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  • The Magnitude Of The Request

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,636 views

    THE MAGNITUDE OF THE REQUEST Napoleon and his soldiers overcame an island in the Mediterranean Sea. They had fought for many days to take the island and finally succeeded. After the capture of the island at the price of many lives, Napoleon and his generals gathered for a celebration. As they were ...read more

  • The Compass That Wouldn't Cooperate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,003 views

    THE COMPASS THAT WOULDN'T COOPERATE An old sailor repeatedly got lost at sea, so his friends gave him a compass and urged him to use it. The next time he went out in his boat, he followed their advice and took the compass with him. But as usual he became hopelessly confused and was unable to find ...read more

  • How Many Will Be Saved?

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 20, 2011
     | 1,664 views

    HOW MANY WILL BE SAVED? There was a debate between two famous rabbis about this. One said that the number saved would be one third of the world. To support this he pointed to the ancient Flood in which Noah and his three sons and their families were saved. But of these three sons, Shem, the ...read more

  • Deficiencies

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Aug 13, 2011
     | 2,021 views

    DEFICIENCIES I want to tell you about a weird thing that used to happen a lot to sailors during the 1600s. Vessels were getting more sea worthy, and adventures were taking people farther and farther from home. You might be on the same ship with the same people, with the same person cooking for ...read more

  • Burn The Ships

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,774 views

    BURN THE SHIPS In the 1500’s there was a commander named Cortes who was trying to conquer the Yucatan Peninsula for its gold. To prevent retreat Cortes ordered his ships to be sent to sea and scuttled so they could not retreat. How where they to get home? They weren’t--they would either win or ...read more

  • The Tragedy Of Steve Irwin

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
     | 3,277 views

    THE TRAGEDY OF STEVE IRWIN I loved to watch Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, but I knew he would die young. You simply do not play with wild animals without sooner or later getting in trouble. Steve survived countless snakebites; chased up a tree by a deadly komodo dragan; spat on by a red ...read more

  • Take Me Home

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 2,644 views

    Take Me Home I've been everything that I want to be. I've seen everything that I want to see. All over this world I did roam. Now, I'm asking you, Jesus, please take me home. I can hear my spirit within me groan. I wan to be sitting at the foot of Your throne. I've had my fill ...read more

  • Refining

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on May 11, 2008
     | 3,789 views

    REFINING A woman called a silversmith one day because she was curious about the process of refining silver. So she made an appointment to come to his shop and watch him work. She saw him hold a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, you need to ...read more

  • Newton And Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,373 views

    NEWTON AND AMAZING GRACE A long time ago, a man truly experienced God’s grace His name was John Newton. Though he was brought up in the church as a child, he became a calloused man full of anger, pain, and uncertainty. Because of that, He experienced many troubles. At one time, he was a ...read more

  • What’s Giving Thanks All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,352 views

    What’s giving Thanks all about A. The pilgrims did it 1. In 1621, the pilgrims celebrated the first harvest at Plymouth 2. To them, it was a religious holiday celebrating all that God gave them The Pilgrim Proclamation of 1623 Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant ...read more

  • Answered Prayer On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 4,695 views

    ANSWERED PRAYER ON A PLANE WELLINGTON, New Zealand--Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound in New Zealand, admiring the beautiful panoramic view. Then there was a cough. "Bless you, Owen." "For what, Grant?" "Your cough." "I didn’t cough." "Oh." Then ...read more

  • Richard Wumbrand

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,415 views

    RICHARD WUMBRAND Richard Wumbrand was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. Pursued by Siguranþa Statului (the secret police), he was arrested and held in Doftana prison. Wurmbrand subsequently renounced his political ideals. He started to preach Christ. ...read more

  • John Harper's Last Convert

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 22, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 372 views

    A man stood up in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada four years after the sinking of the Titanic in a testimony meeting and this is what he said. He said, “I am a survivor of the Titanic. When I was drifting alone on that awful night, the tide brought a man toward me in the sea and his name was John ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 364 views

    in 1871, Spafford’s 4-year-old son died of Scarlet fever. Two years later, business demands kept Spafford from joining his wife and four daughters on a family vacation in England where his friend D. L. Moody would be preaching. On November 22, 1873, while crossing the Atlantic on the steamship ...read more

  • The News Has Played Up The Fact Of Racial ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 1,552 views

    The news has played up the fact of racial motivations and hatred of jocks. It becomes increasingly clear that one of the targeted groups on that HS campus was Christians. Cassie Bernall Cassie was a 17-year-old junior with long blond hair, hair she wanted to cut off and have made into wigs for ...read more

  • On February 19, 1979, A Small Plane Crashed Into ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 21, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 1,182 views

    On February 19, 1979, a small plane crashed into Ontario Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, and a ten-hour story of death, courage, and survival began. The passengers of that Cessna 172 included the pilot, a young woman, an attorney, and his eleven-year-old son. The pilot and the attorney were ...read more

  • Do You See, Do You See, All The People Sinking ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,405 views

    Do you see, do you see, all the people sinking down, Don’t you care, don’t you care, are you gonna let them drown, How can you be so numb, not to care if they come, You close your eyes and pretend the job’s done. Oh Bless me Lord, bless me Lord, you know it’s all I ever hear, No one aches, no one ...read more

  • Do You Believe In The God Of ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 3, 2010
     | 1,387 views

    Do you believe in the God of surprises? Now, let’s be clear, just in case anyone’s not sure. Although The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of my favourite books, and one of my favourite films, I know that it’s only make-believe; but just like the parables that Jesus told – the stories he ...read more

  • What Really Matters

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011
     | 4,659 views

    WHAT REALLY MATTERS It was two weeks before Christmas and it began to start. Everyone was scrambling and rushing to get to Wal-Mart. Their credit cards were in the orange and checking account in the red in hopes that their rich uncle would soon be dead. Old Saint Nick sitting high on a mountain ...read more

  • Not Allowed To Die  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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     | 2,976 views

    NOT ALLOWED TO DIE Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more ...read more

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