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  • The Jesus Store

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
     | 3,337 views

    The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the mall and walked in to one of the ...read more

  • Strike While The Iron Is Hot. Did You Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,973 views

    Strike while the iron is hot. Did you ever wonder what that means? The blacksmith heats his iron red-hot in the fiery forge. It requires time to heat the iron up and time for it to cool down once it is plunged into the cooling water. But, in between, is the single moment when the iron is perfectly ...read more

  • In The Year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, A Lawyer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,176 views

    In the year 1873, Haroatio Spafford, a lawyer from Chicago, placed his wife and four daughters on the LUXURY LINER “Ville du Havre” sailing from New York to France. Spafford expected to JOIN them in about 3 or 4 weeks after finishing up some BUSINESS, but with the exception of his wife he never saw ...read more

  • The Jesus Store  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,361 views

    Let me close with this story - The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the ...read more

  • George Müller Told Of A Wealthy German Whose Wife ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,539 views

    George Müller told of a wealthy German whose wife was a devout believer. This man was a heavy drinker, spending late nights in the tavern. She would send the servants to bed, stay up till he returned, receive him kindly, and never scold him or complain. At times she would even have to undress him ...read more

  • Unsteady Ground: Just Keep Going

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 3,544 views

    UNSTEADY GROUND: JUST KEEP GOING Have you ever stepped on ground that seemed unsteady, but you really had to go on, just to get where you were going? Just recently we took a trip up to the (northern part of South Korea) Hwacho’n area and then down to the Chuncho’n areas. We stopped at a nice ...read more

  • George Mueller Was A Great Man Of Faith. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 2,311 views

    George Mueller was a great man of faith. He believed in the greatness of God, and prayed accordingly. A Christian steamship captain, a contemporary of George Mueller, once told of an experience involving Mueller’s great faith. While sailing off the coast of Newfoundland in extremely heavy fog, ...read more

  • Living Without Power  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 32 ratings
     | 6,154 views

    LIVING WITHOUT POWER The story is told of an elderly woman named Norena, who lived in southern Florida. When a hurricane hit that area, her home was one of many that was severely damaged. Norena received an insurance settlement, and the repair work began. However, when the money ran out, so did ...read more

  • Sandbar Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 3,891 views

    SANDBAR FAITH Have you ever stepped on ground that seemed unsteady, but you really had to go on, just to get where you were going? Just recently we took a trip up to the (northern part of South Korea) Hwacho'n area and then down to the Chuncho'n areas. We stopped at a nice restaurant where they ...read more

  • The Last Supper By Leonardo Da Vinci

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 21, 2025
     | 278 views

    Story: Leonardo da Vinci took seven years to paint his famous picture the "Last Supper". He used living people to depict the figures representing the Twelve Apostles and Christ. He started the fresco with Jesus Christ himself. It is reputed that he viewed hundreds and hundreds of ...read more

  • The Business Executive

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2025
     | 259 views

    Story: A business manager went on holiday to an island in Greece. One day, while he was on the beach, he was called up on his mobile phone by his secretary, wanting some help. He gave her some instructions and told her to call him back when she had finished. As he was pacing up and down ...read more

  • Sunday's Coming

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Apr 15, 2019
     | 3,438 views

    HELLO, MY NAME IS PETER It’s Thursday evening and we were enjoying a private dinner with the JESUS. It should have been a great celebration, But Jesus kept talking about betrayal and death. WE couldn’t understand what he was getting at, then he broke the bread and told us it was his body. Then He ...read more

  • What Is Death Like

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 1, 2026
     | 45 views

    In his book “A Man Called Peter” Peter Marshall tells the story of a little boy he knew who was suffering from a terminal illness. At first, he didn’t understand what was happening to him, but as the months passed, and he had to stay inside while his friends went outside to play, the truth ...read more

  • The Event Occurred Back In The Early 60's When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Pace on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,200 views

    The event occurred back in the early 60’s when Abortion was not a legal option. She was a young High School student. She met a boy that was everything that she dreamed of. She allowed him to have his way with her and she became pregnant. He told her that he had no desire to marry her and was going ...read more

  • John Mentions Three Areas Of Sin Here. I Want To ...

    Contributed by Jasper Rains on Oct 18, 2009
     | 2,515 views

    John mentions three areas of sin here. I want to take a moment and dig a bit further to see what each of these sins really mean. I wan to try and help you see what John is telling us is of the world and will lead to death. • Lust of the flesh: Putting our desires first. – Sex, pleasures • Lust of ...read more

  • Kindness To An Old Man Opened The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,792 views

    Illustration: Kindness to an Old Man Opened the Door Doug Nichols, said that “While serving with Operation Mobilization in India in 1967, I spent several months in a TB sanitarium with tuberculosis. After finally being admitted into the sanitarium, I tried to give tracts to the patients, doctors, ...read more

  • Society's Slide Into Sexual Immorality  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 25, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,454 views

    Society's Slide Into Sexual Immorality We are now some 30 years into the sexual revolution that began in the 1960s. What has been the impact on society? What are the implications for the future? Sex is everywhere. It permeates the movies and the television programs we watch, the music we hear, ...read more

  • Writer & Speaker Joni Erickson Tada Was Paralyzed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 151 ratings
     | 4,984 views

    Writer & speaker Joni Erickson Tada was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident. In her book Secret Strength, Joni wrote about facing temptation. I was in my late 20’s, single, and with every prospect of remaining so. Sometimes lust or a bit of fantasizing would seem so inviting and so ...read more

  • In A Seminary Missions Class, Herbert Jackson ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 29, 2001
    based on 245 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car ...read more

  • Simple Obedience  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 187 ratings
     | 10,273 views

    Spurgeon: “It is my first public declaration that a thing which looks to be unreasonable and seems to be unprofitable, being commanded by God, is law, is law to me. If my Master had told me to pick up six stones and lay them in a row I would do it, without demanding of him, ‘What good will it do?’ ...read more