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  • Buried In The Deepest Sea  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 8, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,007 views

    BURIED IN THE DEEPEST SEA Several years ago Rick Stacy baptized a man in Lake Superior. It was late October and about 9:00 PM. Rick had been talking with Myron and his wife about accepting the Lord as their personal savior and sealing that decision with baptism into Jesus. Myron was hesitant ...read more

  • The Secret To Success

    Contributed by Pastor Gbenga Shadare on May 4, 2010
     | 2,738 views

    THE SECRET TO SUCCESS We see the secret to the success of the Man Jesus. He saturated himself with the divine and consequently he excelled. You don't degrees, qualification or a good family name to excel. You need only Christ. Christ is enough! Christ is sufficient! Your excellence is found in ...read more

  • A Sentence Can Change A Life

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 22, 2011
     | 2,323 views

    A SENTENCE CAN CHANGE A LIFE When I was thirteen, a young lad only three years older than me said something that would change my life for ever. A single sentence of his is the reason I am a Christian today. What could you say in just ONE sentence that could switch someone from being an agnositic ...read more

  • Reducing The Glare

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
     | 3,102 views

    REDUCING THE GLARE Just a few years ago (2004), Frank Gehry finished his landmark creation of the 274 million dollar Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Now, with all that money you'd expect the building to shine, and it does. The shimmering stainless steel concert hall is truly marvelous to ...read more

  • No Shortcuts

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,246 views

    NO SHORTCUTS Now that the New Year is right around the corner there are those infomercials that tout great fitness. It seems that each year the machines get weirder. Hang upside down, spin 360 degrees then throw up. That loses about 5 lbs. Then there are those that bend you like a pretzel while ...read more

  • The Lord's Game Plan

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 7, 2012
     | 2,641 views

    THE LORD'S GAME PLAN After I had been a Christian for a while, I felt that I was being called ton the ministry. I figured that the Lord had made just about his biggest mistake by calling me. When I told Barbara about what I felt, I rejoiced when she told me that I couldn’t be a pastor because all ...read more

  • Anger Vs. Annoyance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,264 views

    ANGER VS. ANNOYANCE A young girl who was writing a paper for school came to her father and asked, "Dad, what is the difference between anger and annoyance?" The father replied, "It is mostly a matter of degree. Let me show you what I mean." With that the father went to the telephone and dialed a ...read more

  • Out Of Our Depth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,726 views

    Out Of Our Depth The 3-year old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, "Deeper and deeper and deeper," as the water rose higher and higher on the child. The lad’s face registered ...read more

  • His Hands Are Twisted And His Feet Are Useless. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 13, 2007
     | 1,695 views

    His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe or feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. His shirts are held together by strips of Velcro. His speech drags like a worn-out audio cassette. Robert Reed has a severe case of cerebral palsy. The ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Woman Who Spent All Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,331 views

    I heard a story about a woman who spent all day in a hot kitchen preparing a five course meal for some out of town guests. It was summer, it was 100 degrees outside; it was probably 120 in that kitchen. She worked hard, and everything turned out great. When everybody sat down to eat, this woman ...read more

  • God's Wise Design

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 14, 2009
     | 2,524 views

    GOD’S WISE DESIGN Because nature is clouded by sin, it gives only an indistinct picture of God. Much of His great wisdom and marvelous design, however, can still be clearly traced. For instance, the earth rotates on its axis at approximately 1000 miles per hour. If that had been 100 miles per ...read more

  • The Real Mccoy

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,399 views

    THE REAL MCCOY It was about a seventy-two-year-old Baptist preacher names Charles McCoy. McCoy was pastoring a Baptist church in Oyster Bay, New York, when at age seventy-two he was told by his denomination to retire. A lifelong bachelor, he had cared for his mother for as long as she lived. ...read more

  • Luther On Salvation By Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 4,583 views

    LUTHER ON SALVATION BY GOOD WORKS If anyone could ever have achieved salvation by his own effort, it was Martin Luther. In 1505, when he was twenty-one years old, Luther abandoned a promising career in law and entered the monastery of the Augustinian hermits at Erfurt. As he later said, this was ...read more

  • William Frey, Retired Episcopal Bishop From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,023 views

    William Frey, retired Episcopal bishop from Colorado, told the following story: When I was a younger man, I volunteered to read to a degree student named John who was blind. One day I asked him, "How did you lose your sight?" "A chemical explosion," John said, "at the age of thirteen." "How did ...read more

  • The Blame Game  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,807 views

    Already, get ready to play the "Blame Game": You are driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone, you lose control, flip your car on a sharp curve, and critically injure yourself, who is at fault? No, not you, the Dept. of Transportation for not making the degree of banking on the curve great enough to keep ...read more

  • When We Have The Opportunity To Speak To Another, ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Dec 23, 2006
     | 1,862 views

    When we have the opportunity to speak to another, to share with them how God makes a difference in our lives, to encourage them to prepare for the coming of God, will we get the message right? Or, will we talk only about the incidentals and not what is important? On Sunday December 17, 1903, a ...read more

  • Lois Pifer In The Web Site, Sermon Illustrations, ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,038 views

    Lois Pifer in the web site, Sermon Illustrations, relates the following: A few weeks ago, I was tested on my faith that "All things are possible with God." (Mark 10:27 NIV) I had been studying Genesis, and specifically, reading about Abraham and Sarah, and Abraham’s test with the sacrifice of ...read more

  • When I Was A Youth Living In South Texas, We Had ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 22, 2009
     | 767 views

    When I was a youth living in south Texas, we had … a fireplace. And we used it in the winter. REALLY! Those 60 degree winter nights can chill the bones ya know!!!! Well, guess who split most on the firewood we used … me. Dad helped … sometimes. But mostly what dad did was teach me how to do it and ...read more

  • Chargers Vs. Broncos

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,268 views

    I was looking for modern day example of Paul’s heart, and I found it to some degree in an NFL football player. In a game between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos on December 10, 2006, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson (known as L.T.) took his position the same way he had done ...read more

  • Security

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 28, 2009
     | 4,452 views

    SECURITY Consider this story in relying upon God: The 3-year-old felt secure in his father’s arms as Dad stood in the middle of the pool. But Dad, for fun, began walking slowly toward the deep end, gently chanting, “Deeper and deeper and deeper,” as the water rose higher and higher on the child. ...read more