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

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,491 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 ...read more

  • Have You Ever Thought Any Deep Thoughts About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 16, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 19,763 views

    Have you ever thought any deep thoughts about rubber bands? I have. In fact, I had one of those great big rubber bands that I was going to bring up here, but somewhere along the way, I either mislaid it or lost it. I was going to bring it up here and drape it over this corner right here, and I ...read more

  • Six Stages Of A Married Cold  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,048 views

    Six Stages of a Married Cold First year: "Sugar Dumplin, I'm really worried about my baby girl. You've got a bad sniffle and there's no telling about these things with all this stuff that's going around. I'm putting you in the hospital this afternoon for a general checkup and a good rest. I ...read more

  • Bigger And Better Rattle Snakes  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,746 views

    "BIGGER AND BETTER RATTLE SNAKES" Mr. Jones called his pastor from the hospital one day and frantically said, "Oh, pastor come quickly, my son, John was just bitten by a rattle snake and is at the point of death." Of course the pastor hurried to the side of the worried father. ...read more

  • In Evil Long I Took Delight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,395 views

    In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never till my latest breath, Can I forget that look: It ...read more

  • John Ortberg In His Book The Life You've Always ...

    Contributed by Eric Schall on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,801 views

    John Ortberg in his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted takes a chapter and deals with the unexpected suffering in this life that we all come up against. He tells this story: “A couple come in for counseling. They desperately want to have a baby. They have waited and prayed for twelve anxious, ...read more

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

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,245 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

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

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,009 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

  • Confusing Messages

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 19, 2009
     | 3,919 views

    CONFUSING MESSAGES PARIS (AFP) – Heart attack survivors who eat chocolate two or more times per week cut their risk of dying from heart disease about threefold compared to those who never touch the stuff, scientists have reported. ...the new study, led by Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute ...read more

  • I Think As Christians We're Not Always Aware Of ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 8, 2009
     | 1,956 views

    I think as Christians we’re not always aware of all that God has given to us. I think this is one reason why we struggle with feelings of discontent so much. We’re like the lady who saved and saved her money for years until she finally had enough to pay for an expensive cruise. All week, while ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Judges A Man Unfairly At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,704 views

    Chuck Swindoll Judges a Man Unfairly at a Pastor’s Conference It is so easy to get into the trap of judging others unfairly! Chuck Swindoll told of his being at a pastor’s conference where he would be speaking. The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to ...read more

  • Grace Never Loses Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
     | 5,030 views

    Grace Never Loses Its Value A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the ...read more

  • March Of The Penguins: Fellowship

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 3,810 views

    MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: FELLOWSHIP The documentary The March of the Penguins follows the emperor penguins of Antarctica on their incredible journey through ice and snow to mating grounds up to 70 miles inland. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this beautiful film captures the drama of these ...read more

  • Something He Didn't Do

    Contributed by Josh Cougle on Apr 6, 2010
     | 3,370 views

    SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO My fourth daughter Kezzi is struggling through some things lately; one of them is lying. She's an obvious liar too. A month or so ago, someone left the milk out. Not a huge thing in itself, but Kezzi isn't supposed to pour the milk. Now that complicates it. I call all of the ...read more

  • Giving Up The Whole World

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 3, 2011
     | 4,068 views

    GIVING UP THE WHOLE WORLD Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from ...read more

  • De-Sanctified Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
     | 3,675 views

    DE-SANCTIFIED CHURCHES Not too long ago, a real estate listing in Dallas had the simple headline: "Converted Church." In other words, what had once been a church facility is now somebody's house. The listing under the heading had this description: "The altar has been adapted for use as a granite ...read more

  • Giving Brings Hope And Purpose

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 29, 2011
     | 2,452 views

    GIVING BRINGS HOPE AND PURPOSE I have a friend that called me last night. I have known him for many years and he has been struggling with uncertainty like most folks in his business. He was also questioning, "Is this what the Lord wants me to do?" Well, he just came back from a trip where he was ...read more

  • The Rhythm Of Our Brain

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 25, 2012
     | 2,864 views

    THE RHYTHM OF OUR BRAIN Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. Our brain uses different rhythms in order to do complex operations like memorizing or remembering ...read more

  • God, Send Us Bigger Rattlesnakes  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 26, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,076 views

    GOD, SEND US BIGGER RATTLESNAKES There was a farmer who had three sons: Jim, John, and Sam. No one in the family ever attended church or had time for God. The pastor and church members tried for years to interest the family in the things of God, but to no avail. Then one day, a rattlesnake bit ...read more

  • Is It Death Or Really Life?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 4,791 views

    Robin Norwood in her book, “Why Me? Why This? Why Now?” writes, “A very wise old fried of mine who has just celebrated his 100th birthday said to me about a recent news broadcast he recently heard about 73 people losing their lives in a plan crash: “Don’t they know we can’t lose our lives? We can ...read more