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  • On Eagle's Wings  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,592 views

    Opening; Illustration: Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, and he falls fast. The ...read more

  • Which Window?  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,312 views

    WHICH WINDOW? Catherine Marshall wrote: "My friend Marge had an experience aboard a plane bound for Cleveland, waiting for takeoff. As she settled into her seat, Marge noticed a strange phenomenon. On one side of the airplane a sunset suffused the entire sky with glorious color. But out of the ...read more

  • I Only Have Eyes For Him

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 28, 2008
     | 3,077 views

    I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR HIM Following a great victory, King Cyrus of Persia took as prisoners a noble prince, his wife, and their children. When they were brought into the leader’s tent to stand before him, Cyrus said to the prince, "What will you give me if I set you free?" He replied, "I will give ...read more

  • You Can Never Tell How The Thorough Learning Of ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 6, 2008
     | 1,700 views

    You can never tell how the thorough learning of Scripture will be used in later life. Richard Wurmbrand was a pastor in Romania and was imprisoned and tortured for his faith by the communist authorities. He testified that it was the passages of Scripture that he had memorized as a youth, which ...read more

  • Jesus's Presence In The Ordinary

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 22, 2008
     | 4,138 views

    JESUS'S PRESENCE IN THE ORDINARY Dr. Dale E. Turner writing for Health Action News in July 1993 tells an interesting story of John W. Gardner, founding Chairman of Common Cause. Turner quotes Gardner as saying that it is “a rare and high privilege to help people understand the difference they can ...read more

  • Stephen Kuusisto Grew Up Feeling A Stigma About ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,826 views

    "Stephen Kuusisto grew up feeling a stigma about being legally blind. For him, sight consisted of a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, and shadows. Privately he would press his face close to the page of a book and memorize street names in an exhausting attempt to appear more able to see than he really ...read more

  • Time For Jesus

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,373 views

    Time for Jesus Suppose you walked into your kitchen one morning and found Jesus sitting at the table. What would you do? Would you say: "Jesus! I'm thrilled to see You! I just wish I had time to talk, but right now I'm running late for work. When I get home tonight, we'll have a nice visit"? ...read more

  • In One Of My Sources, I Read This About The ‘wise ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
     | 2,060 views

    In one of my sources, I read this about the ‘wise men’ and some of it was news to me! "Not much is known about these astrologers (traditionally called wise men). We don't know where they came from or how many there were. Tradition says they were men of high position from Parthia, near the site of ...read more

  • Ironman Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,069 views

    Ironman Christians Have you heard of the Ironman Triathlon? It’s held every fall in the US city of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, the race encompasses three endurance events; a 2.4 mile ocean swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a 112 mile bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hawi and back, and then to top it ...read more

  • Newton And Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,987 views

    NEWTON AND AMAZING GRACE A long time ago, a man truly experienced God’s grace His name was John Newton. Though he was brought up in the church as a child, he became a calloused man full of anger, pain, and uncertainty. Because of that, He experienced many troubles. At one time, he was a ...read more

  • Isaac Watts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,126 views

    ISAAC WATTS Isaac Watts was a genius. At four years of age, he had learned Latin, at nine Greek, at 11 French, and at 13 years old, Hebrew. His poetic re-working of the Psalms was magnificent. Unfortunately for poor Isaac, he was not a looker. His one chance at love came and went with a young ...read more

  • Is He Welcome

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 21, 2025
     | 511 views

    John 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Sadly, there are many buildings with church on the sign that Jesus is knocking on the door to get in. Some He has never been in and others He had been in but they turned Him by denying the Scriptures. Many people in those buildings ...read more

  • Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
     | 188 views

    Amazing Grace Paul wrote of a higher righteousness that comes from God himself and never depends on our doings. Whenever we know that righteousness of God firsthand, it always changes our lives. One man tells that one day he blundered into an affair with someone else’s wife. He was weak and ...read more

  • When God Says No

    Contributed by John Bright on Jun 24, 2026
     | 6 views

    Back in 1991, Garth Brooks released a song that went to #1 on the Country Chart. “Thank God for Unanswered Prayers” tells the story of how our prayers may not align with what is best for us. It’s a story about our timing not being God’s timing. Just in case you don’t remember, here’s the story ...read more

  • Kay Arthur Writes: If Only… If Only He Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 3, 2001
    based on 73 ratings
     | 4,008 views

    Kay Arthur writes: If only… if only he had known… If only I had known! He had been summoned. What could he do? There was no higher authority to appeal to, no one to mediate. He had been bidden to come – and go he must. Most people looked on him with contempt because of his physical ...read more

  • On A Scale Of 1 To 10, How Optimistic Are You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 7, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 2,443 views

    On a scale of 1 to 10, how optimistic are you about your future? In that great mid-life crisis movie, City Slickers, Billy Crystal’s character Mitch attends career day at his son’s grade school. Mitch is anything but optimistic. His son had told everyone that his dad was a submarine captain, but ...read more

  • Precious Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 10,510 views

    PRECIOUS BLOOD Several years ago in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, George and Vera Bajenksi’s lives were changed forever. February 16, 1989. 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 intersection of ...read more

  • Burying Karla Faye Tucker  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,889 views

    BURYING KARLA FAYE TUCKER In February 1998, the State of Texas prepared to execute Karla Faye Tucker, for her participation in the murder of Jerry Lynn Dean and Deborah Thornton with a pick ax in 1983. What brought this story to the News agencies was Karla’s request for a stay from execution. ...read more

  • Ravi Zacharias, A Christian Intellectual Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 2, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,489 views

    Ravi Zacharias, a Christian intellectual who travels around the world lecturing in secular settings on spiritual themes, tells of an experience he had in Columbus, Ohio. He writes, “A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University. As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the ...read more

  • God So Loved  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 101 ratings
     | 5,068 views

    God So Loved I want to paint a picture for you this morning. Picture yourself arguing with a friend and you really lose it. You pull out a gun and kill your friend. You are caught and arrested. You receive your day in court and found guilty of your sin of murder. You are sentenced to die by ...read more