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  • Fdny Captain Jay Jonas And Five Other ...

    Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008
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    FDNY Captain Jay Jonas and five other firefighters from Ladder 6 responded immediately to the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. When they entered the lobby of the north tower, the south tower was hit. Carrying 100 pounds of gear, they began to ascend the stairwell of the south tower. When ...read more

  • Dr. Bill Bright, Past President Of Campus Crusade ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Dr. Bill Bright, past president of Campus Crusade for Christ, tells about a man living in Western Texas. During the depression the man owned a ranch and raised sheep. Mr. Yates was struggling to keep al his bills paid and was in danger of losing his ranch. Then one day a drilling crew asked for ...read more

  • As I Was Praying Recently At A Nearby Beach, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
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    As I was praying recently at a nearby beach, a man walked by with a big smile on his face and said to me "Good Morning!" I noticed he had one artificial leg and he had been walking by the beach. I noticed on the sand behind him one footprint and a track where the man had been dragging his one ...read more

  • Houses Of Refuge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    HOUSES OF REFUGE There was no alternative to manslaughter. If you wanted to live, the only option was to flee to one of these cities of refuge. [HOUSE OF REFUGE, HUTCHINSON IS., FL] House of Refuge- The House of Refuge is the last remaining shipwreck life-saving station on Florida’s Atlantic ...read more

  • You Do Not Know Wealth, You Do Not Understand ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jun 8, 2007
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    You do not know wealth, you do not understand prosperity, if you have not found Gods Word. It is the truth in the world of falsehood, and life in the midst of death. It reveals what is not seen clearly by the naked eye, and uncovers what men and their carnality has hidden. People have speculated ...read more

  • My Unspoken Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • B) Albert Ackley Series Of Evangelistic Meeting, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    B) Albert Ackley series of Evangelistic meeting, when young Jewish man asked “Why should I worship a dead Jew?” … Ackley searched it out, and would resolve “He lives I tell you, he is not dead…I can prove it by my own experience: "I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that he is ...read more

  • The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice on 14th December 1878 to the House of Commons, told this touching story. “The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. And so the doctors told the princess not to kiss her because ...read more

  • A Man Who Had Regularly Prayed For Many Years ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man who had regularly prayed for many years began to wonder if God heard his prayers at all. During one of his routine times of prayer, he started to doubt. He said, “Hey, up there, can you hear me? Hey, God, if you can hear me tell me what you want me to do with my life.” A voice from above ...read more

  • Signs You Ate Too Much Between Thanksgiving And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Signs You Ate Too Much Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. ~ Doctor tells you your weight would be perfect for a man 12 feet tall. ~ You are responsible for a slight but measurable shift in the earth’s axis. ~ Paramedics bring in the Jaws of Life to pry you out of the EZ-Boy. ~ The ...read more

  • But In Fact, There Have Been Many Men Of God Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    But in fact, there have been many men of God who had professions, or who came out backgrounds that seemed unusual. There was a man from England, his name was John Bunyan and he worked most of his life as a tinker. That’s a person who makes utensils and stuff out of copper and tin. Well following ...read more

  • George Eliot Wrote A Book About Adam Bede. Adam ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    George Eliot wrote a book about Adam Bede. Adam was a stalwart carpenter, a solid man, and he was in love with a woman who was pretty, vain, and superficial. There comes into their lives an author who is a wealthy playboy. He took advantage of this woman, and the rest of the story is about her ...read more

  • I Once Offered To Be A Listening Ear To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 13, 2007
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    I once offered to be a listening ear to a gentleman I had never met before. I felt compelled to talk to him and make myself available to discuss his situation. The man was a bit taken back as he his mother had just recently become sick. He was unsure of how she would do or how he would find the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Named Yates Who Was A ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 17, 2007
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    There was a man named Yates who was a sheepherder. He was very poor and struggled to feed his family but at least he owned his ranch. For years he struggled to survive until one day an oil company came and asked if they could drill for oil on his land. He agreed and the oil company drilled and ...read more

  • Under New Management

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 2, 2008
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    Under New Management A certain Army man had been a heavy drinker for 35 years. For all those years he had been angry; angry with everyone and everything. Finally, he encountered Christ and his whole life changed. He was speaking once before a group of medical people. He told them of his ...read more

  • Dead Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    DEAD CHURCHES In the town of Sedlec in the Czech Republic, there is a famous cemetery that dates back to the 13th century. Some 40,000 people who died from the Black Plague in the 14th century and in the Hussite wars in the beginning of the 15th century were buried there. Around 1400 a Gothic ...read more

  • Florence Nightingale

    Contributed by Simon Taylor on May 29, 2009
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    FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Born 12 May 1820, died 13 August 1910. On 7 February 1837 – not long before her 17th birthday – something happened that would change her life: "God spoke to me," she wrote, "and called me to His service." Nobody really cares what knowledge Florence Nightingale had about the ...read more

  • If You Feel Down, Just Praise The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
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    If you feel down, Just praise the Lord! If you feel down, And all alone If your world is all but gone Just look up to the sky above And know you have a friend If you feel down and feel betrayed And your friends have left you cold Just pray to ...read more

  • The Devil's Counterfeit Initially Looks Like The ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
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    The devil’s counterfeit initially looks like the real thing. But its fake. • A counterfeit faith stops when man’s capacity ends – a Biblical faith begins where man stops. • A counterfeit faith depends of appearance, coercion, and deception – a Biblical faith depends on the reliability of Christ • ...read more

  • Brezhnev's Hope

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
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    BREZHNEV'S HOPE As Vice President of the U.S., George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev's widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as ...read more