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  • This Bomb Was Tested Above The Arctic Circle On ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,924 views

    This bomb was tested above the Arctic Circle on October 30, 1961. The explosion was so intense that the flash was visible over 600 miles away. People felt the air move over 160 miles away. Everything in a radius of 15.25 miles was completely destroyed. Very severe damage extended to a distance of ...read more

  • In One Of The Games In A Classic Rose Bowl ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jul 19, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,920 views

    In one of the games in a classic Rose Bowl football contest in 1929, as recounted by Dr Bruce Wilkinson in his Vision of the Leader seminar, Roy Riegels desperately wanted his team to win. The scores were tied. Now, in a crucial moment of that game, Roy Riegels scooped up a loose ball. He cut in ...read more

  • As Vice President, George Bush Represented The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,391 views

    As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, ...read more

  • As Vice President, George Bush Represented The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,621 views

    As Vice President, George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, ...read more

  • There Are Three Great Enemies Of The Christian: ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
     | 1,969 views

    “There are three great enemies of the Christian: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The world is against us. Our flesh is an enemy. As if that were not enough, we have a powerful foe in Satan, who is described […] as a ‘roaring lion looking for someone to devour.’ There are many things against ...read more

  • The International Congress On World ...

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 29, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,249 views

    The International Congress on World Evangelization was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974. The gathering was called by a committee headed by Rev. Billy Graham and drew more than 2,300 evangelical leaders, from 150 countries. In the Covenant they produced the delegates wrote this about the ...read more

  • Noel Coward, A Well Known British Playwright And ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
     | 2,266 views

    Noel Coward, a well known British playwright and comedian in the 20th century, once played a prank on ten famous men in London. He sent each of these distinguished men the same note which read: “We know what you have done. If you don’t want to be exposed, leave town.” Within six months all ten ...read more

  • Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Mary Cooper (Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."): “One of my preschool students had a habit of patting me on the seat of my pants. I tried several things to make him stop, but nothing worked. Finally, I resorted to a time-out chair. Later, when his father came to pick him up, I quietly ...read more

  • Fannie Johnston Flint, Who Was Cancerous, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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     | 1,443 views

    FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one: He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater; He sendeth more strength ...read more

  • An Old Story Tells Of A Desert Nomad Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,842 views

    An old story tells of a desert nomad who awakened hungry in the middle of the night. He lit a candle and began eating dates from a bowl beside his bed. He took a bite from one and saw a worm in it; so he threw it out of the tent. He bit into a second date, found another worm, and threw it away ...read more

  • My Unspoken Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • In Coping With Grief

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    In Coping With Grief. 1. FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one: He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater; He sendeth ...read more

  • The Culture Has Wrongly Insisted That Faith And ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 13, 2007
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     | 1,601 views

    The culture has wrongly insisted that faith and reason are incompatible. One of the classes that I took in my undergraduate degree in Religion at Liberty University was a biology class which dealt with the issues of evolution and creation from a scientific and a biblical view point. The ...read more

  • Rev. E.p. Scott, A Missionary To ...

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
     | 5,774 views

    Illustration: Rev. E.P. Scott, a missionary to India tells of a time when he was trying to reach a savage tribe in the Indian subcontinent. Ignoring the pleadings of his friends, he set off in the dangerous territory. Several days later he met a large party of warriors who surrounded him and ...read more

  • The 2001 Nfl Season Had Barely Started And The ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 3, 2008
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     | 1,858 views

    The 2001 NFL season had barely started and the New England Patriots were a rising power in the league. Drew Bledsoe was leading the Patriots to a respectable season but then Bledsoe got hurt and a relatively unknown backup quarterback had to take his place. Tom Brady did what many thought was ...read more

  • Unfaltering Perseverance(Verse 18, Hebrews ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,543 views

    UNFALTERING PERSEVERANCE(verse 18, Hebrews 12:11) Joshua fought for a long time with the kings. As we read the accounts of the war it may seem short, but in reality, it took Joshua seven years to complete the final conquest. There must have been times during these seven years of fighting that ...read more

  • God Wants You To Rejoice In Your Relationship!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,770 views

    God wants you to rejoice in your relationship! *God wants our churches and our marriages to be alive and overflowing with joy. So the Old Testament tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength; the New Testament tells us to “rejoice in the Lord always.” Then in Proverbs 5 in words too vivid ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 2,218 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,847 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,707 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more