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  • In The Summer Of 1986, Two Ships Collided In The ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,228 views

    In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology problem like ...read more

  • Although I Do Not Know Why…  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,742 views

    A quote from Cliffe Knechtle… “Although I do not know why God allowed evil, I do know that he wants to destroy it. That is why there is hell. Although I do not know why God allowed pain, I do know he wants to wipe every tear from our eyes and give us joy for eternity in his presence. That is why ...read more

  • At One Time At The City Temple In London, There ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend of Albert Schweitzer and a kind of agent for Schweitzer in Britain. Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant, but once he did ...read more

  • On Christian Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
     | 9,985 views

    ON CHRISTIAN JOY Billy Sunday said, "To see some people today you would think that the essential of Christianity is to have a face so long you could eat oatmeal out of the end of a gas pipe." William Barclay said that "A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious ...read more

  • How Deer Become Thirsty

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 30, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,956 views

    There are 2 times when a deer develops tremendous thirst - one is when he is running from danger, the other is when he is facing an opponent in combat. When he is hunted, he will take to the river and stay submerged as long as he can hold his breath. He will then swim downstream in the middle so ...read more

  • Jesus Honored Marriage And Weddings

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 7, 2022
     | 1,178 views

    Note the high honor our Lord places upon marriage and the wedding ceremony in his very first miracle. It honors God when we come to a wedding pure and proclaim our trust in God for the marriage to succeed! By his presence at the marriage feast, the Son of God said, ‘This is an honorable thing’ ...read more

  • Terry Waite, Who Was A Hostage In Lebanon For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 10, 2000
    based on 135 ratings
     | 3,444 views

    Terry Waite, who was a hostage in Lebanon for five long years, tells in his autobiography, how for month after month he was kept chained hand and foot. Most of his clothes were taken from him, his shoes and even his watch. For hours at a time he could only curl up as a baby and he says he felt ...read more

  • Muslim Majority: Near The End Of This Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,739 views

    Muslim Majority: Near the end of this century Europe is likely to become part of the Western Arab world, according a leading scholar of Islam and the Near East. Prof. Bernhard Lewis views migration and demographics as major contributors to this development. Lewis points to several factors, such as ...read more

  • Charles Hard Townes, 89, And Columbia University ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,012 views

    Charles Hard Townes, 89, and Columbia University physicist, has been awarded this year’s Templeton Prize for progress or discoveries about spiritual reality. He notes, “I don’t think that science is complete at all. We don’t understand everything and one can see, within science itself, there are ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Feelings Of Disappointment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Phillip Weaver on Apr 9, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,484 views

    Do you remember the feelings of disappointment Dorothy and her friends had when the Great and Magnificent Wizard of Oz was exposed behind the curtain? Do you remember that scene? The Wizard spoke with much sound and fury, but seemed to have little substance once the curtain was pulled back. Did ...read more

  • On Thursday When I Went To Pick Up My ...

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 3, 2003
     | 2,317 views

    On Thursday when I went to pick up my granddaughter from the Learning Center she is attending for the summer there was one of the kids balancing with arms outstretched on a skateboard without wheels and with one of those virtual reality visors on his head. He appeared to be having a blast – ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning A Pastor Was Dressing For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 7,198 views

    One Sunday morning a pastor was dressing for church and had the radio on listening to a local church service. Suddenly he heard to minister say, "It’s Easter, and it doesn’t make any difference if Christ be risen or not..." Shocked, A.H.Ackley shouted," It’s a lie! He is risen!" His wife said," ...read more

  • 24 Year Old Danny Simpson Was Sentenced To 6 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 574 views

    24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more

  • I Was Eating In A Restaurant When Mike Croel, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stan Rodda on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,331 views

    I was eating in a restaurant when Mike Croel, a linebacker for the Denver Broncos walked in. I was so excited because he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in college and I had followed his career closely. I happened to be wearing Huskers stuff and went and got his autograph right there at the ...read more

  • In The Summer Of 1986, Two Ships Collided In The ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,739 views

    In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology problem like ...read more

  • Stubbornness  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    Illustration: Stubbornness In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a ...read more

  • When Hugh Latimer Was Preaching One Day In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 1, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,979 views

    When Hugh Latimer was preaching one day in the presence of King Henry VIII, he reports that he said to himself, “Latimer! Latimer! Remember that the king is here; be careful what you say.” Then he said to himself, “Latimer! Latimer! Remember that the King of kings is here; be careful what you do ...read more

  • God Fulfills His Promise

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,019 views

    ILUSTRATION God gave me a dream one night, I was on the platform preaching in a large church with a pie shaped auditorium, and there were people there I knew and people I didn’t know. The presence of the Lord had inhabited the place and the glory was falling. God told me, this was my pastorate. Go ...read more

  • Job's Repentance

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 27, 2008
     | 6,154 views

    JOB'S REPENTANCE "Job repented, not of any past sins that might have caused his (trouble), but of his mistrust of God in the midst of it. Ultimately, God never answered Job’s questions. Job never actually found out why all of this loss and horror had occurred. It was as if the answer to Job’s ...read more

  • If God Is Omnipresent, He Must Needs Be ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
     | 1,834 views

    “If God is omnipresent, he must needs be omniscient; but he is omnipresent; this supposes the infinite and immensity of his being, from which follows the ubiquity of his presence; heaven and earth include the whole creation, and the Creator fills both (Jer. 23:24); he not only knows both, and ...read more