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  • There Are Some Interesting Facts About The Sisal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 175 ratings
     | 3,796 views

    There are some interesting facts about the sisal plant from which is made tough sisal twine. It grows in Yucatan, Mexico, in hard stony soil. Some Americans visited the area and decided that there might be good money to be made in growing it in richer soil under better conditions. So they started ...read more

  • I'd Rather See A Sermon Than Hear One Any Day; ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 63 ratings
     | 4,526 views

    "I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one would walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel is confusing but example’s always clear. And the best of all the preachers are the ones who live their creeds, For to ...read more

  • In The Movie At First Sight, Not Only Does Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,131 views

    In the Movie At First Sight, not only does Jesus make man's eyes, but he also creates in the man’s brain the necessary apparatus to see. As neurologists will tell us, this man is the recipient of a double miracle. Not only did Jesus fix his optic condition, but he also installs in the man’s brain ...read more

  • May The Forks Be With You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,386 views

    MAY THE FORKS BE WITH YOU Luke and Obi-Wan are in a Chinese restaurant having a meal. Skillfully using his chopsticks, Obi-Wan deftly dishes himself a large portion of noodles into his bowl, then tops it off with some chicken and cashew nuts. All this is done with consummate ease you’d expect ...read more

  • A Reporter Once Asked Tom Landry, Successful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 1,259 views

    A reporter once asked Tom Landry, successful coach of the Dallas Cowboys, “What makes a champion?” His answer was power-packed. He said, “A champion is simply someone who didn’t give up when he wanted to.” He went on to explain: “Success is not accidental. We learn how to achieve.” Tom Landry ...read more

  • Answered Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 7,583 views

    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • More Than 100 Years Ago, A Soul-Winning Training ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,646 views

    More than 100 years ago, a soul-winning training conference was being held in the City of Indianapolis. While the preacher and parishioners inside the auditorium were learning how to the reach the masses, an evangelist outside on a street corner was preaching the good news. He preached under the ...read more

  • Christ Has No Hands But Ours  PRO

    Contributed by David Haun on Jan 9, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,834 views

    Christ has no hands but our hands To do His work today. He has no feet but our feet To lead men in His way. He has no tongue but our tongue To tell men how He died. He has no help but our help To bring them to His side. We are the only Bible The careless world will read; We are the ...read more

  • Faith Involves Resting Securely On God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Chan on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,082 views

    Faith Involves Resting Securely on God’s Revelation –Entering the Ark. Noah’s faith in become a verb is completed with his entrance into the Ark with his family. It inspires me to learn that Noah was so confident about God’s promise and power that he went into the Ark with his family. It is one ...read more

  • Jars Of Clay Sings About How We Should Be In Love ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 27, 2005
     | 2,019 views

    Jars of Clay sings about how we should be in love with the One who we praise – Listen to their song “Love Song for a Savior” and note some of their words and the heartbeat of this song. Catch these phrases in the song i. He is as close as a heart beat. ii. We must learn how to see Him iii. We must ...read more

  • Church Is A Hospital For Sinners  PRO

    Contributed by James Vilgos on Nov 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,792 views

    Church is a Hospital for sinners: A Some are content with placebos, fake medicines that you think are healing you so you feel good. Things that get you excited like music, a joke in the sermon, an emotional speaker things that they receive as entertainment and you think that is the Holy ...read more

  • Fact Vs. Values: Relentless Repetition Was Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,872 views

    Fact Vs. Values: Relentless repetition was once enough to drive your message home. It’s not that simple anymore. Fact-based statements can be proven or disproven objectively. But the ‘truth’ of a values-based statement hinges on agreed-upon values. Modern advertising overflows with values-based ...read more

  • American Families

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 4,599 views

    American Families · 80% of Americans agree it is better for children if their parents are married, but 55% also agree that “love is what makes a family.” · 49% of Americans agree that married people are happier than unmarried people. · 97% of Americans in traditional families and 88% in ...read more

  • In His Book, An Anthropologist On Mars, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,916 views

    In his book, An Anthropologist on Mars, neurologist Oliver Sacks tells about Virgil, a man who had been blind from early childhood. When he was 50, Virgil underwent surgery and was given the gift of sight. But as he and Dr. Sacks found out, having the physical capacity for sight is not the same as ...read more

  • Outrageous Theft

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 8, 2006
     | 1,433 views

    Wed Apr 26, 5:16 PM ET PHILADELPHIA - A man hired a crane to uproot half a dozen newsstands that were not his and move them to street corners where he had sought, but had not received, permits to do business, officials said. "I believe he knew exactly what he was doing," Robert D. Solvibile, ...read more

  • Advice

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,859 views

    ADVICE A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and how to correct it. ...read more

  • Two Years Ago The Commandant Of The Marine Corps ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 2, 2007
     | 1,725 views

    Two years ago the Commandant of the Marine Corps stood before the graduating class of officers from Quantico. He reminded them of the proud traditions of the Marine Corps. He reminded them of their loyalty to God, country, and Corps. He also reminded them of the great sacrifices made by the men ...read more

  • Perfect Obedience: Arabian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 4,876 views

    PERFECT OBEDIENCE: ARABIAN HORSES Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The ...read more

  • No House Without ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
     | 2,795 views

    No House Without Sorrow Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. He said to her, “I will give you back your son if you will ...read more

  • In The 1940's There Was Race, A Race To Get The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 6, 2010
     | 2,797 views

    In the 1940’s there was race, a race to get the mightiest weapon this world had yet seen. The United States had the Manhattan Project. Hitler had his heavy water experiments. After the war it was learned that Hitler was much farther away from developing the atomic bomb than some had feared. But ...read more