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  • Susanna Petroysan Heard Her Daughter's Pleas, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,795 views

    Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, Karine, one of the fifty-five thousand victims of the worst ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Tells About The Time He Was Asked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 25, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,715 views

    Tony Campolo tells about the time he was asked to speak at a Pentecostal college. Before the service, eight men had him kneel so they could place their hands on his head and pray. Tony was glad to have the prayer, but each of them prayed a long time, and the longer they prayed the more they ...read more

  • Sin Separates. Sin Divides. Sin Brings Death To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,147 views

    Sin separates. Sin divides. Sin brings death to relationships and destroys fellowship. God unites. God brings oneness and unity. On the day of Pentecost, God reversed the Babel process, and with one language from heaven, He demonstrated that all in Him will be sharers of one divine ...read more

  • Today I Want To Conclude By Sort Of Turning The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,545 views

    Today I want to conclude by sort of turning the tables and say that now we’ve got this great stuff of how we can be set free for ourselves, how can we now turn around and help other people find freedom through Christ. I’m particularly thinking about this because of a story from a Major who is part ...read more

  • One Of The Most Influential Christians Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,056 views

    One of the most influential Christians who exhibited “Grace Living” and touches lives as powerfully today as he did in the late 1700 and early 1800’s is John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace.” His own evaluation of himself was, “a wretch who was once lost but then was found, saved by amazing ...read more

  • Today's Pitcairn Island Population Is Descended ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,885 views

    Today’s Pitcairn Island population is descended from British sailors and Tahitians. The mutineers of the HMS Bounty settled the island [first discovered by world explorers on 2 July 1767 by midshipman Pitcairn aboard the HMS Swallow] in 1790, along with their Tahitian women and a few Tahitian men. ...read more

  • An English Missionary Doctor Named Helen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,031 views

    An English missionary doctor named Helen Roseveare, tells this story about an incident she experienced during her time in Zaire, Africa. One night she had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all they could do the mother died, leaving them with a tiny premature baby and ...read more

  • The Story Of George C. Wallace Sounds Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    The story of George C. Wallace sounds like something from Paul Harvey’s "The Rest of the Story." It comes in two parts: the sad, earlier life and the hard but hopeful latter life. A dramatic and tragic event in the middle brought life-changing consequences for the man from Alabama. In 1962, ...read more

  • The Way Of The ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 5,812 views

    The Way of the Righteous What They Are Like? “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams ...read more

  • Mothers Of ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 6,259 views

    Mothers of Influence It is a great privilege and responsibility to be a mother. No one has a more profound and enduring influence upon those around them than a mother raising her children in the fear and wisdom of the Lord. Timothy, was one such young man who was greatly influenced by ...read more

  • A Wise Heart ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    A Wise Heart Cry James, the half brother of Jesus, gives the Christian a powerful truth, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). The Body of Christ is called to make disciples and this calling is ...read more

  • Something's Happening...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
     | 1,950 views

    Something's Happening... This last week I began reading a book by James Rutz. James wrote this book to make the Christian church aware that God is moving all across the world. His observations are a wakeup call to the American Christian and churches in America. Listen to some of his ...read more

  • The Rules And The Ruler

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 4,027 views

    THE RULES AND THE RULER Back in the day of one-room school houses, a story is told about a little girl named Mary. Mary was so excited because it was the first day of school! Miss Tomlin was the new teacher and since it was the first day, Miss Tomlin thought it a good idea to lay some ground ...read more

  • Aikido For Christ

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 25, 2009
     | 1,839 views

    AIKIDO FOR CHRIST The lessons and teaching of the Holy Spirit came each day and through various ways. When we were doing a tent revival on Penn and Plymouth, the Holy Spirit taught me a lesson about dying to myself and letting go of my natural abilities like strength and fighting to resolve ...read more

  • You Can't Just Sit Around  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 3, 2009
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     | 6,710 views

    "YOU CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND." Larry Walters is among the relatively few who have actually turned their dreams into reality. Larry was a truck driver, but his lifelong dream was to fly. When he graduated from high school, he joined the Air Force in hopes of becoming a pilot. Unfortunately, poor ...read more

  • Keys To The Kingdom?

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 29, 2009
     | 4,872 views

    KEYS TO THE KINGDOM? At a former church, the day I started my job as an associate pastor I was given a set of keys to the church by one of the Trustees, Bill. Bill told me, "Peter, these are not all the keys to the church, we are only giving you four keys: One key to the church building, one key ...read more

  • Humaita Prison

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 3, 2009
     | 7,462 views

    HUMAITA PRISON Charles Colson, Director of Prison Fellowship and former Counsel to the President of the United States Richard Nixon, who himself went to prison as a result of the Watergate affair wrote this: "Humaita Prison in Brazil is a remarkable place. Almost twenty years ago, it was a ...read more

  • Substitute Teacher Finally Admits She Doesn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
     | 4,313 views

    Substitute Teacher Finally Admits She Doesn’t Know Subject Matter Have you ever tried to stand and teach, and there you are in front of the class, and you realize all of a sudden that you are out of your depth and that you haven’t got a clue as to what is going on and what to say? That makes for ...read more

  • Christian Walk Compared To Learning How To Pitch ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
     | 4,617 views

    Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes When I married into Charlotte’s family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte’s Mom and Dad’s house. There were football or baseball games to watch or ...read more

  • Complaining On The Day Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,569 views

    Complaining on the Day of Judgment The story is told of billions of people scattered on a great plain before Almighty God’s Throne. Some of the groups near the front talked heatedly - not with cringing shame; but, with belligerence. "How can God Judge us?" said one. "What does He know about ...read more