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  • Humorous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,874 views

    Humorous Quotes Here are some final words of wisdom: Anybody who sleeps like a baby doesn’t have one. At my age, I’ve seen it all, heard it all, and done it all, but now, I just can’t seem to remember it all. He who laughs last ... thinks the slowest. The early bird gets the worm, but the ...read more

  • Thelma And Louise: Rethinking The Trip

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
     | 2,011 views

    THELMA AND LOUISE: RETHINKING THE TRIP Thelma, married to Darryl (which the film portrays as a controlling husband) and Louise (a single waitress with a troubled past) decide to take a weekend road trip in Louise’s teal 1966 Thunderbird convertible. They stop at a bar where Thelma flirts with a ...read more

  • The Joy Of Salvation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,937 views

    THE JOY OF SALVATION The late great English Congregationalist clergyman and church leader, Robert William Dale (1829-1895), once wrote: "We do not please God more by eating bitter aloes than by eating honey. A cloudy, foggy, rainy day is not more heavenly than a day of sunshine. A funeral march ...read more

  • Transformation  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 18, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 7,804 views

    TRANSFORMATION The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine ...read more

  • Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 8, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,968 views

    Quecreek Miners Kept Each Other Alive In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided early on they were either going to live or die as a group." The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water threatened to kill ...read more

  • A Young Woman Left For College One Autumn. ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 5, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,989 views

    "A young woman left for college one autumn. Before she left, she asked her mother to look after the potted violets and her aquarium in her bedroom. Her mother, who often seemed distracted, assured her that she would water the plants and take care of the fish. The daughter left with assurances from ...read more

  • When We Release A Sound Of Praise, The Earth Must ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 1, 2006
     | 2,494 views

    When we release a sound of praise, the Earth must respond. There is a tangible change in the Atmosphere! The God of creation extracts a response from his creation! Joshua Mills tells the story of a drought breaking in Chennai India as a result of Praise to the living God! To release a response ...read more

  • It Started Off As A Simple Request. The Kind Of ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 2, 2007
     | 1,234 views

    It started off as a simple request. The kind of thing you might hear if you’re in a crowded restaurant, sitting at a table with an empty chair. Someone at the next table is one chair short, and they approach you. “May I borrow this chair?” “Sure,” you say. No skin off your teeth. You have no need ...read more

  • Little Girl Doesn't Understand Cleansing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,995 views

    Little Girl Doesn’t Understand Cleansing Symbolism of Baptism Pastor Bob Beasley shares a true story told by a father in his church: “Our three-year-old daughter, Rena, sat with us during the baptismal service…which was a new experience for her. She exclaimed in surprise, ‘Why did he push that guy ...read more

  • Lorrie Anderson, Missionary To The ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2010
     | 3,815 views

    Lorrie Anderson, missionary to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list. Eyes closed, she did not see the deadly ...read more

  • Fortified Within

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,815 views

    FORTIFIED WITHIN There are two ways of handling pressure. One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several ...read more

  • On June 18, 1956, A Freak Accident Happened On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,610 views

    On June 18, 1956, a freak accident happened on a lake in New York. A speeding motorboat bounced on a wave and shot into the water two of its passengers, a 50-year old man and a little girl. To keep the girl from drowning, the man held her head above water while the boat circled back to pick them ...read more

  • Bringing The Old Life With You  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,441 views

    BRINGING THE OLD LIFE WITH YOU The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst ...read more

  • I See It But I Can't Get There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,169 views

    I SEE IT BUT I CAN'T GET THERE A man named Floyd Collins, in 1925, was exploring near Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and got stuck fifty-five feet from the surface. Icy water was dripping in his face. The rescuers came in and diverted the water, and they talked with him, they calmed him down, but they ...read more

  • Playing Church

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 10, 2008
     | 3,670 views

    PLAYING CHURCH Some years ago I met Johnny Moore. Johnny is the lead singer for "His Glory". He tells his story of how he was on his way home one night before he got serious with the Lord. He’d been kinda "playing church." He was on his way home from a Wednesday night prayer meeting, and he ...read more

  • 99% Is Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,959 views

    99% IS NOT ENOUGH Back in the 90’s a California research firm considered the advertising slogan for a popular soap that was 99.4% pure. And they asked themselves the question: “What if everything in the world operated at 99% efficiency?” They discovered: - drinking water would be unsafe one hour ...read more

  • Hellen Keller ...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009
     | 2,279 views

    ILLUSTRATION… Hellen Keller (p) Whenever I read this passage, I cannot help but think of another movie! I think of the 1962 (and in 1979) movie about Hellen Keller called “The Miracle Worker.” Hellen Keller was deaf and blind and could not communicate. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan arrived at ...read more

  • The Anaconda Attack

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 12, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 865 views

    Lorrie Anderson, missionary to the head-shrinking Candoshi Shapra Indians of Peru, was looking for a quiet place for her daily time of Bible reading and prayer, so she went down by the edge of the river. After reading the Bible, she took up her prayer list. Eyes closed, she did not see the deadly ...read more

  • Changed Whiskey Into Furniture  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 21, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,796 views

    Changed Whiskey into Furniture An alcoholic, who became a believer, was asked how he could possibly believe all the nonsense in the Bible about miracles. “You don’t believe that Jesus changed the water into wine do you?” “I sure do, because in our house ...read more

  • Top Five Reasons Why Men Are Better Than Women  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 849 views

    TOP FIVE REASONS WHY MEN ARE BETTER THAN WOMEN 5. Men can go to the bathroom without a support staff. 4. Men can open their own jar. 3. For men, wrinkles add character. 2. People never glance down at a man’s ...read more