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  • Hope In The Sewer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,893 views

    HOPE IN THE SEWER In a cramped space around a Kiev sewer, 15 children ragged and stinky have spent the night crowded together for warmth. They rouse now only because they have a chance to eat. They are rejected and hungry, but not without hope. Two American women, Jane Hyatt and Barbara ...read more

  • In His Medical Practice, Dr. Richard Swenson Sees ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,685 views

    In his medical practice, Dr. Richard Swenson sees a steady stream of hurting people coming into his office. He claims that a majority of them suffer from a chronic ailment which has reached epidemic levels in our country. Do you know what it is? SARS, maybe? Or AIDS? The disease Dr. Swenson is ...read more

  • While Waiting In A Cemetery To Conduct A Funeral ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,552 views

    While waiting in a cemetery to conduct a funeral service, Charles Simeon walked among the graves, looking at the epitaphs. He found one that arrested him. When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in the skies, E’en then shall this be all my plea-- “Jesus hath lived and died for ...read more

  • The Wandering Sheep

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 6,114 views

    THE WANDERING SHEEP Dr. Andrew Bonar tells of how in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they can't get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then ...read more

  • The Priest And The Levite (Parable Of The Good Samaritan)

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 20, 2022
     | 2,139 views

    Keathley makes several interesting points that the Priest and Levite mentioned in the Parable of the Prodigal Son were leaving Jerusalem and could not use the excuse that they did not want to touch the man and be unclean for worship. Why? They had already accomplished their duties and were heading ...read more

  • The Perfect ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,446 views

    THE PERFECT STORY The story is told about a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect. Then one stormy, Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding road when they noticed someone on ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor Learns About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
     | 2,902 views

    Hudson Taylor Learns About Giving One wonderful testimony of faith from church history is that of Hudson Taylor, the first missionary to the interior of China (in the mid-1800s). He was a great evangelist because he learn “to move man, through God, by prayer alone.” To prepare for the loneliness ...read more

  • A Pastor In Disguise

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2013
     | 7,302 views

    A Pastor in Disguise A few years ago at a Methodist Church in North Wales, as worshippers arrived at the church, they were distressed to see a dirty, drunk, smelly homeless man on the front steps. They didn't realize this bum was actually their pastor, Derek Rigby, who had disguised himself as a ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of A Frontier Settlement In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 5, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,032 views

    There is a story of a frontier settlement in the West whose people were engaged in the lumbering business. The town wanted a church, so they built one and called a minister. The preacher was well received until one day he happened to see some of his parishioners clawing onto the bank some logs that ...read more

  • Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,504 views

    Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges 6:24) Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd To satisfy the law's demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form'd the plan, Or ...read more

  • Wandering Off  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,596 views

    WANDERING OFF Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they ...read more

  • Perhaps You've Heard Of Watchman Nee. Watchman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,089 views

    Perhaps you’ve heard of Watchman Nee. Watchman Nee became a Christian in mainland China in 1920 at the age of seventeen and began writing in the same year. Throughout the nearly thirty years of his ministry, Watchman Nee was a unique gift from the Lord to the church. Though imprisoned for his ...read more

  • Everyone Experiences Christmas A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Dec 14, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,780 views

    EVERYONE EXPERIENCES Christmas a little differently than others. Here are some quotes I found from women authors... "Evidently, Christmas was an unmitigated joy only for the people who inhabited department-store brochures and seasonal television specials. For everyone else the day seemed to be a ...read more

  • A Woman Who Lived In A Plush Suburb One Day ...

    Contributed by Dr. Wheeler Jones on Oct 18, 2004
     | 1,712 views

    A woman who lived in a plush suburb one day decided to go shopping one day. She put on a fashionable outfit and her favorite perfume and headed out the door to catch the bus. As she hurried out the back door, she picked up a small sack of garbage in the kitchen so she could toss it in the garbage ...read more

  • Hero In Black  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,960 views

    HERO IN BLACK Victor Yap tells this story: A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely about to turn the corner into the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses and ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,396 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel ...read more

  • Who Is He In Yonder Stall, At Whose Feet The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 2, 2007
     | 1,700 views

    Who is He in yonder stall, at whose feet the shepherds fall? Who is He in deep distress, fasting in the wilderness? Tis the Lord! O wondrous story! Tis the Lord! The King of glory! At His feet we humbly fall, Crown Him! Crown Him, Lord of all! These are words to a popular Christmas hymn written ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,126 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • The Steam Ship, Central America, On Its Maiden ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
     | 926 views

    The steam ship, Central America, on its maiden voyage from New York City to San Francisco harbor, sprang a leak in mid-ocean and began to go down. A distress signal was sent out over the air waves. A rescue vessel rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the scene, the captain of the rescuer vessel sent ...read more

  • The Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2009
     | 7,152 views

    The Cost of Salvation Several years ago, there was 14 year-old girl (Laura Montero) whose appendix burst while she and her family vacationed on a cruise ship off the Baja Coast. The ship was hundreds of miles from help, and the crew sent out a distress call looking for the nearest surgical ...read more

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