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  • Only A Donkey  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 5,799 views

    ONLY A DONKEY The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride. He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. "I’ll show myself to them," he thought. But they didn’t notice ...read more

  • The Conversion Of George Whitefield

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 29, 2011
     | 4,606 views

    THE CONVERSION OF GEORGE WHITEFIELD In the 1730's in England, a young man named George Whitefield desperately wanted to be right before God. As a student at Oxford, he was part of the Holy Club, along with John and Charles Wesley. The members of that club rose early every day for lengthy ...read more

  • What Really Matters?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 19, 2014
     | 5,977 views

    A young woman woke up early one day, she was so excited. She said: THIS WILL BE A WONDERFUL DAY. She looked in the mirror to discover she ONLY HAD THREE HAIRS ON HER HEAD. She thought for a while and decided she would BRAID her hair. She thought her BRAID WITH THE Three HAIRS was so pretty. SHE ...read more

  • God Summons Us To Seek Our Best Creative Selves. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,912 views

    "God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken to the creative possibilities of ...read more

  • During The 1st Part Of The 20th Century, J. C. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 11, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,061 views

    During the 1st part of the 20th century, J. C. Penney presided over a very powerful empire of over 1,700 stores. At the time he had the country’s largest chain of department stores, each one bearing his name. Although his enterprise made him incredibly wealthy, J.C. Penney’s life was not devoid ...read more

  • Doug Nichols Served With Operation Mobilisation ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,035 views

    Doug Nichols served with Operation Mobilisation in India 1966-1968. In 1967, Doug Nochols was serving as a missionary in India. While he was just starting to study the language he contracted tuberculosis and was eventually sent to a sanatorium to recuperate. It was not a very good place to be. ...read more

  • In 1993 Gerald Sittser, A Professor At Whitworth ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 2,634 views

    In 1993 Gerald Sittser, a professor at Whitworth College was driving home from a family outing. In the car was his mother, wife of 20 years and four children. A drunk driver swerved across the center line and hit them head on. In an instant he lost his wife, his two year old daughter and his ...read more

  • What It Means To Live Under Grace Is Illustrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Sloat on Apr 3, 2001
    based on 168 ratings
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    What it means to live under grace is illustrated by the life of John Newton. Newton was born in London, half a century before the American Revolution, to a mother of superb spiritual qualities and a nondescript father. His mother died when he was six. Five years later he went to sea with his father ...read more

  • Bryan Chapell Tells This Story That Happened In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 8,476 views

    Bryan Chapell tells this story that happened in his hometown: Two brothers were playing on the sandbanks by the river. One ran after another up a large mound of sand. Unfortunately, the mound was not solid, and their weight caused them to sink in quickly. When the boys did not return home ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, In The Voyage Of The Dawntreader, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 72 ratings
     | 1,351 views

    C. S. Lewis, in The Voyage of the Dawntreader, part of The Chronicles of Narnia series, tells the story of Eustace, a boy who happens upon a hidden treasure which is guarded by a dragon. He has become alienated from his friends and their values by his own churlishness, and when he finds the ...read more

  • Dr. A. T. Pierson Says That There Has Never Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 22, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,074 views

    Dr. A. T. Pierson says that there has never been a revival in any country or locality that did not begin with united prayer. I have already described the First Great Awakening and how God responded to prayer. Let me now give you some more examples. By the middle of the 19th Century the country was ...read more

  • A Salesman, Driving On A Lonely Country Road One ...

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
     | 2,796 views

    “A salesman, driving on a lonely country road one dark and rainy night, had a flat tire. He opened the trunk- no tire wrench. The light form a farmhouse could be seen dimly up the road. He set out on foot through the driving rain. Surely the farmer would have a tire wrench he could borrow, he ...read more

  • Andrew Jackson Needs To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 4,735 views

    ANDREW JACKSON NEEDS TO REPENT I heard about a famous preacher by the name of Peter Cartwright. He became one of the leaders of what we now refer to as the 2nd Great Awakening. Cartwright personally baptized over 12,000 people during his ministry. He was a Circuit rider and spent most of his ...read more

  • D.l. Moody's Thoughts Before His Death Illustrate ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 2,897 views

    D.L. Moody’s Thoughts Before His Death Illustrate an Important Habit--Begin with the End in Mind Steven Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, states that one of those habits is to “Begin with the end in mind”; for the final days and hours of a man are often some of the most ...read more

  • Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,510 views

    Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance and Exercising Due Diligence As I start to sit down, now, listen to the story of the African-American Episcopalian lay leader, Oscar Greene, of West Medford, Massachusetts! One day, he was invited to serve as a Bank Director! He was hesitant to accept the ...read more

  • Fervent Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,362 views

    FERVENT PRAYER George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, future US Presidents, were among the delegates meeting at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, on March 23, 1775, considering a resolution sending Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. The Virginia House of Burgesses was unconvinced. ...read more

  • God Opposes The Proud At Mt. St. Helens

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 2,561 views

    GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD AT MT. ST. HELENS In the spring of 1980, the mountain showed signs of awakening. There were earthquakes. There was volcanic activity. Residents were told to leave the area. But Harry Truman would have nothing to do with that. He believed the danger was exaggerated "I don't ...read more

  • Fight For Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,626 views

    Fight for Joy John Piper offers 15 Biblical things we must do to fight for joy. (I can only list them today, and commend to you his book, "When I Don’t Desire God.") This list reminds me that faith does not produce inactivity, but God-centered activity: 1) Realize that authentic joy in God is a ...read more

  • Silent When Needed

    Contributed by Wayne Presnell on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,687 views

    SILENT WHEN NEEDED In the late 1990’s, our family lived in a split level apartment in Union Township, just north of Cincinnati, OH. It was a great location in many ways: it was close to a major freeway, but not so close that we had to listen to its traffic; it was just five minutes from the ...read more

  • Marshall  PRO

    Contributed by Bishop Raymond Allan Johnson on Feb 9, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,716 views

    Marshall I’m 54 years old and I’ve forgotten a whole lot of things that have happened to me in the course of my life – but there is one incident that has stuck with me for right at 50 years; and will probably be with me for the rest of my life. When I was four years old my mother moved us into a ...read more

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