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  • Bees That Sting Also Bring Honey

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
     | 3,187 views

    BEES THAT STING ALSO BRING HONEY One Saturday morning, a seven-year-old boy was playing in their front-yard garden in the middle of flowers in bloom. He was trying to catch butterflies with his torn net. Suddenly a bee flew to his position buzzing straightway landing on the back of his palm. The ...read more

  • The Conversion Of George Whitefield

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
     | 4,535 views

    THE CONVERSION OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD In the 1730's in England, a young man named George Whitefield desperately wanted to be right before God. As a student at Oxford, he was part of the Holy Club, along with John and Charles Wesley. The members of that club rose early every day for lengthy ...read more

  • Commitment Vs. Surrender  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 30, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,683 views

    COMMITMENT VS. SURRENDER In The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority there is an account of a conversation between the late Adrian Rogers and Rev Josef Tson, the Romanian pastor, author, and president of the Romanian Missionary Society who survived years of persecution and exile under cruel ...read more

  • The God Squad

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,332 views

    THE GOD SQUAD This week, we finished remodeling our old house and started moving into our new house. But last Monday I threw my back out while working on the house. I was frustrated and hurting. But the pain was not as bad as the feeling of not being able to finish my tasks which what I wanted to ...read more

  • A True Story That Speaks About Mary's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,599 views

    A true story that speaks about Mary’s extravagant love for Jesus. A nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and ...read more

  • Real Pearls

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 7, 2008
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     | 3,662 views

    REAL PEARLS The cheerful girl with bouncy curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?" Her mother checked the back of the little foil box and said, ...read more

  • Excerpts From Saturday Evening Post Magazine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 152 ratings
     | 2,131 views

    Excerpts From Saturday Evening Post Magazine article on Jack La Lanne: Fit for Life. At 86, Jack La Lanne has dipped, chinned, pushed, pulled, and lifted more often than anyone in recorded history. His present training regimen is tailor-made for only superheroes. While many of his contemporaries ...read more

  • John Todd Was A Minister In 19th Century New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    John Todd was a minister in 19th Century New England. Born in Vermont, but soon moved to Connecticut, when Todd was six years old, both parents died, and Todd was given a home by an aunt who lived nearby. He lived with his aunt until he left to study for the ministry. While he was away, his aunt ...read more

  • Coil And Spring! (11.07.05--Christian ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 3, 2005
     | 2,707 views

    Coil And Spring! (11.07.05--Christian Soldiers!--Ephesians 6:10-17) As I walked with her this morning in the dim morning light, she trotted obediently at my side. There was no pulling on her part. She simply walked obediently at heel anticipating each new smell that wafted through the nearby ...read more

  • One Day I Will Be Healed

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
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    ONE DAY I WILL BE HEALED A few weeks ago, I saw a special on TV about faith healers. In that show, Lisa Ling went to the meeting of a renowned faith healer where she interviewed a man named Steve. When he was 18, Steve was in a car crash that left him with brain injury and a speech impediment. ...read more

  • Faster And Faster  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,843 views

    FASTER AND FASTER Does anyone here know who "Million Dollar Bill" is? If you guessed Bill Gates, then you would be wrong. Another nickname is "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville." In the year 1987, at Talladega Motor Speedway, Bill Elliot set the fastest recorded speed for a qualifying lap at 212.809 ...read more

  • Bible Readers Change The World  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Nov 9, 2012
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     | 3,496 views

    BIBLE READERS CHANGE THE WORLD If you’ve read anything by Charles Dickens, you know how terrible conditions were in 18th century England. There were no child labor laws, so children as young as age four were put to work up to 12 hours a day in dangerous factories and sent into the corners of coal ...read more

  • Pearls From God—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,504 views

    PEARLS FROM GOD-- COMMUNION MEDITATION The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. With her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please!" Quickly the mother checked ...read more

  • The Story Of Ernest Gordon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
     | 6,846 views

    THE STORY OF ERNEST GORDON There is a book (and now a movie) called To End All Wars that tells of the extraordinary life of Ernest Gordon, a British Army officer captured at sea by the Japanese at the age of 24. Gordon was sent to work on the Burma-Siam railway line that the Japanese were ...read more

  • Like A Bird In The Hand!" Matthew 8:14-17 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,341 views

    “Like A Bird in the Hand!” Matthew 8:14-17 Key verse(s): 16-17:“When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ‘He took up our infirmities and ...read more

  • A Day In The Life Of A Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Jun 29, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,929 views

    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SHEPHERD With a spring in his step and an eye to the sky, at sunrise, he makes straight for the sheep fold. As soon as he rattles the gate, he gives his morning call, greets the sheep, often by name, every sheep is on its feet. They spring toward the gate, with expectancy ...read more

  • What You Can Live ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,497 views

    WHAT YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT Jules Verne, the famous author of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", also wrote another book entitled "The Mysterious Island." The story is about five men who manage to escape from a Civil War prison camp by highjacking a hot-air balloon. Once aloft, they very quickly ...read more

  • In 1996 George Tulloch Led An Expedition To The ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 14, 2009
     | 2,392 views

    In 1996 George Tulloch led an expedition to the spot where the Titanic sank in 1912. He and his crew recovered numerous artifacts, everything from eyeglasses to jewelry to dishware. In his search, Tulloch realized that a large piece of the hull had broken from the ship and was resting not far from ...read more

  • A Minor Detail, A Major Distraction

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
     | 5,430 views

    A MINOR DETAIL, A MAJOR DISTRACTION Anything that hinders the worship of God incites the anger of God, and should be abandoned immediately. "It was a majestic evening. On Friday, October 18th, 1991, the world-class Chicago Symphony presented the final concert in its year-long celebration of the ...read more

  • Al Was My Father-In-Law. He Was An Uncomplicated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,108 views

    Al was my father-in-law. He was an uncomplicated man, easy to like. He was a natural athlete and avid outdoorsman who love to hunt and fish. … Al was the kind of man who didn’t mind what might get said about his wife or daughter, but he never tolerated an insult to his dog. Al’s ragged edge ...read more

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