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  • There Was A Little Railroad Train With Loads And ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Mcgee on Feb 16, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,346 views

    There was a little railroad train with loads and loads of toys All starting out to find a home for little girls and boys And as that little railroad train began to chug along The little train went racing on so fast it almost seemed to fly Until it reached a mountain that ...read more

  • The Persistence In Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 6,261 views

    The Persistence in Forgiveness After sixteen years as a missionary on the continent of Africa. David Livingstone returned Scotland to address the students at Glasgow University. His body had been ravaged by some 27 fevers that had overtaken him during his years of service. One arm hung useless at ...read more

  • 1938 God Moves In Mysterious ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
     | 3,924 views

    1938 God Moves In Mysterious Ways At age 32, William Cowper passed through a great crisis in his life. He tried to end his life by taking laudanum. Then he hired a horse-drawn cabbie, ordering the driver to take him to the Thames, intending to throw himself from the bridge. It was one of London’s ...read more

  • Grace Can Change Your Life

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 27, 2009
     | 2,188 views

    GRACE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE My wife, Ashley, once told me about a moment of grace that will forever remain in her memory. One icy November afternoon when she was in high school, a carload of teenage boys were on their way to a basketball game. Ashley was a cheerleader and had already arrived at the ...read more

  • A Cub Scout's Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2011
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    A CUB SCOUT'S FATHER Gilbert was an eight year old in Cub Scouts. Each member of the club had to build a wooden car. It could only be 20cm long. Everyone was given a block of wood, some wheels and some instructions. Gilbert didn't have a dad to help him. So mum read the instructions and Gilbert ...read more

  • Pastoral Search Committee Of The First Lukewarm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,395 views

    PASTORAL SEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE FIRST LUKEWARM CHURCH I was recently contacted by a pulpit committee that was interested in my ministry. I met with Chairman of the Disenchanted, Bro Tepid. He described his church; First Lukewarm Church of the Apathetic. “Nothing too boring, nothing too exciting. ...read more

  • The Vastness Of The Galaxy

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 21, 2013
     | 1,986 views

    THE VASTNESS OF THE GALAXY Have you ever considered the speed of light? It’s pretty fast you know — about 186,000 miles per second. Since the distance around the earth is about 25,000 miles, at this speed a "particle" of light can zip around the earth about 7 or 8 times in just 1 second. That’s a ...read more

  • The Sailboat Redemption

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 2, 2013
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    THE SAILBOAT REDEMPTION The story is told of a little boy who built a sailboat. He built the sail and had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along ...read more

  • Watch Out For Icebergs

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 10, 2019
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    : On April 14, 1912 there was another boat out on the water in Trouble. this ship was considered unsinkable, it had the latest Technology built in. The Captain of the ship said “ I can’t Imagine any condition that would cause this ship to flounder I cannot conceive of any vital disaster ...read more

  • A Drastic Decline Among Americans Who Live With A Biblical Worldview

    Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Mar 30, 2023
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    The year was 1999 and George Barna just wrapped up his latest study on the status of the Worldview of American adults. He was shocked to discover that only 12% of American adults were living their life with a Biblical worldview. He knew that if this trend did not change then it would mean a rapid ...read more

  • Complete Silence  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    COMPLETE SILENCE In college, one of the jobs I had was working in a medical file warehouse. Talk about mundane, boring, monotonous. These were huge warehouses that contained millions of files from hospitals all over the San Francisco Bay Area. I did one of three things: I pulled a file for a ...read more

  • I'd Like To Read You A List Of Phobias That Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 2, 2001
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     | 2,577 views

    I’d like to read you a list of phobias that are out there today. These are all very real, even if they might seem outlandish to someone who doesn’t have them: Peladophobia: fear of baldness and bald people (by the way, if any of you here have that fear, we will have a healing service for you ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Football Stories Is Credited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,175 views

    One of my favorite football stories is credited to Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers. It’s probably an urban or sports legend but I still like it... It seems that there was a rookie running back (Paul Horning?) who celebrated wildly in the end zone when he made his first professional ...read more

  • No Improvements Necessary  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,901 views

    NO IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY So far no one has been able to improve on this work/rest cycle. God’s plan yields the best results. God has arranged time in such a way that it unfolds in seven-day cycles. Some have tried to improve upon this seven-day pattern only to repent later. During the French ...read more

  • This Is A True Story That Has Come Back To Me On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,541 views

    This is a true story that has come back to me on several occasions as a joke. Wilma had been a member of our church for many,many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking with me, she would make points by lightly tapping me on the chest ...read more

  • There Is An Old Story Of A Young Boy Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 25, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,724 views

    ILL. There is an old story of a young boy who saw the 3 wise men coming to worship the baby Jesus. He watched in wide-eyed wonder as they presented their gifts of gold, frankincense & myrrh. Oh, how much he wanted to worship the baby, too. But he had nothing to give, no gift worthy of the ...read more

  • Raymond P. Murray—wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,674 views

    Raymond P. Murray- Wanted The great want of this age is men: Men who are not for sale; Men who will condemn wrong in friend or foe- in themselves as well as others; Men whose consciences are as steady as the needle to the pole; Men who will stand for the right though the heavens totter and the ...read more

  • As We Talked About My Research For This Sermon, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,275 views

    As we talked about my research for this sermon, my wife said it seemed to her that the message of the New Testament on discipline in the church was that we should use the minimum action, or the minimum amount of force necessary to accomplish the desired result. In the comedy move “Police Academy” ...read more

  • Two Different Perspectives  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,426 views

    It’s remarkable how two people can look at the same problem and come up with two different perspectives. A man was driving in the country one day and he saw an old man sitting on a fence rail watching the cars go by. Stopping to pass the time of day, the traveler said, “I never could stand living ...read more

  • Keith Drury, Religious Trend Watcher And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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     | 1,727 views

    Keith Drury, religious trend watcher and professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, makes 25 predictions regarding the changing landscape of Christianity and the Church in the U.S. in the Sep/Oct ’98 issue of Christian Management Report. Here are few directly pertaining to the religious ...read more

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