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  • What If We Covered The Entire North American ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 28, 2004
     | 1,670 views

    What if we covered the entire North American continent with dimes 239,000 miles deep, which would extend all the way to the moon. Now pile dimes from here to the moon on a billion other continents the size of North America. Now, paint one dime red and mix it into the billion piles of dimes and ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Newcomer To Alaska Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Sep 12, 2004
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     | 2,308 views

    The story is told of a newcomer to Alaska who started to cross a frozen river. As he walked along, he thought he heard a cracking sound and became frightened that the ice might break under him. He carefully lowered himself to distribute his weight more fully across the ice in hopes that it wouldn’t ...read more

  • Malcolm Muggeridge Explained With The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Green on Dec 19, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,471 views

    Malcolm Muggeridge explained with the speculation of the scenario of Christ’s birth in our post-modern world, “.....in our day, with family-planning clinics offering convenient ways to correct “mistakes” that might disgrace a family name, “It is, in point of fact, extremely improbable, under ...read more

  • In The Summer Of 1986, Two Ships Collided In The ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 25, 2005
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    In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology problem like ...read more

  • An Optimist Believes We Live In The Best Of All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2001
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     | 2,250 views

    An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. The tire is only flat on the bottom. Winners see risk as opportunity. They see the rewards of success in advance. They do not fear the penalties of failure. The winning individual knows that bad luck is ...read more

  • A Man Fell Off A Cliff, But Managed To Grab A ...

    Contributed by John Knight on Jan 31, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,617 views

    A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued: "Is anyone up there?" "I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?" "Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer." "That’s all right, if you really ...read more

  • Love Truly Does Compel Us To Go The ...

    Contributed by William Yates on Nov 8, 2003
     | 2,603 views

    Illustration: Love truly does compel us to go the distance for the object of our affection. Mel Gibson, playing cab driver Jerry Fletcher in “Conspiracy Theory,” said this to someone riding in his cab: “Love gives you wings! It makes you fly. I don’t even call it love—I call it Geronimo. You see, ...read more

  • There's An Old Story About A Man Who Dreamed ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 4, 2009
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    There’s an old story about a man who dreamed that an angel escorted him to church one Sunday. There he saw a keyboard musician playing vigorously, singers singing, and other musicians playing with gusto. But the man heard no sound. The congregation was also singing – well, most of them, but again ...read more

  • Self-Destruction

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
     | 3,566 views

    SELF-DESTRUCTION The same way a lot of people have destroyed what the Lord rightly gave to them with their own hands. The case of a governor of one of the states in Nigeria is a very good example. He jumped bail in England and was removed on coming back home. There was also the case of one boy who ...read more

  • How The Masai Tribe Demonstrates Thanksgiving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
     | 5,080 views

    How the Masai Tribe Demonstrates Thanksgiving with Humility The Masai tribe in West Africa have an unusual way of saying "thank you." Translators tell us that when the Masai express thanks, they bow, put their forehead on the ground and say, "My head is in the dirt." When members of another African ...read more

  • Some People Are Only Interested In Jesus' ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,394 views

    Some people are only interested in Jesus' function as a sin-sacrifice, but do not want a relationship with Him. They will be disappointed when Jesus says, "Depart from me, I never knew you." In 2005, I had the opportunity to open the Indiana State Senate in prayer. As I prepared my prayer, I ...read more

  • God's Supply

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Jul 25, 2010
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    GOD'S SUPPLY Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God's faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: "Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning... He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness ...read more

  • The Two Coats

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 17, 2011
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    THE TWO COATS A friend of mine once saw a tramp and decided to help him. He noticed he was wearing a dirty old coat. It was ripped and fit only for the bin. So my friend offered the tramp his coat. The tramp took it but to my friends surprise, instead of taking off the old coat and putting on the ...read more

  • Miracles: The Two Boxes

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 7, 2011
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     | 3,124 views

    MIRACLES: THE TWO BOXES Ron Nash spoke to a group of Russian scientists who had been taught all their lives that there is no such thing as miracles. He put two cardboard boxes in front of them. The first box was closed. Ron said, "This is the way you see the world. The box represents the material ...read more

  • Short And To The Point

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 19, 2011
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    SHORT AND TO THE POINT The Gettysburg Address was a simple speech made by A. Lincoln to dedicate the cemetery of that great battle. It consisted of 272 words and lasted a little over 2 minutes. Speeches of that day usually went hours, as Everett Edward’s two hour speech just before Lincoln. We ...read more

  • Grace In A Cell Phone

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 27, 2011
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    GRACE IN A CELL PHONE I remember a grace moment one morning when I got a call from Susan on a cell phone. You see, Susan doesn’t own a cell phone, but on that day when she was driving to work and the tread on one of her tires disintegrated on the freeway, a gracious man with a cell phone pulled ...read more

  • God's Persistent Love  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
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    GOD'S PERSISTENT LOVE For more than 40 years, each week a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door and slipped a love note underneath. Because of an argument years before, she refused to speak to the man. Finally, after writing 2184 love letters with no response of any kind, the 74-year-old man ...read more

  • Inherited Sin

    Contributed by James Dina on Sep 7, 2020
     | 1,612 views

    INHERITED SIN The punishment of sin does not always rest in him that committed the sin. The bitter fruits of sin are often transmitted, and handed over to those who had no present hand in them when they were committed. The whole family may ...read more

  • Rembrandt, The Famous Dutch Artist, Painted His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Rembrandt, the famous Dutch artist, painted his famous “Three Crosses” in 1653. The painting presents a harsh DEPICTION of the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus hanging lifeless between two thieves. At the foot of the cross are SOLDIERS and ONLOOKERS. As you scan the CROWD gathered at the FOOT of the CROSS, ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning, Satan Happened To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,598 views

    One Sunday morning, Satan happened to be standing outside of a large Baptist Church. Inside, the people were singing, praying, and listening to a sermon. Someone passed by on the sidewalk and noticed Satan standing on the steps of the church. The passerby asked Satan if it bothered him to hear the ...read more