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  • When We Release A Sound Of Praise, The Earth Must ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 1, 2006
     | 2,432 views

    When we release a sound of praise, the Earth must respond. There is a tangible change in the Atmosphere! The God of creation extracts a response from his creation! Joshua Mills tells the story of a drought breaking in Chennai India as a result of Praise to the living God! To release a response ...read more

  • It Started Off As A Simple Request. The Kind Of ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 2, 2007
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    It started off as a simple request. The kind of thing you might hear if you’re in a crowded restaurant, sitting at a table with an empty chair. Someone at the next table is one chair short, and they approach you. “May I borrow this chair?” “Sure,” you say. No skin off your teeth. You have no need ...read more

  • Little Girl Doesn't Understand Cleansing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,874 views

    Little Girl Doesn’t Understand Cleansing Symbolism of Baptism Pastor Bob Beasley shares a true story told by a father in his church: “Our three-year-old daughter, Rena, sat with us during the baptismal service…which was a new experience for her. She exclaimed in surprise, ‘Why did he push that guy ...read more

  • Lorrie Anderson, Missionary To The ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2010
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    Lorrie Anderson, missionary to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list. Eyes closed, she did not see the deadly ...read more

  • Fortified Within

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
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    FORTIFIED WITHIN There are two ways of handling pressure. One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several ...read more

  • On June 18, 1956, A Freak Accident Happened On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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     | 2,528 views

    On June 18, 1956, a freak accident happened on a lake in New York. A speeding motorboat bounced on a wave and shot into the water two of its passengers, a 50-year old man and a little girl. To keep the girl from drowning, the man held her head above water while the boat circled back to pick them ...read more

  • Bringing The Old Life With You  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
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    BRINGING THE OLD LIFE WITH YOU The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst ...read more

  • I See It But I Can't Get There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    I SEE IT BUT I CAN'T GET THERE A man named Floyd Collins, in 1925, was exploring near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and got stuck fifty-five feet from the surface. Icy water was dripping in his face. The rescuers came in and diverted the water, and they talked with him, they calmed him down, but they ...read more

  • Playing Church

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 10, 2008
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    PLAYING CHURCH Some years ago I met Johnny Moore. Johnny is the lead singer for "His Glory". He tells his story of how he was on his way home one night before he got serious with the Lord. He’d been kinda "playing church." He was on his way home from a Wednesday night prayer meeting, and he ...read more

  • 99% Is Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    99% IS NOT ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: - drinking water would be unsafe one hour ...read more

  • Hellen Keller ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009
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    ILLUSTRATION… Hellen Keller (p) Whenever I read this passage, I cannot help but think of another movie! I think of the 1962 (and in 1979) movie about Hellen Keller called “The Miracle Worker.” Hellen Keller was deaf and blind and could not communicate. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan arrived at ...read more

  • The Anaconda Attack

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2024
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     | 698 views

    Lorrie Anderson, missionary to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list. Eyes closed, she did not see the deadly ...read more

  • Don't Ride In An Auto – They Cause 20 Percent Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 1,324 views

    Don’t ride in an auto – they cause 20 percent of all fatal accidentsDo not stay at home – 17 percent of all accidents happen there.Do not walk in the street – 15 percent of all accidents happen to pedestrians.Do not travel by air, rail or water – 16 percent of all ...read more

  • Spy Badges Technology

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,748 views

    Spy Badges Technology now offers employee ID badges that are read by computer-based mapping programs that track employees within a building or business campus every second. Hospitals use them to quickly locate doctors, but they can also reveal who spends too ...read more

  • One Of The Highest Of Human Duties Is The Duty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragementIt is easy to laugh at mens ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise ...read more

  • Madeleine L'engle On Her Marriage

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
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    The well-known author, Madeleine L’Engle, in her book The Irrational Season (The Seabury Press, New York, 1977) writes about her long-time journey of marriage to actor Hugh Franklin: "It’s an extraordinary thing to me that Hugh and I have been married for 29 years. It is also, I believe, a ...read more

  • Works-Driven Rituals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    WORKS-DRIVEN RITUALS Every year a great throng of people make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico, a site where supposedly the Virgin Mary once stood...however unlikely that is. They go there hoping to get her attention, and to get her to intervene for them with her son Jesus. They ...read more

  • In The Eleventh Century, King Henry Iii Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,735 views

    In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. "Your Majesty," said Prior Richard, ...read more

  • Story: Perhaps I Can Explain It Better By Telling ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 4, 2005
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    Story: Perhaps I can explain it better by telling you as story that the famous Canadian 20th Century Pentecostal missionary, Jonathan Goforth, used to tell. When Jonathan was 16 and still living at home with his parents, his father bought a second farm. He asked Jonathan to look after a huge field ...read more

  • In The Eleventh Century, King Henry Iii Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,417 views

    In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. “Your Majesty,” said Prior Richard, ...read more