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  • Radical Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,248 views

    RADICAL FAITH I want to read to you the opening story from David Platt's book "The Radical Question" (Multnomah Press). Imagine a scene that took place in Asia not so long ago: A room in an ordinary house, dimly lit, all the blinds on the windows closed. Twenty leaders from churches in the ...read more

  • Saved By Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,437 views

    SAVED BY HOPE An interesting item appeared in a Nashville newspaper, datelined Memphis (UPI): A woman named Hope pulled a man from chilly harbor waters after watching him drive his car off the bank in an apparent suicide attempt. Hope Phillips, thirty-eight, said Monday she was sitting in her car ...read more

  • Hope Of Maria

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,897 views

    HOPE OF MARIA Hope weans God’s people from seeking and trusting this world. The story is told of Maria. She lived in a small town in southern Kentucky. She did not see or hear from her husband for years. Edward was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean war and captured when the ...read more

  • Give God The Big Stuff, Too

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,557 views

    GIVE GOD THE BIG STUFF, TOO I am mechanically inept and every once in a while I try to do some mechanical thing. Sometimes it's as simple as trying to put up a light fixture. Inevitably it fights back and doesn't go easily. I start getting frustrated and forcing the issue, usually making it worse. ...read more

  • Basic Training

    Contributed by John Telgren on Feb 11, 2017
     | 6,356 views

    I hated shining shoes in Basic Training. There were other things I would rather be doing instead of sitting on the floor with a brush and mounds of cotton balls stained with black Kiwi shoe polish! If our boots and dress shoes were not perfect we paid for it dearly! During one of our trips to the ...read more

  • Pardoned Fugitive

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 17, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,419 views

    He was an unlikely criminal. In the difficult days after World War I, many veterans like Robert Elliot Burns had taken to “riding the rails” in search of work. A native of New Jersey, Burns had found the times very trying so when a friend told him of a job, he immediately agreed. The problem was ...read more

  • Rejoice, We Conquer!

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 18, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,307 views

    In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning An Old Cowboy Entered A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,844 views

    One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean, he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In his hand he carried a worn out old hat and an equally worn out bible. The ...read more

  • Some Time Ago I Ran Across A Wedding Prayer That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,762 views

    Some time ago I ran across a wedding prayer that illustrates how subtly this can be done. This is a girl praying on her wedding day: "Dear God, I can hardly believe that this is my wedding day. I know I haven’t been able to spend much time with You lately, with all the rush of getting ready for ...read more

  • There's A Little Guy Somewhere, Waiting To ...

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
     | 1,189 views

    There’s a little guy somewhere, Waiting to appear; Curled up inside his mother’s protective atmosphere. He’s the one they didn’t plan on, He’s an extra mouth to feed, a little inconvenience neither of them need. He’s doctor’s bills and formula, He’s sleepless nights and stress, He wet and ...read more

  • The Names By Which God Reveals Himself

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
     | 2,611 views

    THE NAMES BY WHICH GOD REVEALS HIMSELF We make our first mistake in attempting to define God or describe God if we think of "God" as a common noun rather than a personal noun. "God" is a name, the way of addressing a person. Names are important. One of the first things we want to discover ...read more

  • Camel Ride Up Mount Sinai

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 29, 2008
     | 2,889 views

    CAMEL RIDE UP MOUNT SINAI It is 3:00 in the morning and we are waiting with other pilgrims on the back side of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the base of mount Sinai. It is a moonless night, pitch black beyond the small light we huddle around. I wonder if I dressed warm enough, I am surprised it ...read more

  • H ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,167 views

    HEALED Tony Campolo tells a story about being in a church in Oregon where he was asked to pray for a man who had cancer. Campolo prayed boldly for the man’s healing. That next week he got a telephone call from the man’s wife. She said, "You prayed for my husband. He had cancer." Campolo thought ...read more

  • Flawed Individuals On A Rescue Mission  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,759 views

    FLAWED INDIVIDUALS ON A RESCUE MISSION The author of the book entitled, "The Word and Power Church: What Happens When A Church Seeks All God Has to Offer," Doug Banister, writes, "The Spring of 1940 found Hitler’s panzer divisions mopping up French troops and preparing for a seige of Great ...read more

  • Why Should I Worship A Dead Jew?

    Contributed by Christine Forehand on Oct 22, 2008
     | 3,045 views

    "Why Should I Worship a Dead Jew?" This challenging question was posed by a sincere young Jewish student who had been attending evangelistic meetings conducted by the author and composer of this hymn, Alfred H. Ackley. Mr. Ackley's answer to this searching question, ultimately prompted the writing ...read more

  • The Joy Of Her Silence

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Dec 27, 2008
     | 2,991 views

    THE JOY OF HER SILENCE Listen to this case history that appears in Dr. Paul Tournier's book, "The Strong and the Weak." It is the story of a family in which there were father, mother and several children. The father had a problem with one of his daughters, a little girl who was very quiet, very ...read more

  • The Prince Of Peace And The Pauper

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,290 views

    THE PRINCE OF PEACE AND THE PAUPER It may be a poor example, but I draw from Mark Twain's classic "The Prince and The Pauper." Ten-year-old Prince Edward, spoiled and bored, finds a pauper boy, Tom Conti, who is his precise double in appearance. The two trade places on a lark, but the Prince ...read more

  • Martin Luther And The Gospel

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,679 views

    Martin Luther: 1483-1546 In 2017 – the 400th anniversary of the Reformation, I had the privilege to visit Wittenberg, Germany, birthplace of the Reformation. I walked the cobblestone streets, and even toured Luther’s home. The prodigious Martin Luther appeared headed for the legal profession but ...read more

  • Ukraine & God's Masterplan

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 28, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 913 views

    Closed Doors - Open Doors My first trip to Ukraine was in 2000. We visited Kiev and L'viv to connect with ministry training institutions. In 2002 I made my first teaching trip to L'viv to teach at L'viv Theological Seminary (LTS). It was so rewarding to contribute to God's work in ...read more

  • Victorious Living

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 2,596 views

    2 weeks ago as I sat in the office of my lawyer, he showed me a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln that was written to my lawyer’s great-great uncle. The uncle happened to be the president of the University of Pennsylvania at that time. He was involved in writing a pamphlet on ...read more