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  • Bill Gaither's Work Crew

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 16, 2007
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    Illustration: Bill Gaither’s Work Crew Steve Green, who sang six years with Bill and Gloria Gaither, tells about getting to know some of the work crews in the large auditoriums where their concerts were held. The Gaithers prefer concerts-in-the-round, which means extra work for the “riggers,” who ...read more

  • Roger Rose Said That When He Was A Boy, His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Andrews on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,703 views

    Roger Rose said that when he was a boy, his family lived on a farm alongside a dirt road. Only on rare occasions would an automobile pass by. But one day as Roger’s young brother was crossing the road on his bicycle, a car came roaring down a nearby hill, struck the boy, and killed him. Roger said, ...read more

  • Many Cry, "Peace, Peace" When There Is No Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Dec 11, 2007
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    Many cry, “Peace, peace when there is no peace.” Ill. Old First Church in the Court Square of Springfield is the oldest Church in the City. But, they have long ago departed from the Gospel and the Prince of Peace. For the last several year they have held a vigil to defend a woman’s right to choose ...read more

  • God Will Make Things Right, So Stay With It To ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
     | 1,479 views

    God will make things right, so stay with it to the end ... 1. When it looks like Dorothy won’t get out of the witch’s castle, let alone home to Kansas, stay with it to the end. 2. When it looks like Charlton Heston won’t get those people out of Egypt, and certainly not across the Red Sea, stay ...read more

  • On June 18, 1956, A Freak Accident Happened On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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     | 2,426 views

    On June 18, 1956, a freak accident happened on a lake in New York. A speeding motorboat bounced on a wave and shot into the water two of its passengers, a 50-year old man and a little girl. To keep the girl from drowning, the man held her head above water while the boat circled back to pick them ...read more

  • In 1986, There Were Two Ships That Collided Off ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    In 1986, there were two ships that collided off the Russian coast. Hundreds of people were thrown to their deaths in the icy waters. When the authorities investigated the cause of the accident they did not find any mechanical or technical problems. They found a human problem. Seems that both ...read more

  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

  • Nizhizaka Hill Is The Place In Nagasaki, Japan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    Nizhizaka Hill is the place in Nagasaki, Japan where the 26 martyrs were executed on 15 February 1597, 400 years ago. They went to their deaths singing Psalm 113. Paul Miki was preaching. Contrary to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan’s expectation the Christians’ faith was strengthened. ...read more

  • Do Not Be Ignorant

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
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    Do Not Be Ignorant Paul opens Chapter 10 by telling the Corinthian Christians to not be ignorant to not be ag-no-eh-o which means the following: The Greek word for "ignorant" - ἀãíïέù, agnoeō, ag-no-eh'-o. Not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by ...read more

  • Grace Is A Force A Power That We All Need To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 26, 2008
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     | 1,970 views

    Grace is a force a power that we all need to experience and to tap because it has power: Grace has the power to transform a life filled with sorrow to a life filled with joy. Grace has the power to deliver one from them self. Grace has the power to bring love into a loveless life. Grace has the ...read more

  • Why Are You Weeping?

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 29, 2024
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    Note: – This a small dialogue between God and you. Why are you weeping? Dear ______, Is my grace not sufficient for you? Is my hand is not strong enough to lift you out of your valleys? Is my blanket of love not large enough to envelop you and your family? Are my feathers not enough to keep ...read more

  • The Anaconda Attack

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2024
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     | 603 views

    Lorrie Anderson, missionary to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list. Eyes closed, she did not see the deadly ...read more

  • The Heartbeat And Bloodline Of Praying African American Mothers

    Contributed by Jessie Manuel on May 8, 2025
     | 152 views

    Legacy of Blood and Heartbeat From the heartbeat of ancestors long gone, Rises a rhythm—a sacred song, Passed through blood, through bloodlines deep, A legacy rooted in faith to keep. Mothers praying in quiet nights, Holding on through struggles and fights, Their voices rising, fierce ...read more

  • The Martyrs Of The Ecuador Mission  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,350 views

    The Martyrs of the Ecuador Mission 8 January 1956 (modified by sermon author) In the dense rain-forests of Ecuador, on the Pacific side of the Andes Mountains, lives a tribe of Indians. -They simply call themselves the “people” but their neighbor’s call them “savages” -For many generations ...read more

  • I First Began The Study Of God's White Stone In ...

    Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
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    I FIRST BEGAN THE STUDY OF GOD’S WHITE STONE IN REV. 2 MANY YEARS AGO, AT MY FIRST PASTORATE, BECAUSE OF A GEOLOGIST IN THE CHURCH THAT ELUDED TO THE WHITE STONE VERSE,IN A BIBLE STUDY LESSON I HEARD HIM GIVE. I LATER WAS STUDYING THE REVELATIONS AT D.B.U., UNDER DR. BELL, WHO IS ONE OF THE ...read more

  • There Is An Old Story Of An Eagle Who, On An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 7, 2000
    based on 168 ratings
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    There is an old story of an eagle who, on an early morning during the Spring thaw, soared high above the forest looking for something to eat. As he followed the course of a river he looked down and spied a small rodent, trapped on a piece of ice that had broken free and was floating down stream. ...read more

  • Today I Am A Horse, Dear God, Did You Have To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 12, 2000
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    "Today I am a horse, Dear God, did you have to make my poor old horse lose his shoe just before the Sabbath? That wasn't nice. It's enough you pick on me, Tevye, bless me with 5 daughters, a life of poverty. What have You got against my horse? Sometimes I think when things are too quiet up there, ...read more

  • A Single Battle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 196 ratings
     | 4,791 views

    Great introduction to sermon: A single battle can determine the outcome of an entire war. Like Gettysburg and the Invasion at Normandy, a telling battle of the future of England had came. General Wellington of the British Army represented the last formidable opposition to the French army under ...read more

  • The Doubleheader Train Was Bucking A Heavy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 46 ratings
     | 2,373 views

    The doubleheader train was bucking a heavy snowstorm as its steam engines pulled it west. A woman with a baby wanted to leave the train at one of the little stations along the route. She repeatedly called, “Don’t forget me!” to the brakeman responsible to call out the stations they approached. Her ...read more

  • The Mark Of Suffering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,139 views

    THE MARK OF SUFFERING In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of the Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing ...read more