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  • A Lady Who Had A Small House On The Seashore Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 7, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 4,622 views

    A lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home. Several weeks after the installation, a meter reader appeared at her ...read more

  • John Curzon And The Watch  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 2,506 views

    John Curzon, a Polish mechanic, who was presented with a gold medal for his inventions, performed a most extraordinary thing when he succeeded in manufacturing a complete watch in the space of 8 hours from materials on which most watchmakers would have looked with contempt. It appears that the ...read more

  • How Can Anyone Look At Our World And Believe ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 5, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 1,626 views

    How can anyone look at our world and believe this all happened by chance? With just a glance at the animal kingdom and I see overwhelming evidence of design. Take the polar bear for instance. A polar bear that is tranquilized trapped, and released 300 miles away can usually find its way home. ...read more

  • Bruce Wilkinson Has Written An Excellent Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Mar 10, 2001
    based on 156 ratings
     | 5,471 views

    Bruce Wilkinson has written an excellent little book called The Prayer of Jabez. In the book, Wilkinson explains the reluctance believers have toward having a greater influence for Christ in their world. He explains this reluctance by using two mathematic equations. The first equation ...read more

  • Remember To Look At The Possibilities In The Area ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
     | 1,275 views

    Remember to look at the possibilities in the area you see. (You see some things but don’t actually look at them.) We used the FedEx logo during our Gripped For Greatness campaign last year. We asked if you saw all you were looking at. Between the last two letters of FedEx you can see an arrow ...read more

  • Evil Rasputin

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,261 views

    Evil Rasputin Gregory Rasputin, the “Mad Monk of Russia” managed to get a strong hold on the royal family of his day. Some believe the corrupting power he exerted was a contributing factor in the takeover of communism. By currying the favor of the court he was able to influence many decisions ...read more

  • The Infallible Bible-Barometer

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,430 views

    The Infallible Bible-Barometer In September, 1938, a man who lived on Long Island was able one day to satisfy a lifelong ambition by purchasing for himself a very fine barometer. When the instrument arrived at his home, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to ...read more

  • By Now Everyone Has Heard Of The Death Of Actor ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,050 views

    By now everyone has heard of the death of actor Heath Ledger. Just a few days ago this up and coming young actor was found dead in his lower Manhattan apartment. From the outside looking in it would seem that he had it made. He had truly found the American dream. He had fame and fortune. Yet, ...read more

  • Sherlock Holmes And His Friend Dr. John Watson ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 30, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,878 views

    Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John Watson went on a camping trip. They set up their tent and fell asleep. Some hours later, Holmes woke his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replied, "I see millions of stars." "What does that tell you?" asks ...read more

  • An Increasing Number Of People In America And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 2,452 views

    An increasing number of people in America and around the world don't believe in God. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found 20% of Americans ages 18 to 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the rate of 20 years ...read more

  • John Taylor Recently Invented A Clock Called The ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,363 views

    John Taylor recently invented a clock called the Chronophage. Literally it means time eater. It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, chronos, and the word phageo meaning “to eat”. A monster-looking grasshopper with a mouthful of teeth devours ...read more

  • Before You Judge

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,313 views

    BEFORE YOU JUDGE Steven Covey recalls riding on the New York subway one Sunday morning. It was a quiet time with many simply reading the paper, resting, or thinking quietly to themselves. But the quiet was shatter when a man and his children entered the car Covey was sitting in. The man sat down ...read more

  • When Dr. Stephen Olford Was Pastor Of The ...

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 16, 2009
     | 3,387 views

    ILLUS: When Dr. Stephen Olford was pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City he had the opportunity of leading his brother who had been an agnostic most of his life to the Lord, as he lay in the hospital desperately ill. One day Dr. Olford was called to come to the hospital quickly and ...read more

  • A Few Minutes Before The Services Started, The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
     | 1,996 views

    A few minutes before the services started, the church people were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from the evil one. Soon ...read more

  • All Roads Lead To Heaven, Travel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
     | 3,767 views

    All Roads Lead to Heaven, Travel Agent Max Lucado in a video program based on his book 3:16 Stories of Hope, has a wonderful lesson on the oft heard statement, "All roads lead to heaven". He then gives us an imaginary discussion with a travel agent. " You tell him you need a flight to Rome, Italy. ...read more

  • Drunk Asks Priest About The Cause Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
     | 6,478 views

    Drunk Asks Priest About the Cause of Arthritis Sometimes our words can get us into trouble. A man who smelled like a brewery flopped on a seat at a bus stop next to a priest. The man’s shirt was stained, clothes messy, and a half empty bottle of wine was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He ...read more

  • Back When The Generals Led Their Troops Into ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
     | 2,246 views

    Back when the generals led their troops into battle rather than directing them from a ‘situation room’ half a world away, it is said that Alexander the Great’s position was about to be over-run by the enemy. Turning to a valiant young soldier at his side, the great military genius implored the boy ...read more

  • David Yarborough Tells The Story From One Of Max ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 6, 2010
     | 2,152 views

    David Yarborough tells the story from one of Max Lucado’s books of a lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home. ...read more

  • Make A Wish

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,281 views

    MAKE A WISH Have you ever dreamed of finding a genie in a lamp where you could get three wishes? Our Pastor, who is in charge of the prison ministry, always tells the same joke, because the prisoner population has a new turnover each time he visits. He always sets them up by asking if they had ...read more

  • Noble Savages

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2011
     | 1,412 views

    NOBLE SAVAGES For a while people have believed that our problems exist because we are too civilized. If we would just get back to nature and throw away all of the modern conveniences and the ideas found in the Christian religion, then we would be like the noble savages of old. A good example ...read more