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  • Prayer Is The Link  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 9, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,662 views

    ILLUSTRATION... Prayer is the link by AB Simpson Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod ...read more

  • Prayer Is The Link That Connects Us With God. It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,996 views

    Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod supreme, the arena of martyrdom awaiting the dawning of ...read more

  • A Pilot Was Flying His Small Plane One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,221 views

    A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire. Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high ...read more

  • A Pilot Was Flying His Small Plane One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,462 views

    A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire. Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high altitudes. ...read more

  • At Age 83 On August 4, 1786, John Wesley Wrote ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Aug 25, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,584 views

    At age 83 on August 4, 1786, John Wesley wrote his pamphlet entitled “Thoughts on Methodism.” This contains one of my favorite quotations from Wesley but one that continues to haunt me as I reflect on the sad state of our United Methodist denomination in America and the spiritual condition of our ...read more

  • The 19th-Century Bible Scholar G. S. Bowes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,945 views

    The 19th-century Bible scholar G. S. Bowes pointed out the ultimate futility of ambition that isn’t accompanied by dedication to God. Citing four powerful world rulers of the past, he wrote: “Alexander the Great was not satisfied, even when he had completely subdued the nations. He wept because ...read more

  • A Church Moves On

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,750 views

    A CHURCH MOVES ON "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12.21). A church that was already struggling financially suffered a loss of $5,000 which one of its members had embezzled. This put the church in even greater peril because of its difficulty in meeting financial ...read more

  • Needs Are Different

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,843 views

    Illustration: Needs Are Different Perhaps our understanding for marriage is to give our spouse what we feel is best. Dr. Willard Harley, a Massachusetts psychologist, surveyed the perceived basic needs of men and women in marriage and found that the perceived needs are completely different. ...read more

  • Nation Losing Protestant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,835 views

    NATION LOSING PROTESTANT MAJORITY The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Forum estimates the U.S. is 78% Christian and about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation, at 51% and slipping. More than 25% of U.S. adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or ...read more

  • Late For Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,291 views

    *Late For Work* For thirty years, Johnson had arrived at work at 9 A.M. on the dot. He had never missed a day and was never late. Consequently, when on one particular day 9 A.M. passed without Johnson’s arrival, it caused a sensation. All work ceased and the boss himself, looking at his watch ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,461 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • Just A Little Silver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,978 views

    JUST A LITTLE SILVER There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,234 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • I Shall Be Alive...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2011
     | 1,893 views

    I SHALL BE ALIVE... One of the penetrating churchmen of the past generation was Reverend James Gordon Gilkey. While living in Portland, Oregon, he was told by his physician that he had an incurable disease. Death could not be averted, nor long delayed. What did he do? Here is his own story: "I ...read more

  • Home, Sweet Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
     | 6,891 views

    HOME, SWEET HOME There was a time during the American Civil War, when the rival armies were encamped on the opposite banks of the Potomac River, the Union's band played one of its patriotic tunes, and the Confederate musicians quickly struck up a melody dear to any Southerner's heart. Then one of ...read more

  • Angel At Fredericksburg

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 25, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,199 views

    ANGEL AT FREDERICKSBURG No longer able to withstand the wrenching moans of the suffering wounded and dying Union soldiers, 19 year old Confederate Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd South Carolina approached Brigadier General Joseph Kershaw, CSA, to seek permission to go to their aid. Initially ...read more

  • John Bevere States, "However (Eternity), It's ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 22, 2007
     | 1,308 views

    John Bevere states, “However (eternity), it’s not just a matter of ceaseless time, as it is not subject to time. Eternity transcends time. To speak of eternity in terms of merely perpetual duration is to miss the full picture. To capture the best view of eternity, we must look at God Himself. He is ...read more

  • I Remember A Year Ago When A Doctor Told Me, ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,815 views

    "I remember a year ago when a doctor told me, 'You have an illness from which you won't recover.' I walked out to where I live, five miles from Portland, Oregon, and I looked across at that mountain that I love. I looked at the river in which I rejoice, and I looked at the stately trees that are ...read more

  • G ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 1,424 views

    GLASS There’s an old story about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street. “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women, and children,” answered the ...read more

  • The Rich Man And The Mirror

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 724 views

    One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. He said, "Look out there my wealthy friend." The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see"? asked the rabbi. "I see men, ...read more