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  • Hope And A Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,766 views

    HOPE AND A PRAYER 50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area would be caught. Ron Lantz would be retiring as a driver in a few days and didn’t even live in the area, but he felt sure that God would answer their prayers. In fact, ...read more

  • A Teenage Boy Found Himself In A Parked Car With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donald Carpenter on May 9, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,969 views

    A teenage boy found himself in a parked car with a few other rather unscrupulous friends. He knew that he was where he shouldn’t be. The car was tucked away in a private location to keep their deeds secret. Soon, a bottle of 151 rum made its way around the car. Each teen took a large gulp and ...read more

  • If I Had My Life To Live Over

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,260 views

    IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER (Written after she found out she was dying from cancer.)- by Erma Bombeck I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose ...read more

  • The Value Of A Pearl  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 4, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,691 views

    THE VALUE OF A PEARL Pearls were perceived in the first century in much the same way we view diamonds today. They were the most valuable gem in the world at that time. If you owned a pearl, you owned a fortune. And there was a good reason for it. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. The fine ...read more

  • Origin Of Taps  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 224 ratings
     | 11,043 views

    Origin of Taps - “Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison’s Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a ...read more

  • Do You Remember Bubba Smith? He Retired ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 3,804 views

    ILL. Do you remember Bubba Smith? He retired from professional football a few years ago. Then, after he retired from playing football, Bubba Smith started making beer commercials. He was the guy who tore the top off of beer cans, & engaged in the argument about whether it is less filling or ...read more

  • Tonight At 11:59 Pm, Over One Billion People All ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 31, 2006
     | 1,378 views

    Tonight at 11:59 pm, over one billion people all across the world will be watching as the “ball” drops in New York City’s Times Square. That got me to wondering about the history of the New Year’s Eve “ball” and what I discovered was intriguing: · The 1st "time-ball" was installed on top of ...read more

  • Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn't Know Why ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn’t Know Why His Watch Was So Valuable You cannot go forward when you have plenty when you are empty on the inside. Harry Emerson Fosdick said that, “No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara ...read more

  • The First And Last "All"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE FIRST AND LAST "ALL" After a mission service, the preacher of the evening was hurrying away to a late train. He had just three minutes to catch it when he saw a man running after him. "Oh, sir," he said breathlessly as he came up, "Can you help me? I am very anxious about my salvation." ...read more

  • Radical Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,800 views

    RADICAL FAITH I want to read to you the opening story from David Platt's book "The Radical Question" (Multnomah Press). Imagine a scene that took place in Asia not so long ago: A room in an ordinary house, dimly lit, all the blinds on the windows closed. Twenty leaders from churches in the ...read more

  • Works-Driven Rituals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    WORKS-DRIVEN RITUALS Every year a great throng of people make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico, a site where supposedly the Virgin Mary once stood...however unlikely that is. They go there hoping to get her attention, and to get her to intervene for them with her son Jesus. They ...read more

  • John D. Rockefeller's Transformation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
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     | 10,915 views

    JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER’S TRANSFORMATION John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was strong and husky when he was a youth. He early determined to earn money and drove himself to the limit. At age 33, he earned his first million dollars. At age 43, he controlled the biggest company in the world. At age 53, he was ...read more

  • The Names Of Satan

    Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Nov 7, 2016
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    1. In Isaiah 14:12, he is named Lucifer and called the son of the morning 2. In 2 Corinthians 11:14 & 15, it is said that he transforms himself into the likeness of an angel of light 3. The god of this world who blinds men’s minds (2 Corinthians 4:4) 4. The prince of this world (John 12:31) 5. The ...read more

  • Centuries Ago On The South Coast Of China, High ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
     | 4,662 views

    Centuries ago on the South Coast of China, high up on a hill overlooking the harbor of Macao, Portuguese settlers built an enormous cathedral. They believed it would weather time, and they placed upon the front wall of this cathedral a massive bronze cross that stood high into the sky. Not too ...read more

  • Christmas Eve, 1953

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,228 views

    Christmas eve, 1953 New Zealand’s worst railway disaster occurred on Christmas Eve, 1953. The Wellington-Auckland night express plunged into the flooded Whangaehu River just west of Tangiwai, near Waiouru. Of the 285 people on board, 151 were killed. The tragedy left a nation in mourning and ...read more

  • Lynn Anderson, In "They Smell Like Sheep Relates ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Lynn Anderson, in "They Smell Like Sheep relates this story: “Several years ago in Palestine, Carolyn and I rode a tour bus through Israel’s countryside nearly mesmerized as the tour guide explained the scenery, the history, and the lifestyle. In his description, he included a heart-warming ...read more

  • Back On The Ranch Where I Spent My Summers When I ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
     | 1,195 views

    Back on the ranch where I spent my summers when I was young, my Dad and some of the other men used to break horses to ride and then would train them for various tasks according to their abilities and breeding. The first thing they always did was to gain the animal’s trust. They would then trained ...read more

  • In The Inspiring Book, This I Believe: Personal ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Feb 19, 2008
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     | 2,100 views

    In the inspiring book, This I Believe: Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, Susan Cosio writes, “I believe in a daily walk just to listen.” A chaplain at a medical center, a writer, and a mother of three, Susan Cosio says: I believe I have to remove myself from the voices that ...read more

  • Deliverance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 6,292 views

    DELIVERANCE Stanley Praimnath, Vice President for Fuji Bank, was in his office in the South Tower at the World Trade Center when his phone rang. "Are you watching the news?' asked a woman in their Chicago office. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine" he said wondering why she had called. Just then he ...read more

  • The Value Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 5,141 views

    THE VALUE OF THE BLOOD Several years ago in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, George and Vera Bajenksi’s lives were changed forever. February 16, 1989, on a very normal Thursday morning, the phone rang at 9:15 a.m. "There’s been an accident..." It involved their son Ben. As they approached the ...read more

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