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  • Follow The Emergency Lighting To The Exit

    Contributed by E. Venn on Nov 23, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,012 views

    Follow the Emergency Lighting to the Exit Our family flew to Texas for a speaking engagement last week. My young son listened attentively to the flight attendant’s safety demonstration. After looking at the safety card, the questions starting flying . . . "Where are the emergency lights?" "Dad, ...read more

  • Two Baseball Teams Had Battled To A Five-All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 1,749 views

    Two baseball teams had battled to a five-all deadlock as darkness enveloped the diamond. In the last half of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and the count three and two, the pitcher called for a conference with the catcher. “I’ll wind up and pretend to throw the next pitch. You wham your ...read more

  • Revival Prayer Exalts God, Because It Puts Things ...

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006
     | 2,160 views

    Revival Prayer Exalts God, because it puts things in perspective: God is high and lifted up— It’s like flying up in a plane and everything is so small. It’s not that our problems disappear, but we realize from God’s perspective, it is nothing he can’t handle. I remember how honored and humbled I ...read more

  • I Want To Close By Reading The Benediction From ...

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 17, 2009
     | 1,645 views

    I want to close by reading the benediction from Charles Spurgeon’s message on this passage, which serves as an invitation and an encouragement. Will you be there…? Will you behold His final triumph over sin, death and hell? Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Is he your confidence and trust? ...read more

  • Airline Travelers With Confirmed Tickets Are Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
     | 4,302 views

    Airline Travelers With Confirmed Tickets Are Not Anxious, Unlike Those Flying Standby Bill Hybels, in his book Too Busy Not To Pray wrote Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed ...read more

  • The Charter Flight

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2010
     | 2,181 views

    THE CHARTER FLIGHT With his request approved, the CNN News cameraman quickly used his cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight. He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport. Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger. He ...read more

  • Branded As Christ's Disciple

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,542 views

    BRANDED AS CHRIST'S DISCIPLE Two Texans were trying to impress each other with the size of their ranches. One asked the other, "What's the name of your ranch?" He replied, "The Rocking R, ABC, Flying W Circle C, Bar U, Staple Four, Box D, Rolling M, Rainbow's End, Silver Spur Ranch." The ...read more

  • How Did You Become A Christian?  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,205 views

    HOW DID YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? A couple of years ago a 22-year-old woman spent the night at our house before flying out of San Antonio to return to her country of China. She was a Chinese Christian who had come to America to translate some Christian literature into Chinese for the house churches ...read more

  • Francis Chan's Servant Witness

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 4,658 views

    FRANCIS CHAN'S SERVANT WITNESS Francis Chan was flying to Africa and seated next to him was a man who happened to be a Muslim. So they were talking about what they believed and the man said "Ya, I know some Christians and I hear their message and it turns me off. I’m not interested." So the ...read more

  • Assumptions And Arrogance

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,184 views

    Four people—a pilot, a professor, a pastor, and a hiker—were flying in a small plane when the engines died. The pilot said, “There are only three parachutes. Since this is my plane, I’m taking one of them.” He put it on and jumped out. The professor said, “I’m brilliant and the world needs me, so ...read more

  • Life Is Like The Batting Cages .the Balls Keep ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Mar 14, 2008
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     | 1,601 views

    Life is like the batting cages .The balls keep coming and coming and sometimes we hit home runs and sometimes we hit some fouls and some times we just strike out, but no matter how miserably we fail the balls will continue to come and we either choose to swing on or to step aside and just watch the ...read more

  • How To Find Volunteers For A Ministry

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 31, 2008
     | 1,888 views

    How to find volunteers for a ministry: WHAT NOT TO DO: 1. Do not generally stand in front of your congregation and make a plea for help. 2. Never beg people to join your ministry. 3. Never invite someone to join your ministry team unless you’re confident in their abilities to fulfill the roles you ...read more

  • 99% Isn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,906 views

    99% ISN’T ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: Drinking water would be unsafe one hour out ...read more

  • Ken Hannah Snowboards Off Cliffs, Flies 40 Feet ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
     | 1,994 views

    Ken Hannah snowboards off cliffs, flies 40 feet straight up on a bicycle, and jumps out of airplanes on a snowboard. Someone once asked him how he learned to do all those incredible things. He answered, "I'm an extreme person. When I was 6 years old I rode my bike down a flight of stairs. At 7 ...read more

  • 2 Peter 1:3; ……seeing That His Divine Power Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 2,648 views

    2 Peter 1:3; ……seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence; Recently my wife and I flew to Jackson Wyoming. Our flight was with Delta Airlines. A few months before we ...read more

  • Veteran Baseball Player Gets Frustrated When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010
     | 3,852 views

    Veteran Baseball Player Gets Frustrated When Manager Lets a Rookie Play His Position A story is told of a baseball manager who was in charge of a great baseball team that he felt sure was headed for the World Series. The Manager was excited about his team’s progress but desired to see more ...read more

  • Four Guys In A Jeep On A Jungle Trail In Viet ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,698 views

    Four guys in a jeep on a jungle trail in Viet Nam I was told several years ago about four guys in a jeep on a jungle trail in Viet Nam. All was well until they were suddenly under fire from Viet Cong all around them. Bullets were flying at them from every direction. The driver tried frantically ...read more

  • Main Tenents Of Jainism  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,332 views

    MAIN TENENTS OF JAINISM Jains reject belief in a creator god and seek release from endless reincarnation through a life of strict self-denial. The title of Jina is given to those who are believed to have triumphed over all material existence. As all human activity accumulates karma, the force that ...read more

  • During The Iraq-Iran War In The 1980s, The Iraqi ...

    Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,487 views

    During the Iraq-Iran war in the 1980s, the Iraqi Air Force was equipped with the MiG-29, one of the most technologically advanced planes of all time. Yet they suffered an incredibly high rate of loss of these planes, even when facing the Irani force that had inferior equipment. The makers of the ...read more

  • For 51 Years Bob Edens Was Blind. He Couldn't See ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,582 views

    For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had sight. He found it ...read more