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  • A Young Woman In China Had Been Invited To A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,015 views

    A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place in her life she could ...read more

  • The Lone Ranger And Tonto Were Travelling On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 3,884 views

    The lone Ranger and Tonto were travelling on a train. "Tonto, good indian friend, loyal companion, would you get me a glass of water?" Tonto goes off and returns after a few minutes with a glass of water. "Thanks good indian pal, friend." The Lone Ranger drinks the water. After a few ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,249 views

    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

  • Praying The 23rd Psalm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,243 views

    PRAYING THE 23rd PSALM Because Thou art my Shepherd, I commit my needs to Thee. Provide green pastures for me to lie in, Lead me beside still waters. Restore my soul when I’m empty, Lead me in right paths for Your name’s sake. Be with me in danger when I walk, Through the valley of the shadow of ...read more

  • In Robert Duvall's Movie, The Apostle, There Is A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 27, 2007
     | 2,241 views

    In Robert Duvall’s movie, The Apostle, there is a scene of a revival tent meeting where the evangelist has this great big bunch of keys and begins screaming that he has the “keys to the kingdom.” He jingles them in the faces of people to encourage people to respond to his message and to Jesus and ...read more

  • John Harper Was Born Into A Christian Family May ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Nov 20, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 1,986 views

    John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial Church, which began with 25 ...read more

  • Some Years Ago On A Hot Summer Day In South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 30, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he ...read more

  • Suspension Bridge

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2009
     | 3,354 views

    Robert Lewis writes, “In 1851, many of the most accomplished engineers in the country thought James Roebling was out of his mind. That year, he began to work on the unthinkable: building a bridge over the Niagara River Gorge. Disaster was nearly universally predicted. There was the sheer ...read more

  • From The Straits Times, Monday, September 30, ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 26, 2006
     | 1,362 views

    From The Straits Times, Monday, September 30, 1996 "No money, no rescue" A 6-YEAR-OLD boy drowned in a river in southern China after bystanders refused to rescue him unless his penniless sister paid to save her brother’s life, a newspaper reported. Hongkong’s South China Morning Post said that ...read more

  • Many Species Of Salmon Are Anadromous—they ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 869 views

    Many species of salmon are anadromous—they spawn, or lay their eggs, in fresh water; the young migrate to salt water and grow up there; and the fish return to fresh water to breed after they reach maturity. Other populations or species of salmon are landlocked, spending their entire life cycle in ...read more

  • On Shepherds  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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     | 8,124 views

    What do we know about the shepherd's life? It's a full time commitment. Sheep are helpless to defend themselves against attack from their natural enemies: lions, bears, wolves, hyenas and foxes which can come in both the day and night so there is never a moment a shepherd can relax. Sheep must be ...read more

  • Funeral Illustration

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
     | 10,625 views

    I love that scene in The Pilgrim's Progress where Christian and Hopeful come to the final river of death. They are fearful that the water will be over their heads. But Hopeful goes first and calls back to Christian, “Be of good cheer, my brother; I feel the bottom, and it is good.” For every ...read more

  • Biblical Illiteracy: A New Gallup Poll Finds ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,663 views

    Biblical Illiteracy: A new Gallup Poll finds fewer than half of youths know that Jesus turned water into wine at the Cana wedding, and nearly two-thirds couldn’t identify a quote from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. About one in 10 thought Moses was one of the 12 apostles. Results from a comprehensive ...read more

  • Who Saved Me?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,833 views

    WHO SAVED ME? During a terrible storm at sea that threatened every moment to carry the ship to the bottom, one of the ship’s crew was doing something on the deck when a great sea struck the ship and went fairly over the deck, striking this man with great force, disabling him and carrying him into ...read more

  • I Want To Conclude With A Clip. This Movie Is The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 16, 2009
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    I want to conclude with a clip. This movie is the story of a POW camp that was forced to build an important and strategic bridge. In this scene, one man unexpectedly decides to intervene on behalf of another. He does it out of his convictions and the love of God in him. [Show clip: To End All Wars ...read more

  • How Much Knowledge  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Scarce on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,097 views

    How Much Knowledge A young university graduate crossed a large river on a barge. An elderly, worn, gentleman was driving the barge. The university student asked the old man three questions: 1) “Do you know anything about physics?” “Nope”, replied the old man. “Then 1/3 of your life has been ...read more

  • The Story Goes That Mark Twain Loved To Go ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 12, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,446 views

    The story goes that Mark Twain loved to go fishing, but he hated to catch fish. The problem was he went fishing to relax, and catching fish ruined his relaxation, since he had to take the fish off the hook and do something with it. When he wanted to relax by doing nothing, people thought he was ...read more

  • Betty Crocker ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    BETTY CROCKER SALVATION In 1952, when the Betty Crocker company first began selling cake mixes, they offered a product which only needed water, and you would get a perfectly moist cake every time. But it bombed, and they couldn’t understand why! So they commissioned a study and found that people ...read more

  • Billy Graham Describes An Experience He Had ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 5, 2012
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    Billy Graham describes an experience he had walking down a street, and a drunk man recognized him, and accosted him, stinking of liquor, claiming “I became a disciple at one of your meetings”. Billy Graham said “he must have been one of my disciples. He certainly wasn’t a disciple of Jesus”. (I ...read more

  • Hubert Finny  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,548 views

    Hubert Finny On September 19th 2002 we visited Heartland Retirement center to visit with a gentleman by the name of Hubert Finney. A good sister in our congregation at Carrey’s Run Church of Christ had been talking to Hubert about becoming a Christian. Hubert was 88 years old and on Oct. 15th, ...read more