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  • Cargo Cults

    Contributed by Craig Sully on Apr 7, 2010
     | 2,280 views

    CARGO CULTS First noticed in the late 19th century, the concept of the cargo cult came to prominence in the years immediately following WWII. As the Japanese and American armies began to island hop their way to victory and defeat across the Pacific, they literally took over these small territories ...read more

  • Hurricane Victims' Suffering Lead Them To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,791 views

    Hurricane Victims’ Suffering Lead Them to Christ 38-year-old Carlotta Bennett was riding out Hurricane Katrina in her attic with her family. The winds had blown her house way off its foundation, and the rising water was threatening to flood the house to the roof and drown the five people in the ...read more

  • My Dream  PRO

    Contributed by Michael E. Bartee Sr. on Jan 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,188 views

    MY DREAM This story is dedicated to all who have lost a loved-one who had suffered a long illness before dying. October, 1972, I visited Israel on a ’Holy Land Tour’. One night while staying at a hotel in Jerusalem, I dreamed that I was standing in a dimly-lit room. In the middle of the room ...read more

  • Lisa Beamer: Faith In Tragedy

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,642 views

    LISA BEAMER: FAITH IN TRAGEDY In her book, "Let’s Roll" she explains how she was reared in a loving home where the Lord was honored. She goes on to record: "On October 25, 1984, pain seared through his chest and everyone thought he was having a heart attack. The next morning at 5:00 a.m. the ...read more

  • No Oprima A Los Pobres

    Contributed by James Dina on Nov 21, 2020
     | 881 views

    NO OPRIMA A LOS POBRES "Un pobre que oprime a los pobres es como una lluvia torrencial que no deja comida." (Proverbios 28:3) Quien oprime al pobre reprocha al Dios Todopoderoso que crea al pobre, pero los que le honran se apiadan del pobre (Proverbios 14:31). Es un pecado grave acosar ...read more

  • Divine Laws Sow-Reap, The King

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 14, 2022
     | 1,394 views

    THERE ARE SOME DIVINE LAWS: Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. This mighty king invites all the young men from his kingdom to gather at the gate of the castle. The King has a challenge to all that would like to be the next ...read more

  • Who Lives In Your House?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 3,670 views

    Who Lives In Your House? Author: Unknown Once there was a very wealthy young man who lived in a great,elaborate house with dozens of rooms. Each room was more comfortable and more beautiful than the one before it. One day he decided to invite the Lord to come and stay with him. When the Lord ...read more

  • Christianstein  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Navarro on Dec 7, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 7,708 views

    It was a dark and stormy night. You could hear the thunder in the distance. Bats flapped their wings in the darkness of the night. There the castle stood. The wolves were howling; the trees were swaying in the wind as it whistled. And inside the castle, a faint light shown…from a ...read more

  • The Cross At Ground Zero  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 10, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,571 views

    THE CROSS AT GROUND ZERO I’m an excavation laborer, and a member of union local 731. Pick-and-shovel work is my trade. I live in New Jersey, but I’m a New York City native, Brooklyn born and bred. After the Towers collapsed, my city was hurting. When I heard they needed guys like me for ...read more

  • Search Committee Report  PRO

    Contributed by David Gant on Feb 14, 2004
    based on 77 ratings
     | 4,023 views

    SEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references. The ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2006
     | 1,283 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 27, 2006
     | 1,027 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of the finger ...read more

  • John Mentions Three Areas Of Sin Here. I Want To ...

    Contributed by Jasper Rains on Oct 18, 2009
     | 2,248 views

    John mentions three areas of sin here. I want to take a moment and dig a bit further to see what each of these sins really mean. I wan to try and help you see what John is telling us is of the world and will lead to death. • Lust of the flesh: Putting our desires first. – Sex, pleasures • Lust of ...read more

  • The Cross At Ground Zero After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
     | 3,101 views

    The Cross at Ground Zero After 9/11 A testimony from a worker at ground zero on 9-11 testifies of God’s transforming power. I’m an excavation laborer, and a member of union local 731. Pick-and-shovel work is my trade. I live in New Jersey, but I’m a New York City native, Brooklyn born and bred. ...read more

  • God Vs. Voodoo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
     | 3,625 views

    GOD VS. VOODOO Pastor Mike Breaux tells the story below when his daughter Jodie answered God's call to go into missions work: During her junior year of high school, Jodie struggled to find a faith of her own. She wanted to know in her heart that all of what she'd been taught to believe was true ...read more

  • The Devastating Power Of Criticism

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 25, 2014
     | 3,896 views

    "Go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated." - Author Unknown I know a number of people whose lives have been profoundly affected by the criticism of others. For some, it was being cruelly taunted at school by their peers, for others, a close family member who criticized or ...read more

  • It’s Too Late To Hide

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Dec 31, 2015
     | 5,802 views

    It’s Too Late to Hide I first noticed him as he shuffled past me while making his way through the crowd of excited children swarming around the room at the school for deaf and blind children outside Saigon, Vietnam. He moved slow, but steady. His arms and legs were twisted and drawn in such a ...read more

  • Death

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 7,106 views

    IN LATE WINTER DURING THE FIFTY-NINTH YEAR of his life, John Donne braved the weather and rough roads of the English countryside to keep his final preaching engagement before the king in London. He had spent most of that winter, what would be his last, battling “consumption,” and on several ...read more

  • Truly Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,872 views

    Timothy Paul Jones in his book, Proof writes about his middle daughter who had been previously adopted by another family. He was sure this couple had the best of intentions, but they never quite integrated the adopted child into their family of biological children. For one reason or another, ...read more

  • Great Quotes On Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 21, 2019
     | 3,596 views

    GREAT CHRISTIAN QUOTES ON THANKSGIVING 1. God says to give thanks in everything. That doesn’t mean you need to give thanks FOR everything. You don’t need to give thanks FOR that bad day. Or FOR that bad relationship. Or being passed over at work. Financial hardship. Whatever it is – you are not ...read more

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