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  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,086 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • No Farewell To Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,696 views

    “No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

  • Dropping Your Finger

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 22, 2008
     | 1,537 views

    DROPPING YOUR FINGER Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition, yet he still seemed to be doing well. Curious as to why, the college graduate asked his friend, "How has everything ...read more

  • Lewis Ran From God

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,405 views

    LEWIS RAN FROM GOD C. S. Lewis, the author of Prince Caspian, did not rejoice to find Jesus. He had been running from Him for his entire life. After a long search into what Christianity was and whether it could be trusted as truth, he said of himself: "The fox had been dislodged from Hegelian ...read more

  • I've Been Good, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,269 views

    "I’VE BEEN GOOD, BUT..." Grandma was rushing her two grandkids ages five and three out to the car from shopping when five year old Jason spoke up. "Grams, Susie put something in her pocket in the store." After a quick investigation, Grams discovered that Susie had picked up some pretty red ...read more

  • During The Reign Of Queen Victoria, A London ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 3,807 views

    During the reign of Queen Victoria, a London doctor visited a 72-year-old lady named Maria Vincent. Her husband had abandoned her some years earlier. She was poor and lived in very humble surroundings. She was undernourished and had neither warm clothes or wood for a fire. The doctor couldn’t ...read more

  • Probably No Foreigner Exerted Greater Leadership ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,356 views

    Probably no foreigner exerted greater leadership over the people of Shaohsing, China, in the early twentieth century than Dr. Claude H. Barlow. This self-effacing medical missionary was the personification of a God-influenced life. A strange disease for which he knew no remedy was killing the ...read more

  • Dragged Through Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,799 views

    DRAGGED THROUGH LIFE We live in a very tense, uptight, and fast-paced world filled with hurry. A Tahoma, Washington newspaper carried the story of Tattoo the basset hound a while back. Tattoo didn’t intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut the dog’s leash in the car door and took ...read more

  • Does He Show Through?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
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    DOES HE SHOW THROUGH? One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother & said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is ...read more

  • It's Better Higher Up  PRO

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Apr 15, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,884 views

    IT'S BETTER HIGHER UP There was an old woman who was always bright, cheerful, and optimistic, even though she was confined to her room because of illness. She lived in an attic in the fifth floor of an old building. A friend decided to visit her one day and brought with her a wealthy woman. Since ...read more

  • When I Was A Boy We Had Access To Numerous ...

    Contributed by John D Jones on May 2, 2010
     | 2,511 views

    When I was a boy we had access to numerous motorbikes and go-carts. My father refused to buy us any kind of motorised vehicles because he did not want us to get injured. But most of our friends and family had some sort of motorbike. As youths, the parents always set the governor really low. This ...read more

  • He Leaks!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,254 views

    "HE LEAKS!" A country church was having their annual revival meeting. On the first night the preacher preached a message about repentance and the need to return to the Lord. At the altar call, a man came down the aisle saying "Fill me Lord, fill me". The next night the preacher challenged the ...read more

  • Check Out The People You Listen To On The Radio, ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jun 7, 2007
     | 1,432 views

    Check out the people you listen to on the radio, CD’s, the shows you watch, the people we cheer for on the football fields, and the basketball courts, how many of them are anti-Christian in their life, in their lyrics? Yet we put up posters of them, and pay for their CD’s and their DVD’s and watch ...read more

  • Swindoll Challenges Us With This Thought: "Our ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 27, 2007
     | 2,201 views

    Swindoll challenges us with this thought: “Our friend Solomon, with a limitless supply of money and without any sense of accountability to others, took that trail as far as one could take it. And when it was all said and done, he said, ‘What an empty, futile trip!’ will every young person hearing ...read more

  • One Day My Mother Was Out And My Dad Was In ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
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     | 1,730 views

    One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries. Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift ...read more

  • On Average The Servicemen Who Guard The Tomb Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,202 views

    On average the servicemen who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier spend about 8 hours to prepare for duty. Their uniform must be meticulously prepared. What preparation do we put into our life of service to God? A logical question that someone might ask of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the ...read more

  • Hardly Safe: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 28, 2008
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     | 2,235 views

    HARDLY SAFE: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE If you have ever been through a tornado. ... One personal encounter with a power that before was only theoretical can make all the difference. You live differently after that. You respect the power. You live in awe of its presence and tremble ...read more

  • Covenant?

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 20, 2022
     | 1,467 views

    Devotional - Genesis 9:7-28 (also glance at Chapters 10-11) What was the command to Noah and his family? – populate the earth (we exist today because of Noah and family) Covenant – “berith” – a brand new word! What can we learn about this word in context? – a promise and commitment to do ...read more

  • Dennis Said, "I Don't Think I've Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 22, 2000
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,885 views

    ILL. Dennis said, "I don’t think I’ve ever experienced greater culture shock than what I experienced at the very first Thai village we visited. This was a village which the missionaries had not yet reached with the good news of Jesus. The people were still living with all their superstitions & ...read more

  • Without Exception, I Have Found That Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 122 ratings
     | 1,272 views

    "Without exception, I have found that every person who was sincerely happy, radiantly alive, was living for a purpose or ...read more