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  • Sincerely Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,616 views

    SINCERELY WRONG In November, 1987, a large group of anti-government rebels in Soroti, Uganda, had targeted a rural army post and airstrip for take over. A company numbering in the hundreds gathered in the dense surrounding brush for the attack. But this was to be no ordinary invasion. The task ...read more

  • In 1960, Israeli Undercover Agents Orchestrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,255 views

    In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust’s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial. There, prosecutors called a string of former ...read more

  • In 1960, Israeli Undercover Agents Orchestrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 16, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,532 views

    In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust?s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial. There, prosecutors called a string of former concentration ...read more

  • President Abraham Lincoln Called For A Day Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
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    President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer. His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought. And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this ...read more

  • Moses Did Not Describe A Parity Covenant

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,489 views

    Moses Did Not Describe A Parity Covenant. Par – an equality; on the same level. “Because of his extensive self-study and experience, his knowledge is on a par with those who earned degrees.” When you pay par value for a bond, you pay the face amount, neither discounted nor appreciated. Parity – ...read more

  • Purest Most Average Things In Life Are The ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 9, 2010
     | 1,682 views

    PUREST MOST AVERAGE things in life are the best. In high school I had the opportunity to spend a week on a working dairy farm with a couple other high school kids from my church. Though it was a family operation it was a big dairy farm. The farm milked cows 24 hours a day. They had so many cows, ...read more

  • History Of The Ship Mv ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
     | 4,620 views

    History of the ship MV Doulos When built for the White Star Line in 1912 the Titanic was the marvel of her age. At nearly 883 feet in length, Titanic was longer than the tallest structures on Earth at the time. Over 1800 people left England on the “unsinkable ship”, but only 675 arrived. After ...read more

  • Radical Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 24, 2011
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    RADICAL FAITH I want to read to you the opening story from David Platt's book "The Radical Question" (Multnomah Press). Imagine a scene that took place in Asia not so long ago: A room in an ordinary house, dimly lit, all the blinds on the windows closed. Twenty leaders from churches in the ...read more

  • The Unexpected King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    THE UNEXPECTED KING Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: "The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss's phone, too." The article was about Peggielene Bartels, ...read more

  • Edward Kimball, Sunday School Teacher, Was Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 21, 2007
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    Edward Kimball, Sunday school teacher, was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, ...read more

  • Christianity And Patriotism Became The Way Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 5, 2007
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    CHRISTIANITY AND PATRIOTISM became the way of the New Country from Illustration Unlimited:Christianity and patriotism have much in common. It is significant to note that: Our patriotic hymn, “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” was written by a Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith. The Pledge of ...read more

  • Indian Legend Adds "Spook" To Phenomenon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2007
     | 1,230 views

    Indian Legend Adds "Spook" to Phenomenon This isn’t your typical pay-at-the-gate attraction. In fact, there is no admission charge — it’s free! Some might not even call it an attraction, but don’t say that to the locals of Lake Wales, Florida. Spook Hill is proudly recognized by the town. The ...read more

  • When I Was In The Navy, Sailors Told Each Other ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
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     | 1,832 views

    When I was in the Navy, Sailors told each other all sorts of stories about what happened on various deployments or on liberty. They were called sea stories, and were often far from being true. In fact we used say that the difference between a fairy tale and a sea story was that a fairy tale begins ...read more

  • The White Stone

    Contributed by David Moore on Aug 29, 2008
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    The White Stone The overcomers at Pergamos were given a white stone, and in the stone a new name written.The people of Pergamos were familiar with a number of customs involving the use of a white stone. They used a voters urn in which if you approved of a candidate you placed a white stone bearing ...read more

  • Forgiveness On A Kid's First Job

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,622 views

    FORGIVENESS ON A KID’S FIRST JOB Forgiveness was the most important lesson best-selling author Tony Hillerman learned as a kid on his first job. His story goes... "I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma (pop. 38). The old sharecropper lived about a mile ...read more

  • Make Your Home In Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    MAKE YOUR HOME IN ME If I’m not abiding in Jesus, then where is it that I abide? I once asked myself. I began to notice that when I was tired or anxious, there were certain sentences I would say in my head that led me to a familiar place. The journey to this place would often start with me walking ...read more

  • Revolution By Preachers

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 19, 2011
     | 1,926 views

    REVOLUTION BY PREACHERS Resistance to England during the Revolution became a sacred duty to a people who were, on the whole, highly a religious people. And they were led--in their resistance to the tyranny of England--by their preachers. * It was a preacher named Jonathan Mayhew who observed that ...read more

  • Moody And The Filling Of The Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on May 27, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,538 views

    MOODY AND THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT One of the great preachers in U.S. history is D. L. Moody. He pastored in Chicago and there is still a wonderful Bible College there that bears his name and values. Mr. Moody was a successful minister, but by his own admission, he lacked the power in his ...read more

  • The Farmhand (And Forgiveness)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    THE FARMHAND (AND FORGIVENESS) Forgiveness was the most important lesson best selling author Tony Hillerman learned as a kid. His story goes: I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart, Okla. (pop. 38). The old sharecropper lived about a mile down the road and ...read more

  • Paul Brand Wrote In The March 4, 1983 Issue Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Oct 19, 2003
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     | 2,313 views

    Paul Brand wrote in the March 4, 1983 issue of "Christianity Today:" Blood spatters the pages of mythology and of history. Drinking it gives strength and new life: to the ghosts of the dead in The Odyssey, to the Roman epileptics who dashed onto the floor of the Coliseum to quaff the blood of ...read more

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