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  • How An Eskimo Kills A Wolf

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Oct 14, 2008
     | 16,252 views

    HOW AN ESKIMO KILLS A WOLF According to tradition, this is how an Eskimo kills a wolf. First, the Eskimo coats his knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. He then adds layer after layer of blood until the blade is completely concealed by the frozen blood. Next, the hunter ...read more

  • Our Star-Breathing God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
     | 2,572 views

    OUR STAR-BREATHING GOD Here is one for our Browns fans. The biggest star that we have seen--Canis Major or The Big Dog. If you take our golf ball earth, then this star would be in comparison the size of Mt. Everest. Seven quadrillion earths would fit into it...that is enough golf balls to cover ...read more

  • Give Him The Post And Let's Move On  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Maynard on Feb 17, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,325 views

    GIVE HIM THE POST AND LET'S MOVE ON The story’s told about a young preacher who was pastoring a very traditional and established church. The church was beginning to experience phenomenal growth. It got to the place where the sanctuary was no longer suitable for the congregation. They were going to ...read more

  • Churched" Vs. "Unchurched" Doesn't Tell The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,986 views

    "CHURCHED" VS. "UNCHURCHED" DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY New Ellison research on U.S. adult attendance at worship services found the traditional definitions of "churched" (attend services monthly or more often) — and "un-churched" (do not typically attend frequently enough to be considered ...read more

  • How Many Christians To Change A Light ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Jun 11, 2009
     | 6,423 views

    How Many Christians to Change a Light bulb? CHARISMATICS: Only 1 - Hands are already in the air. PENTECOSTALS: 10 - One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. PRESBYTERIANS: None - Lights will go on and off at predestined times. ROMAN CATHOLICS: None, they only use ...read more

  • Three Stages Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,988 views

    THREE STAGES OF LIFE John Claypool, at one time pastor of the Crescent Hill Baptist Church, had a little daughter who suffered with leukemia. When she went into remission, everybody thought that maybe God had healed her. But on an Easter Sunday morning, she went into a terrible relapse. In his ...read more

  • The Heritage Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,852 views

    THE HERITAGE TREE The Heritage Tree, Cape Perpetua, Central Oregon coast. This giant spruce is called The Heritage Tree because it stands almost 200 feet tall and because it started to grow as a seedling about the same time Martin Luther was pounding his theses on the church door at Wittenberg. ...read more

  • The Moral Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 3,557 views

    THE MORAL BASIS OF GOVERNMENT Richard Halverson, present chaplain of the United States Senate, wrote: ``To be sure, men will abuse and misuse the institution of the State just as man because of sin has abused and misused every other institution in history including the Church of Jesus Christ, but ...read more

  • The Great Chicago Fire

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 3,590 views

    The fire started at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, in or around a small barn that bordered the alley behind 137 DeKoven Street.[3] The traditional account of the origin of the fire is that it was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Patrick and Cahterine O’Leary. Michael ...read more

  • Story Of Apostle John - His Hobby

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 103 views

    There are times ... when our lives move... so fast, ... that we need to slow down ... and let our souls catch up ... with our bodies. According to Early Church tradition ... when the Apostle John was Bishop at Ephesus, ... he had a hobby ... of raising pigeons. On one occasion... we are ...read more

  • Paul Harvey Tells The Story About A Family On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 342 ratings
     | 4,377 views

    Paul Harvey tells the story about a family on Christmas Eve. This family had a tradition where the Mother and children would go to the Christmas Eve service, and the Father would stay home and read the paper. When the family returns home from church, they would all gather to open up their ...read more

  • Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,895 views

    Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

  • Some Atheists Enjoy Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,337 views

    SOME ATHEIST ENJOY CHRISTMAS, Christmas isn’t just for Christians anymore. Nearly half of adult Americans report they personally know someone who doesn’t believe in God but still will celebrate the yuletide this year, according to a survey of 1,001 people conducted by Scripps Howard News ...read more

  • We Used To Sing A Song Entitled, "Give Me That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 15, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,297 views

    We used to sing a song entitled, “Give Me That Old Time Religion.” And in the song it says, “It was good for the Hebrew children, and it is good enough for me.” But it wasn’t good enough for the Hebrew children. The faith of Abraham was not adequate for them; God had something more. God had to ...read more

  • Tonight At 11:59 Pm, Over One Billion People All ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 31, 2006
     | 1,565 views

    Tonight at 11:59 pm, over one billion people all across the world will be watching as the “ball” drops in New York City’s Times Square. That got me to wondering about the history of the New Year’s Eve “ball” and what I discovered was intriguing: · The 1st "time-ball" was installed on top of ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was Growing Up; Many Times We ...

    Contributed by Robert Coats on Dec 21, 2007
     | 1,514 views

    I remember when I was growing up; many times we made our own toys and gifts: but we always exchanged gifts. There are many traditions in the way gifts are exchanged. I remember a time we were at a friend’s home at Christmas and the way they exchanged gifts was that one person would open a gift and ...read more

  • What Is The Usual Sense That Religious Things Are ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
     | 1,700 views

    What is the usual sense that religious things are taught? Through a Rabbi and disciple model. A young man that thinks he may have an aptitude for a particular Rabbi’s teaching goes to the Rabbi and ask to be considered to be a disciple. It was a great honor for parents especially the father for a ...read more

  • The Importance Of Church In The Face Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
     | 4,594 views

    The Importance of Church in the Face of Disillusionment The church has fallen on tough times. Sadly, some of the negative perceptions are the church’s fault. Stories of sexual abuse by a few ministers and avarice and greed by others have tarnished the testimony of the church. I am convinced that ...read more

  • The Last Letter Of Karen Watson

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,855 views

    THE LAST LETTER OF KAREN WATSON Our International Mission Board is working on a project called "The Last Letter." It’s actually an old tradition of soldiers and missionaries who as they boarded a ship, wrote their family and friends a letter that they think might be their final ...read more

  • Call To War

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Sep 29, 2011
     | 3,187 views

    CALL TO WAR Have you ever heard the "trumpet" call to do battle in our culture? On every side we are bombarded with things and teachings that are anti-God. There is the lasciviousness where "free-sex" reigns as supreme. It is the Christian’s God ordained duty to confront this sin against God ...read more