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  • One Summer Morning As Ray Blankenship Was ...

    Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,808 views

    One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Anover, OH home. He knew that downstream the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and then emptied into the ...read more

  • I Close With A Story From Becky Tirabassi Whose ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
     | 987 views

    I close with a story from Becky Tirabassi whose wrote the article posted at Christianity Today.com I spoke of earlier that illustrates one young man’s desire to be free in Christ. While speaking at Oregon State, ‘in front of 1,000 students,’ she wrote, ‘near the end of my message, a young man ...read more

  • In The Movie "Serenity" The Crew Of The Ship ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,496 views

    In the movie "Serenity" the crew of the ship Serenity find a planet that was last known to be filled with crowds of people all working together to build a world. The ship lands on the planet only to discover the streets empty of people. When the crew begins to investigate they discover the ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,711 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the airwaves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescue vessel sent a ...read more

  • A Study In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    A STUDY IN SERVICE As a student in seminary, my roommate had a job as a custodian with the school. After the first day on the job, he told he had been assigned to work on the first floor of a four-story building. "Basically there are four guys responsible for their own floors. I take care of the ...read more

  • You Can Trust ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    YOU CAN TRUST GOD A Canadian pastor, in a period of great turmoil, received the faithful help of God he needed from reading about the following true incident. In his town the local parks commission had been ordered to remove the trees from a street they were going to widen. As they were about to ...read more

  • Talk To Jesus Like Your Daughter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    TALK TO JESUS LIKE YOUR DAUGHTER I was reading about a grieving woman. She went to the Rev. F. B. Meyer looking for help. She said, "Pastor, my daughter died last year. I miss her so much. I made breakfast for her every morning. And even when I had to go to work, I knew that she would be there ...read more

  • Scrubs Christmas Voiceover  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,478 views

    SCRUBS CHRISTMAS VOICEOVER The cast of the TV Show Scrubs have done a number of satirical looks at various things. The did a voice over of "Charlie Brown’s Christmas" and Dr. Cox does the Linus soliloquy which originally was the story of Christmas from the gospel. This post-modern version [IMHO] ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 9,035 views

    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • Love Obedience And The Law

    Contributed by Roger Whipp on Dec 31, 2014
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     | 7,841 views

    Anyone that has been zapped by a speed camera or pulled over by the Police and gets a fine and endorsement is likely to be a bit more careful in the future, especially if the loss of their driving licence is threatened. Our obedience to the law doesn’t come about by our love for the policeman who ...read more

  • If I Have Seen Everything....  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2016
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    IF I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING.... Evangelist Jack Taylor was alone in his hotel room in Houston, Texas after a Southern Baptist Convention meeting. He felt exhausted in ministry. He cried out to God in prayer, "Lord, if I have seen everything You have for me in my ministry.......then take my life ...read more

  • Nobody Left Behind

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 1,798 views

    We hear the mantra of “No Man left behind” (referring to both men a women) coming from the Military. But the left behind principle has more to do with those living. Although it does pertain to those that are MIA (Missing in Action). The “No Man left Behind” is seen as ---no matter the cost--- that ...read more

  • Like A Glove

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2022
     | 2,464 views

    Here’s a story of how I explain the Holy Spirit in us to children. I take an empty glove and tell the kids that it's a magic glove. I tell them it is amazing because it can pick things up. Then, I drop it on a hymn book or Bible and tell it to pick up the book. When it doesn't move, I ...read more

  • God's Word Is A Sword

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 28, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 149 views

    BIBLE ".... My word will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." END (Isaiah 55:11) So, unlike any other book, ... the Scriptures are (1 Finger) Living ...... (2 Fingers) and active and: (3 Fingers) Thirdly, ... It is a ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, I Had The Sheer Joy Of Seeing ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 7, 2008
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    Some years ago, I had the sheer joy of seeing the movie adaptation of Fulton Oursler’s novel, The Greatest Story Ever Told. I loved the way Max von Sydow brought the personality of Jesus to the screen; it was perhaps the most natural portrayal of our Lord that I’ve ever seen. It was a long movie ...read more

  • On The Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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    Who are the Pharisees? In 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the Middle East, bringing Greek culture and philosophy to Israel. By 200 BC, Greek philosophy and its worldview called Helenism were significantly impacting Jewish young men. More and more of them were abandoning the Hebrew faith and ...read more

  • Do You Believe?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019
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    DO YOU BELIEVE? That the bible is the inspired word of God That God created the everything in 6 days That God rested on day 7 That God created man and put him in the garden of Eden (a perfect Place) That God took a rib from Adam and made Eve to be a helper and companion to Adam That Satan entered ...read more

  • Strange Bedfellows! (11.14.05--Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,479 views

    Strange Bedfellows! (11.14.05--Christian Soldiers!--Exodus 8:25-29) Many years ago I was an avid smoker. I smoked a pipe, cigarettes and cigars. Anything that had nicotine in it, I was putting a match to. Then I decided to quit. I threw away the cigarettes and cigars and put my pipes in their ...read more

  • In Their Book, Ten Steps For Church Growth, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 2,351 views

    In their book, Ten Steps for Church Growth, Donald McGavran and Win Arn said, "New life and growth are more likely to be experienced when a church (or individual Christian) is willing to risk and move from the known to the unknown. Such a move, however, is threatening. Not all . . . are willing ...read more

  • Grace And George Williams

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    GRACE AND GEORGE WILLIAMS Max Ellerbusch tells the story of the Friday six days before Christmas. He was working feverishly in his instrument repair shop so he could have all of the Christmas holiday at home with the family when the call came. His 5-year-old Craig had been fatally struck by a car. ...read more