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  • God's Testing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,069 views

    God’s Testing As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the ...read more

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  • John Muir Was A Great Naturalist In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,007 views

    John Muir was a great naturalist in the early part of this century. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yellowstone National Park and the formation of conservation policy in this country. Muir lived a very simple life, and yet he once said that he was wealthier than railroad ...read more

  • The Bridge Won't Break

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 2, 2007
     | 1,702 views

    The Bridge Won’t Break As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • For Love Of Jim

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 5, 2005
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    For Love of Jim Jim and Jack were the best of friends. Devoted. Inseparable. So when Jim lost both his legs in a railroad accident, Jack did everything he could to help. At first Jim was certain his career with the railroad was finished.. Then the company gave him another job¨Csignalman. His ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Sulfur Caves  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,849 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Sulfur Caves

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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     | 1,392 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • In The Darkness Of The Catacombs, In The Filth ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    "In the darkness of the catacombs, in the filth of underground sewers, in the shadows of a thousand Roman nights, these phrases were searched by tired faces. These pages were held in trembling hands. These words sent the light of hope into the hearts of God's people. It was a message straight from ...read more

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  • Sulfur ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
     | 1,200 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • If Jesus Is Like You

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 4, 2012
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    IF JESUS IS LIKE YOU Richard Wurmbrand was a particular hero of mine, who died a couple of years ago. Wurmbrand was a Christian Lutheran minister who was put in prison for his faith in Romania by the Communist authorities for his faith. While Wurmbrand was in prison, he shared a cell with a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Bob Harris, Weatherman For Ny Tv Station Wpix-Tv ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 19, 2002
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    Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a strong desire to be a media ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bob Harris, Weatherman For Ny Tv Station Wpix-Tv ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,788 views

    Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a strong desire to be a media ...read more

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  • A. Dr. Karl Menninger, A World-Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 15, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
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    A. Dr. Karl Menninger, a world-famous psychiatrist, was answering questions after giving a lecture on mental health when one person asked, “What would you advice someone to do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Most people expected the doctor to say, “Consult a psychiatrist.” Instead he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Who Gave The Call?  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 24, 2003
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     | 2,876 views

    Illustration: I worked in a hog-slaughtering factory for a year when I first came to plant this church. The boss’s adult son used to walk around wearing a white hat and barking orders at everyone but none of the workers respected him the way they did his dad. They knew he was just a pretender. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • The Bridge That Wouldn't Break

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 8, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 594 views

    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Bill Always Comes Due

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
     | 2,236 views

    THE BILL ALWAYS COMES DUE Bob Harris, weatherman for NY TV station WPIX-TV and the nationally syndicated independent Network news, had to weather a public storm of his own making in 1979. Though he had studied math, physics and geology at three colleges, he left school without a degree but with a ...read more

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  • Helping People Go Home

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 8,388 views

    The conductor of a railroad was on his last day before retiring. As he was going through the cars punching tickets, he came to the third car and there was a man who had ridden that car through the years with the conductor. He stopped him by grabbing his shirt sleeve and said, “Hey Jim, how do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • When The American West Was Opened Up, Many A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Mar 23, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,471 views

    When the American West was opened up, many a traveler passed over the rich earth that lay on top of the territory of Nebraska. The dirt is rich, black dirt, but they could see no water anywhere. They thought this land would be good for nothing. One writer even called it, “The Great America ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • House-Church Movement 1 In 5 American Adults ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 782 views

    House-Church Movement 1 in 5 American adults attends a house church at least once a month, (if a small group counts as a church). The Barna Group estimates 70 million Americans regularly attend or have “experimented with” a house church. More than 20 million adults attend home churches each week, ...read more

  • Em Griffin Writes, In Making Friends, About Three ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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     | 1,672 views

    Em Griffin writes, in Making Friends, about three kinds of London maps: The street map, the map depicting throughways, and the underground map of the subway. "Each map is accurate and correct," he writes, "but each map does not give the complete picture. To see the whole, the three maps must be ...read more

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  • Did You Know That It Was Not Until 1850 That Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,048 views

    Did you know that it was not until 1850 that our world reached the one billion mark? By 1930 we reached two billion. It took only thirty more years for the world’s population to reach three billion. We have now arrived at five billion. Statisticians tell us that by the end of the twentieth century ...read more

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