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  • To Know God's Will, Follow The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 5,421 views

    To Know God’s Will, Follow the Guide In A Slow and Certain Light, Elizabeth Elliot tells of 2 adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rainforest East of the Andes. It was the first time they are trekking the forest but they sought no advice, just a few phrases to ...read more

  • Pulling On Both Oars  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,113 views

    PULLING ON BOTH OARS An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith" and on the other oar the word "Works." Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of these oars. The old man, being a ...read more

  • Wife Of Pastor E.v. Hill Risks Life To Protect ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
     | 3,871 views

    Wife of Pastor E.V. Hill Risks Life to Protect Husband from Car Bomb Pastor E. V. Hill was talking about the racial violence in downtown Watts, in the Los Angeles area. He is as a Baptist Preacher and was caught up in that kind of tension. There was another of the black pastors who had already been ...read more

  • Miraculous Protection Of Missionary John G. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
     | 5,043 views

    Miraculous Protection of Missionary John G. Paton John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides. He had aroused the enmity of the local native chief by his successes in the Gospel, the chief hired a man to kill the missionary. The man went to the missionary’s house, but instead of murdering ...read more

  • A Bug's Life (Disney)

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2010
     | 2,698 views

    A Bug's Life (Disney) Overview -- Hopper explains to his gang that one ant may be harmless and unable to stop them, like throwing one seed at a gang member. Hundreds of ants joined together, though, could bury them as surely as hundreds of seeds do. This speech rallies his gang to crush the ants' ...read more

  • The Judge In The Criminal Case Of The State Vs. ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 3,141 views

    The judge in the criminal case of the state vs. Bob Jones said, “The defendant will rise as the charges are read.” Mr. Jones’s attorney stood and motioned for Mr. Jones to stand, but he remained seated. The judge then asked, "Mr. Jones, are you the defendant in this case?" "No sir, your honor, ...read more

  • * I Remember Being In The Main Avenue That Runs ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 7, 2010
     | 1,066 views

    *** I remember being in the main avenue that runs through Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar w/ my wife Coral. As we stood in the downtown area we looked on both sides of the avenue where we saw a staircase ascending upon the ridge both ways. On those staircases hundreds of people – buying / ...read more

  • Selling What You Believe In

    Contributed by Warren Whitaker on Feb 10, 2010
     | 1,938 views

    Selling What You Believe In My best friend in high school is now a teacher, but when we were in college, he tried his hand at selling things. He worked for Amway, Long Distance Telephone services, all sorts of those door to door, sign-you-up, pyramid-type business. I even remember him selling ...read more

  • Mr. Galey Said His Brother Borrowed A Miter Box ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,174 views

    Mr. Galey said his brother borrowed a miter box from him on one occasion to make a picture frame. A miter is a sloping surface instead of a straight one. In the case of a picture frame, the miter joint would be at a 45 degree angle on each piece of wood. A miter box is a u-shaped object so ...read more

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,353 views

    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

  • Here’s A Story About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on May 11, 2010
     | 4,604 views

    Here’s a story about a woman who was standing at a bus stop. She had just cashed her tax refund check, so she was carrying more money than usual. She glanced around and noticed a shabbily dressed man standing nearby. As she watched, she saw another man walk up to him, hand him some money, and ...read more

  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 5,718 views

    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • Friend Of The Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,309 views

    FRIEND OF THE SON Rick Warren talks about Ron Dunn, a friend of his, who took his young son to a carnival one time for his birthday. His son had picked six boys to go with him, so Ron bought a roll of tickets. Every line he'd come up to, he'd pull off seven tickets and give them to all the kids. ...read more

  • Praying For Wind

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2010
     | 2,540 views

    PRAYING FOR WIND When Hudson Taylor went to China, he made the voyage on a sailing vessel. As it neared the channel between the southern Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the missionary heard an urgent knock on his stateroom door. He opened it, and there stood the captain of the ship. ...read more

  • Wise Men Came From Afar

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 5, 2010
     | 4,087 views

    WISE MEN CAME FROM AFAR Most people know that Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, but they really do not understand as much as we think they do. In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature ...read more

  • The Town Gossip

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,180 views

    THE TOWN GOSSIP Many years ago the Moody Church News carried a humorous story about a woman in a small town who was known for being a gossip. One day on vacation she visited the offices of The Chicago Daily News. She was wearing a white dress and inadvertently leaned against a wall where a freshly ...read more

  • When Does The Size Of A House Become Sinful?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,215 views

    WHEN DOES THE SIZE OF A HOUSE BECOME SINFUL? Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly ...read more

  • Beauty From What He Puts In

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,534 views

    BEAUTY FROM WHAT HE PUTS IN There once was a brier growing in a ditch when a gardener came along with his spade and dug it up. He dug around it and gently lifted it out of the ground, bringing the brier to ask itself, "What is he doing? Doesn’t he know I’m a worthless brier?" But the gardener ...read more

  • Mom's One-Line Sermons

    Contributed by Jim Bennett on May 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,995 views

    MOM'S ONE-LINE SERMONS In John 2:5, at the wedding in Cana, Mary, mother of Jesus, tells the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." That's "Mary's One-Line Sermon." Now, my mom preached some great one-line sermons to me as I was growing up. She had a one-line sermon from Revelation ...read more

  • Cast The First Stone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,198 views

    CAST THE FIRST STONE A woman named Marilyn Helleberg told about being a teenager at church camp. She said an ugly rumor got started there about two of the counselors and it quickly became the talk of the camp. The next day, at Morning Prayer, the minister read the story of the adulterous woman. ...read more

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