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  • When I Was About Six Years Old, I Heard The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,931 views

    When I was about six years old, I heard the pastor preach a message about the "Second Coming" of Christ. He emphasized the initial part of Christ’s return, what we like to call the "Rapture of the Church". He explained in great details the events that would transpire: people disappearing, worldwide ...read more

  • William Cary Was A Shoemaker When One Day He ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
     | 3,244 views

    William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him. So he volunteered ...read more

  • Courage

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,019 views

    Mary Slesser (1848-1915) when Mary was a teenager, she volunteered to help organize a mission in the slums of Scotland. Despite Mary's genuine and caring efforts, many of the people the mission was designed to help oppose the work because they felt it avoided the "real" needs of the ...read more

  • Sweet Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,594 views

    SWEET GRACE My new favorite movie is "Chocolat", about a little French village in 1959 that is governed by "tranquilité". In this town, you knew what was expected of you and where your place was. If you happened to forget, someone would remind you. They trusted in the wisdom of ages past, ...read more

  • Mother Teresa Visited Australia. A New Recruit To ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
     | 3,513 views

    Mother Teresa visited Australia. A new recruit to the monastery in Australia was assigned to be her guide and “gofer” during her stay. The young man was so thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this woman. He dreamed of how much he would learn from her and what they would talk ...read more

  • A New Movie

    Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
     | 3,005 views

    A new movie There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to ...read more

  • Jim Elliot And The Ecuadorian Indians

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 19, 2009
     | 4,781 views

    JIM ELLIOT AND THE ECUADORIAN INDIANS Jim Elliot was an American. He became a Christian at a young age and after university he became a missionary in Ecuador, South America. He, with a few other young missionaries wanted to reach a tribe of Indians who lived in a remote region beyond ...read more

  • Deliver Us From Evil

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,404 views

    DELIVER US FROM EVIL Dr. Thomas Dooley gave a chilling example related to this prayer. It came from his experience in Southeast Asia between 1954 and 1960. Dr. Dooley authored three books about conditions there, the most well-known being 'Deliver Us from Evil', published in 1956. The subject was ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
     | 1,533 views

    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • The Bridal Cup  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,047 views

    Listen to this insight from Dr. Ray Vander Laan: In the first century, when a young Jewish man reached marrying age and his family selected an appropriate wife for him, the young man and his father would meet the young woman and her father to negotiate the “bride price,” the figurative cost of ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,588 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • Note: I Do Not Show This Clip To Discredit Those ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 3, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,812 views

    Note: I do not show this clip to discredit those individuals who are genuine and are sent by God to go around the world and hold revival meetings. Illustration: From the Movie clip from “Leap of Faith” Clip: The one were they put their show of deception on for the first time. He tells them ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,083 views

    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,145 views

    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • Would You Look At That...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,548 views

    "WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT..." The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people mumbling, "Would you look at that old man walking, suffering on his feet, while that strong young boy is totally capable of ...read more

  • An Army Chaplain Was Visiting Wounded Soldiers ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,690 views

    An army chaplain was visiting wounded soldiers in the hospital. The chaplain offered to read some Bible passages to one young soldier. But the soldier said, "I’m cold," so the chaplain wrapped his own coat around the young man. Next, the soldier asked for something to drink. The chaplain propped up ...read more

  • Who Will Provide?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 13,009 views

    WHO WILL PROVIDE? A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I am a ...read more

  • We Are Happier In Many Ways When We Are Old Than ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,184 views

    We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow ...read more

  • There Was Once An Absent-Minded Professor Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,496 views

    There was once an absent-minded professor who became so absorbed in his work that he forgot the simplest details. One morning his wife said, "Now Henry, remember, we are moving today. Here, I’m putting this note in your pocket. Don’t forget." The day passed by and the man came home to his house. He ...read more

  • Determination In Disaster  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,963 views

    DETERMINATION IN DISASTER As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod. He found neither, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels. Someone encouraged him to edit the film and make a documentary, which Flaherty spent ...read more