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  • Remove The Hate — Be Pure  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 30, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,884 views

    REMOVE THE HATE -- BE PURE "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood (Hebrews 13:2)." Three years ago, Chris Simpson led a white pride march. Two years ago, he abandoned the white supremacist movement. This past April (2012), he was ...read more

  • Position Versus Discipleship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,661 views

    POSITION VERSUS DISCIPLESHIP C. Gene Wilkes, in his book Jesus on Leadership, says, "Confusion arises when you equate higher 'positions' with leadership . . . As long as 'position' is honored above discipleship -- being a follower -- church leaders will honor the ambitious over the obedient." We ...read more

  • The Word Of God Sent Through The Prophets

    Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Jun 7, 2013
     | 4,087 views

    THE WORD OF GOD SENT THROUGH THE PROPHETS You want success - believe the word of God he has sent through his prophets. Period. Imagine The German Army and the USA Army and United Kingdom Army gathered against Canadian Army. And God sends Pastor Dada, call him a Prophet for this purpose to the ...read more

  • Forced To Kill  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,207 views

    FORCED TO KILL Around the time of the Korean War, Kim Joon-gon had seen 2,000 out of 20,000 people on Chunnam Island murdered by the Communists. They dragged he and his family outside their village where Kim’s father and wife were beaten to death and Kim was left for dead. When he revived and ...read more

  • The Hilarious Baptism Experience!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 2, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,021 views

    I remember the time I came to the platform to officiate in a formal wedding. I had just come out of the bathroom and didn't realize until I was in front of all those people that stuck to my shoe and trailing behind was an eight-foot stream of toilet paper I remember the time I looked down in ...read more

  • Jesus Loves The Little Children

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2014
     | 5,511 views

    I had a preacher friend, Carl Etchinson, who had several children. These children grew up and then began having children so Carl had many grandchildren. One of his sons was having another baby. The baby was born late at night and Carl’s son did not call Carl. They forgot the next morning to ...read more

  • Pastor And Leadership Speaker John Maxwell Te...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
     | 3,613 views

    Pastor and Leadership speaker John Maxwell tells the story of his brother who was called to active duty during the Pueblo crisis in Korea. He says he could remember standing in his father’s office when my father found out the news and went to his brother, hugged him and said, “Larry, I’m going to ...read more

  • Bold Witness

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 9,297 views

    Hugh Hewitt in his book “The Embarassed Believer” contends that most Christian are embarrassed believers. They do not talk about their faith or church. They don’t have Bibles on the corner of their desks. They never engage others in spiritual conversations. And the result has been the dramatic ...read more

  • Consecrated To Do God's Will

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017
     | 8,024 views

    Years ago a young girl entered a little Presbyterian Church out of curiosity. There she heard the gospel for the first time and was converted. She later heard God’s call on her life to go to China as a missionary. She was the only daughter of a multi-millionaire. She was socially prominent and ...read more

  • Joy And Peace From A Child

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 6,090 views

    Dr. Bryant Kirkland, pastor of 5th Ave. Pres. Church in NY was traveling to do a series of sermons on the west coast. He needed time on that 3 hour flight to study and prepare, so he buckled down and let everyone near me feel the tension. His body language said, "Don't bother me, I'm a busy man ...read more

  • Is Your Light Shining

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,452 views

    IS YOUR LIGHT SHINING? Many years a missionary employed a Chinese scholar to translate the New Testament into the Chinese language. The scholar was a Confucian and had never heard of Christianity until the missionary had hired him. The scholar was a painstaking person and wanted to produce a ...read more

  • He Had A Gun To His Head When He Called My Office...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 7, 2022
     | 914 views

    When I was pastoring in Texas, an unknown man called our church office and asked for the Senior Pastor. The call was transferred to me and I quickly discovered that I had a frantic man on the line whom I didn’t know. He told me how horrible his life was and how he couldn’t stand living in “hell ...read more

  • There Is A Story Told That Is Totally ...

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Apr 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,998 views

    There is a story told that is totally fictitious, but the point is true. The story is that when Jesus went back up into Heaven, the angel Gabriel had a conversation with Jesus. This is just an illustration. He asked Jesus, “What happened while you down on earth? Did they make you king?” Jesus ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Our International Mission Board ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 9, 2007
     | 1,832 views

    Several years ago our International Mission Board reported the story of a former Muslim from South Asia who has suffered for the Lord. They changed his name to Lamak for security reasons. He was born into a wealthy and powerful Muslim family, but Lamak turned his life over to Jesus, while he was ...read more

  • Preach The Word  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,460 views

    PREACH THE WORD I am greatly diappointed in the preachers of today, With their logic and their ethics, their aristocratic way; With their science and their theories and their new theology, Full of everything but Jesus and His love for you and me. There is plenty in the Bible for preachers of ...read more

  • There Is A Story Told That Is Totally ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,046 views

    There is a story told that is totally fictitious, but the point is true. The story is that when Jesus went back up into Heaven, the angel Gabriel had a conversation with Jesus. This is just an illustration. He asked Jesus, “What happened while you down on earth? Did they make you king?” Jesus said, ...read more

  • Some Years Ago Donald Grey Barnhouse Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,841 views

    Some years ago Donald Grey Barnhouse was counseling a young woman on the sidewalk in front of a church following an evening service. She said she was a Christian and that she wanted to follow Christ. But she wanted to be famous too. She wanted to pursue a stage career in New York. "After I have ...read more

  • Alice Cooper  PRO

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,153 views

    Alice Cooper “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” That’s an especially interesting perspective coming from a man who works with a guillotine every night. At the height of his worldwide fame, Cooper drank a bottle ...read more

  • Is There Enough Evidence To Convict You Of Being ...

    Contributed by Scott Brewer on Aug 7, 2007
     | 2,736 views

    Is there enough evidence to convict you of being a Christ-follower? Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was on the bench in April when Eric Hine, 43, of Cincinnati, came before him on a charge of receiving stolen property. Hine’s attorney asked for a low bond, saying Hine had a full ...read more

  • The Faith Of Dwight L. Moody

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Aug 19, 2007
     | 1,835 views

    The Faith of Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman Moody lived toward the end of the 19th century. He was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now the Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and ...read more