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  • Firestorms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
     | 4,069 views

    FIRESTORMS I was at Boy Scout Camp when I discovered the terrible damage a fire storm could do to my life. It was a lazy afternoon very hot and dry. John and I were sent back to camp to start dinner for the guys. When I got back to camp, I discovered that the camp fire looked as if it had gone ...read more

  • If Some Of You Are Like Me, You've Been Waiting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,840 views

    If some of you are like me, you’ve been waiting with a bit of anticipation for the final segment of J.R.R. Tolkiens, The Lord of the Rings, to be released to movie theatres some time in the near future. If you’ve been following the story on the screen or reading it from the pages of a book, you’ve ...read more

  • From The Australian Psychology Society  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,468 views

    From the Australian Psychology Society What is anger? Anger is an emotion that can range from mild annoyance to intense rage. It is a feeling that is accompanied by biological changes in your body. When you get angry, your heart rate and blood pressure rise and stress hormones are released. This ...read more

  • Made In His Image  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,805 views

    MADE IN HIS IMAGE In 1940 the Battle of Britain took place in the skies over England. Day after day hundreds of German bombers delivered to the targets below a cargo of death and destruction. The only thing stopping the certain defeat of the allies in western Europe was the Royal Air Force, whose ...read more

  • Follow Me

    Contributed by Gregory Artz on Feb 17, 2023
     | 1,565 views

    Follow Me The United States Army is one of the most powerful forces in the world. The strongest and most trained soldiers in all the world. Each one is a valuable asset in order to have victory over an enemy. Therefore, training requires strict discipline and the ability to follow orders of the ...read more

  • Only A Few Days Ago I Saw A Video Of The Bradford ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,113 views

    Only a few days ago I saw a video of the Bradford City fire disaster, as part of a fire training exercise at work. I was eight years old when it happened, and had heard about it, but I had never seen the footage, that was captured live, by a shocked camera crew who just kept filming. On Saturday ...read more

  • Poor Little Orphan Annie! It's "A Hard-Knock ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Jan 23, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,260 views

    Poor Little Orphan Annie! It’s "a hard-knock life" for her and her friends. All the hard chores, the abuse, and the neglect only add insult to injury to these poor little girls already carrying the weight of abandonment. But if you’ve seen the musical "Annie," either on stage or screen, you know ...read more

  • Just Another Day In Ems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,991 views

    JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EMS I delivered a baby on the ambulance stretcher I baptized a newborn who’s life ended before it began. I hugged a frightened child. I was kissed by an intoxicated old man. I held the hand of a teenage girl while she delivered a 3 pound baby. I listened to the mournful ...read more

  • Faith In A Father's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,112 views

    FAITH IN A FATHER'S LOVE Here’s how the story of Finding Nemo develops in the movie: Nemo’s father loved him very much. He watched over Nemo and protected him from every evil. Nemo and his dad were best friends. There are reasons why so many people enjoy the blockbuster hit Finding Nemo. It is a ...read more

  • Fatal Oversight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,498 views

    FATAL OVERSIGHT On September 1, 1923, the island of Japan was ravaged by the most devastating earthquake in recorded history up until that time. The tragic Canto earthquake began at 11:58 A.M. and continued for more than three and a half hours, creating a casualty list that would stagger the ...read more

  • True Beauty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,440 views

    TRUE BEAUTY Carre Otis was once among the world’s top super models for 17 years, beginning her career at the age of 14. To prepare for each photo shoot, she routinely binged and purged, took laxatives and diet pills, and exercised intensely. Being extremely thin made possible a modeling career ...read more

  • Many Men Of Science, Too Few Men Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Nov 4, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,412 views

    MANY MEN OF SCIENCE, TOO FEW MEN OF GOD In 1948, at an Armistice Celebration, (Armistice was the declaration of peace at the end of World War I) it was declared on November 11 at 11.00 am. So 11, 11 at 11. They did that symbolically because they felt that they were at the eleventh hour. They ...read more

  • Suffering & The Riches Of His Glory

    Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 3, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,073 views

    What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,  even us whom He called, not ...read more

  • Broken

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 6, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,462 views

    Broken Windows … (Little improvements can make a big difference) Social psychologists and police officers tend to agree that if a window in a building is broken and is left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken. This is as true in nice neighborhoods as in rundown ones. One ...read more

  • One Of My Favourites Is One Jesus Himself Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,547 views

    One of my favourites is one Jesus himself often used; he said God’s kingdom is like a party, a banquet, and a feast. Today God is calling people to leave behind the binge drinking and drugs and join the real party. Leave behind the rat race and workaholism and join his party, leave behind divisive ...read more

  • In The Early Morning Hours Of September 29, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,318 views

    In the early morning hours of September 29, the storm hit. Hurricane Juan made landfall in Nova Scotia as a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 158 km/h and gusts up to 185 km/h. About three hours later, the storm hit PEI. By then it had weakened to a category 1 hurricane, and was ...read more

  • Toxic Waste Burial  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,237 views

    ILLUSTRATION A few decades ago, several American companies authorized by the U.S. government attempted to bury toxic waste products underground. They filled large metal containers with chemical waste and other life-threatening products, sealed the drums tightly, and buried them deep down below the ...read more

  • Which Desire Are You Feeding?  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,414 views

    Which Desire are You Feeding? Romans 8:13 says, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (King James) Mortification is the special ministry that enables the child of God to overcome those evil desires that could ...read more

  • Spiritual Problem—spiritual Cure

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,986 views

    Spiritual Problem--Spiritual Cure I picked up a recent book which I received from the AACC Convention called "Caring for People God's Way." The book is written by three people Tim Clinton, Archibald Hart and George Ohlschlager. The book is considered a new guide for Christian Counseling and is ...read more

  • New Hope From Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,871 views

    NEW HOPE FROM NOTHING In Jim Cymbala’s book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, there is the story of a woman named Roberta Langella. A story she tells in her own words. At the age of 16 she left a broken home to move to New York City where she began living with a man twice her age. A man that got her into ...read more

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