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  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,961 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • One Sunday Evening Years Ago, I Left My Home To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,668 views

    One Sunday evening years ago, I left my home to go to our evening services at the Church where I was then Pastor. Only myself, and my little eight year old son was there. No one showed up that Sunday evening, as the weather was quite stormy. We waited until about 7:20 and told my boy that we might ...read more

  • Some Of You Will Have Met My Friend Chris Page. ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 19, 2008
     | 1,174 views

    Some of you will have met my friend Chris Page. He preached here at Christ Church about two years ago and it was a joy to meet up with him in Rwanda in November 2007. About eight years ago Chris firmly believed that God was asking him to go and live in Rwanda to work amongst orphans and to start-up ...read more

  • No One Would Take Him

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,326 views

    NO ONE WOULD TAKE HIM In 1952 a probation officer in New York City tried to find an organization that would assist in the adoption of a twelve-year-old boy. Although the child had a religious background, none of the major denominations would assist in his adoption. Said the officer later, "His ...read more

  • The Story Of Martin Luther

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,663 views

    THE STORY OF MARTIN LUTHER In 1517, an obscure Catholic priest named Martin Luther placed his life in God's hands when he nailed his 95 theses, his 95 arguments against the Catholic church, on the door of the Wittenberg Church. There was nothing wrong with nailing pages to the door. Everything was ...read more

  • The Best Preacher In The Family  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 29, 2001
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,328 views

    THE BEST PREACHER IN THE FAMILY G. Campbell Morgan, a profound British preacher whose four sons all became pastors, influenced millions with his preaching, teaching and writing. One day, when his young son Howard finished preached, a reporter asked him, "Since you have five Pastors in your ...read more

  • A Minister Friend Of Mine Received A Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 4,211 views

    A minister friend of mine received a Christmas card with a note in it from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching, & compared him with Billy Graham. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all time." Later that ...read more

  • Two Elderly, Excited Southern Women Were Sitting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Apr 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,070 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER!" When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled ...read more

  • The New Priest Offered His First Sermon To His ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 29, 2008
     | 2,031 views

    The new priest offered his first sermon to his congregation. As the people left, many stopped and complimented him on his preaching. He thanked them, went through the week and, the next Sunday, noticed a larger congregation. Some of the parishioners looked at each other during the sermon ...read more

  • A Minister Received A Christmas Card With A Note ...

    Contributed by Les Sinks on Aug 4, 2007
     | 2,412 views

    A minister received a Christmas card with a note in it from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching, & compared him with Billy Graham. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all time." Later that day, when he showed ...read more

  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,004 views

    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

  • An Old Woman Dearly Loved Her Lord. Often Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,010 views

    An old woman dearly loved her Lord. Often her cup of joy overflowed. A favourite expression of hers was, "Praise the Lord!" Often, in God’s house, when the minister preached, she would say, "Praise the Lord!" Sometimes, however, the minister was disturbed by this, and he would lose his line of ...read more

  • I'd Rather Be Able To Pray Than Be A Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,621 views

    "I'd rather be able to pray than be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how ...read more

  • Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 1,457 views

    Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9 . The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,218 views

    BAG OF CANDY A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to ...read more

  • I Was Just Watching The Movie,

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,236 views

    I was just watching the movie, “Chicken Run” the other night. In the movie, the rooster, played by Mel Gibson has convinced two rats who scrounge for things to get them what they need to help the chickens escape the chicken farm. The rats had been demanding eggs, but the hens had refused. But ...read more

  • Signs You're In A Bad Church  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,417 views

    Signs You’re in a Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship services are B.Y.O.S.: ...read more

  • Mike Breaux, When He Was The Sr. Pastor At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,617 views

    Mike Breaux, when he was the Sr. Pastor at Southland Christian Church in Lexington, KY, made this point in a dramatic fashion. On the day he was to preach on the very text we’re studying, from James 2, Mike dressed up as a destitute bag lady and entered the Church service just as it began. He was ...read more

  • Invalids' Prayers Bring Revival  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,764 views

    INVALIDS' PRAYERS BRING REVIVAL Max Lucado told of a church in Scotland back in the 1940s that was struggling to keep the doors open. A couple of its members were two older ladies who were invalids and couldn’t get out for worship any longer. But these ladies refused to allow their infirmities to ...read more

  • What Not To Do  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,312 views

    WHAT NOT TO DO The new millenium brought out the worst in parenting, and no parenting methods were criticized more harshly than those of captured American Taliban, John Lindh Walker. When Lindh Walker was 10, the family from Washington State moved to socially liberal Marin County, just over the ...read more

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