Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 10, 2002
based on 11 ratings
| 1,906 views
Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battleship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor with patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 23, 2002
based on 12 ratings
| 2,169 views
Ill. – Eye of the needle
Jesus was not saying that it is impossible for the rich to be saved. In those days cities were walled and had huge gates, which were open in the day light hours but barred shut at night. If a trader arrived at the city after dark he would not be able to get into the city
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Mennonite
Contributed by J. Allen Lucas on Mar 23, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 4,285 views
The real power of the resurrection was demonstrated not only 2,000 years ago, but is also demonstrated today in the lives of people who are following Jesus Christ.
Those who refuse to give in to the power of darkness and are walking in the light of the resurrection, prove every day that God in the
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
“A Lighthouse Lesson”
A friend told us that he was visiting a lighthouse lately, and he said to the keeper, “Are you not afraid to live here? It is a dreadful place to be in constantly.”
“No,” replied the man, “I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here.”
“Never think of yourselves! How
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Mark Miller on Dec 13, 2005
based on 4 ratings
| 1,315 views
Here are words to a hymn from the tune of ’O Little Town of Bethlehem.’ It was sung after a Narnia message titled, "What If There Were No Christmas?"
O Wintry Land of Narnia
O wintry land of Narnia what mysteries do you hold?
Despite the threats of the white witch, Good News is to unfold!
‘Cause
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
based on 1 rating
| 718 views
Did you know that dolphins sleep with one eye open? It’s true.
They do so because they can only ever let one side of their brain sleep at a time. When the left side of the brain sleeps, the right eye will close, and vice versa. This isn’t some weird, ambidextrous stunt they’re pulling. Rather,
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 3 ratings
| 1,295 views
Christmas can still arrive when you least expect it, sometimes in the most unexpected manner. Dr. James Dobson relates a story of an elderly woman named Stella Thornhope who was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died just a few months prior through a slow developing cancer.
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 25, 2006
based on 44 ratings
| 1,551 views
I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Randy Brooks on Jun 6, 2007
I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the
...read more
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Feb 26, 2012
THE "GOING OUT"
We read in John 15:26, "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."
The "sending" the "going out" which Jesus refers to here is not like a king sending a servant. It is an extending
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Sermon Central