Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2004
During World War II, a fighter pilot bailed out into occupied France. His life was saved by the courageous French people who sheltered him and helped him escape. After the war was over, the pilot took all the money he could scrape together and went back to Normandy to look for the people who had
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 1 rating
| 16,586 views
Scientists studied a native tribe in South America whose people have been dying prematurely for generations. After thorough investigation, the cause of premature death was determined. The disease was transmitted by an insect that lived in the walls of their adobe homes. This new information
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
based on 9 ratings
| 2,773 views
CHRISTMAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly non-memorable songs such as "Winter Wonderland," "Frosty the Snowman"
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Paul Decker on Dec 1, 2002
based on 17 ratings
| 31,719 views
WHAT GOD SAYS
In the Spring of 1924, Jack Sundine was a four-year-old kid, standing in a line with his father inside the White House, waiting to meet President Calvin Coolidge. As they neared him, Jack noticed that he said something to each visitor as they shook hands. Soon, the thrilling moment
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Feb 21, 2003
based on 91 ratings
| 2,474 views
At a nursing home in Florida, a resident group was discussing the giant ailments in their lives.
"My arms are so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee."
"Yes, I know my cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee."
"I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck!"
"My
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 3,262 views
FIREFIGHTER’S PRAYER
Oh Lord, please help this firefighter
To be skillful and brave.
Please let me never falter
When there are lives to save.
Be with my fellow firefighters
And ride with us each run,
From the moment we "suit-up"
Until the job is done.
Be with me as I guide a child
Through the
...read more
Tags:
Another word often used in the Bible is qavah. This means “to bind together, look patiently, tarry or wait, and hope, expect, look eagerly.” This is the context used in Isaiah 40:31, “But those who trust [hope] in the Lord shall renew their strength . . .” This is a waiting, expectant hope! A
...read more
Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 3,615 views
“For over fifteen years I have been asking people of all walks of life from Morocco to India and from Turkey to the Sudan about the implications of a son’s request for his inheritance while the father is still living. The answer has almost always been emphatically the same.”
…the conversation runs
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Baptist
In a team game called cricket, the position of a captain matters greatly which is the reason selectors or the cricket boards of teams always take their time in appointing captains for their teams. The captain is the leader of the team on and off the field of play. He is the link, the catalyst and
...read more
Denomination:
Methodist
based on 1 rating
| 3,110 views
The huge redwood trees in California are amazing.
• They are the largest living things on earth and the tallest trees in the world.
• Some of them are 100m high and more than 2,500 years old.
• You would think that trees that large would have a tremendous root system, reaching down deep into the
...read more
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 27, 2007
In Robert Duvall’s movie, The Apostle, there is a scene of a revival tent meeting where the evangelist has this great big bunch of keys and begins screaming that he has the “keys to the kingdom.” He jingles them in the faces of people to encourage people to respond to his message and to Jesus and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Richard Francis on Sep 10, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 3,097 views
Verses 1 - 2: As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? What do you picture? A nice deer skipping up to a clear bubbling flowing spring and gently lapping up the refreshing water? Me I see a
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007
Illustration: Turn Around
Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the countryside is strange. You
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,869 views
Clayton Bell once said: There are two big lies that Satan has been perpetrating ever since the Garden of Eden. The first is that God is mean, vindictive, a spoilsport whose main role in life is to keep us from being fulfilled and happy--when we step out of bounds, he takes delight in making us pay.
...read more
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
The Bible warns about the danger of wealth. Some of you are going, “Yeah, I know. Boy am I glad I’m safe!” Remember, though, that if you had running water this morning, you’re living better than over half the world just because of that. Stuff makes it hard to be close to God. The bigger your
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008
TEST OF INSANITY in the 1800’s: Placed in a room with a sink and a mop & bucket. Sink is stopped up and the water is turned on. Water begins to overflow unto the floor.
An insane person will react by grabbing the mop and feverishly working to clean the water from the floor while it continues to
...read more
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 4, 2008
Jim Collins’ book, Good To Great, sold more than a million copies. The first sentence captures his main point: “Good is the enemy of great.” Collins believes that most organizations fail to become great because they are good, and we settle for good. Good is good enough for most people.
As a
...read more
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
based on 4 ratings
| 1,464 views
There was a boy who was very popular among others his age. He was an excellent leader in his school groups. One of his friends visited him and saw a homemade plaque in his room with the words "I Am Third" on it. His friend asked him what it meant and he replied, "It is the motto I try to use in my
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sermon Central