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  • Philippine Girl

    Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,200 views

    **Philippine Girl-{page 33} The Christians surrounding the girl’s bed were sad. Because of her extensive internal injuries doctors could do nothing for her. Weeks ago, the believers had bought her a white dress to celebrate her new life and pure heart in Christ Jesus. Her father had not been ...read more

  • Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers- The Reason People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Nov 24, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,078 views

    Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers- The reason people who know you aren’t interested in your God may be because you don’t have enough of the presence of God in your life. There is something about God’s presence that makes everything else crumble in comparison. Without it, you will be just as pale and ...read more

  • Frances Havergal  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,091 views

    [Frances Havergal] Frances Ridley Havergal, the British musician and devotional writer, left us such classic hymns as Like a River Glorious, Who is on the Lord’s Side?, I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, and Take My Life and Let It Be. One day in January, 1858, while visiting the art museum in ...read more

  • A Woman By The Name Of Sandy Willey Related A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 11, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 2,111 views

    A woman by the name of Sandy Willey related a Christmas story that occurred during World War II. A woman named Anne took her two little children to Texas to be with her parents because her husband was stationed in Europe. And they prepared for Christmas and got the tree up and all the gifts ...read more

  • John Wesley Preached His Last Sermon Of Feb 17, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Jones on Dec 14, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,320 views

    John Wesley preached his last sermon of Feb 17, 1791 on the text “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near” (Isa 55:6). The following day, a very sick man, he was put to bed in his home on City Road. During the days of his illness, he often repeated the words from ...read more

  • Each Football Season The Texas Longhorns Play The ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 15, 2005
     | 1,668 views

    Each football season the Texas Longhorns play the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Shoot Out. It is played in the neutral city of Dallas. Thousands of fans from each team invade the city to witness the clash between these archrivals. Sometimes the clash extends beyond the playing field. One year a ...read more

  • The Purpose Of The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 12,884 views

    THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHT "There is an old story about a lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of coastline. Once a month he would receive a new supply of oil to keep the light burning so that ships could safely sail near the rocky coast. One night, though, a woman from a nearby village ...read more

  • They Are Known As The Forty Martyrs Of Sebaste. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,020 views

    They are known as the forty martyrs of Sebaste. In the famed Twelfth Legion of Rome’s imperial army there were forty soldiers who professed their faith in Jesus Christ. One day their captain informed them that Emperor Licinius had sent out an edict commanding all soldiers to offer sacrifice to ...read more

  • The Basics

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,525 views

    Charles Spurgeon, “A man’s life is always more forcible than his speech. When men take stock of him they reckon his deeds as dollars and his words as pennies. If his life and doctrine disagree the mass of onlookers accept his practice and reject his preaching.” Will Rogers, “Live in such a way ...read more

  • The Gift Of Standing By - Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,308 views

    THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area. His father had been a Baptist ...read more

  • In World War Ii Merchant Ships Were Used To Take ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,689 views

    In World War II merchant ships were used to take food and supplies across the sea. One day a Father took his son down to the docks to see the boats being unloaded. "Brave men have risked their lives to bring us this precious cargo," he told him. The boy noticed a line painted around each vessel. ...read more

  • Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 23, 2007
     | 2,233 views

    Video Clip: The Guardian - Start: Chp. 5 43:54 - Stop: 46:16 Senior Chief Randall had a choice. He could have taught the recruits about hypothermia as an abstract theory during a lecture from the comfort of a classroom. Instead, Randall chose to fill the pool with freezing water and then share ...read more

  • Objects On Stage And In The Power ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 920 views

    Illustration: Objects on Stage and in the Power Point slide: Clock = Time, Money = Finances, Family and a Car = Resources – I believe in a principle I will call 10 - 3rd power. The Clock represents our time and parallels to the one who actually gave us all the gift of time – His name God the ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Steiner on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Micah 5:2 Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall -- Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the ...read more

  • The Story Is Told That John Wesley, A Founder Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 12, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,120 views

    The story is told that John Wesley, a founder of Methodism, changed his view about church division after a dream in which he was first transported to the gates of Hell. He asked, “Are there any Presbyterians here?” “Yes,” was the reply. “Any Roman Catholics?” “Yes.” “Any Congregationalists?” “Yes.” ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,506 views

    MORE TO FOLLOW Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple ...read more

  • Ok What Sport Do You Think Of By This ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 1,392 views

    Ok what sport do you think of by this dramatization? “Hey how do you think you did out there today? (put on cap and take drink of Coke) Well the NAPA, Coca-Cola, Bosch Spark Plugs, Tupperware, Tylenol Cold and Flu Dodge Charger was a really hot car today, probably the hottest car in the field. ...read more

  • Even Before You Pray, God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,896 views

    EVEN BEFORE YOU PRAY, GOD WORKS Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary to Zaire, told the following story. "A mother at our mission station died after giving birth to a premature baby. We tried to improvise an incubator to keep the infant alive, but the only hot water bottle we had was beyond repair. So ...read more

  • Just As You Are  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,970 views

    JUST AS YOU ARE Jesus affirms that many would come to Him in faith and partake of Him as the Bread of Life, because of the Father. Man’s blindness does not keep God’s grace from working. When they come, they find that God does not turn them away nor cast them away later. CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT learned ...read more

  • Sin Sickens The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
     | 3,327 views

    Sin sickens the body An illustration of this Mother calls that dinner is ready Mom ,dad, brother and sister sit down to this wonderful meal that mom has fixed Everything is fine until brother asks Dad can I use the car tonight? And sister says, no you can’t use the car tonight You used the car last ...read more