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  • Titanic's Last Hero

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 25, 2008
     | 3,876 views

    Titanic’s Last Hero John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial Church, which ...read more

  • A Relationship With A Muslim

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
     | 4,876 views

    A RELATIONSHIP WITH A MUSLIM Bill Hybels was at a luncheon, sitting across from a black man, built like a football player, with a distinctively Muslim name. He told Pastor Hybels that he enjoyed reading one of his books. Bill Hybels looked a little puzzled so the Muslim explained to him how he ...read more

  • Who Should Get The Credit?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
     | 3,631 views

    WHO SHOULD GET THE CREDIT? I had the pleasure of coaching Little League for about 5 years and did so during the time my 3 boys played, so I coached the team they played on. On one occasion we were two runs behind in the final inning with a runner on 2nd. And who was coming to bat? Brian. Brian was ...read more

  • Peter Pan

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 2, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,561 views

    Peter Pan and The Hope Of Heaven… St. John’s is the oldest of all the cities in North America. Embedded in this 400-year-old city are many stories. Bowering Park is one of the oldest parks in St. John’s. It was established by a grant of land from the Bowering family in 1911 on the 100th ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    THE i-POD One day a woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist to the electric coffeepot he had in his hand. It seemed that he was being electrocuted. So - intending to jolt him away from the deadly current - she ...read more

  • Steven Curtis Chapman Talks About His Tragedy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,674 views

    STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS TRAGEDY Two months after the tragic accident that claimed the life of his five-year-old daughter Maria Sue, Steven Curtis Chapman appeared with his wife and three oldest children on CNN’s "Larry King Live" Aug. 7 to testify to the solid hope believers have in ...read more

  • Mark Buchanan's Shares An Illustration From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 25, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,172 views

    Mark Buchanan’s shares an illustration from Leadership magazine in its Fall 2004 edition on pages 52, 53: General Maximus comes to Rome dirty and shackled. This is not the way it’s suppose to be. Where’s Rome’s legendary pageantry to greet one of her heroes-the heraldry, the burnished armor, the ...read more

  • The Papoose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2007
     | 1,014 views

    The Papoose I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now…John 16:12.” Those precious words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 16:12 bring back a memory from my past. When our middle son was very young, he fell and cut a rather deep gash in the area between his lip and chin. ...read more

  • Adopted By Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 8,911 views

    Illus.: “Adopted by Christ” John was born into a family of 12 children. They were very poor. He was the youngest. He never remembered his father eating a meal with the rest of the family. He had to work long hours to feed his family. One day his father ran off with another woman, leaving his ...read more

  • The Men's Thesaurus  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 10, 2001
    based on 198 ratings
     | 3,459 views

    THE MEN’S THESAURUS (men don’t always say what they mean) – excerpts: When a man says: "IT’S A GUY THING" He means: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with this, and you have no chance at all of making it logical" When a man says "CAN I HELP WITH DINNER" He means: "Why isn’t it ...read more

  • Patsy Clairmont In Her Book "Under His Wings" ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 11, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,546 views

    Patsy Clairmont in her book “Under His Wings” tells a moving story of the reality of dealing with grief. “We buried my friend’s 26 year old son last week. An accidental gunshot took Jeff’s life. We have more questions than answers. We are offended at people who have all the answers and no ...read more

  • Bill Hybels, Pastor Of Willow Creek Community ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,109 views

    Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area, was attending a luncheon in a Southern state. Sitting across from him was an African-American built like a football player. When he introduced himself and the African American told him his name and it was distinctly Muslim. ...read more

  • Soldier Lies To Napoleon About Heroism, Israeli ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
     | 2,000 views

    Soldier Lies to Napoleon About Heroism, Israeli Woman Lies About Age Napoleon often told this story: Once, while visiting a province he came on an old soldier with one arm severed, dressed in full uniform. On his uniform the proud fighter displayed the coveted Legion of Honor. “Where did you lose ...read more

  • Wycliffe Bible Translator Chet Bitterman's Death ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
     | 3,527 views

    Wycliffe Bible Translator Chet Bitterman’s Death Motivated Others for Missionary Service Jesus Himself said that the end would come only after the “gospel of the Kingdom” is “preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations” (Matthew 24:14). As His coming approaches, Jesus wants the ...read more

  • History Of "The Star Spangled Banner"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,925 views

    HISTORY OF "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" An American lawyer was dispatched to negotiate for the release of several prisoners, including a civilian named Dr. William Beanes. Although the negotiation for prisoner exchange was initially successful, Francis Scott Key and the American official, Colonel ...read more

  • Waiting 20 Years For The End Of The Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,161 views

    WAITING 20 YEARS FOR THE END OF THE STORY In her book The God Who Hung on the Cross, journalist Ellen Vaughn retells a gripping story of how the Gospel came to a small village in Cambodia. In September 1999, Pastor Tuy Seng (not his real name) traveled to Kampong Thom Province in northern ...read more

  • Elijah Cadman

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
     | 4,699 views

    ELIJAH CADMAN Let me tell you about the six-year-old drunken chimney sweep who went on to become a great leader in our movement. Elijah Cadman was born in Coventry, the youngest of five children of a drunkard father who died when Cadman was three years old. Aged six, Cadman was unusually small ...read more

  • Fatherhood Tips: Cherish Your Time With Them.

    Contributed by Eduardo Quintana on Oct 4, 2015
     | 2,213 views

    FATHERHOOD TIPS 1.- Cherish your time with them. When we adopted our first child, we decided that it was outright important for the child to have a mom and a dad that were there for them. My wife quit her job and became a stay at home mother. She is amazing! And I also had to find a job that ...read more

  • Lo Ruhamah

    Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Dec 15, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,735 views

    Lo-Ruhamah There is no Old Testament story more fascinating than that of the prophet Hosea, who at commands of the Lord, acted out a parallel of God’s love, yet severe warnings for his unfaithful people, the kingdom of Israel. Contrary to every healthy instinct and cautionary impulse, Hosea was ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Pair Of Brothers

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 3, 2019
     | 1,485 views

    Scripture: Mat 18:1-3, NASB 1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will ...read more

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