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  • A Spiritual Mirage?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,728 views

    A SPIRITUAL MIRAGE? In 1849 a wagon train was traveling through Death Valley to follow the gold rush into California. As this particular wagon train trudged through Death Valley, the hottest place in California, they looked ahead and saw a sheet of water they all believed was Owen’s Lake. But ...read more

  • Saved And Saving - D. L. Moody Shared ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 14, 2009
     | 1,888 views

    SAVED AND SAVING - D. L. Moody shared this: One day I saw a steel engraving that I liked very much. I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen, at the time, and I bought it. It was a picture of a woman coming out of the water, and clinging with both arms to the cross. There she came out ...read more

  • The Cure We Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,645 views

    THE CURE WE NEED A man limps into a hospital to have his foot X-rayed and is asked to wait for the results. Some time later an orderly appears and hands the man a large pill. As he’s handed the pill, a mother with a small child in need of immediate attention enters and the orderly disappears with ...read more

  • Baptism Long Ago

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    BAPTISM LONG AGO Centuries ago the circumstances of one's baptism would come on Easter eve at midnight. In the semidarkness, he or she would disrobe and descend into the waters to be immersed three times, in the name of the Father, then the Son, and finally the Holy Spirit. The newly baptized ...read more

  • How Sin Can Capture You

    Contributed by John Phillip R. Pesebre on Jun 4, 2012
     | 1,737 views

    HOW SIN CAN CAPTURE YOU Dr. Ralph Sockman writes about an experience he had while standing on the edge of Niagra Falls one clear, cold March day. Wrapped in white winter garments, the falls glistened in the bright sun. As some birds swooped down to snatch a drink from the clear water, Sockman's ...read more

  • An Old Table Tells That When Zaccheus Grew Old ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,599 views

    An old table tells that when Zaccheus grew old he lived in Jericho as a humble and devout believer. Every morning at sunrise, so the story goes, he went for a walk carrying a pitcher of water. Upon his return, he always seemed happy and radiant. His wife, with usual curiosity, followed him one ...read more

  • This Is A Picture Of Johnny. Johnny's Mother Saw ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,232 views

    This is a picture of Johnny. Johnny’s mother saw him playing church with the family cat. The cat was sitting there quietly while Johnny preached his sermon to the cat. Johnny’s mother smiled and went back to her work. A little while later, she heard a huge commotion where Johnny was supposed to ...read more

  • Could Be Worse  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,325 views

    COULD BE WORSE It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door to each other opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a ...read more

  • Helen Roseveare Is A British Medical Doctor Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,911 views

    Helen Roseveare is a British medical doctor who worked for many years as a missionary in Zaire. During the revolution of the 1960s, she often faced brutal beatings and other forms of physical torture. On one occasion, when she was about to be executed, she feared God had forsaken her. In that ...read more

  • Life Is Like The Batting Cages .the Balls Keep ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Mar 14, 2008
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    Life is like the batting cages .The balls keep coming and coming and sometimes we hit home runs and sometimes we hit some fouls and some times we just strike out, but no matter how miserably we fail the balls will continue to come and we either choose to swing on or to step aside and just watch the ...read more

  • It Just Seemed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,573 views

    IT JUST SEEMED LONG George Buttrick is considered one of the top ten preachers of the 20th Century. He served nearly thirty years as pastor of New York’s Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. From that distinguished pulpit, Buttrick began a teaching career at Union Theological Seminary, then as ...read more

  • Priority Lesson  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
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    Priority Lesson At a nursing home in Florida a resident group was discussing ailments. "My arms are so weak I can hardly life this cup of coffee," said one. "Yes I know, my cataracts are so bad I can't even see my coffee," replied another. "I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my ...read more

  • I Am One Of Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,050 views

    I AM ONE OF THEM As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times ...read more

  • Just Keep On A-Going Dont Dare To Stand Still; ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,290 views

    "Just keep on a-going dont dare to stand still; For water a-flowing is what turns the mill. Just keep on a-working and happiness gain, ...read more

  • Speaking Of Church Attendance, Have You Ever ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 4, 2005
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     | 8,195 views

    Speaking of church attendance, have you ever heard Murphy’s Law for Preachers: Law # 1: If the weather is extremely bad, church attendance will be down. Law #2: If the weather is extremely good church attendance will be down. Law #3: If the ...read more

  • Some Say Fish Have A Six Second Memory. So, ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,340 views

    Some say fish have a six second memory. So, when one fish gets caught on a hook, only six seconds later, all his fish friends are ready to get hooked again. People are like that. They see ...read more

  • I Think You've Seen Jesus.

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Nov 15, 2010
     | 2,790 views

    "I THINK YOU'VE SEEN JESUS." The real putting off and putting on is not so much about our determination to make improvements but about giving ourselves over to our Lord to do the real work in our lives. In the children's book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, there is a particularly bad boy named ...read more

  • Lyndon Johnson Was The President Of The United ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mathews Itty on Mar 28, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 2,059 views

    Lyndon Johnson was the President of the United States of America during the 1960’s. He was quite famous for his love of speed. Once Evangelist Dr. Billy graham and his wife were invited to his farmhouse in Texas. This farmhouse was located by the side of a river amidst lush green surroundings. ...read more

  • A Man Entered A Restaurant And Sat On One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,264 views

    A man entered a restaurant and sat on one of the stools at the counter. The waiter bought a glass of water to the man. The customer then immediately threw it into the waiters face. Quickly grabbing a napkin, the customer helped the waiter dry his face while he apologized with great remorse. "I’m ...read more

  • Consider This Story Told By Bernard L. Brown, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 1, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,666 views

    Consider this story told by Bernard L. Brown, Jr., president of the Kennestone Regional Health Care System in the state of Georgia. Brown once worked in a hospital where a patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor beside the patient’s bed. The patient was afraid he might ...read more

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