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  • One Of The Most Incredible Stories Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
    based on 220 ratings
     | 6,949 views

    ILL. One of the most incredible stories of forgiveness I’ve ever heard came out of Tulsa, OK, a couple of years ago. Tom McGee was a young man who went out for a night of partying & revelry. He got drunk & ran head-on into a car driven by a young man by the name of Ted Morris. He killed Ted ...read more

  • A Prisoner Who Just Couldn’t Take Any More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 2,218 views

    A prisoner who just couldn’t take any more pulled a daring escape from the county jail in Fordyce, Arkansas. He would have been better off staying put: as the man was escaping, a county judge was ordering his immediate release because he had been locked up too long due to a clerical error. The ...read more

  • The First Billionaire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 33 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    The First Billionaire 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, he had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his personal power ...read more

  • Rabbi Harold Kushner Tells A Wonderful Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,342 views

    Rabbi Harold Kushner tells a wonderful story about a bright young man, who was a sophomore Stanford pre-med student To reward him for having done so well in school, his parents gave him a trip to the Far East for the summer vacation before the start of his junior year. While there he met a guru who ...read more

  • Awl For The Good  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 6,480 views

    AWL FOR THE GOOD In 1809, Simon Renee Braille and his wife Monique welcomed their fourth child into the world-- a lively boy named Louis. They lived in a small stone house near Paris where Braille was the local harness maker. Leather working tools are dangerous, so the toddler had been ...read more

  • On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell (From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Burdine on Jun 12, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 3,118 views

    On September 11, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell (from U.S. Army Headquarters) had just stepped into a Pentagon hallway when the fireball from the hijacked plane hit him. After recovering from the initial shock, Birdwell realized he was on fire. "Jesus, I’m coming to see you," he remembers praying. When ...read more

  • The City Of Jerusalem Has Always Been A Major ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 23, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,714 views

    The city of Jerusalem has always been a major center for conflict. In 1099, an invading army took the city and massacred the inhabitants. The destruction was so complete that the invaders proudly reported that the narrow streets ran red with blood. 88 years later, an army appeared to retake the ...read more

  • The Beatles Rebellion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,410 views

    THE BEATLES REBELLION The Beatles rebellion against the God of the Bible goes way back for most of them! One example is the fact that John Lennon was taken to Sunday School by his Aunt Mimi. He even sang in the choir. But, by age 11, John was permanently barred from Sunday services in his aunt’s ...read more

  • One Day While Working In The Oilfield We Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,860 views

    One day while working in the oilfield we were "breaking out" and removing old, abandoned pipelines. These were old "flow lines" and "gas lines". Natural gas has a tendency to dry out the threads of pipe and this, coupled with their age, make screwing the pipe apart very difficult. It was necessary ...read more

  • Tara Cook Spent The First Part Of Her Life Being ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,448 views

    Tara Cook spent the first part of her life being shifted from one house to another. When she was ten Tara went to live with her dad & his girl friend Rose. All went well for a short time and then Rose began to abuse her. After she had lived there for about 15 months Rose informed her that she would ...read more

  • Wanted: Movers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,980 views

    WANTED: MOVERS Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store. He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the ...read more

  • What Would Have Happened Had Moses Tried To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,729 views

    What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out what was needed to accomplish God’s command? One of the biggest arithmetical miracles in the world was required in the desert. Moses led the people of Israel into the desert….Now what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and ...read more

  • As Afflictions In Christ Abound And Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,068 views

    As afflictions in Christ abound and are prolonged, consolations abound and perseverance is given by Jesus as long as Christians go to Him as teacher for He invites them to be His students. (Matthew Henry Commentary) As Christians throw off the yoke of the flesh, the world and the lies of the ...read more

  • Most Neo-Pagans Have The Following Factors In ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,107 views

    Most Neo-Pagans have the following factors in common: • Their religion was almost or completely wiped out in the past and has since then been reconstructed from ancient information sources • They are either duo-theistic or poly-theistic in nature (recognizing a goddess and god or many gods.) • Most ...read more

  • Charles Fuller Was A Radio Bible Teacher Years ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Dec 11, 2006
     | 3,618 views

    Charles Fuller was a radio Bible teacher years ago. He once announced that he would be speaking the following Sunday on the topic of “Heaven.” During that week, he received a letter from an elderly gentleman who was very ill—on his deathbed. The man wrote: “Next Sunday you are to talk about ...read more

  • I Did A Google Image Search For The

    Contributed by James Jack on Apr 11, 2009
     | 3,891 views

    I did a google image search for the “armour of God.” It’s extraordinary the number of diagrams and pictures devoted to this theme. For our instruction and entertainment (well, actually more for our entertainment), I’ll show you a selection. • They normally involve someone decked out somewhat like ...read more

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1,

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
     | 3,207 views

    2 Corinthians 7:1,“Let us cleanse ourselves” - that means we would do a good job if we were just as fond of straightening our own selves out as we are to find the faults of others. It is God’s Holy Spirit that will do the work but we must enter in to an active cooperation with God on this matter. ...read more

  • The Modeler And The Modeled

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 4,187 views

    THE MODELER AND THE MODELED Michael Chesko describes himself as an eccentric mix of engineer, model maker, unofficial cartographer, and most of all, artist. When he was a little boy living in Arizona he would make maps of fictitious landscapes of places like Arizona and then he started to model ...read more

  • Blind But Now I See  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,926 views

    BLIND BUT NOW I SEE Peter spent a few years trying to cope with his blindness, learning ways of looking after himself so that he wasn’t so much a burden upon his family, although they still continued to visit on the odd occasion. He also learned how to read Braille. Then one day he was informed ...read more

  • Running The Race God's Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,004 views

    RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S WAY Joni Eareckson Tada recently told a story commenting on Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." She writes, "My husband, Ken, serves ...read more