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  • Healed But Not Cured!" Hebrews 12: 5-12: Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,866 views

    “Healed But Not Cured!” Hebrews 12: 5-12: Key verse(s): 6 “...because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.” Sickness! There isn’t a life that hasn’t been touched by it. And, when we count our blessings at the end of the day, we aren’t likely to ...read more

  • Afghan Spiritual Harvest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,345 views

    AFGHAN SPIRITUAL HARVEST In his book What Good Is God?, Philip Yancey writes: "This is a true story from Afghanistan that took place in the early 1970s, before the Russian occupation or the Taliban regime. At the time, the government allowed a small Christian church to service internationals who ...read more

  • Reading Their Names  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,867 views

    READING THEIR NAMES Jeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes: "At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a small parade: ...read more

  • The Love Of Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,118 views

    THE LOVE OF CHRIST I want to tell you of a modern day Damascus road experience that some of you may find hard to believe. It is reported in an article by Fred Markert in the current issue of Pray Magazine. Fred is the International Director of YWAM’s Strategic Frontiers, a group that focuses on ...read more

  • Lynn Anderson, In "They Smell Like Sheep," ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,106 views

    Lynn Anderson, in "They Smell Like Sheep," relates this story: “Several years ago in Palestine, Carolyn and I rode a tour bus through Israel’s countryside nearly mesmerized as the tour guide explained the scenery, the history, and the lifestyle. In his description, he included a heart-warming ...read more

  • This Is From The Movie American History X. It's ...

    Contributed by Nathan Garcia on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,304 views

    This is from the movie American History X. It’s a story that touches close to many real life experiences. Derek’s father was killed trying to put out a fire in a crack house in an African American neighborhood. Derek slowly grew to hate “blacks”, and eventually he was controlled by hatred for ...read more

  • In The Late Winter Of 1891, The Whale-Ship 'star ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    In the late winter of 1891, the whale-ship ’Star of the East’ was in the area of the Falkland Islands when it sighted a whale. Two boats were sent out with harpoons to catch and kill the creature. But the whale’s lashing tail overturned one of the boats spilling the crew into the sea. All were ...read more

  • Most Of Us Love Happy Endings! My Girls When They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 22, 2005
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    Most of us love happy endings! My girls when they were little loved Disney’s, ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ In the closing scenes the beast lies dying from a wound inflicted during combat with Gaston his enemy. Belle the beauty finally confesses her love for the beast and just in time gives him the kiss ...read more

  • The Power Of Godly Hope

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 23, 2006
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    *King Duncan tells the story that reminds us of the power of this hope. This happened in 1993, to a man named Terry Stout. Terry was the business manager for the Psychiatry Department at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. *One Fall morning Terry was running a little late, but (I’m sure led by ...read more

  • The Cost His Father Paid

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
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    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • William J. Kirkpatrick, A Prolific Song Writer, ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 13, 2009
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    William J. Kirkpatrick, a prolific song writer, participated in many of the Camp meeting revivals of the 19th century. He often led the music and enlisted the help of soloists and other musicians to perform. During one of these meetings in 1892, he became saddened when he realized that the soloist ...read more

  • How To Miss The Treasure Of Pilgrim's Progress ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    How to Miss the Treasure of Pilgrim’s Progress Through Ignorance Ravi Zacharias tells this story: Some years ago, I was visiting the town of Bedford in England. The reason most tourists go to Bedford is because it was the home of the famed 17th Century writer John Bunyan who penned his immortal ...read more

  • The Rise And Fall Of Nine Rich Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,855 views

    THE RISE AND FALL OF NINE RICH MEN A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were ...read more

  • The Value Of The Rock

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    THE VALUE OF THE ROCK There is an old story told of an occasion in 1799 when a twelve year old boy named Conrad Reed skipped church and went fishing in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm near Fayetteville, North Carolina. In an attempt to spear a fish young Conrad Reed missed but his spear ...read more

  • A Timely Testimony

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 23, 2012
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    A TIMELY TESTIMONY Jim Cymbala tells an amazing story of one Sunday in his church: (Fresh Faith pp. 78-82) During the choir anthem, Pastor Jim was touched by the words of one of the young men who was featured as a soloist during the song. As the song concluded, Pastor Jim was strongly prompted ...read more

  • God, Please Save My Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2012
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    "GOD, PLEASE SAVE MY SON." Imagine what went through Moses’ mother’s heart when she turned her just weaned child over to Pharaoh’s daughter. Pharaoh’s daughter was a stranger, a foreigner, living in an anti-Semitic home, whose father was pursuing genocide, trying to wipe out the Hebrew race. ...read more

  • A Good Preacher Friend Of Mine Told Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,516 views

    a good preacher friend of mine told me personally this story. One day while visiting the nursing home, he came across a lady who was very discouraged. In fact, she wanted to die. He made it a point to visit her every time he went, and one day she finally opened up to him and told this very sad ...read more

  • The Late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool Iv Served ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 3, 2008
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    The late Rev. Dr. John Rowan Claypool IV served as a pastor for 47 years, first in Southern Baptist Congregations in the South and then from 1986 to 2000 as the Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. In his sermon entitled “The Future and Forgetting,” he shares this ...read more

  • Living Without Power  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 32 ratings
     | 6,200 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

  • God Restores Banged-Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    GOD RESTORES BANGED-UP PEOPLE Gary Inrig’s story in his book, Quality Friendships: Years ago, one family had a son who was in the Korean War. They had not heard from him for 10 months and were very concerned. Time went on and the war ended. Finally their son called home. The mother was excited. ...read more