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  • One Solitary Life

    Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,405 views

    “One Solitary Life" Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an ...read more

  • A Family Went To Dine At A Restaurant And The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,972 views

    A family went to dine at a restaurant and the six-year-old boy was asked to say the blessing. As they bowed their heads he said, “God is great. God is good. Thank you for this food. And I would even thank you more, God, if Mom bought us some ice cream after dinner with liberty and justice for all. ...read more

  • The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,169 views

    THE FIRE H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long ...read more

  • Some Of You Remember That Once Upon A Time I Was ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Aug 25, 2008
     | 1,344 views

    Some of you remember that once upon a time I was -- sort of a hippie. It was during college -- Patty and I both attended K-State. My second Summer in college I left conservative K-State and went to a Navigator summer program in Boulder, CO. If you’ve been to Boulder you’ve seen the remnants of ...read more

  • Father Forgive Them

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 2,823 views

    FATHER FORGIVE THEM There was once a man who was born in a little town back east. He grew up and took on the family business. The only earthly father he had ever known died sometime in his teen years and as the oldest son he took on the responsibility of caring for his mother. He had a good ...read more

  • The Fire

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,558 views

    Illustration: The Fire H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • Where The Fire Has Been

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 3,576 views

    WHERE THE FIRE HAS BEEN H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to ...read more

  • Resurrection Proof

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 672 views

    Why is His resurrection so important? Think about what they call cold cases. Sometimes a man is accused of a crime he didn’t commit and put in jail. They found blood at the scene, but they didn’t have the DNA technology that they do today. But now, years later, they can use that same blood and ...read more

  • Suspension Bridge

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2009
     | 2,890 views

    Robert Lewis writes, “In 1851, many of the most accomplished engineers in the country thought James Roebling was out of his mind. That year, he began to work on the unthinkable: building a bridge over the Niagara River Gorge. Disaster was nearly universally predicted. There was the sheer ...read more

  • Wait...god Did Come

    Contributed by Soon-Hock Lim on Dec 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,658 views

    WAIT...GOD DID COME Philip Yancey tells the story of a migrant farmhand in his book "Where is God When It Hurts": Last year we went to a little church in New Jersey.... We had all our children there, the baby included. The Reverend Jackson was there, I can't forget his name, and he told us to be ...read more

  • Joy

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,847 views

    Joy In Galatians 5: 22 we read that the fruit of the Holy Spirit is joy. The Greek word means an inner gladness, a deep pleasure which comes from an inner assurance and confidence that God does all things for His good purposes. This joy is not the same as the joy found in ...read more

  • My Name Is Dawn Stefanowicz. I Grew Up In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Oct 21, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,807 views

    "My name is Dawn Stefanowicz. I grew up in a homosexual household during the 60s and 70s in Toronto, exposed to many different people in Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, Transsexual subcultures and explicit sexual practices. My biggest concern is that children are not being discussed in this same-sex ...read more

  • Saint Francis Xavier

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Feb 20, 2024
     | 379 views

    Saint Francis Xavier: An Example of Indian Missionary Enthusiasm and Cultural Fusion In India, the 16th century Catholic saint Francis Xavier is revered as a symbol of missionary zeal and cross-cultural harmony. One of the earliest Jesuit missionaries, Xavier was born in Spain in 1506, and he and ...read more

  • Jesus Our (Lawyer) Advocate

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jun 10, 2024
     | 367 views

    I would like for you to picture a scene. There is a court room. The judge is seated behind the bench. The jury is in place. There are people watching the proceedings. There is someone on trial sitting before the judge. And that person is you! The charge against you is that you are a ...read more

  • The Most Important Figure Of The Reformation Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 4,492 views

    The most important figure of the Reformation was a monk by the name of Martin Luther (1483-1546). Luther was a man full of self-doubt, guilt, and worry. In his early 20s, Martin Luther was nearly struck by lightning while crossing an open field during a storm, which led to his vow to become a monk. ...read more

  • One Of The Most Disturbing And Powerful Films I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Short on Mar 18, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 2,931 views

    One of the most disturbing and powerful films I have seen over the last couple of years is Steven Spielberg’s movie, Saving Private Ryan. The movie tells the story of an Army captain named John Miller who having survived the carnage of the D-Day invasion at Normandy Beach, portrayed in 28 minutes ...read more

  • Michael Card Tells The Story Of A Man Named ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 4,247 views

    MICHAEL CARD tells the story of a man named Joseph who came to Christ out of a muslim background. One day walking a hot dirty African road met someone who shared Christ with him. Then and there he accepted Jesus as his Savior and the power of the Holy Spirit overwhelmed him with such joy that the ...read more

  • What It Means To Live Under Grace Is Illustrated ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Sloat on Apr 3, 2001
    based on 168 ratings
     | 2,810 views

    What it means to live under grace is illustrated by the life of John Newton. Newton was born in London, half a century before the American Revolution, to a mother of superb spiritual qualities and a nondescript father. His mother died when he was six. Five years later he went to sea with his father ...read more

  • Sin Demands To Have A Man By Himself. It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 5,654 views

    Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation. Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. ...read more

  • Have Some Ice Cream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 342 ratings
     | 2,125 views

    Received in an e-mail Have Some Ice Cream "Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. ...read more

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