew how to set goals and follow through. At the age of 23, Rockefeller had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his ...read more

  • When I Was In Boy Scouts Growing Up In Tennessee, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
     | 1,150 views

    When I was in Boy Scouts growing up in Tennessee, one of the things I learned working for my First Aid Merit badge was this: “If you came upon a person involved in the scene of an accident, and they are bleeding profusely, and they are not breathing, which need to you tend to first?” You stop the ...read more

  • Story That Occurred During Ww I And The British ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,909 views

    Story that occurred During WW I and the British liberation of Palestine. British were coming up from Beersheeba chasing the Turkish soilders out of the land. In the pursit, the British army outdistanced the camel train that was carrying their water. Soon their water bottles were empty and slowly ...read more

  • One Adult Swallow Got Alongside The Chicks And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,285 views

    "One adult swallow got alongside the chicks and started shoving them out toward the end of the branch--pushing, pushing, pushing. The end one fell off. Somewhere between the branch and the water four feet below, the wings started working, and the fledgling was off on his own. Then the second one. ...read more

  • There Are People Who Believe That The Nt Was ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
     | 1,309 views

    there are people who believe that the NT was written so long after the life of Christ that it is not an accurate reflection of what really happened. In other words, all that Jesus said and did was blown out of proportion- kind of like a myth or a legend. Lee Stobel answers this well in his book The ...read more

  • Our Star-Breathing God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
     | 2,174 views

    OUR STAR-BREATHING GOD Here is one for our Browns fans. The biggest star that we have seen--Canis Major or The Big Dog. If you take our golf ball earth, then this star would be in comparison the size of Mt. Everest. Seven quadrillion earths would fit into it...that is enough golf balls to cover ...read more

  • Love Is Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 174 ratings
     | 7,372 views

    LOVE IS ACTION In his book, Dad, The Family Coach, Dave Simmons tells of an act of sacrificial love that occurred in a shopping mall. One day he took his eight year old Helen and five year old Brandon to the Cloverdale Mall. He needed to buy some tools in Sears. When they pulled into ...read more

  • The Pharisees And Teachers Of The Law Competed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Feb 6, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,412 views

    The Pharisees and teachers of the law competed with one another in strictness. They had atomized God’s law into 613 rules and bolstered these with 1,521 emendations (Yancey 132). We can see the length to which this went from the following facts. For many generations the Scribal Law was never ...read more

  • Restroom Use Policy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,876 views

    FROM: YS OPERATIONS SUBJECT: Restroom Use Policy In the past, employees were permitted to make trips to the restroom under informal guidelines. Effective immediately, a Restroom Trip Policy will be established to provide a more consistent method of accounting for each employee’s restroom time and ...read more

  • Jesus Lifted Up The Spirit Of A Discouraged ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 10, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 5,238 views

    Jesus lifted up the spirit of a discouraged preacher who retired early because of what happened to him. "In the Pentecostal Evangel church leader George U. Wood writes: "Have you ever heard a healing take place? I have. I listened to an audiotape of Duane Miller teaching his Sunday school ...read more

  • Last Year (2002), A&e Produced A Made-For-Tv ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 20, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,169 views

    Last year (2002), A&E produced a made-for-TV movie entitled Shackleton: The Greatest Survival Story of All Time. It is the account of the British explorer Ernest Shackleton and the 27 men with him who attempted to cross the continent of Antarctica. Temperatures around the South Pole can reach as ...read more

  • The Deception Of Effective Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,966 views

    Research from Barna concerning Leadership: The Deception of Effective Leadership Most pastors are content with the way things are going in their ministry. A national survey among pastors revealed that a majority feel they are doing an excellent or good job in leading people spiritually in ...read more

  • Speaking About The Topic Dealt With In This ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
     | 1,874 views

    Speaking about the topic dealt with in this psalm, Bro. J. Vernon McGee tells the story of how he and his wife lost their first child in the hospital. He gives the following account: I only heard the cry of that little one. All she ever did in her life was cry. I shall never forget the day ...read more

  • If 99.9 Percent Is Good Enough, Then …

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 2,307 views

    If 99.9 Percent Is Good Enough, Then … Two million documents will be lost by the IRS this year. 811,000 faulty rolls of 35mm film will be loaded this year. 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank accounts in the next 60 minutes. 1,314 phone calls will be misplaced by ...read more

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