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  • Let Me Close Off With A Baptism I Was Able To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 2,158 views

    Let me close off with a baptism I was able to witness in Lexington. A man after the service was baptized, he was in a wheel chair, he had MS. Before he was baptized into Christ, he shared this story. He said that he was so pumped about being baptized that he woke up at 4 in the morning. And ...read more

  • What To Get Mom  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,066 views

    WHAT TO GET MOM Survey after survey tries to detemine what women really want for Mother’s Day. According to a survey by Circuit City, less than 5% of mothers surveyed prefer candy. 30% prefer flowers, and almost that many — 27% — want a digital camera. A survey of new moms by The First ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,496 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • Let Me Illustrate How Gifts Work Together In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,699 views

    Let me illustrate how gifts work together in a church. At our potluck last Sabbath, suppose someone dropped a plate full of Kim Chee on the new floor in the gym. This is how people with different gifts would respond. Gift of prophecy - That’s what happens when you’re not careful. Gift of service ...read more

  • In 1932 Herbert Taylor Was Assigned The Job Of ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,977 views

    In 1932 Herbert Taylor was assigned the job of saving an aluminum products company from bankruptcy. The company’s products were better than their competitor’s. Their sales people were no better than their competitors’. So he decided that their company would be known for the character, ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
     | 1,349 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, "If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • The Added Benefit Of Winning Souls Is Strength. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,473 views

    The added benefit of winning souls is strength. The joy of the Lord gives us strength. The greatest joy next to the joy of your own salvation is winning another soul to Christ. Of the 43 years of missionary evangelism we have seen many answers to prayer with the healing of many. However, I do not ...read more

  • Gordon Macdonald Shared About A Time When He And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,636 views

    Gordon MacDonald shared about a time when he and his daughter, Kristy attended the New Year’s Eve celebration at the InterVarsity Urban Missionary Convention in 1976. The night closed with a Communion Service. After the benediction, 17,000 students began to head for the arena portals and their ...read more

  • Hello Kitty, Goodbye Money? Last Year Visa ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,456 views

    Hello Kitty, Goodbye Money? Last year Visa introduced a Hilary Duff gift card in five denominations and urged tween girls to “shop like a star.” Now MasterCard has announced a Hello Kitty debit card. That can be reloaded. The primary target is younger girls ages 10-14. Legend Credit Inc., ...read more

  • How Football Is Relative To Church  PRO

    Contributed by Phil Dyar on Mar 23, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,614 views

    {HOW FOOTBALL IS RELATIVE TO CHURCH} 1.QUATERBACK SNEAK-CHURCH MEMBERS QUIETLY LEAVING DURING THE CLOSING HYMN. 2.DRAW PLAY-WHAT MANY KIDS DO WITH THE ORDER OF SERVICE DURING WORSHIP. 3.HALF TIME-THE PERIOD BETWEEN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WORSHIP WHEN MANY CHOOSE TO LEAVE. 4.TRAP PLAY-YOU"RE ...read more

  • Priorities: Are You Going Too Fast?  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,539 views

    Priorities: Are You Going Too Fast? A number of years ago, a Navy jet fighter plain shot itself down over the deserts of Nevada while testing a new cannon mounted on its wing. The plane was flying at supersonic speeds but the cannon shells were subsonic. What hap¬pened was critical. The fighter ...read more

  • Words, Just Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,264 views

    Words, just words I was reading the other day. The famous American author, Samuel Clement, Mark Twain, attended a Sunday service. He met the preacher at the door afterward to shake his hand. And he told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister ...read more

  • Deuce (I Pointed The To A Member Of Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,592 views

    Deuce (I pointed the to a member of our congregation who had loaned me the helmet and suit) is race car enthusiast and an engine mechanic. But he’s not just any old engine mechanic. In the past, people have hired him to come and work on the engines of their race cars. He’s been all over the United ...read more

  • Wwii Monument - Represents The 16 Million That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,304 views

    WWII Monument - represents the 16 million that served in the US Armed forces during WWII. More than 400,000 gave their lives for freedom and in reality, for the deliverance of the Jewish nation of Israel. Ordinary men and women served our country and the world - One was named General Mark Clark ...read more

  • Death. Death Is Like The Sailing Of A Ship. The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,559 views

    DEATH. Death is like the sailing of a ship. The watcher on the seashore sees her spread her white sails to the morning breeze and start for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. We stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and ...read more

  • In His Book, Just In Time, Lynn Miller Tells The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,434 views

    In his book, Just in Time, Lynn Miller tells the story of the time he and his wife were doing Voluntary Service in Chicago. As they were walking toward their church, they were held up at gunpoint with the thief yelling, “Give me your money or I’ll shoot” Lynn quickly told him he didn’t have any ...read more

  • I Received This Email In Response To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,566 views

    I received this email in response to the Virginia Tech shooting. It’s from the WorldNetDaily. Speakers at the Virginia Tech convocation yesterday called on Allah and Buddha in their efforts to minister to the survivors, family and friends of victims of the shooting massacre at the school – but ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Was On His Way To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 25, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,039 views

    The story is told of a man who was on his way to attend a costume ball one Sunday evening. He was wearing a red suit with a tail and a skintight mask with horns. He looked like Satan, or rather the false but widely accepted picture of the devil. As he hurried along, he was caught in a sudden ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, A ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,517 views

    Several years ago in Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, a service elevator operator in an apartment house, recovered two checks for $114,000 that had been lost by the tenant in the apartment house where he worked. His reward was a fifteen cent tip and a solicitous offer to put iodine on the cuts on his hands ...read more

  • A Lady Had Just Moved Into A New Apartment And ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,247 views

    A lady had just moved into a new apartment and was besieged by salesmen for everything from laundry service to life insurance. One busy day a dairyman came to the door. "No," she said firmly, "My husband and I don’t drink milk." "Be glad to deliver a quart every morning for cooking." ...read more