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  • The V Formation

    Contributed by Tim White on May 9, 2011
     | 2,177 views

    I heard Adrian Rogers give this example: "We all have seen Canada Geese fly in their V formation with one leg of the V formation longer than the other leg. Why do they fly in the V formation? The lead goose is making it easier for the other geese who are following his lead. He is moving the wind ...read more

  • Porn Stats

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2012
     | 1,598 views

    PORN STATS The Internet is a good tool but it can also be used to fuel heat of sexual lust. Statistics are truly staggering. This is from 2006 and worldwide statistics: According to compiled numbers from respected news and research organizations, every second $3,075.64 is being spent on ...read more

  • I Read A Story Recently About A Terrible Fire In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,003 views

    I read a story recently about a terrible fire in a chemical plant. Several area fire departments responded to the blaze, and the whole community gathered at a distance to watch. The media was there in helicopters and satellite remote trucks. The president of the company was among the crowd, and he ...read more

  • Life's Deeper Meaning

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 29, 2011
     | 2,771 views

    LIFE'S DEEPER MEANING Examining life for deeper meanings is a twentieth century preoccupation. We assume that things are not what they seem. Words disguise Hidden Feelings. Actions symbolize Something Else. We sometimes try too hard to discover the hidden meanings when there just might not be ...read more

  • Worship: It Takes Time To Warm Up

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
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     | 2,278 views

    WORSHIP: IT TAKES TIME TO WARM UP When I was a kid in Kansas City, we lived next door to a family who owned a publishing company. They had an old 4 door Mercedes that they would let their son drive to school. He was 3 years older than me and also named Tim. On those winter mornings when the ...read more

  • I Used To Fly Small Planes, Cessnas And Pipers, ...

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Mar 19, 2008
     | 1,585 views

    I used to fly small planes, Cessnas and Pipers, single engine and multi-engine, and I would give flight instruction to people who wanted to learn flying and I would also do what is called “bank runs” where we would fly cancelled checks to various places throughout the country. We would fly ...read more

  • Faith Without Works

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 4, 2009
     | 6,028 views

    FAITH WITHOUT WORKS As a Marine Sergeant, there were many times when I helped out the young troops in my charge with various sorts of favors. Sometimes I was the local financial aid officer, assisting a young Marine in between pay days with the money necessary for a car insurance payment. ...read more

  • Farmall Hospitality!" 3 John 1-8 Key Verse(S): ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 17, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,268 views

    “Farmall Hospitality!” 3 John 1-8 Key verse(s): 5: “Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you.” I’m a Corvair man! That means that I drive old, forty years or more, cars with air-cooled engines and no shoulder harnesses. Since I’ve ...read more

  • Sex And Corn Flakes

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 22, 2012
     | 1,949 views

    SEX AND CORN FLAKES Les Parrot states in his book Crazy Good Sex: "No human longing is more powerful, more difficult to rein in, than sex. It has enough combustive force to incinerate wedding vows, family commitments, career goals, religious devotion, and anything else in its path" (page 17). So ...read more

  • This Past December (12/01), The "Leaning Tower Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on May 19, 2002
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    This past December (12/01), the “Leaning Tower of Pisa” was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for almost a dozen years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar renovation project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed 110 tons of dirt, and reduced its ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Train Traveling Through ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,615 views

    I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the ...read more

  • Titles Of Jesus Christ To The Architect, He Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,735 views

    "Titles of Jesus Christ To the architect, He is the chief cornerstone (1 Peter 2:6) To the bride, He is the bridegroom (Matthew 25:1) To the carpenter, He is the door. (John 10:9) To the engineer, He is the new and living way. (Hebrews 10:20) To the farmer, He is the Lord of the harvest (Matthew ...read more

  • When God Created The Human Body, He Wired Us In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,217 views

    When God created the human body, he wired us in ways that baffle engineers. When we put our hand over an open flame, there is an alarm that goes off in our head that shouts, “ HOT!- our natural reaction is then to pull our hand away from the flame. The result is that we have prevented injury. Pain ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Train Traveling Through ...

    Contributed by Randy Brooks on Jun 6, 2007
     | 1,569 views

    I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the ...read more

  • On December 2001, The "Leaning Tower Of Pisa" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,200 views

    On December 2001, the “Leaning Tower of Pisa” was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for almost a dozen years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar renovation project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed 110 tons of dirt, and reduced its famous ...read more

  • On December 2001, The "Leaning Tower Of Pisa" Was ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Oct 8, 2007
     | 2,307 views

    On December 2001, the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for almost a dozen years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar renovation project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed 110 tons of dirt, and reduced its famous ...read more

  • Choice Determines Character

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,979 views

    CHOICE DETERMINES CHARACTER Years ago the Douglas Aircraft Company was competing with Boeing to sell Eastern Airlines its first big order of jets. War hero, Eddie Rickenbacker, the head of Eastern Airlines, reportedly told Donald Douglas that the specifications and claims made by Douglas Company ...read more

  • Heroic Failure

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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    HEROIC FAILURE The Book of Heroic Failures, was written by Stephen Pile in 1979. It is a book written in celebration of human inadequacy in all its forms. My favourite story took part in 1978. During the fireman’s strike in England, the British army took over emergency fire-fighting and drove the ...read more

  • Don't Choose Dates Like Cars

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 7, 2011
     | 2,160 views

    DON'T CHOOSE DATES LIKE CARS Most young people choose their dates like some folks buy cars. If it looks good on the outside, it’s the right color, the right style; if it’s interior is pleasing to their eye and pleasing to the touch; and if it’s got all kinds of bells and whistles...that’s the car ...read more

  • Little Things Can Change The Direction Of Big Things

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014
     | 6,103 views

    Tim George gave the example of two warships that had the largest full-load displacement in the world: U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower each weigh about 91,000 tons. They are over 1,000 feet long and can travel over 30 knots per hour, powered by engines that can ...read more