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  • Noted Bible Teacher E. Schuyler English Told Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,198 views

    Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of ...read more

  • Mel Gibson's Stock High: Two Months After The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,877 views

    Mel Gibson’s Stock High: Two months after the phenomenal success of his film The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson is being courted by many in Hollywood for his ‘connection to middle America,’ but is still held at arm’s length by others who found his film divisive. In the film world, meanwhile, ...read more

  • Noted Bible Teacher E. Schuyler English Told Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,021 views

    Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of ...read more

  • Repent And Turn  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 9, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,853 views

    Repent and Turn Repent and turn! God calls today; Oh, do not close thine ear, I pray! Listen! It is the voice of love – Grieve not that tender heart above. Repent and turn! Now is the hour, The time of God’s redeeming power; Tomorrow it may be too late. Just now wide open is the gate. Repent ...read more

  • We Are Living In A Time In Which Millions Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 21, 2006
     | 690 views

    We are living in a time in which millions of people are exploring alternatives to traditional Western Medicine. A "holistic health explosion," it has been called. We realize, of course, that traditional Western Medicine is very valuable and, for most of us, when we get sick, it is the first place ...read more

  • Sherlock Holmes And Dr. Watson Go On A Camping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 20, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,577 views

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replies, "I see millions of stars." "What does that tell you?" asks Holmes Watson ponders ...read more

  • A Man Went Fishing On The Susquehanna River, Near ...

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jun 30, 2003
     | 2,508 views

    A man went fishing on the Susquehanna River, near Harrisburg, PA. in the spring time. The water was raging, so rather than rowing, he tied his boat to a tree and let the rope out so the boat could get offshore. The line untied from the tree and the boat was swept away, only to be dashed to pieces ...read more

  • It Is Significant To Mention What Happened To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Raisbeck on Jul 15, 2003
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    It is significant to mention what happened to Smith Wigglesworth when he first received the ability to speak in tongues in Sunderland in 1907. He described this experience as follows: "She [Mrs Boddy, a minister’s wife] laid her hands on me and then had to go out of the room. The fire fell. It was ...read more

  • I Wonder What Would Happen If We Applied The Same ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 20, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
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    I wonder what would happen if we applied the same standards of loyalty to our Christian activities that we expect from other areas of our lives? If your car starts once every three tries, is it reliable? If the postman skipped delivery every Monday and Thursday, is he trustworthy? If you don’t go ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Spent A Summer Working At Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,750 views

    Years ago, I spent a summer working at Church Camp in Prescott, Arizona. I took a wrong turn --- walking back to the camp from a trip into town ---and I got hopelessly lost. After I walked around a water tower in the dark, I completely lost my sense of direction. It was getting late. I was feeling ...read more

  • Just Worship God And Let Him Take Care Of The ...

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 8, 2008
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    JUST WORSHIP GOD AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS The citizens of Feldkirch, Austria, didn’t know what to do. Napoleon’s massive army was preparing to attack. Soldiers had been spotted on the heights above the little town, which was situated on the Austrian border. A council of citizens was ...read more

  • A New Ipsos Media Poll Reports The Average ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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     | 1,697 views

    A new Ipsos Media poll reports the average American elite business leader is male, aged 51, earns $408,000 per year, and has a personal net worth of $1.7 million. As a group, they garner a total combined annual income of $246 billion with combined personal net worth valued at over $1 trillion. A ...read more

  • There's A Place Called Appomattox Virginia That ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 8, 2008
     | 1,988 views

    There's a place called Appomattox Virginia that is a very important place in the history of America. You see, at the end of the Civil War on April 9, 1865 - two powerful generals came together at the Appomattox Court House. In the original building, as you walk into the large room, there is the ...read more

  • Mrs Prayer ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 23, 2008
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    MRS PRAYER MEETING Mrs Prayer Meeting died recently at the First Neglected Church on Worldly Avenue. Born many years ago in the midst of great revivals, she was a strong, healthy child, fed largely on testimony and spiritual holiness, soon growing into world-wide prominence. She was one of the most ...read more

  • Christ With No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    CHRIST WITH NO HANDS During World War II, a church building in Strasburg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing… because it had been sculpted centuries before ...read more

  • Missing The Baby For The Crib  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,447 views

    MISSING THE BABY FOR THE CRIB One night a wife found her husband standing over their infant's crib. As she watched him looking down at their very first baby, she saw on his face a mixture of emotions: ...disbelief, doubt, delight, amazement, enchantment, skepticism. Touched by this unusual ...read more

  • The Father Of A Little Girl Sucked 150ft (46m) ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Sep 16, 2008
     | 1,187 views

    The father of a little girl sucked 150ft (46m) along an underground drain has told how she had stopped breathing when he pulled her from the River Wear. Leona Baxter, three, was playing in a puddle when she disappeared. She had been washed into the uncovered drain, travelled 150 ft, and was ...read more

  • Being One With Other Christians Is Much Like A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2008
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    Being one with other Christians is much like a biological body. In any flesh-and-bones body, there are a variety of cells. There are nerve cells, blood cells, muscle cells, and many others, each having a distinct function. The body operates smoothly, not because the cells get together and vote on ...read more

  • God Ain't Dead.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,480 views

    "GOD AIN'T DEAD." James DeLoach tells of a painting of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family's sole possession. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes with ...read more

  • Selflessness Sparks A Whole Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,347 views

    SELFLESSNESS SPARKS A WHOLE CHURCH When Yoido Full Gospel Church in South Korea was building its prayer mountain, they struggled in raising the funds for its construction. Pastor David Cho challenged the people again and again and still they could raise the funds they needed for the project. Then, ...read more