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  • One Of The Hard, Mature Things We All Have To Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,971 views

    One of the hard, mature things we all have to do is to separate fact from fiction. I heard a cute story about a kid who finally began to face up to the fragility of his belief in the Tooth Fairy. He confronted his mother and asked her, “Mom, are you the Tooth Fairy?” Well, she gave a little sigh, ...read more

  • Morris Siegel Was A Street Person In Los Angeles. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,157 views

    Morris Siegel was a street person in Los Angeles. He lived like most street people--roaming about in back alleys, sleeping out-of-doors, carrying everything he owned in an old shopping cart. He was found in an alley, dead of natural causes, perhaps heart trouble. The interesting thing about ...read more

  • Girl Power Comics: Sales Of Japanese Comics - ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,367 views

    Girl Power Comics: Sales of Japanese comics - more familiarly known as manga (pronounced MAHN-gah) - are exploding in the U.S., and much of the boom is due to efforts by comic book publishers to extend their reach beyond young male readers. “Manga producers in the U.S. have tapped into a new ...read more

  • In The Year A.d. 303, The Roman Emperor ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,462 views

    In the year A.D. 303, the Roman Emperor Diocletian issued a decree which he hoped would extinguish the spreading flames of Christianity. One of his primary objectives was the seizure and destruction of the Christian Scriptures. Later that year, officials enforced the decree in North Africa. One of ...read more

  • Rejected On Earth

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 2, 2006
     | 3,258 views

    Listen to the words of Rick Thompson: G. Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry in 1888. He passed the doctrinal examinations, but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 sat three ministers and 75 others ...read more

  • There's The True Story Of A Young Married Man Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Nov 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,471 views

    There’s the true story of a young married man who was accepted as an African Missionary. It was the great ambition of his young life. He reported to New York harbor with his wife and soon arrived in Africa. It wasn’t long, however, that he found his wife could not physically tolerate the ...read more

  • Lamak Was Born Into A Wealthy, Powerful Muslim ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,370 views

    Lamak was born into a wealthy, powerful Muslim family in South Asia. His family’s reputation put pressure on him to live like a Muslim. Everything changed when Lamak turned his life over to Jesus Christ while working in Singapore. When he returned home four years later, he accepted the risks ...read more

  • I Read A Fable About A Man Who Was Browsing In A ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,090 views

    I read a fable about a man who was browsing in a store when he made the shocking discovery that God was behind a sales counter. So the man walked over and asked, "What are You selling?" God replied, "What does your heart desire?" The man said, "I want happiness, peace of mind, and freedom ...read more

  • I Heard The Story Of A 31-Year-Old Woman In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,843 views

    I heard the story of a 31-year-old woman in Massachusetts who learned she had cancer. She was treated and they were in hope that all would be well. She got married, became pregnant but the cancer reoccurred, and shortly afterwards she died. The reason she died is that she refused treatment and ...read more

  • I Was Reading About The Great Christian Scholar ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,791 views

    I was reading about the great Christian scholar William Lane Craig. For 31 years, he was praying for his father to come to know Christ. But his dad never seemed to show any interest. And Dr. Craig said “basically, after a number of years, I gave up. I didn’t think it was ever going to ...read more

  • A Scottish Lawyer Was A Wicked Man. Once He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,367 views

    A Scottish lawyer was a wicked man. Once he hired a horse and, either through accident or ill-usage, killed the animal. Naturally the owner insisted on being paid its value, together with some compensation for the loss of its use. The man of law acknowledged his liability, and said he was perfectly ...read more

  • Former Pro Basketball Star Bill Bradley Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,600 views

    Former pro basketball star Bill Bradley tells that at the age of fifteen he attended a summer basketball camp that was run by Easy Ed Macauley, a former college and pro star. "Just remember that if you’re not working at your game to the utmost of your ability," Macauley told his assembled campers, ...read more

  • Movie Usher

    Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jun 21, 2007
     | 2,291 views

    MOVIE USHER: Use their flashlight to show you the way in a dark place. If something goes wrong, everyone looks to the guy who has been identified as knowing the way – by his jacket, his name tag, his silly hat, and his light There was a young man working as an usher, and his manager asked ...read more

  • How Can Salvation Be Offered To Us As A Free Gift ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,425 views

    How can salvation be offered to us as a free gift of God, yet Discipleship have a great cost? Consider this analogy: Suppose you have a desire to climb Mount Everest. Suppose a wealthy businessman heard of your desire and offered to pay for the entire expedition. It costs about $70,000 to do it. He ...read more

  • And Jesus Loved Them All

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 4, 2008
     | 2,054 views

    And Jesus Loved Them All------ I saw a sea of faces in a dream I had one day and millions stood before a throne whose sins were washed away from every tribe and every land they all had heard the call the rich, the poor, the black, the white and Jesus loved them all. He loved them with their many ...read more

  • There Is A Historical Account Of The Preparations ...

    Contributed by Deborah Westbrook on Aug 19, 2008
     | 3,118 views

    There is a historical account of the preparations for one of Napoleon’s famous battles. As Napoleon was talking to a group of his high ranking officers, his horse, standing nearby, spooked and bolted. A quick thinking private, observing the scene, pursued the runaway on his own horse, and was ...read more

  • Not Of Works

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2008
     | 1,846 views

    Not of Works Grace, triumphant in the throne, Scorns a rival, reigns alone; Come and bow beneath her sway! Cast your idol works away! Works of man, when made his plea, Never shall accepted be; Fruits of pride (vain-glorious worm!) Are the best he can perform. Self, the god his soul ...read more

  • Citizenship

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on May 27, 2009
     | 2,818 views

    Every year, in US they are at least 50,000 couples who are married just for the citizenship… I know a bright young man; his name is __________, who after several years of waiting his green card, with no possibility to run his own business without legal papers, decided to take this short cut. He ...read more

  • Some Of You Watch Or Listen To Charles Stanley, ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
     | 1,642 views

    Some of you watch or listen to Charles Stanley, John Hagee, Chuck Swindoll, James Dobson, Billy Graham, David Jeremiah, or any number of others. I don’t know how many different preachers and teachers come on some of the satellite TV channels, because we don’t have that. Instead, our TV service ...read more

  • We All Have Scar Tissue On Our Lives From Sexual ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2010
     | 2,368 views

    We all have scar tissue on our lives from sexual sin. This sin is ripping our culture apart today and it’s destroying the fabric of this nation. It’s responsible for ripping the family unit apart today more than ever. Lust today is called love but lust is not love! We watch the news and we see one ...read more

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