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  • Stalin: Like Steel Toward God

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 6, 2011
     | 4,184 views

    STALIN: LIKE STEEL TOWARD GOD According to Svetlana Stalin, as her father, Joseph Stalin lay dying, he was plagued with terrifying hallucinations. He suddenly sat halfway up in bed, clenched his fist toward the heavens once more, fell back upon his pillow, and was dead. The incredible irony of ...read more

  • Don't Just Focus On The "Pops And Sizzles"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 17, 2012
     | 2,394 views

    DON'T JUST FOCUS ON THE "POPS AND SIZZLES" There once was a man who owned a record company. Besides running the record company, he spent many hours in production listening to the "master disc," from which was the record and all subsequent records were pressed. Over the years his ears became adept ...read more

  • Mom Stats  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 12, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,242 views

    MOM STATS These statistics are from Moms on their most difficult moments. These results were taken from a nation wide survey of moms with children under six. The "Worst place to have to change a diaper" 47% said a public restroom with no changing table 27% said the worst place to change a ...read more

  • Prayer Before Battle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,992 views

    PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE During the 1800s, the French General George Muller Massena who took orders from Napoleon, arrived at a quaint and militarily important Austrian town. His 18,000 soldiers were gearing up for their invasion, as the stunned Austrian citizens were lifeless and terrified. Knowing ...read more

  • Skydiving Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
     | 5,969 views

    SKYDIVING SACRIFICE The strength of sacrifice; in May 2002 Robert Bonadies and his fellow instructor Jim Olko were preparing to skydive, along with a novice - Cindy Hyland, in Connecticut. The jump was to be from 12000 ft, falling at 120 mph, which would take just 68 seconds with no parachute. ...read more

  • What Do You Have To Sing About?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
     | 4,268 views

    WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SING ABOUT? Clarence Darrow, the famous atheist lawyer – once took part in a debate at a church in Chicago. In his attack on the Christian faith, he tried to play on the emotions of the black people who were there, and on their social misery. This was the heart of the ...read more

  • Henry Ford: The Bang On The Table  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 26, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,167 views

    HENRY FORD: THE BANG ON THE TABLE In 1896, Henry Ford attended a company event where Thomas Edison (the great inventor) was the guest of honour. His friend introduced him to Edison as "the man trying to make a car that runs on gasoline." Edison asked young Henry Ford a host of questions and when ...read more

  • We Are Here! We Are Here!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 23, 2013
     | 2,045 views

    WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! From movie, "Horton Hears a Who!" Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The "Who" people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard -- it was life and death by the way -- they did this to let the rest of the world around them know that ...read more

  • The Lamp Under The Bed  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 25, 2013
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    THE LAMP UNDER THE BED I heard about a couple who received a set of two horrible bedside table lamps as a wedding present from a distant aunt. Since the lamps were so ugly, this couple didn't want to actually use them, so they put them in storage and bought a nicer set themselves. That worked for ...read more

  • Waiting For Kingdom Benefits

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 2, 2013
     | 3,659 views

    WAITING FOR KINGDOM BENEFITS My wife and I live in a suburban neighborhood and moved in eleven years ago. I did not spend much time in my garden because there were no trees against the fence and my neighbors could look right into the property. I went to the nursery and bought some trees. They ...read more

  • Who Shot The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
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    WHO SHOT THE DEER? A lawyer, a doctor, and a preacher went deer hunting together when along came a big buck. The three of them all shot at the same time, and immediately the buck dropped to the ground. They all rushed up to examine the deer, but couldn't determine whose shot had actually killed ...read more

  • Going Beyond Our Teachers  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 9, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,856 views

    A well-known Bible teacher gives this insight: "Someone on our staff informed me several months ago that a woman had called the ministry office to find out what my 'official position' was on a biblically gray area. When she was told that it's not my policy to make 'official' public statements ...read more

  • Devoting Yourself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2014
     | 10,183 views

    DEVOTING YOURSELF When it says they "devoted themselves" it means they were steadfast or single minded in purpose or desire. They wanted it and they were going after it, so to speak. In 2008 Sanya Richards-Ross competed in the 400 Meter in Beijing. She started the race strong and built a ...read more

  • Stripped Pride

    Contributed by John Scott on Aug 16, 2014
     | 5,419 views

    Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad marches — or runs — to the beat of a different drummer. The 29-year-old French athlete was up to his old tricks Thursday. The two-time Olympic silver medalist was on the verge of winning his third straight title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the European ...read more

  • Matt Mikalatos Has Identified Several Imagina...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
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     | 4,527 views

    Matt Mikalatos has identified several Imaginary Jesus’ we hold. There’s TV Jesus, who says: "If you follow me, you will have the life you always wanted. Money! Wealth! Big house! Fancy plane! Unending health!" There’s Hollywood Jesus who is mild and kind and never asks for anything difficult. ...read more

  • Rejected On Earth

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2016
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    REJECTED ON EARTH... Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry in 1888. He passed the doctrinal examinations, but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 sat three ministers and 75 others who came to listen. ...read more

  • When You Have Nothing Left But God, Then Fgod Is Enough

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 8,540 views

    Pastor Norm Johnson tells the story of Bill who was gravely ill in the hospital. Norm was visiting him when the doctor came in and point blank said, “Bill, you're dead. There’s no hope. You’d better get your things in order.” Just that bluntly, no hope, no comfort, no, “How are you doing?” After ...read more

  • Legalism, Rules And Judging Others

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Nov 12, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,596 views

    Charles Price (pastor of The Peoples Church in Toronto) tells the story of a friend of his who went to the Netherlands to share the gospel with Dutch people and became friends with many Dutch Christians. He was amazed to find out how distressed Dutch Christians were with the state of American ...read more

  • He's Back

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 24, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,991 views

    A woman looked out of her window and saw her German shepherd shaking the life out of her neighbor's rabbit. Her family did not get along well with these neighbors so this was going to be a disaster. She grabbed a broom and pummeled the dog until he dropped the rabbit. Then she panicked. The ...read more

  • Victory After Discouragement

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019
     | 5,745 views

    Let’s talk about discouragement George Washington after suffering major defeats at Brandy wine Creek and Germantown finds himself facing one of the worst winters in history. He has 12,000 troops Left to fight the entire British army and winter’s howling breath is breathing down his neck. He ...read more