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  • Nine-Year-Old Joey Was Asked By His Mother What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Aug 10, 2006
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    Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School. "Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. When he got to the Red Sea, he had his engineers build a pontoon bridge, and all the ...read more

  • I Heard The Report On A Navy Seal Who Lost His ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2006
     | 1,246 views

    I heard the report on a Navy Seal who lost his life in Iraq. They were on a roof top returning fire from several buildings. One Seal was assigned to watch the entrance to the roof. He saw someone down below but couldn’t get a clear shot. Before anyone knew it a grenade came up through that ...read more

  • Rabbi Eckstein Also Testifies To The Willingness ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 25, 2006
     | 1,687 views

    Rabbi Eckstein also testifies to the willingness of Israeli citizens to unashamedly help others. This should free us as Christians from our hesitant inhibitions in reaching the lost for Jesus. “. . . Israelis are not too shy, embarrassed, inhibited, or intimidated to stand out in a crowd and ...read more

  • Introduction: Gregory Elder Tells Of Growing Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
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    Introduction: Gregory Elder tells of growing up on the Atlantic Coast, where he spent long hours working on intricate sand castles. One year, for several days in a row, he was confronted by bullies who smashed his creations. Finally he tried an experiment: He placed cinder blocks, rocks, and chunks ...read more

  • Jim Cymbala Began At The Brooklyn Tabernacle As ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 27, 2000
    based on 165 ratings
     | 7,436 views

    Jim Cymbala began at the Brooklyn Tabernacle as an ill-equipped, under-educated, time-strapped preacher who led a second congregation in New Jersey. The Brooklyn church had no money to pay him, a ramshackle building, and barely enough attendance to bother with weekly meetings. Today, the ...read more

  • Donald Barnhouse Tells Of The Time When A Prairie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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    Donald Barnhouse tells of the time when a prairie fire swept across his father’s land & burned everything, house, buildings, crops, everything. Later on, his dad was walking across the burned ground, kicking this object & that. Finally, he came to a charred piece of something that looked ...read more

  • The Party Is Over  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,857 views

    THE PARTY IS OVER Americans experience presidential inaugurations in our nation’s capital every four years. They are gala events, expressions of national pride. All three branches of government are focused on the inauguration of an American president, and there are bands, banners, television ...read more

  • A Survey Of Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 3, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,928 views

    A SURVEY OF FATHERS The June 2003 issue of Family Circle Magazine contained results from a recent national survey of fathers. It had some interesting results: * 94% feel building a family is the hardest and most important thing a man can do. * 71% say fatherhood is more demanding than ...read more

  • When I Was Stationed In Italy, The U.s. Navy's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2003
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    When I was stationed in Italy, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Chaplains came for a visit. One of our Chaplains, Lt. Neil James, was in charge of arranging for a personal visit to some of the large Roman Catholic cathedral down town. While the Chief of Chaplains and Neil were in this beautiful ...read more

  • Regardless Of His State In The Present, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Evans on Jan 7, 2004
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     | 2,835 views

    Regardless of his state in the present, the negative thinker finds disappointment in the future. The epitaph on a negative person’s headstone ought to read, “I expected this.” A sign that was read several years ago in an office building can best describe this type of thinking: Don’t look – you ...read more

  • One Of The Early Methodist Bases For Works Of ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 9, 2004
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    One of the early Methodist bases for works of piety and mercy was the Foundery in London . The main room of the building was large enough to seat 1500 people. At one time, the Foundery had been a place for casting cannon. After a serious explosion in 1716, the weapons operation moved to Woolwich. ...read more

  • Like Bill Hybels, I Believe That There Is Nothing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 25, 2004
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    Like Bill Hybels, I believe that there is nothing like the local church when it is working right. In addition, I agree with what he says after that sentence: “Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. It comforts the grieving and heals the broken in the ...read more

  • In A Certain Village In Europe Several Centuries ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Nov 15, 2004
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     | 1,961 views

    In a certain village in Europe several centuries ago, a nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. He decided to build a church for a legacy. The completed plans for the church were kept secret. When the people gathered, they marveled at the church’s beauty and ...read more

  • In "The Hem Of His Garment" A Sermon By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 3, 2005
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    In "The Hem of His Garment" a sermon by W.A.Criswell (preached on 12/9/90) Dr.Criswell told this story, "Sir John Simpson, knighted by Queen Victoria in this last century, was a glorious Christian architect. He built those marvelous hospitals in London and in other cities of England- a great ...read more

  • A City Missionary In London Was Called To An Old ...

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Nov 9, 2007
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    A city missionary in London was called to an old building where a woman lay dying in the last stages of a terrible disease. The room was cold and she had nowhere to lie but on the floor. When the missionary asked if there was anything he could do, she replied, "I have all I really need; I have ...read more

  • In 1884, A Young Man Died, And After The Funeral, ...

    Contributed by Fred Parker on Dec 15, 2007
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     | 3,432 views

    In 1884, a young man died, and after the funeral, his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind, they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After they expressed ...read more

  • If Someone Ran Through The Door Of Our Church ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 11, 2008
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    If someone ran through the door of our church tonight and cried out, “There is an exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance resulting in rapid, persistent chemical change which is releasing heat and light, accompanied by flame.” We might wonder what the problem is. But if they just should ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    PRAYER: SPECIFIC DIRECTION The late great English writer, journalist, philosopher, poet, biographer, and Christian apologetic Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if they were stranded on a ...read more

  • John Rigas Served In An Armored Infantry ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
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    John Rigas served in an armored infantry division in WW II. He worked his way up from being an employee in a Sylvania plant to own a movie theatre which he parlayed over time into the Adelphia cable system, which also employed his sons. He was a religious man. He was the backbone of his small ...read more

  • Take It All, It's Worth Nothing

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 10, 2008
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    Take It All, It's Worth Nothing Like the story my grand father told me about of Nicolae, one his neighbors. In 1946, after WWII, the Russians were the masters of Eastern Europe. They nationalized the banks, flooding the market with endless paper money. Nicolae sold a property, and my grandfather ...read more