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  • Words Do Things

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,264 views

    Words Do Things One poet tells how a certain man who had performed a heroic act found it impossible to tell his friends about it for a lack of words to describe it. But there was a witness to the event whom the poet refers to as having been "afflicted with the necessary magic of words." He told ...read more

  • Missing The Big Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,346 views

    Missing the Big Story On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. The flight lasted 59 seconds and travelled 850 ft. Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message home -- WE HAVE FLOWN FOR 59 SECONDS - WE ...read more

  • When The Judaizers Told The Galatians That They ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,618 views

    When the Judaizers told the Galatians that they had to get circumcised to become good Christians, they were adding the law to the gospel. They were saying that Moses had to finish what Christ could only begin. To illustrate the problem with this kind of theology, consider the man who had an old ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,606 views

    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS I remember a story told to me by a friend who flew combat choppers in Viet Nam. He was radioed to a secret mission one night which required him to fly in total darkness, totally by instruments. Hovering above a jungle under heavy cloud cover, he told me that it seemed you ...read more

  • The Ruined Hunting Dog

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 2,450 views

    THE RUINED HUNTING DOG Robert Moffatt, missionary to savage tribes of South Africa, translated the Bible into the native language of the people and taught the people to read. He watched the remarkable changes which the gospel brought in the lives of these formerly fierce warriors. He saw them show ...read more

  • Never Mind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 4,031 views

    NEVER MIND ME A good many years ago, during a Massachusetts winter, a brother and sister were walking on the ice. He was 9 and she was 11. They hit a thin patch and fell through. Kicking to the surface, they yelled for help. Summoned by their screams, a man came running, dived into the icy water ...read more

  • Claiming That Suitable Behavior Towards Christ's ...

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
     | 1,923 views

    Claiming that suitable behavior towards Christ’s ontological significance, according to Joseph Parker a 19th century English preacher, is paramount, and he wrote, "There are other men who do not come to worship Christ; who simply come to speculate upon Him…such patronage they offer the Son of God! ...read more

  • I Sat In A Courtroom As A Witness For The Motel ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
     | 1,657 views

    I sat in a courtroom as a witness for the motel I was working for, and, we were waiting on our case to come up, and one of the cases that was presented, was a man who stole food from a grocery store, and the reason he gave was that he and his family were hungry. Now, it is a terrible thing that we ...read more

  • There Was A Logging Community Who Felt The Need ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2010
     | 1,482 views

    There was a logging community who felt the need of divine worship, so they built a church and called a young preacher. He was alarmed to discover dishonesty among the loggers. People there and those upstream would float their logs in the river down to the mill. Each logger would take a metal die ...read more

  • Bonfire Night

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 4,905 views

    BONFIRE NIGHT On this day in 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them was Britain's most notorious traitor, a man called Guy Fawkes. They rented a house next to Parliament, dug a tunnel, and into the tunnel they placed 36 barrels (1.5 tonnes) of ...read more

  • Which Do You Think He Believed?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,477 views

    WHICH DO YOU THINK HE BELIEVED? A man sat down to supper with his family and said grace, thanking God for the food, for the hands which prepared it, and for the source of all life. But during the meal he complained about the freshness of the bread, the bitterness of the coffee, and the sharpness ...read more

  • Bound To Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 29, 2012
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     | 2,341 views

    BOUND TO CHRIST F.B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The men roped themselves together in this order: guide, traveler, guide, traveler, guide. They had gone only a little way ...read more

  • Keep The Springs Pure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,950 views

    KEEP THE SPRINGS PURE The family’s water supply came from a spring just a few feet from the house. The pure, cold, sweet water bubbled up through a large pipe about the size of a barrel that had been sunk in the ground. One morning two huge frogs were found in the spring. No one wanted to drink ...read more

  • Just Watch!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,547 views

    JUST WATCH! A young boy looked up at his grandfather and wondered aloud, "Grandpa, how do you live for Jesus?" The respected grandfather stooped down and quietly told the boy, "Just watch." As the years went by the grandfather was an example to the boy of how to follow Jesus. He stayed ...read more

  • Sorry You're Too Late

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,429 views

    A young man, after a revival service, came up to the visiting evangelist and they were getting ready to put up everything for the night. The young man had left after the invitation, under conviction, he had returned at the conclusion of the service and went up to the evangelist and he said, "Sir, ...read more

  • It's Too Late To Do Anything!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 8, 2020
     | 2,070 views

    Here is an illustration of these two basic approaches to righteousness: SAVIOR or SELF? An Englishman by the name of Ebenezer Wooten had just concluded a preaching service in the village square. The crowd had dispersed, and he was busily engaged in loading the equipment. A young man approached ...read more

  • What A Young Boy Saw In The Face Of A Missionary

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 724 views

    Many years ago when the great missionary Adoniram Judson was home on furlough, he passed through the city of Stonington, Connecticut. A young boy playing about the wharves at the time of Judson’s arrival was struck by the man’s appearance. Never before had he seen such a light on any ...read more

  • We're Not Going To Heaven In A Rowboat!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 970 views

    A friend gave me the illustration of a man in a rowboat to describe salvation. He told about a man rowing a boat across a lake. In one hand was the oar of faith and in the other was the oar of works. He explained that if he was only rowing with the oar of faith, he would go around in circles. ...read more

  • A Young Christian Went To His Local Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 205 ratings
     | 2,379 views

    A young Christian went to his local church usually, but one weekend attended a small town church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. "Well," said the young man, "It was good. They did something different however. They sang hymns instead of regular songs." "Hymns," said his wife, ...read more

  • Moody's Barroom Meeting  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 4, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 1,957 views

    “Moody’s Barroom Meeting” D.L. Moody once entered a tavern in order to ask the bartender if his two little girls might attend his Sunday School. He was told that an atheist club met there every Thursday night and the owner of the bar was in no mood to offend them. Moody looked into the face of ...read more

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