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  • Under Authority

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,407 views

    UNDER AUTHORITY I used to be a substitute teacher. Most of the time, I had good classes. Sometimes I had bad classes. But one day, I had a horrible class. Kids were running around the room, throwing paper wads, screaming and yelling. One kid ran out the side door into the courtyard and came back ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,936 views

    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
     | 1,417 views

    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • The Idea That ’the Spirit Can Work ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 1,238 views

    "The idea that ’the Spirit can work somehow,’ that God can bring something out of it if we just sort of throw it out there, is unjustifiable from those who aim to know the living God and can see his integrity and dedication to quality ...read more

  • I Cannot Praise A Fugitive And Cloistered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,381 views

    "I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversity, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat." John Milton, Courage - ...read more

  • We Call This "Exegesis." The Greek Word ...

    Contributed by Mike Gillett on Feb 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,968 views

    We call this “exegesis.” The Greek word exegeomai means basically “to lead out of.” When applied to the Biblical text, it carries the sense of “reading out” the meaning. The meaning comes from the text. The noun, therefore, could refer to “interpretation” or ...read more

  • Judgment Joke

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 6,473 views

    JUDGMENT JOKE It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning; they shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid ...read more

  • Bible Riddles  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,701 views

    Bible riddles Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation. Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible? A. Pharaoh’s daughter. She went down to the bank of the Nile and drew out A little prophet. Q. What ...read more

  • My Wife And I Was On Our Way To Church The Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,337 views

    My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down ...read more

  • Paul Powell Once Said "Many Churches Today Remind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,633 views

    Paul Powell once said “Many churches today remind me of a laboring crew trying to gather in a harvest while they sit in the tool shed. They go to the tool shed every Sunday and they study bigger and better methods of agriculture, sharpen their hoes, grease their tractors, and then get up and ...read more

  • The Trouble With Money  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 2, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,525 views

    Illustration: The Trouble with Money Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it’s gonna break. You got your biggest,fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It’s got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going ...read more

  • Take A Clear Glass Or Cup And Fill It With Dirty ...  PRO

    Contributed by Weston Blankenship on Jul 29, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,149 views

    Take a clear glass or cup and fill it with dirty water. Say this is a type of our sinfull soul before God’s forgiveness. Then dump it out in a bucket and say this is Christ forgivness, He cleans out all the sin. Then wash in the cup in a clean bucket. This is a type of baptism in Jesus name. Then ...read more

  • Recently A Photograph Of Two Sculptors ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 2, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    Recently a photograph of two sculptors decorating a new post office in a suburb of Cologne, West Germany, appeared in our daily newspaper. Two giant hands, each two meters long, seem to be grasping for each other but in vain. One hand, the higher hand, juts right out of the side of the building ...read more

  • Women Are More Spiritual: Barna Research Online ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,347 views

    Women Are More Spiritual: Barna Research Online reports; 7 out of every 10 women say they are deeply spiritual compared only 5 out of 10 men. 46% of U.S. women hold beliefs that classify them as born again, ...read more

  • Noah Could Have Been The Poster Child For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,408 views

    Noah could have been the poster child for obedience. But I wonder if Noah ever felt foolish out there building a boat out in his back yard. Were there days when he thought about quitting? For Noah, building this boat was a huge step of ...read more

  • Shinto Beliefs And The End Of The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2002
     | 2,181 views

    Shinto Beliefs and the End of the World "There is NO belief in Shinto in a final, cataclysmic "end of the world" where the physical world is wiped out... Shinto doesn’t work that way. Existence is a dance that never, ever ends. A dance where no one gets left ...read more

  • A Boy And The Bible

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 24, 2009
     | 3,029 views

    A BOY AND THE BIBLE A little boy opened the big old family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the pages. Suddenly something fell out. It was an old leaf that had been pressed between the pages. He yelled ...read more

  • Finances Can Be A Great Challenge For All Of Us. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Barron on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,471 views

    Finances can be a great challenge for all of us. Or, perhaps I should say, MOST of us. One guy said: “I never worry about money. I have enough to last me the rest of my life – unless I buy something.” Maybe you heard me tell before about the wife who had been working over next year’s budget, ...read more

  • Few Know That Bill Gates Was Once A Student At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,791 views

    Few know that Bill Gates was once a student at Harvard. He dropped out to give all of his attention to his new love: computers. His mother was a Regent at the University of Washington and was upselt that her son had dropped out of school. She asked a family friend, respected by Bill in his own ...read more

  • Joseph Stowell Spouted Off To His Teacher At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,349 views

    Joseph Stowell spouted off to his teacher at school and told her to shut up and then he stood up and walked out of the class room. As he walked down the block to his house he noticed that his mother was working in the yard. He stopped dead in his tracks. He thought “What am I going to tell her?” He ...read more

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