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  • A Long Time Friend And Associate Of Billy Graham ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,509 views

    A long time friend and associate of Billy Graham was Chuck Templeton. He worked with Billy Graham in Youth for Christ in their early days of ministry. Chuck Templeton helped organize Youth for Christ in Canada. But over time Chuck Templeton became an Agnostic and renounced his faith in Christ. ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
     | 2,010 views

    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion ...read more

  • Tennessee Three-Kick Rule

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,473 views

    Tennessee Three-Kick Rule A NYC lawyer went duck hunting in the mountains of East Tennessee. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of the fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was ...read more

  • In A Hurry  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,846 views

    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

  • Gladyce, A Widow, Attended Church Faithfully ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,244 views

    Gladyce, a widow, attended church faithfully every Sunday. She would get there about 20 minutes early to sit and pray. This was her ritual. Just her and Jesus. She had been doing this for years. Then one Sunday a new family sat behind her. This was disturbing. She said, “Oh, well, they’re visitors ...read more

  • Bad Day

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,431 views

    BAD DAY Brian Hise has had his share of bad stuff happen to him. In just a short time -- one day in July -- his apartment in Provo, Utah apartment became flooded because of an upstairs neighbor’s broken pipe. The manager instructed him to go out and rent a wet/dry vacuum. When he went out to his ...read more

  • Fathers, Serve With Intensity  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,993 views

    "Fathers, Serve With Intensity" The Bible gives four Christian character traits that can build a lasting legacy for the Lord. The second is to live a life that serves with intensity. Colossians 3:23-24 says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men, ...read more

  • The Unexpected King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
     | 5,774 views

    THE UNEXPECTED KING Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: "The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss's phone, too." The article was about Peggielene Bartels, ...read more

  • The Life Vest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
     | 4,655 views

    THE LIFE VEST The USS Astoria (C-34) was the first U.S. cruiser to engage the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island, a night action fought 8-9 August 1942. Although she scored two hits on the Imperial flagship Chokai, the Astoria was badly damaged and sank shortly after noon, 9 August. About ...read more

  • The Bill Always Comes Due

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
     | 2,107 views

    THE BILL ALWAYS COMES DUE Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a ...read more

  • The Big Announcement

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
     | 3,470 views

    THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT We hear good news in lots of different ways, and I am glad that we got to hear the Easter story told by some of our children this morning. There is something about hearing a child tell this great story that gives it new power. I can no longer hear the Resurrection story ...read more

  • Give God The Big Stuff, Too

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,261 views

    GIVE GOD THE BIG STUFF, TOO I am mechanically inept and every once in a while I try to do some mechanical thing. Sometimes it's as simple as trying to put up a light fixture. Inevitably it fights back and doesn't go easily. I start getting frustrated and forcing the issue, usually making it worse. ...read more

  • The Village Of The Book

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 17, 2012
     | 1,497 views

    THE VILLAGE OF THE BOOK It was early in 1945. As United States forces pushed deep into Okinawa they came across a village unlike any they had ever seen. Here at Shimabuku they were met and welcomed by two old men who invited the troops in as "fellow Christians." Correspondent Clarence W. Hall ...read more

  • Husband Doesn't Get It

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 19, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,260 views

    TWICE A WEEK After just a few years of marriage filled with disagreements and arguments, a young man and his wife decided the only way to save their marriage was to try counseling. Things had slipped from bad to worse as the months passed, turning their marriage into a marathon of misery. They had ...read more

  • When Your Sin Finds You Out.  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 16, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,767 views

    I was 18 years old when I stole my first and only item. I was a bagger at a local grocery store. The store had some small battery operated record players that played 45s. (For those too young to remember what 45s were, they looked like bid CDs with a hole in the middle.) A lot of the record players ...read more

  • Dr Cephas Mashiyach

    Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 28, 2016
     | 5,059 views

    Dr Cephas Mashiyach Suppose I were to tell you about a fabulous preacher that I encountered by the name of Dr Cephas Mashiyach? The power of his preaching and his dynamic sermons is unsurpassed. People come from miles around everywhere he goes. Then I told you that Dr Mashiyach was available to ...read more

  • The Rich Fool

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,143 views

    THE RICH FOOL Ortberg writes (and I have abridged it and translated it into proper English) Once upon a time in the Silicon Valley, there lived a very important man.He routinely logged in 12-14 hours a day work and sometimes at weekends. He went to the Harvard School of Management, where he got ...read more

  • Grant Vs. Custer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,167 views

    GRANT VS. CUSTER There is a story of two Civil War Generals: George A. Custer and Ulysses S. Grant. Both graduated from West Point--Gen. Grant, being the oldest, graduated in the 1840's and Gen. Custer in 1861. Grant fought in several wars and was a field General in every sense of the word. In ...read more

  • The World's Most Unwanted Ship

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,669 views

    The Pellicano is the world's most unwanted ship. Since 1986 she has been the hobo of the high seas. No one wants her. Sri Lanka doesn't. Bermuda doesn't. The Dominican Republic turned her away. So did the Netherlands, the Antilles, and Honduras. The problem is not the boat. Though ...read more

  • When Close Enough—isn’t!

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 23, 2022
     | 1,006 views

    Introduction: Sometimes, close enough just isn't! Text, Matthew 13:25, KJV: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. Thoughts: Have you ever heard the phrase, “Oh, that’ s close enough” or “that’s good enough”? Sometimes, it’s true but there ...read more

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