Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 4,273 views
In his book, A Turtle on the Fencepost, Allen C. Emery tells of a night he spent on the Texas plains with a shepherd who was keeping two thousand sheep. The shepherd prepared a bonfire for cooking supper and providing warmth. The sheep dogs lay down near the fire as the stars filled the
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 4,248 views
“These Hands”
A young man and a young woman became engaged and were looking forward to a near wedding day, when the young man was suddenly called into the service of his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went, and love shined brightly in all of them. Then letters from
...read more
Denomination:
Christian Church
Susan’s mom mentioned a strange story in the Logan County, Ilinois newspaper last week(June ’07). The article said at about 7:15 AM, a man named Cody Rutz stole an Illinois Department of Transportation truck and fled from police southbound on Illinois 121. Police lost sight of him near Mount
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,323 views
The Ermine
In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives a little animal called the ermine, known for his snow-white fur. He instinctively protects his white coat against anything that would soil it. His fur is so fine; nothing is more beautiful on the fur markets of the world. In some countries
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by David Ward on Dec 30, 2007
God will make things right, so stay with it to the end ...
1. When it looks like Dorothy won’t get out of the witch’s castle, let alone home to Kansas, stay with it to the end.
2. When it looks like Charlton Heston won’t get those people out of Egypt, and certainly not across the Red Sea, stay
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jan 5, 2008
GOODNESS: Pretend you were to go out on the streets today and ask people a question. The question is this: “What is good?” On the face, we live in corrupted world; in which things are termed O.K. … So what is ‘good’? In Matthew 19 a man addressed Jesus and said, “Good Teacher, what good thing
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 1 rating
| 4,195 views
“We are Christ ambassador’s….
By Pastor Donny Granberry
Ambassador – (Webster’s) a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic
...read more
Denomination:
Assembly Of God
though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong
today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on
there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining
...read more
Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
based on 4 ratings
| 4,055 views
Demonstrate the Gospel
R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 1,901 views
Story of little Grace: My nephew and his wife were horrified to find out that the baby she was carrying was diagnosed with Trifomy13.
Trisomy 13, also called Patau syndrome, is a chromosomal condition that is associated with severe mental retardation and certain physical abnormalities. These
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 11, 2008
A tragic event that occurred in the spring of 1931 when nine young black men were pulled off an Alabama freight train and accused of raping two young white women.
A fight had broken out between blacks and whites in which, the whites were thrown off the train; the surprise was that two southern
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 1 rating
| 2,127 views
Finney coined the following thoughts about revival from his lectures and book called "Revivals of Religion" (1835):
“A revival always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the church…In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions, they see their sins in such light
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
People would have been familiar with several options for living. They could choose to collaborate with the Romans like the Sadducees and even the tax collectors. They could choose to live according to a high standard of rules and regulations designed (supposedly) to gain God’s favor by being good
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Jun 7, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 3,053 views
The Story of John Wesley
A page from John Wesley’s Diary reads as follows: Sunday morning, May 5, preached in St. Ann’s, was asked not to come back anymore. Sunday p.m., May 5, preached at St. John’s, deacons said, "Get out and stay out." Sunday a.m., May 12, preached at St. Jude’s,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 13, 2008
If you tune the second string of your guitar, the A string, to 440 hertz, then pluck it, the E string at 330 hertz will begin to vibrate also, because they share an overtone of 1320 hertz. It is called sympathetic vibrations. As you read this paragraph, Jesus is plucking the A string of mercy; does
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 29, 2008
I watched one of my favorite movies last night. It is an old comedy called "The God's Must Be Crazy." It is about a bush tribe that lives in the Kalahari Desert; they have no earthly possessions. They are happy, content, and self sufficient.
A bush plane flies overhead (which they mistake for a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Nazarene
Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
A wealthy couple desired to employ a chauffeur. The wife advertised, the applicants were screened, and (4) candidates were brought to her for the final selection. She called the prospective men to her balcony and pointed out a brick wall alongside the driveway. She asked the men, "How close do you
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
So what is a vision? George Barna defines it as, "Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants and is based upon an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances." Vision is more than simply what could be. It’s something that must
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Sermon Central