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  • Geese  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 2, 2004
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     | 1,969 views

    Geese It’s those stately geese I find especially impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as ...read more

  • Cradles That Shaped The World  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
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     | 945 views

    Cradles The Shaped The World An example Charles Swindoll uses is the year 1809. The international scene was tumultuous and turbulent that year. Napoleon Bonaparte was sweeping through Austria on his quest to rule the world, and blood was flowing freely. Nobody cared much about babies being born in ...read more

  • Bible Illiteracy

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2009
     | 4,131 views

    BIBLE ILLITERACY During my days in New England, I heard of a teacher who quizzed a group of college-bound high school juniors and seniors on the Bible. The quiz preceded a Bible-as-literature course he planned to teach at the Newton (Massachusetts) High School, generally considered one of the best ...read more

  • Driving Very Fast  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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     | 4,124 views

    DRIVING VERY FAST In his book "Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life", Pastor Charles Swindoll tells a story about the 19th Century agnostic Thomas Huxley. Some of you might recognize the name Thomas Huxley as a man who promoted Darwinism and Humanism in his attacks on Christianity in Europe in ...read more

  • Maybe You Heard About The Guy Who Fell In Love ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 10, 2001
    based on 274 ratings
     | 6,974 views

    Maybe you heard about the guy who fell in love with an opera singer. He hardly knew her, since his only view of the singer was through binoculars - from the third balcony. He was convinced he could live “happily ever after” married to a voice like that. He scarcely noticed that she was ...read more

  • When I Was A Small Boy, I Attended Church Every ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,822 views

    When I was a small boy, I attended church every Sunday at a big Gothic Presbyterian bastion in Chicago. The preaching was powerful and the music was great. But for me, the most awesome moment in the morning service was the offertory, when twelve solemn, frock-coated ushers marched in lock-step down ...read more

  • By The Age Of 5, Beethoven Was Playing The Violin ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,674 views

    By the age of 5, Beethoven was playing the violin under the tutelage of his father--also an accomplished musician. By the time he was 13, Beethoven was a concert organist. In his 20s he was already studying under the very watchful eyes of Haydn and Mozart. In fact, Mozart spoke prophetic words when ...read more

  • Moses Wrote,

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Apr 16, 2009
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    Moses wrote, “…The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” (Genesis 2:25) A Biblical marriage destroys thoughts of self-consciousness, they defeat shame, there is no fear of ridicule, no hang-ups, they can choose to avoid embarrassments and with Christ leading the marriage ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,660 views

    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • Take One Down And Pass It Around!" Acts 14:21-25 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 11, 2005
     | 2,710 views

    “Take One Down and Pass It Around!” Acts 14:21-25 Key verse(s) 21a:“They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples . . .” “Take one down and pass it around, ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall.” Although this wasn’t one of those endearing songs to dads on vacation ...read more

  • When My Wife And I Were At Dallas Seminary Back ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 4 ratings
     | 859 views

    When my wife and I were at Dallas Seminary back in the early 1960s, we lived in a little apartment that was part of a small group of apartments that have since then been destroyed, I am happy to say. Hot and cold running rats--all the joys of home were there. In the summer the weather came inside, ...read more

  • Introduction... The Clock That Had A Nervous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 5, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,308 views

    INTRODUCTION... The Clock that had a Nervous Breakdown, C. Swindoll This new clock was ticking away on the shelf two ticks to the second as any good, self-respecting clock should tick when it began to think about how many times it was going to have to tick. “Two ticks to the second means 120 ticks ...read more

  • Thomas Edison Invented The Microphone, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
     | 2,036 views

    Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly strained his finances. This particular evening spontaneous combustion ...read more

  • We Must Understand That God's Idea Of "Good" ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
     | 1,185 views

    We must understand that God’s idea of “good” means that the events as a whole are constructive. “A woman fell and broke her arm. Is that good? In and of itself it is not, but she went to the hospital, and the doctors found she also had cancer. Because it was found early enough she lived.” ...read more

  • God's Grace Sets You Free To Be Yourself And Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,689 views

    God’s grace sets you free to be yourself and not compromise to please people. God’s grace also sets you free from legalism. One of the black marks on so called Christians is legalism. Legalism is having a critical and judgmental attitude toward others. It is having spiritual pride and a superior ...read more

  • Adults Often Don't Grasp Mature, Christian Love. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,146 views

    Adults often don’t grasp mature, Christian love. Chuck Swindoll told about the guy who fell in love with an opera singer. He hardly knew her, since his only view of the singer was through binoculars--from the third balcony. But he was convinced he could live happily ever after married to a voice ...read more

  • In An Article Entitled "Lessons From A Tavern," ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,922 views

    In an article entitled “Lessons from A Tavern,” Chuck Swindoll writes: “An old Marine Corps buddy of mine, to my pleasant surprise, came to know Christ after he was discharged. I say surprise because he cursed loudly, fought hard, chased women, drank heavily, loved war and weapons, and hated chapel ...read more

  • If Your House Is On Fire, Warm Yourself By ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,847 views

    If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. -Spanish Proverb Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly ...read more

  • Don't Quit

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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     | 7,781 views

    Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous pianist, was scheduled to perform at a great concert hall in America. It was a high-society extravaganza. Present in the audience that evening was a mother and her fidgety nine-year old. She had brought him in the hopes that when he heard the great composer play, ...read more

  • Alexander Smith's Biblical Community

    Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
     | 2,745 views

    ALEXANDER SMITH'S BIBLICAL COMMUNITY The Bounty was a British ship which set sail from England in 1787, bound for the South Seas. The idea was that those on board would spend some time among the islands, transplanting fruit-bearing and food-bearing trees, and doing other things to make some of the ...read more

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