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  • Story: A Little Boy Came Back From Sunday School ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 9, 2007
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    Story: A little boy came back from Sunday school one morning and his father asked him:. “Well, what did you learn?”. The little boy replied: “How the people of Israel were kept in Egypt and used as slaves by this guy called Pharaoh.” “Oh?” said the father. “Then what happened?” The little boy ...read more

  • Story: A Little Boy Came Back From Sunday School ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 15, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    Story: A little boy came back from Sunday school one morning and his father asked him:. “Well, what did you learn?”. The little boy replied: “How the people of Israel were kept in Egypt and used as slaves by this guy called Pharaoh.” “Oh?” said the father. “Then what happened?” The little boy ...read more

  • Charlene Cothran Is The Publisher Of Venus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,301 views

    Charlene Cothran is the publisher of Venus Magazine, which is a periodical for lesbians of African descent. She recently announced on the magazine’s web site that she has become a Christian and has rejected the lesbian lifestyle she had been living. Cothran said that as a magazine publisher she ...read more

  • A Little Boy Came Back From Sunday School One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,936 views

    A little boy came back from Sunday school one morning and his father asked him:. “Well, what did you learn?”. The little boy replied: “How the people of Israel were kept in Egypt and used as slaves by this guy called Pharaoh.” “Oh?” said the father. “Then what happened?” The little boy went on ...read more

  • There Are Two Major Bodies Of Water In The Land ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,263 views

    There are two major bodies of water in the land where Jesus walked. One is the Sea of Galilee, a beautiful lake 13 miles long and 7 ½ miles wide filled with fish and surrounded by lush foliage. The other body of water is the Dead Sea, 50 miles long and 11 miles wide, the shoreline of which is ...read more

  • On The Night Of April 14, 1912, During Its ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
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    * On the night of April 14, 1912, during its first trip from England to New York, the Titanic struck an iceberg. The collision tore a 300-foot gash in its hull, and in 2½ hours the unsinkable ship sank. Some 1500 people died. * On May 6, 1937, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the mighty German Zeppelin, ...read more

  • The Unfamiliar Parson, Robert G. Lee, Once Told ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008
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    The unfamiliar parson, Robert G. Lee, once told of a horrifying train accident that took place near Kinston, North Carolina. An excursion train plunged into the Elizabeth River through an open draw bridge. Eighteen passengers were killed or drowned. An inquiry to determine the source of the ...read more

  • Dead To Sin, Remade In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    DEAD TO SIN, REMADE IN CHRIST When Standard Oil Company began to refine petroleum, there was a black substance, a by-product, that no one knew what to do with. It was black, sticky, and stinky. It couldn’t be buried because it would just find its way to the surface again. It couldn’t be burned ...read more

  • The Heart Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    The Heart of a Mouse There was a story; it happened in a fantasy world. A mouse was playing under the bushes when a cat spotted it, and chased it all the way to the fields. The mouse was scared to death that it called out for its fairy godmother and asked that it be transformed to a cat. So, the ...read more

  • King Of The Jungle

    Contributed by Randy Wilson on Aug 1, 2011
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    KING OF THE JUNGLE I'm reminded of the lion who woke up one morning and decided it was time to stroll through the jungle and check on his kingdom. He came first to a giraffe chewing on some leaves up in a tree. "Hey, long neck," he asked, "Who's the king of the jungle?" "Why you are on great ...read more

  • Stay Out Of The Stagnant Water

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    STAY OUT OF THE STAGNANT WATER Palmer Chinchen, in his book, True Religion, talks about traveling to the western edge of Zimbabwe with his brothers to raft the Zambezi River, starting at the base of the Victoria Falls. The falls are the largest in the world, more than a mile wide and three hundred ...read more

  • Changing Our Lives Due To The Harshness Of This ...

    Contributed by Michael Hahn on Apr 14, 2012
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    Changing our lives due to the harshness of this world - Coming or going: leaving or staying? Which one will we be happy doing? The psalmist wrote: "Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour ...read more

  • A Story Of Adoption From India

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 24, 2019
     | 4,197 views

    In Bihar, India there is a man named Augustine Jubakumar. He leads a missions called Gospel Echoing Missionary Society. (Gems). In 2015 I had the privilege to visit India and teach in several bible schools and preach in several churches. GEMS includes schools, orphanages, bible schools, a hospital ...read more

  • Kissing Frogs

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 31, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 785 views

    Well ... This short discourse is called ... "Kissing Frogs" Ever feel like a Frog? Frogs feel slow, ... low, ... ugly, ... puffy, ... drooped, pooped. I know! ...... One told me. The Frog feeling comes when: You want to be bright... but you feel dull. You want to share...but you are ...read more

  • The Tragedy On The Drawbridge

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
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    A man had the duty to raise a drawbridge to allow the steamboats to pass on the river below and to lower it again for trains to cross over on land. One day, this man's son visited him, desiring to watch his father at work. Quite curious, as most boys are, he peeked into a trapdoor that was ...read more

  • Sully And Second Nature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011
     | 4,370 views

    "SULLY" AND SECOND NATURE Thursday, January 15, 2009, was another ordinary day in New York City. Or so it seemed. But by that evening people were talking of a miracle. They may have been right. But the full explanation is, if anything, even more interesting and exciting. And it strikes just the ...read more

  • The Flood In Contemporay ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 2,340 views

    ILLUSTRATION THE FLOOD IN CONTEMPORAY TERMS AUSTRALIA - rising flood waters stranded 500 people… The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more heavy rain… high alert for severe weather and flooding. Local rivers are already at their peak. Many roads and bridges are underwater and the town of ...read more

  • Angus' Mucker—a Story Of Giving

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 27, 2010
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    ANGUS' MUCKER--A STORY OF GIVING Ernest Gordon wrote a true account of life in a World War II Japanese prison camp, Through the Valley of the Kwai. How many of you saw the movie, "Bridge Over the River Kwai"? In the book, there is a story that never fails to move me. It is about a man who, ...read more

  • Silent Night Carol

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 6, 2001
     | 2,288 views

    Silent Night Carol On a cold Christmas Eve in 1818 Father Joseph Franz Mohr (1792-1848) walked the three kilometres from his home - in the Austrian village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg - to visit his friend Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) in the neighboring town of Arnsdorf bei Laufen. Mohr brought ...read more

  • I Remember A Summer Day That Began Bright And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jacquelyn Wagenmaker on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 1,894 views

    I remember a summer day that began bright and sunny, but muggy and uncomfortable. The weatherman predicted storms, but when one looked outside, it was hard to believe it would happen. By 3 in the afternoon things had changed drastically. The air was so humid you felt you would drown just walking ...read more