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  • Call Home Often  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,714 views

    CALL HOME OFTEN Max Lucado in his book "In the Eye of a Storm" talks about traveling from one speaking engagement to another. He had traveled from San Antonio to Boston and had spoken at a gathering in Boston. Then he was flying on to Edmonton, Canada to fulfill a speaking engagement there. When ...read more

  • One Fine Spring Sunday Morning, A Priest Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 169 ratings
     | 8,019 views

    One fine Spring Sunday morning, a Priest was gazing out of a rectory window at a nearby Trout Stream. "Today would be a good day to sneak off and go fishing", he thought. The weather was perfect, his fly rod had new string, he had very recently heard reports of a good Trout run, and the Associate ...read more

  • The Compassionate Catch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,980 views

    THE COMPASSIONATE CATCH On Aug. 8, 2004, the Vietnamese community of Westminster, California, celebrated one of the kindest and bravest acts performed by a stranger on them. On Nov. 13, 1985, ninety-six Vietnamese refugees despaired for their lives and their families' lives when the engine of the ...read more

  • Counting The Cost - Paying The Price By Bobby ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,990 views

    Counting the Cost - Paying the Price by Bobby Welch-----Bakari was born and grew up in a Muslim tribe near the Indian Ocean in Southern Kenya. On a Wednesday night last March, Bakari was persuaded to attend a Baptist church. Bakari was only willing to go to a church because of personal illness, and ...read more

  • Most Of Us Were Shocked In Early August When Flip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,432 views

    Most of us were shocked in early August when Flip Benham, national director for Operation Rescue, baptized Norma McCorvey, the woman known as Jane Roe in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The events leading to the baptism started with an apology. Earlier this year Benhan relocated ...read more

  • Jenna And I Boarded A -1:00 A.m. Flight In Tel ...

    Contributed by Matthew Bushnell on Nov 29, 2006
     | 1,473 views

    Jenna and I boarded a -1:00 A.M. flight in Tel Aviv which would carry us back to the States. Travelling is always hectic, but that night it was especially bad. The plane was packed and we were delayed because of extra-tight airport security. As we boarded, I realized that our seats weren’t ...read more

  • I Know That Most Of You Who Are Older Recognize ...

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
     | 1,477 views

    I know that most of you who are older recognize the name of Patrick Henry. But I’m afraid that many of our school children do not. Patrick Henry was a famous statesman and orator of colonial Virginia. In 1764 he was elected to the House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier ...read more

  • I Know That Most Of You Who Are Older Recognize ...

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
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     | 1,727 views

    I know that most of you who are older recognize the name of Patrick Henry. But I’m afraid that many of our school children do not. Patrick Henry was a famous statesman and orator of colonial Virginia. In 1764 he was elected to the House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier ...read more

  • Every Time I Read This Story In Genesis I Recall ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on May 2, 2007
     | 2,057 views

    Every time I read this story in Genesis I recall a scary situation that happened to me as a boy. I was in Jr. high (my exact age slips me, but I know I couldn’t drive yet), and I was riding my bike to the gym, which was about 30 minutes away in another part of Chattanooga. I had no sooner left the ...read more

  • Follow The Trail

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,868 views

    FOLLOW THE TRAIL In 1949, Mao Tse-Tung ran through China in a marauding storm. His communist army was wiping out anything in their path that would hinder an unrestrained dictatorship of communism. In the path of this malicious army, a CIA operative Douglas Mackiernan had to flee for his life. ...read more

  • Gift From The Father  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,479 views

    GIFT FROM THE FATHER Corrie Ten Boom tells of a time in the German death camp Ravensbruk during WWII. She had smuggled her Bible and a small bottle of liquid vitamins into her barracks. Her sister Betsy was sick and growing sicker, but she demanded that Corrie first give a dose of vitamins to all ...read more

  • A Film Made In 2002, The Magdalene Sisters, Told ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 22, 2008
     | 1,445 views

    A film made in 2002, The Magdalene Sisters, told the sad story of the "maggies" of Ireland. They got that nickname from Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus had driven seven demons. Tradition says that Mary Magdalene was the prostitute who washed Jesus’ feet with her hair. Hence when a strict order of ...read more

  • In Verse 2, God Does Something About Moses' ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,018 views

    In verse 2, God does something about Moses’ problem. God gives him a sign. God asks Moses about the familiar symbol of his profession—the rod. A rod is not only used for protection and for sorting the sheep, but it is a symbol of authority. So God orders Moses to throw the symbol of his personal ...read more

  • The Importance Of Refuge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 4,391 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF REFUGE When conducting fire inspections two important things that I look for are AREAS OF REFUGE (protected area in a bldg., such as mall/hospital halls, wings, sectioned off) and MEANS OF EGRESS (clearly marked, unobstructed, visible path, door width, adequate ...read more

  • James 5:13

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 26, 2009
     | 2,494 views

    JAMES 5:13 says that if we are in trouble of any kind, we need to pray. But along with praying we need to pray while believing we will get God’s answers. Maybe not exactly when we want it or how we want it, but we will receive it in His way and in His time. Let me give you an example of praying ...read more

  • On Shepherds

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
     | 7,474 views

    ON SHEPHERDS "Let me tell you a bit about shepherds. They were the last people you’d expect God to take notice of. First of all, they were religious outcasts. According to Jewish religious law, these men were unclean. Their line of work prevented them from participating in the feasts and holy days ...read more

  • We Are Meant To Struggle

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 13, 2013
     | 5,386 views

    WE ARE MEANT TO STRUGGLE You remember the story of the little boy who was playing outdoors and found a fascinating caterpillar. He carefully picked it up and took it home to show his mother. He asked his mother if he could keep it, and she said he could if he would take good care of it. The ...read more

  • The Power Of Daily Scripture Reading

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,273 views

    ian Hardin tells the story of traveling a lot for work with his friend Bobby. As they travelled, he’d read the Bible aloud to him. But he wasn’t reading the Bible to gain deep insights… or to solve theological quandaries. He was just reading it… yet even then, it often said something that got stuck ...read more

  • What Feeling Is So Nice As A Child's Hand In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,811 views

    "What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten ...read more

  • Women Upset Everything. When You Let Them Into ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,270 views

    "Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one ...read more