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  • The Year Was 1630. The Place Was The ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,721 views

    The year was 1630. The place was the Massachusetts Bay along the Atlantic coast near the place known as Plymouth Rock. On board the ship the Arabella John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company challenged the Puritan settlers to establish a new kind of Christian community. ...read more

  • Dr. Robert Schuller Tells Of A Potato Farmer In ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,436 views

    Dr. Robert Schuller tells of a potato farmer in Idaho. Before they are shipped potatoes are harvested and divided according to size -- big, medium, and small. This makes the most money “This is the method that all Idaho potato farmers use -- all but one. One farmer never bothered to sort the ...read more

  • I Plead Guilty!" The Great "Prince Of Preachers" ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    “I PLEAD GUILTY!” The great “prince of preachers” Charles Haddon Spurgeon used to tell this story: “A certain duke once boarded a galley ship. As he passed the crew of slaves, he asked several of them what their offenses were. Almost every man claimed he was innocent. They laid the blame on someone ...read more

  • It Is Said That When The British And French Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,659 views

    It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps, commander of the British fleet, was told to anchor outside Quebec. He was given orders to wait for the British land forces to arrive, then support them when they attacked the city. Phipps’ navy arrived ...read more

  • Two Fellows Meet In Florida. One Says: 'i Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
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    Two fellows meet in Florida. One says: ’I went fishing last week and caught a herring that weighed 450 pounds. The other guy looks at him and says: ’I too was fishing last week, and I didn’t catch anything, but I pulled up the hook, and standing on the hook was a lantern from an old ship. God only ...read more

  • Master & Commander Clip: Chap: 15 Start: 0:49:47 ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,788 views

    Master & Commander clip: Chap: 15 Start: 0:49:47 End: 0:53:20 -3:43 ) What a heart-retching decision by that Commander. If he doesn’t cut the ropes to the wreckage it will become a “sea anchor” killing everyone on board. If he does cut the ropes he sacrifices one of his men, Mr. Warley. But ...read more

  • Swedish Hymnist Lina Sandell Berg Served With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,134 views

    Swedish hymnist Lina Sandell Berg served with her father in an evangelistic ministry. As they were traveling by ship, he accidentally fell overboard and drowned. In need of the comfort that only God can supply, she wrote the following words that are still sung by Christians around the world: Day by ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    PRAYER: SPECIFIC DIRECTION The late great English writer, journalist, philosopher, poet, biographer, and Christian apologetic Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if they were stranded on a ...read more

  • Shooting At The Saints

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    SHOOTING AT THE SAINTS It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps was the commander of the British fleet. He was given orders to anchor outside Quebec. His orders were to wait for the British land forces to arrive, then support them when they ...read more

  • Winning In Losing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,025 views

    WINNING IN LOSING Both teams that play in the Super Bowl think they will win, so both teams have special t-shirts and hats designed that declare them the victors. It costs about $2 million to have the apparel made--which means for the losing team, $2 million goes to waste, right? Wrong. A recent ...read more

  • Not One Thanked Him  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    NOT ONE THANKED HIM Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue ...read more

  • King Herod Was A Descendant Of The Edomite, Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Nov 24, 2004
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    King Herod was a descendant of the Edomite, who was commonly called Edomeans during Jesus’ days. Herod had ruled as governor of Galilee from 47 to 37 B.C. he was then promoted to rule as king over all Palestine from 37 to 4 B.C. he became famous for building cities, fortresses, and temples ...read more

  • A Story Was Told About A Business Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    A story was told about a business man who was selling a warehouse and its property. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, the business man ...read more

  • If You Ever Paid Attention To Authors And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
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    If you ever paid attention to authors and composers when we used to sing out of the hymnals, you may remember the name Phillip P. Bliss. He was the second most famous Christian song writer in history. Had he lived as long as his peers, Fanny Crosby, Charles Wesley and Ira ...read more

  • Joseph Smith: If Someone Had Shared Grace...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Sep 19, 2011
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    JOSEPH SMITH: IF SOMEONE HAD SHARED GRACE... Jesus was gracious to the woman taken in adultery. Sometimes, that is what reaches people. Sometimes, Christians are like the scribes and Pharisees, choosing to be judgmental instead of gracious. In the 1820's, a young woman named Emma gave birth to ...read more

  • Loneliness And Suicide, Products Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 3,370 views

    Loneliness and Suicide, Products of Materialism Can you guess who said this? "I sit in my house in Buffalo and sometimes I get so lonely it’s unbelievable. Life has been so good to me. I’ve got a great wife, good kids, money, my own health--and I’m lonely and bored.... I often wondered why so many ...read more

  • Nobody Pencils It In

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026
    based on 1 rating
     | 28 views

    I heard a wildlife researcher describe once what happens when frogs try to cross a highway. They don’t hop out into oncoming traffic and get hit all at once. What actually happens is they start crossing a road that’s completely quiet. Middle of the night. No cars anywhere. Looks perfectly safe. So ...read more

  • What Better Way To Show How Man Has Done This ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    What better way to show how man has done this than to look at the two Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977 and sent barreling towards the outer reaches of the solar system. On each ship is a gold-coated phonograph record, offering a message to extraterrestrial civilizations. This message includes ...read more

  • In The Year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, A Lawyer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, a lawyer from Chicago, placed his wife and four daughters on the LUXURY LINER “Ville du Havre” sailing from New York to France. Spafford expected to JOIN them in about 3 or 4 weeks after finishing up some BUSINESS, but with the exception of his wife he never saw ...read more

  • When Muller Prayed

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 10, 2011
     | 3,702 views

    WHEN MULLER PRAYED During GEORGE MULLER'S life, he received more than 1,000,000 pounds from the Lord, without advertising - every penny came as an answered prayer. The following story is told by the captain of a ship on which he was traveling. "We had George Muller of Bristol, England on board," ...read more