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  • Mark Buchanan Writes The Following In, Your God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 4, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,715 views

    Mark Buchanan writes the following in, Your God Is Too Safe, The Lord is deeply and passionately committed to our joy. Where did we get the idea that religion is a stiff, dull, flat business, all pursed lips and knitted brows and gloomy outlooks? Where did we get that portrait of the ...read more

  • Oxymorons  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,424 views

    OXYMORONS (contradictory words) Act naturally Advanced basic Airline food Almost exactly Alone together Artificial intelligence Awful good Campaign promise Civil war Clearly misunderstood Computer jock Definite maybe Diet ice ...read more

  • Officials From India Were Concerned About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 9, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,090 views

    Officials from India were concerned about the aboriginal tribes which inhabited the islands off the coast of Myanmar after the Tsunami disaster. They feared that as many as 6,000 of these primitive people may have been killed — perhaps even wiping out some of the smaller tribes. So they sent ...read more

  • In His Book, "Jesus Among Other Gods", Ravi ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,652 views

    In His book, “Jesus Among Other Gods”, Ravi Zacharias recounts a story told by author Ken Gire which goes as follows. “A little girl who lived at the edge of a forest wandered off one day into the woods and thought she would explore all the dark secrets of the forest. The farther she wandered, ...read more

  • The City Told Us They Were Going To Bury The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 9, 2007
     | 522 views

    The city told us they were going to bury the lines in the front of the first church I pastored. But, they said they would redo anything they damaged in front. They tore up most of the landscaping in front. Finally came the time to replace what had been destroyed. Trucks filled with granite ...read more

  • In 1903, W.c. Handy Was Waiting For A Train In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,611 views

    In 1903, W.C. Handy was waiting for a train in the town of Tutwiler, Mississippi. The train was late and so he fell asleep on the hard wooden bench of the station. He was awakened by an old raggedy man scratching the strings of an old guitar. He was singing about “goin’ to where the Southern cross ...read more

  • Aol News Reported The Story On July 4, 2002. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,032 views

    AOL News reported the story on July 4, 2002. Perhaps you remember. Steve Fossett, a Chicago millionaire, soared into the record books by becoming the first person to fly around the world in a hot air balloon solo. After beginning his voyage on June 19, 2002, in Western Australia, Fossett’s balloon ...read more

  • Every Saturday, A Man Goes Into His Barber Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,925 views

    Every Saturday, a man goes into his barber shop. So this one Saturday he told his barber that he was going to Rome. The barber asked what flight he was going to take. The man responded “A-1.” The barber yelled, “A-1? Are you crazy? That plane’s food is horrible And, you’ll never get a wink of sleep ...read more

  • Prayer And Chopping Vegetables

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2010
     | 1,370 views

    PRAYER AND CHOPPING VEGETABLES Jan and I were watching a cooking show the other day -- Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa, I think it was -- and I commented on how Ina chops vegetables. In this instance, she was chopping parsley, and she held the knife in one hand while resting her other hand on top ...read more

  • A Greater Hero Than You Think

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
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    A GREATER HERO THAN YOU THINK One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with ...read more

  • Harry And The Mountain

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
     | 3,266 views

    HARRY AND THE MOUNTAIN On March 17th of 1980, a radical thing took place in the state of Washington, something that hadn’t happened in at least 123 years. It started when an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale was reported near Mt. St. Helens in S.W Washington. Forest rangers were ...read more

  • Are You Ready For A Missions Trip?

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 24, 2011
     | 2,413 views

    ARE YOU READY FOR A MISSIONS TRIP? Last Wednesday I received a text from a dear friend of mine in Phoenix. He said that his 15 year old daughter Katie was going in for some tests to determine the reasons for some health issues she was having. I went to bed without knowing the results. I woke up ...read more

  • Inlets And Outlets

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011
     | 2,523 views

    INLETS AND OUTLETS My favourite spot here on Cape Sable Island is the walk from Cat Rock to Clam Point. It’s a beautiful location, quiet and peaceful, and I love meeting God there. But along the way, you will walk by several ponds. Some of the ponds are quite nice. But some of them are not. ...read more

  • I Recently Read An Insightful Story That Would ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 8, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,500 views

    I recently read an insightful story that would serve as a good reminder for us both as we prepare to part ways. The story is about a group of climbers who set out to scale a large mountain in Europe. The view boasted a breathtaking peak of snowcapped rocks. On clear days the crested point reigned ...read more

  • Joanne Shetler Spent Years In The Philippines ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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    Joanne Shetler spent years in the Philippines with the Balangao people, translating the Bible into their language and trying to tell them the good news of the Savior. But it was slow going. One day Ama, a man who had “adopted” her as his Balangao daughter, picked up an English New Testament from ...read more

  • How Not To Build

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2013
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    HOW NOT TO BUILD I grew up around construction and building material people. My family, for several generations, was in lumber and building materials. In 1998 we opened a new hardware store in Lake Mary. I ran it from the time it opened, until I went to seminary. Part of my responsibility was to ...read more

  • Deliverance

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
     | 3,776 views

    DELIVERANCE Use your imagination this morning, we are in a small boat with JESUS. We have set sail from Galilee and are heading across the Sea of Galilee to the other shore. We are unsure where Jesus is leading us, but we trust Him and know he has a reason. We are approaching the other shore ...read more

  • First We Must Understand -"Stuff Does Not Bring ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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    First we must understand -“Stuff does not bring Happpiness” The most toured home in America is the white house. But does anyone know where the second most toured home in America is? The second most toured home in America is in Memphis Tennessee. It’s the 23 room home of the King of Rock and Roll ...read more

  • Some Years Ago There Was A Shipwreck Off The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    Some years ago there was a shipwreck off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. A crowd of fishermen in a nearby village gathered to watch the ship as it was smashed on the rocks. A lifeboat was sent to the rescue, and after a terrific struggle the rescuers came back with all of the shipwrecked ...read more

  • The Great Invitation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 4,846 views

    THE GREAT INVITATION Isaiah 55:6 “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, and call ye upon Him while He is near.” It was a cold, winter day. A carcass, on an ice floe, floated slowly down the Niagra River. An Eagle, flying overhead, spied the easy prey below, and descended upon it. He began to eat. ...read more