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  • I Like What Dr. V. Raymond Edman Says About ...

    Contributed by James Tidwell on Sep 27, 2008
     | 2,641 views

    I like what Dr. V. Raymond Edman says about faith: "Faith is dead to doubts, dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. Faith lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. ...read more

  • Stolen Raft

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2009
     | 1,423 views

    STOLEN RAFT Some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the ...read more

  • Are You Willing To Think? Consider Carefully, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,211 views

    "Are you willing to think? Consider carefully, for the answer to that question will largely determine your success or failure in life. If you would develop your judgment, use it. Exercise your power of judgment as often as you can, for the first rule of good judgment is practice. The ...read more

  • The Wonderful Twists And Turns  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 12, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,683 views

    THE WONDERFUL TWISTS AND TURNS Condolezza Rice said, "Life is full of surprises. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your ...read more

  • A Soaring Buzzard Gliding Over Alabama Collided ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
     | 1,461 views

    A soaring buzzard gliding over Alabama collided with a turboprop Marine trainer. The collision, spreading feathers and broken glass through both of the trainer cockpits, knocked out the flight instructor and his student. The instructor, regaining consciousness thought the student was dead so he ...read more

  • The Memory Of Charles Haddon Spurgeon Has Been ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,446 views

    “The memory of Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been cherished among evangelical Christians for over the past 100 years. Many Christian leaders consider him to be the greatest preacher England ever produced. He is commonly hailed as the "Prince of Preachers". Over 63 volumes of published sermons still ...read more

  • Check Out The People You Listen To On The Radio, ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jun 7, 2007
     | 1,401 views

    Check out the people you listen to on the radio, CD’s, the shows you watch, the people we cheer for on the football fields, and the basketball courts, how many of them are anti-Christian in their life, in their lyrics? Yet we put up posters of them, and pay for their CD’s and their DVD’s and watch ...read more

  • The Powerhouse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,472 views

    “The memory of Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been cherished among evangelical Christians for over the past 100 years. Many Christian leaders consider him to be the greatest preacher England ever produced. He is commonly hailed as the "Prince of Preachers". Over 63 volumes of published sermons still ...read more

  • Why The Grasshoppers?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 3, 2026
     | 54 views

    THERE WAS A SUCCESSFUL CORN FARMER THAT LEARNS ABOUT THE VALLEY. In the mid-west there was a very successful corn farmer. He grew many acres of corn and made his living by selling corn. One spring he plowed, fertilized and planted hundreds of acres of corn. Later that year a swarm of millions of ...read more

  • Prayer Is Surrender-Surrender To The Will Of God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 7,990 views

    "Prayer is surrender-surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boat hook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore? Prayer is not pulling God to my will, but the aligning of my will to the will ...read more

  • No One Imagined That Charles Dutton Would Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,008 views

    • No one imagined that Charles Dutton would have achieved anything, for he spent many years imprisoned for manslaughter. But when someone asked this now-successful Broadway star of "The Piano Lesson" how he managed to make such a remarkable transition, he replied, "Unlike the ...read more

  • I Talked About The Wealthy Ceo Who Is Wondering ...

    Contributed by Stan Rodda on Oct 13, 2004
     | 1,994 views

    I talked about the wealthy CEO who is wondering if there is more out there, the happy family that is actually falling apart because no one understands them, the successful entrepreneur who is unfulfilled in his job, and the popular student who even though everyone wants to be like them they are ...read more

  • Unscheduled Absenteeism Is At A 5-Year High, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,211 views

    Unscheduled Absenteeism is at a 5-year high, according to a recent survey by CCH, Inc., an employment law resource firm. The survey found programs that give employees more control over their schedules are the most successful in stemming unscheduled absences. The top four programs are; alternative ...read more

  • The Difficulty Some Have In Entering The Doorway ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 970 views

    The difficulty some have in entering the doorway to the kingdom of God is like the experience of the boy who got his hand caught inside an expensive vase. His upset parents applied soapsuds and cooking oil without success. When they seemed ready to break the vase as the only way to ...read more

  • When My External Environment Is Clouded In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,849 views

    "When my external environment is clouded in doubt and despair...when the tempests of destruction are making my dreams of success tremble like the topmost spar of a helpless ship -- when the skies seem to hold the closing ruin of all my fondest hopes, my mind, superior amid the outrages of this ...read more

  • New Year's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 9,121 views

    New Year’s Resolutions How are you coming thus far in 2010 in terms of your new year’s resolutions? Author, innovation consultant, and speaker Stephen Shapiro, with the help of Opinion Corporation of Princeton, New Jersey, offers the following interesting statistics concerning New Year’s ...read more

  • The Rise And Fall Of Nine Rich Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,399 views

    THE RISE AND FALL OF NINE RICH MEN A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were ...read more

  • Rebecca Cory Is A Standup Comic. She Is Best ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 30, 2006
     | 785 views

    Rebecca Cory is a standup comic. She is best known for her appearance on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. I do not vouch for her brand of comedy because I have never heard her personally. I mention her because her routine is apparently quite engaging and she draws large ...read more

  • Someone (Hugh Black) Has Put It This Way: "At The ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,829 views

    Someone (Hugh Black) has put it this way: “At the end of life we shall not be asked how much pleasure we had in it, but how much service we gave in it; not how full it was of success, but how full it was of sacrifice; not how happy we were; not how ambition was gratified, ...read more

  • Botanists Say That Trees Need The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,376 views

    "Botanists say that trees need the powerful March winds to flex their trunks and main branches, so that the sap is drawn up to nourish the budding leaves. Perhaps we need the gales of life in the same way, though we dislike enduring them. A blustery period in our fortunes is often the prelude to a ...read more