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  • Daniel L. Crocker, 39, Turned Himself In. As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 16,391 views

    Daniel L. Crocker, 39, turned himself in. As a Christian, he said, it was the right thing to do. Mr. Crocker lived with his wife of 11 years, Nicolette, 36, and their two children in a quiet community near Dulles Airport in Virginia. He was a warehouse manager and his wife was a stay-at-home mom, ...read more

  • Storm Without Warning

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,957 views

    STORM WITHOUT WARNING Now I love a good storm on the ground but not while flying. Any good Airline Pilot will try to avoid thunderstorms like the plague. The rule is for every 1,000 feet in height the storm cell is that is how far you should avoid the storm. If the tops of the thunderstorm are ...read more

  • Henry Ford: Resisting ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 30, 2013
     | 3,596 views

    HENRY FORD: RESISTING CHANGE Back in 1912, Ford Motor Co. had a production manager named William Knudsen - considered one of the best in his field. Knudsen became convinced that the Model T (which had been in production for 4 years now) had to be updated. But, the only problem was - Henry Ford ...read more

  • My Life: Crazier Than It Has To Be

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 18, 2020
     | 1,140 views

    Last Friday was a crazy day. But I made it crazier than it had to be. High winds blew through the region the night before leaving hundreds without power including the church building – well, sort of. One of our assistants called me when she got in the office and said the lights were out, which ...read more

  • Michael Is The Kind Of Guy You Love To Hate. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 1,998 views

    Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee ...read more

  • Dr. R.g. Lee Said, "If You Trust In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Oct 7, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,367 views

    Dr. R.G. Lee said, "If you trust in administration; you will get what administration can do. If you trust in hard work; you will get what hard work can do. If you trust in your sparkling personality; you will get ...read more

  • Does Your Ministry Rely Upon The Holy Spirit?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 19, 2022
     | 1,430 views

    "When we rely on organization, we get what organization can do. When we rely upon education, we get what education can do. When we rely on eloquence, we get what eloquence can do. But when we ...read more

  • Welcoming Misfits  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,202 views

    WELCOMING MISFITS Ryan Johnson, minister in Glen Elder, Kansas, shares this story: I was heading north out of Salina, Kansas when I saw him. His name was Charlie. Charles was sitting in the ditch with large army bags. The cold misty rain was drenching him and his bags. He wore his Vietnam ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time There Was A Prince Who Fell In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,646 views

    Once upon a time there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a tower. Now the prince had a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small animals to send a message to the maiden. First there was Claude ...read more

  • Transformed

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
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    TRANSFORMED Once upon a time, there was a prince who fell in love with a fair maiden. But his enemy captured the fair maiden and held her captive in a tower. Now the prince had a plan to rescue her, so he recruited the help of two small creatures to send a message to the maiden. First, there was ...read more

  • Sept. 19, 2001 - New York Times Ran A Story ...

    Contributed by Mark Canfield on Nov 9, 2006
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    Sept. 19, 2001 - New York Times ran a story called Aboard Flight 564 - Peter Hannaford As it was at most US Airports, last Saturday was the first near normal day at Denver International since the terrorist attacks. On United Flight 564, the door had just been locked and the plane was about to pull ...read more

  • I Read A Story Recently That Illustrates What I'm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 14, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,749 views

    I read a story recently that illustrates what I’m talking about. Back in the days when racial prejudice was open, vile and violent, a man was raised in the South under the bigotry and prejudice of that day. His mother and father had been killed by whites. He lived with his grandmother and with his ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,589 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • The Cluttered Closet

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,685 views

    THE CLUTTERED CLOSET Mark 12:29-31 Object: Picture of a cluttered closet Objective: Sometimes we must take the time to pull all the "stuff" out of the closet and go through it piece by piece if we want to bring order to chaos. In my house there is a closet that I call the "junk closet." This ...read more

  • On June 1, 1965, A Boat Set Sail From Falmouth, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,499 views

    On June 1, 1965, a boat set sail from Falmouth, Massachusetts. The name of the boat was Tinkerbelle. If it completed the dangerous journey, it would be the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. It was less than 14’ long. And its pilot was Robert Manry. And he was afraid. He was afraid, not ...read more

  • Mama's Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,830 views

    MAMA'S PRAYERS E. V. (Ed) Hill, who pastored Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, tells the story of how "Mama’s" love and prayers changed his life. During the height of the Depression, Hill’s real mother, who had five children of her own, didn’t have enough food to go around, so ...read more

  • The Persuasion Of A Changed Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE PERSUASION OF A CHANGED LIFE The power of your changed life can be very persuasive even to those who refuse to be persuaded by the word itself. Just a few years ago, Decision magazine told the story of Rick and Shawna Pilat, a Winnipeg couple who had recently come to faith in Christ. For ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago My Parents Came Down To Visit For ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
     | 1,902 views

    A few weeks ago my parents came down to visit for Easter and I got to relieve another childhood memory. My parents stayed at a hotel on Saturday night. Sunday after church we ate lunch and were hanging out before they had to start the journey back home. All of a sudden my mom panicked. She had ...read more

  • Before I Became A Counsellor, While I Was Still ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 1,215 views

    Before I became a counsellor, while I was still going to school, I worked as a family support worker. Essentially I would pick up kids from troubled homes who social workers were involved with but hadn’t taken the children away yet, and I would spend a couple hours with them and take them back ...read more

  • 7 Ways That Eve Distorted The Word Of God

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 882 views

    Let’s go back to Genesis 2:16-17 to review exactly what God said and then we’ll compare it to the distortion Eve came up with: “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in ...read more