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  • A Memorial To The Resurrection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 7,556 views

    A MEMORIAL TO THE RESURRECTION Six miles outside of Manilla lies the peaceful but vast Manila American Cemetery. It is 152 acres of gently rising ground set aside to memorialize the military dead who served America during World War II in the Southwest Pacific Theatre. The cemetery is ...read more

  • The Gettysburg Address  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,593 views

    THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived ...read more

  • Bernard Of Clairvaux Speaks Of A "Perfume ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 7, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,336 views

    Bernard of Clairvaux speaks of a “perfume compound of the remembered benefits of God.” Such a fragrance is easily obtained by spending a season in praise for the things God has already done. Not just by saying thank you, but by expressing a life of gratitude. Every born-again Christian should be ...read more

  • Scientists At Nasa Have Developed A Gun For The ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 14, 2009
     | 1,729 views

    Scientists at NASA have developed a gun for the purpose of launching dead chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at the windshield of airline jet, military jet, or the space shuttle, at that vehicle’s maximum traveling velocity. The idea being, that it would simulate the frequent incidents of ...read more

  • Resurrection Plant

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,765 views

    As a boy I saw an advertisement in a comic book that appealed to my scientific nature. The product being offered for sale was called a "miracle plant." The ad declared that the plant would be dead when received by the purchaser; but when placed in water, it would soon "miraculously" return to ...read more

  • Graveyard Reserved For "Living" Death

    Contributed by James Pless on May 2, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,971 views

    7217. Graveyard Reserved For "Living" Death Harold Barker wrote of a graveyard in Ayrshire, Scotland, where once a stranger was buried. This greatly distressed the folks in that parish—so much so, that they had a notice put up to the effect that: "This graveyard is ...read more

  • I Don't Know Much About Samuel Clements -- Mark ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jun 23, 2008
     | 2,263 views

    I don’t know much about Samuel Clements -- Mark Twain -- when it comes to his faith. But he said something once which was dead on. He said, “Some people worry about the passages in the Bible they don’t ...read more

  • It’s Hunting Season And Two Friends Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,066 views

    It’s hunting season and two friends were out hunting. One was always bragging about what a good shot he was. About that time a duck flew over. He took aim and fired . . . . the duck flew on unscathed. He paused a minute and ...read more

  • What Is Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,365 views

    What Is Faith? FAITH is dead to doubts— dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. FAITH lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. FAITH makes the uplook ...read more

  • A Family Was Having A Lot Of Problems With ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 19, 2009
     | 2,525 views

    A family was having a lot of problems with ants. The ants were everywhere and would attack anything that looked like food. One day, some ants got into the salt shaker, but they were dead. Perhaps one ant said to the other, "Hey look, it’s sugar!" In ...read more

  • Seize Today  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,873 views

    SEIZE TODAY In the movie "Dead Poet’s Society," Robin Williams plays the role of a teacher in an exclusive eastern prep school. On the first day of school, he takes the class of boys out into the hallway to look at the pictures of past, now dead, graduates of the school. He motivates them to ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Symbolism Behind Water ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    Do you remember the symbolism behind Water Baptism? The 2nd step of submersion in Water Baptism deals with a circumcision of the heart according to Francis Anfuso’s booklet Water Baptism he states on page 12: a. In the Old Testament, God established circumcision to be an outward work which ...read more

  • The Movie "The Hanging Tree" Was Set In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,750 views

    The movie “The Hanging Tree” was set in a western gold-mining camp in the late 1800s. Gary Cooper played the role of doctor for the camp. One day a young boy was seen robbing gold from the camp. He was shot from a distance but managed to hobble into hiding. All hands in the camp spread out to see ...read more

  • An Emergency-Room Doctor Wrote, "Recently We Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,149 views

    An Emergency-room doctor wrote, "Recently we saw another preview of hell in the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. A woman struck down by a drunken driver. A college student lying semi-conscious following a head on collision with another drunk driver who himself was critically injured. The drunk's ...read more

  • A City Boy, Kenny, Moved To The Country And ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Feb 24, 2009
     | 1,877 views

    A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died." Kenny replied, "Well then, just give me my money ...read more

  • Pulling On Both Oars  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,439 views

    PULLING ON BOTH OARS An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith" and on the other oar the word "Works." Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of these oars. The old man, being a ...read more

  • Bangedy Bang

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,178 views

    BANGEDY BANG A soldier in the heat of battle had his gun jam on him. The enemy was charging straight for him and he was defenseless, desperate! For some unknown reason he pointed his finger at the man and said "Bangedy bang" and the guy fell down dead. He looked at his hand and thought, wow! ...read more

  • Pastor Bob Schmidgall Said Of Super Bowl Sunday, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,259 views

    Pastor Bob Schmidgall said of Super Bowl Sunday, "That’s a pastor’s nightmare. What do you do on Super Bowl Sunday night? Go watch the game? I’m not worried about watching it. I’m worried about all those people don’t come to church." Then he quoted this, written by a minister: "As a minister ...read more

  • Getting To Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2003
    based on 175 ratings
     | 7,357 views

    *Getting To Heaven* The pastor was talking to a group of young children about believing in Jesus and going to heaven. At the end of his talk, he asked, "Where do you want to go?" "Heaven!" they all piped up. "And what do you have to be to get ...read more

  • A Father Was At The Beach With His Children When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2007
     | 1,142 views

    A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked. "He died and went to Heaven," the ...read more