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

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,526 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

  • Handsome In My Dirty Clothes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,958 views

    HANDSOME IN MY DIRTY CLOTHES On one of Matthew Rogers’ recent work trips to the Dominican Republic, everyone in the group was encouraged to leave behind any clothes or gear they didn’t want, because someone there could certainly use them. He was just going to give away some of his old worn out ...read more

  • Triumph From Tragedy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,172 views

    TRIUMPH FROM TRAGEDY Sometimes tragedy kind of sneaks up on you. It comes at you like termites at an old wood-frame house. It eats away for years, then one day the rafters of the house give way before you ever realized what was happening. Sometimes tragedy simply hits you full-body and knocks you ...read more

  • On Tithing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,577 views

    On Tithing: W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. God did just that and in a few years his income increased and he was tithing ...read more

  • God Opposes The Proud At Mt. St. Helens

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 2,842 views

    GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD AT MT. ST. HELENS In the spring of 1980, the mountain showed signs of awakening. There were earthquakes. There was volcanic activity. Residents were told to leave the area. But Harry Truman would have nothing to do with that. He believed the danger was exaggerated "I don't ...read more

  • Learn To Speak The Language

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,368 views

    LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn’t understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but he eventually got back on track and found the place. ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 14,206 views

    Chris Jeffries tells the story of Roy who was feeling frustrated that he was not able to do what he felt he was born to do. So he prayed for Our Father to change something. Then there was a knock at the door and they met two strangers, a married couple. They invited them in and sat them down at ...read more

  • As I Was Getting Ready To Come To Church Today, I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Thornton on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,177 views

    As I was getting ready to come to church today, I was helping my son to get a bath -- and quite frankly, he didn’t want to have a bath, especially because he couldn’t sit and play in the tub for awhile. And so he resisted and complained and made it difficult -- but we struggled through it and got ...read more

  • Grace Never Loses Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
     | 5,085 views

    Grace Never Loses Its Value A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the ...read more

  • Ignorance And Apathy

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 28, 2011
     | 5,182 views

    IGNORANCE AND APATHY One fellow was talking to his next-door neighbor about a speaker he heard the night before. He told the neighbor, "That guy said something that has really stuck in my mind. He said that all of the worlds problems could be summed up in two words: ignorance and ...read more

  • I Love What Mother Theresa Said A Few Years ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,162 views

    I love what Mother Theresa said a few years before her death at a press conference in the USA, “If you don’t want your children then give them to me!” Mother Teresa said, "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use violence ...read more

  • Sid Caesar In Early 1950s – Carl Reiner, As An ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
     | 1,328 views

    Sid Caesar in early 1950s – Carl Reiner, as an airport reporter, is interviewing Sid Caesar as Professor Von Houdinoff, an expert on magicians. Reiner: As I understand what you’re trying to explain, your book is saying there is a connection between the illusions of magicians and what happens to ...read more

  • A Corrective Look At God—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,527 views

    A CORRECTIVE LOOK AT GOD--COMMUNION MEDITATION "George Buttrick, former chaplain at Harvard, recalls that students would come into his office, plop down on a chair and declare, 'I don’t believe in God.' Buttrick would give this disarming reply: 'Sit down and tell me what kind of God you don’t ...read more

  • Bishop Fulton Sheen In His Autobiography, ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,379 views

    Bishop Fulton Sheen in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching, "I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then asked, "What are you going to ...read more

  • A Young Boy Came To Church One Cold Winter Day To ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on May 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,275 views

    A young boy came to church one cold winter day to get out of the blowing snow. He had been trying to sell newspapers but not a single customer had passed by because of the weather. He slipped into the back of the church, just hoping to get warm and catch up on his sleep. Though the Sunday crowd ...read more

  • A. People Usually Do Not Understand How ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
     | 1,322 views

    a. People usually do not understand how wonderful the good news really is. They often think that they have to be a good person or a church-goer to get to heaven. They have tried that and it doesn’t work. People usually do not understand that coming to Jesus is like taking a shower. You don’t clean ...read more

  • Real Mothers

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,381 views

    REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

  • Feb 20, 2007. Chicago. For Oscar Nominee ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,583 views

    Feb 20, 2007. CHICAGO. For Oscar nominee Jennifer Hudson, there was no question where she’d celebrate her success in the week leading up to the Academy Awards - at her family’s church. "I don’t do clubs. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke," Hudson told a boisterous crowd at Progressive Baptist Church ...read more

  • Rules To Help Women Understand Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 1,327 views

    Rules to help women understand men 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. If it’s up … don’t come tell us about it. Put it down. 2. Don’t cut your hair. Ever. 3. Don’t make us guess. 4. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to … expect an answer you don’t want to hear. 5. Sometimes ...read more

  • Murren Helps Us To See A Clear Picture Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 13, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,443 views

    Murren helps us to see a clear picture of a healthy and a healing church by reminding us what the Bible says we as the Body of Christ should be doing: The Believers are devoted to one another and give preference to one another (Romans 12:10). They love one another (Romans 13:8). They refrain from ...read more