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  • The Powerhouse  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,083 views

    The Powerhouse Stephen Kuusisto grew up feeling a stigma about being legally blind. For him, sight consisted of a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, and shadows. Privately he would press his face close to the page of a book and memorize street names in an exhausting attempt to appear more able to see ...read more

  • Graham's Flame In His Hand

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Nov 17, 2008
     | 2,385 views

    GRAHAM'S FLAME IN HIS HAND Billy Graham said this, "When I was a young biblical study major in college, I had questions that many young believers have. I struggled with what I thought were inconsistencies in the word of God, and therefore I had little power in my ministry. My anointing was ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Steve Gallimore on Dec 14, 2008
     | 2,408 views

    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak a ...read more

  • The Golf Club

    Contributed by Michael West on Dec 20, 2008
     | 2,856 views

    The Golf Club There was a famous golfer who had been invited by the king of Saudi Arabia to play in a tournament. He accepted and was flown there by the King in his own private jet. They played golf, had a good time and the golfer went home. But before he left, the king offered the golfer anything ...read more

  • No Toys For Sister

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
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    NO TOYS FOR SISTER Two-year-old Sarah and her 13-year-old sister who had been fighting a lot. Sarah’s parents, trying to take advantage of her newfound interest in Santa Claus, reminded the two-year-old that Santa was watching and doesn’t like it when children fight. This had little impact. "I’ll ...read more

  • A Fine Lad Entered The Army. He Faced A Real ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 22, 2009
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     | 1,198 views

    A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home, and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring. Surrounded by scores of rough men ...read more

  • Waiting On The Interest  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,595 views

    WAITING ON THE INTEREST A girl had a nice little piggy bank. Her father wanted to teach her about saving, so he talked to her about putting her money into a savings account at their bank. He very carefully explained to her that when she put money into her account, the bank would pay her interest ...read more

  • All Part Of God's Plan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
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    ALL PART OF GOD’S PLAN In the opening pages of his autobiography, "An American Life," Ronald Reagan writes, I was raised to believe that God had a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan. My mother - a small woman with auburn hair and a sense of ...read more

  • History Is Always A Great Teacher To Those Who ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 2, 2009
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    History is always a great teacher to those who want to learn it’s lessons. Abraham Lincoln knew this and one author had this to say about him. o He was not a born king of men…but a child of the common people, who made himself a great persuader, therefore a leader, by dint of firm resolve, patient ...read more

  • Stand By Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    STAND BY YOUR SIGN When an individual or a congregation has the attitude of compromise in regard to spiritual values and truths, dark days are ahead. All who strive to be Christians feel a certain amount of pressure from the world. Through the strength that Christ gives, we can overcome the world ...read more

  • The Best Help You Can Get

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 21, 2009
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    THE BEST HELP YOU CAN GET Most of you have probably heard about the terrible bus wreck Sunday morning (July 12, 2009) involving the Youth Group from FBC in Shreveport. They were on their way to a camp in Macon, Georgia. One of the students was killed. Today Candy G. forwarded an email from one of ...read more

  • When My Father Passed Away, I Remember Going To ...

    Contributed by Jeff Kennedy on Sep 9, 2009
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    When my father passed away, I remember going to church that morning. Our family had only been attending that church for a few weeks, and my dad was on his way to work that morning to put in some overtime, and he was going to meet us at the late service. The pastor later told us that it was the ...read more

  • A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure Of Balloon's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
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    A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure of Balloon’s Attempt to Circle the Earth Piccard and Richard Conniff writes in National Geographic that on January 12, 1997, two Swiss men, Bertrand Piccard and Wim Verstraeten, set out to be the first to CIRCLE THE EARTH in a balloon. Their aircraft was called ...read more

  • Nfl Player's Loyalty And Commitment To His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
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    NFL Player’s Loyalty and Commitment to His Wife One of the greatest statements of a husband’s love is when he protects his wife regardless of the cost to himself. Joseph’s story is the story of one such man. When Chris Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills, he was everything a middle linebacker ...read more

  • Freedom In Marriage Lies In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
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    Freedom in Marriage Lies in Submission In the movie The Poseidon Adventure, the ocean liner S.S. Poseidon is on the open sea when it hits a tidal wave and tips over. Because of the air trapped inside the ocean liner, it floats upside down. In the confusion, the survivors can’t figure out what’s ...read more

  • Matryoshka Doll

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 30, 2010
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    I purchased this doll a few years back when I visited in Russia. It’s called a Matryoshka doll (Russian Nesting doll). (taking dolls apart) If you’re familiar with these dolls, you know that you open up one and there’s another inside … and so on and so on. This continues until you get to the ...read more

  • Complicated Directions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
     | 4,645 views

    COMPLICATED DIRECTIONS Matt Woodly, a father of four, talks about buying his children a swing set, about 15 years ago, as an early Christmas present. It was an extra long metal set with two swings, a two-seater swinging bench, a slide, monkey bars, and a series of hanging rings. He thought the ...read more

  • The Mayor's Martyr Maid

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2011
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    THE MAYOR'S MARTYR MAID "I found one!" The inquisitor held up a Bible and hollered out, "Bring in the mayor and his family. Someone is studying the Bible in this house!" In the 16th century, Philip II sent the Duke of Alba to Flanders to stamp out the Protestants who insisted on reading the ...read more

  • Fasting Before The Great Awakening

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 22, 2011
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    FASTING BEFORE THE GREAT AWAKENING Jonathan Edwards was a man used by God in the First Great Awakening. I have read that he preached in a weak, squeaking, monotone voice and held his tiny manuscript so close to his face that people could not see his expressions. When he preached, "Sinners in the ...read more

  • The Blob: A Thriving Environment

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012
     | 2,593 views

    THE BLOB: A THRIVING ENVIRONMENT Years ago, there was a movie called The Blob. This cosmic Jell-O had come down from space, fell into a little crater, and cracked open. An old man came and had a little stick in his hand and was playing with it, and it ran up on his arm and began to consume him. ...read more