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  • Untapped, Unused Resources  PRO

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Apr 21, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,371 views

    (Illustration) I was talking to one of my friends from the islands and he was explaining how the people on his island loved mangos. He went ahead to explain how mangos were also the leading fruit import to the island and how they would raise the prices on mangos at will. The second part to ...read more

  • Morrie: In His Own Words  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 16, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,147 views

    1. Morrie: In His Own Words By Morrie Schwartz: · Learn how to live, and you’ll know how to die. Once you know how to die, you know how to live. · Death ends life, not a relationship. · Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else. · Everything that gets born ...read more

  • Has Anyone Ever Seen The Movie Lorenzo's ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,582 views

    -Has anyone ever seen the movie Lorenzo’s Oil? -It came out in 1992, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon -If you can still find it, watch it – great movie -It is a true story about Augusto and Michaela Odone whose 7 year old son, Lorenzo, is perfectly normal until he begins to suffer blackouts ...read more

  • I Close With A Story With A Story From The Life ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,415 views

    I close with a story with a story from the life of the great British preacher, Brownlow North. He had lived a wicked life before he was saved. One evening as he entered a church where he was to preach, a stranger walked up to him in a hurried manner, and said, "Here is a letter for you of great ...read more

  • I Close With A Story With A Story From The Life ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,077 views

    I close with a story with a story from the life of the great British preacher, Brownlow North. He had lived a wicked life before he was saved. One evening as he entered a church where he was to preach, a stranger walked up to him in a hurried manner, and said, "Here is a letter for you of great ...read more

  • I Heard A Story One Time About A New, Cocky ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,757 views

    I heard a story one time about a new, cocky young preacher, straight out of seminary. He was going to preach his very first sermon in a big, old Presbyterian church. The church had an elevated pulpit with a long flight of stairs leading up to it. This kid was about as prideful as he could be. All ...read more

  • Sunbeam  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,010 views

    SUNBEAM This illustration concerns an incident one day when C.S. Lewis was in the tool shed in his garden. He noticed a sunbeam shining across the shed. It was showing up the dust particles. He must have seen the same thing many times before, but this time he was captivated by it. He traced the ...read more

  • I End With A Legend That I Read In A Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jelle Horjus on Nov 1, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,548 views

    I end with a legend that I read in a book somewhere. After Jesus had resurrected and ascended to heaven, the angels welcomed Him with great honour and gathered around Him. They had all kind of questions about his death, resurrection and ascension. ‘What was it all about?’ they asked him. ‘The ...read more

  • What Riches Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,386 views

    Charles Spurgeon said: "What riches of grace does free forgiveness exhibit! To forgive at all, to forgive fully, to forgive freely, to forgive ever! Here is a constellation of wonders, and when I think of how great my sins were, how dear were the precious drops which cleansed me from them, I am ...read more

  • Listeners Must Act

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 2,630 views

    LISTENERS MUST ACT The address is not given for the speaker’s sake, in order that men may praise or blame him. The listener’s repetition of it is what is aimed at. If the speaker has the responsibility for what he whispers, then the listener has an equally great responsibility not to fall short in ...read more

  • Helping People Go Home

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 8,603 views

    The conductor of a railroad was on his last day before retiring. As he was going through the cars punching tickets, he came to the third car and there was a man who had ridden that car through the years with the conductor. He stopped him by grabbing his shirt sleeve and said, “Hey Jim, how do you ...read more

  • As Noted By Fred Smith, "Michael N. Hart, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 1,254 views

    As noted by Fred Smith, "Michael N. Hart, the historian, says that Christianity enjoys its greatest uniqueness in this, for no other great religion tells its adherents to love their enemies. In most religions, revenge is not only justified but commanded." Because we have been greatly forgiven and ...read more

  • George Whitfield Conducted Outdoor Evangelistic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    George Whitfield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700’s throughout the American colonies, a period of revival called the “Great Awakening” in America. Although thousands responded to his Gospel message, when asked how many were converted after one of his sermons he replied, “We’ll ...read more

  • Beware In Your Prayers, Above Everything Else, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,955 views

    "Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, ‘above all that we ask or think’. Each time, before you Intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, ...read more

  • I Remember The First Time I Was With Someone ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
     | 1,752 views

    I remember the first time I was with someone when they died. Just before Lloyd passed from this life to the next he talked about how he saw someone holding his hands out to him. I believe he was talking about Jesus. The rest of in the room didn’t see Him, but we didn’t have ...read more

  • Whitefield: Which Conversions Are Genuine

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Nov 29, 2012
     | 2,443 views

    WHITEFIELD: WHICH CONVERSIONS ARE GENUINE George Whitefield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700's throughout New England, a period of revival called the "Great Awakening." Though thousands responded to his preaching, when asked how many were converted after one of his sermons he ...read more

  • The Stage Of Life

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 27, 2022
     | 712 views

    The Stage of Life The world is as a stage, Humans merely play their part. They have an appointed entrance and a time they shall depart. In life, a person fulfills roles in many scenes along the way, parts set by the great Director, who has written and produced the play. Questions of ...read more

  • Back When The Generals Led Their Troops Into ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
     | 2,368 views

    Back when the generals led their troops into battle rather than directing them from a ‘situation room’ half a world away, it is said that Alexander the Great’s position was about to be over-run by the enemy. Turning to a valiant young soldier at his side, the great military genius implored the boy ...read more

  • Cartoons At Times Will Have A Scene Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Feb 26, 2003
    based on 90 ratings
     | 4,813 views

    Cartoons at times will have a scene where someone, let’s says Wild E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons, falls off the edge of a cliff. As he falls, he grabs hold of a twig sticking out of the side of the cliff. He hangs there for a short time. Then the twig snaps and he falls. It doesn’t matter ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom In The Book, Reflections Of God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,998 views

    Corrie Ten Boom in the book, Reflections of god’s Glory (page 69), wrote, “In Africa a man came to a meeting with bandaged hands. I asked him how he had been injured. He said, “My neighbor’s straw roof was on fire; I helped him to put it out and that’s how my hands were burned. “Later I heard ...read more