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  • There Is A Huge Bridge Being Built Over The Water ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
     | 1,983 views

    There is a huge bridge being built over the water way between Brunswick GA. and St. Simons Island. It is a beautiful thing and I love to see it. Some people a deathly afraid of bridges. ... The world’s most important bridge was built in A..D. 30 at Golgotha ...read more

  • Over 20 Years Ago A Retired Couple, Concerned ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,714 views

    Over 20 years ago a retired couple, concerned about the threat of nuclear war, decided to carefully research the safest place on earth to which they could move and live. They studied and traveled, traveled and studied. Finally they found THE PLACE. And on Christmas they sent their pastor a card ...read more

  • Geddie's Mission

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 2, 2012
     | 2,935 views

    GEDDIE'S MISSION Dr. John Geddie was a Scots-Canadian missionary who was known as "the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas." In 1848 he pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, Aneityum (Anatom) and worked there for God for 24 years. On the tablet erected to his memory ...read more

  • A Single Battle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 196 ratings
     | 4,443 views

    Great introduction to sermon: A single battle can determine the outcome of an entire war. Like Gettysburg and the Invasion at Normandy, a telling battle of the future of England had came. General Wellington of the British Army represented the last formidable opposition to the French army under ...read more

  • The Infallible Bible-Barometer

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,165 views

    The Infallible Bible-Barometer In September, 1938, a man who lived on Long Island was able one day to satisfy a lifelong ambition by purchasing for himself a very fine barometer. When the instrument arrived at his home, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to ...read more

  • In September 2003, Hurricane Juan, The Tenth ...

    Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Nov 14, 2006
     | 1,306 views

    In September 2003, Hurricane Juan, the tenth named storm and the sixth hurricane of the 2003 Hurricane season. It was a category two hurricane that struck the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island causing significant damage to trees and property, particularly within the urban core of ...read more

  • The Statue And The Cross

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 22, 2009
     | 3,480 views

    THE STATUE AND THE CROSS The Statue of Liberty stands across from the Island of Manhattan in New York. Soldiers, on their return from overseas, often speak in awe of the feelings they had as they sailed into the harbor and viewed the "Torch of Freedom" in Lady Liberty’s hand. To the Christian, ...read more

  • True Lifesavers

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 30, 2010
     | 1,631 views

    Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous ...read more

  • Keep Waiting

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 20, 2010
     | 6,407 views

    There’s a story from the 1800’s of a young couple, William & Elizabeth, madly in love, and engaged to be married. Elizabeth enjoys planning for their future. William on the other hand knows that it’s only a matter of time before he is called away to sea to fight various enemies in far-off lands. ...read more

  • Servant

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 27, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,564 views

    Nantucket, Massachusetts is located next to important shipping lanes running along the East Coast. Toward the end of the 1800s, sailing ships were in their heyday. Nantucket Island saw hundreds of vessels passing by each day—all navigating without the advantages of modern technology. Treacherous ...read more

  • Heaven's Gateway  PRO

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,245 views

    HEAVEN'S GATEWAY I recently made a trip to Ellis Island in New York. Ellis Island was once the biggest immigration processing center in the U.S. It processed thousands of immigrants a day. All of these immigrants left their homelands through much difficulty to come to “the land of promise.” They ...read more

  • One Person Makes A Difference

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,243 views

    ONE PERSON MAKES A DIFFERENCE Many people believe that one person cannot truly make a difference. Yet, history teaches us better. The story is told that in days past the state of Rhode Island was electing a state legislature. There was a thrifty Federalist farmer who started for the polls late ...read more

  • Unresolved Anger Smolders Like Something Burning ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 4, 2001
    based on 172 ratings
     | 2,069 views

    Unresolved anger smolders like something burning underground. I can still see the Canadian park rangers digging holes around a camp site located deep in the wilderness of the Algonquin Provincial Park. I was on a wilderness canoe trip with some friends when we paddled up to a small island. The ...read more

  • Famous Firsts  PRO

    Contributed by David Whitten on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,430 views

    Famous Firsts Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina. André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white ...read more

  • We Shall Go On To The End, We Shall Fight In ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 8, 2006
     | 1,237 views

    "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall ...read more

  • Seven Days Before His Death John Donne Wrote: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 18, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,011 views

    Seven days before his death John Donne wrote: “And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for me.” (4) But, what comes before this statement tells the whole tale. No man is an island, entire to itself; every man is a piece of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be ...read more

  • When I Was In The Uscg We Were Once Lost In Ny ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,988 views

    When I was in the USCG we were once lost in NY harbor. Our compass had been removed for recalibration. Heavy fog had sucked in and all of NY harbor was down to about 100 feet of visibility. So there we were between Brooklyn and Staten Island, lost unable to navigate, unable to fulfill our purpose ...read more

  • James Calvert (1813-1892) Was A Zealous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 7, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,617 views

    James Calvert (1813-1892) was a zealous missionary to cannibals on the Fiji Islands. His faithful work bore fruit in the lives of those accustomed to taking the life of others. Years later and English earl visited the Fiji Islands and was critical of a chief’s conversion to Christianity. "You’re a ...read more

  • Famous Firsts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,282 views

    FAMOUS FIRSTS Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina. André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about 6,500 ft. over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-ft.-diameter parachute made of white ...read more

  • Famous Firsts

    Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 1, 2008
     | 1,704 views

    FAMOUS FIRSTS Let me share with you some of famous firsts that have happened throughout history. Virginia Dare 1587 --- 1st child born in the American colonies, on August 18th, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina. André-Jacques Garnerin 1797 --- 1st parachute jump. Dropped from about ...read more

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