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  • Maybe You Remember The End Of The Movie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 23, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,046 views

    Maybe you remember the end of the movie Braveheart. William Wallace, the Scottish hero, is being tortured. The king wants him and his people to give into his power and rule. But Wallace suffers through it. He won’t give in. And the very last word that he shouts as he marshals all his strength is he ...read more

  • If You Are An Adult Of Average Weight, Here Is ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
     | 1,880 views

    If you are an adult of average weight, here is what you accomplish in 24 hours: · your heart beats 103,689 times · your blood travels 168,000,000 miles · you breathe 23,040 times · you inhale 438 cubic feet of air · you eat 3.25 pounds of food · you drink 2.9 quarts of liquids · you lose 7/8 ...read more

  • A Little More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,755 views

    A LITTLE MORE An interesting article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It was an interview of six top executives, all of them making six-figure salaries. That means that they made somewhere between $100,000 and $1 million a year. Now you are probably thinking , “If I made even $100,000 a ...read more

  • A Young Girl Became A Christian In An Exciting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,170 views

    A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined the church and ...read more

  • Frederick Lonsdale

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,165 views

    Frederick Lonsdale The story is told about Frederick Lonsdale, a British dramatist, who had a longstanding quarrel with another man. One New Year’s Eve, at a party, he was asked by a friend to reconcile. “You must,” his friend urged him; “It is very unkind to be unfriendly at such a time. Go over ...read more

  • Louis Pasteur, The Pioneer Of Immunology, Lived ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,557 views

    Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people dies each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a nine-year-old, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy’s mother begged ...read more

  • Glory Can Be Defined. In My Research I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2007
     | 835 views

    Glory can be defined. In my research I discovered that it means a desirable brightness that is very rare! a. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states this about Glory - FROM THE HEBREW WORD KĀBHŌDH. i. The fundamental idea of this root seems to be “weight,” “heaviness,” ...read more

  • A Young Man Who Had Been Invited To A Dinner ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
     | 1,108 views

    A young man who had been invited to a dinner given by the South African statesman John Cecil Rhodes arrived by train and had to go directly to Rhodes’s house in his travel-stained clothes. To the young guest’s horror, he found a room full of people in full evening dress. Soon Rhodes appeared, ...read more

  • William Carey Is Considered The Father Of Modern ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
     | 698 views

    William Carey is considered the father of modern missions. The man who spent his early years as a cobbler became one of the greatest linguists the church has ever known. It’s reported that Carey translated parts of the Bible into as many as 24 Indian languages. When he first went to India, some ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln's Secretary Of War, Edwin ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 12, 2008
     | 1,582 views

    Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Stanton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the president. "What are you going to ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Songs Right Now Is A Song By A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
     | 2,170 views

    One of my favorite songs right now is a song by a man named Jeremy Camp. It’s entitled "There will be a Day." I want to share the first verse and chorus with you in closing today. It goes like this: I try to hold on to this world with everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings, ...read more

  • Pete Hammond Once Studied 40 Of The Highest ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
     | 1,832 views

    Pete Hammond once studied 40 of the highest profile people from the Bible. These are people that we look up to as examples of great faith. I’m talking about people like Abraham, Moses, Noah, these kinds of people. Pete Hammond studied 40 of them. Guess what he discovered! He discovered that ...read more

  • In December 1903, After Many Attempts, The Wright ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 21, 2009
     | 1,087 views

    In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: "We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas." • Katherine hurried to the editor of the ...read more

  • Delivering Death Notices

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
     | 1,870 views

    DELIVERING DEATH NOTICES When I lived in Albuquerque I was trained by the Albuquerque Police Department to deliver death notifications to people in town. The Police Department used local preachers wearing suits with Police Chaplain badges instead of sending uniformed officers because it was ...read more

  • Our Amazing Five Senses

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 1,590 views

    OUR AMAZING FIVE SENSES Our five senses give us some astonishing capabilities. We can see a candle’s flame 30 miles away on a dark, clear night, and smell a single drop of perfume diffused in a three-room apartment. We can taste .04 ounce of table salt in 530 quarts of water. Our sense of touch ...read more

  • L.l. Bean: Integrity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
     | 3,500 views

    L.L. BEAN: INTEGRITY In 1912, Leon Leonwood Bean started a mail order business in Greenwood, Maine by selling a hunting boot with a money-back guarantee. However, defects in the design led to 90 percent of them being returned. Making good on the guarantee could ruin his fledgling business, but ...read more

  • I'm Sorry…and Congratulations

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 19, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,987 views

    I'M SORRY...AND CONGRATULATIONS After breaking up with his fiancée, a young man realized the error of his ways when he wrote: "Dearest Marie, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you'll take me back. No one could ever take your place ...read more

  • Are You Prepared?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,884 views

    ARE YOU PREPARED? One day, a king died. His servants spread the unbelievable news all over the palace. He had died in his bed of natural causes. "Where has he gone?" asked one of the king's wisest counselors "Why, to Heaven of course!" answered all the others. "No", said the other gravely, "I ...read more

  • The Secret Of Seabiscuit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2012
     | 4,476 views

    THE SECRET OF SEABISCUIT In 1938, a year of monumental turmoil, the number one newsmaker was not Franklin Roosevelt or Adolf Hitler, in fact it wasn't even a person. It was an undersized, crook-legged racehorse owned by a bicycle repairman turned automobile magnate and trained by a virtually mute ...read more

  • Spurgeon On The Gospel's Power  PRO

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 9, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,918 views

    The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon once said, "The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher otherwise men would be converters of souls. Nor does it lie in the preacher’s ...read more

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