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  • The Door

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,542 views

    THE DOOR There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were ...read more

  • A Door-To-Door Salesman Is Selling ...

    Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Jan 27, 2007
     | 4,668 views

    A door-to-door salesman is selling encyclopaedias. He knocks on the door of a house and when the man of the house answers, the salesman begins to expound the virtues of his product. He hasn’t got very far into his sales pitch when the prospective customer says, “It’s no good to me mate, I don’t ...read more

  • At Heaven's Door

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 8, 2003
     | 4,173 views

    A poet said: Wish me “Bon Voyage!” As you do a friend Whose joyous vist finds its happy end. And “au revoir!” Since though it come no more, I ...read more

  • The Bolted Door

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 4, 2010
     | 4,130 views

    The Bolted Door C.S. Lewis, Irish Oxford Scholar and well-known author for his Narnia fiction series for children, wrote after the death of his wife, "Where is God? ...Go to Him when your need is desperate, when all other help is vain, and what do you find? A door slammed in your face, and a sound ...read more

  • Standing On The Door

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
     | 4,124 views

    STANDING ON THE DOOR You see, when we Christians do a poor job, then people don't want to have anything to do with our Christ. God's own name as well as the Christian faith itself is on the line. When we disrespect our supervisors, then our supervisors disrespect our Savior, and we become a ...read more

  • Looking At The Door

    Contributed by Kevin Humphrey on Mar 12, 2013
     | 5,189 views

    LOOKING AT THE DOOR A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. The lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this ...read more

  • Door Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,875 views

    There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were being ...read more

  • The Open Door

    Contributed by Samuel Shamaun on Jan 20, 2026
     | 55 views

    A man once stood outside a house, knocking on the door. He knocked again and again, but no one answered. Finally, he noticed there was no handle on the outside of the door. The door could only be opened from the inside. This illustration reflects the way Jesus approaches our hearts. The Bible says ...read more

  • Sign For The Bathroom Door  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,924 views

    SIGN FOR THE BATHROOM DOOR Attention Everyone: The Bathroom Door is Closed! Please do not stand there and talk, whine or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. No, it is not broken; I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and even open at times, since ...read more

  • The Hinge Of The Future Is On The Door Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,434 views

    The hinge of the future is on the door of the present. Keep men of honor and integrity in places of ...read more

  • The Big Black Door  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,529 views

    THE BIG BLACK DOOR An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door. As the moment for execution drew near, ...read more

  • Revelation At The Front Door

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,545 views

    REVELATION AT THE FRONT DOOR A new pastor was visiting the homes of some of the people in his congregation. He came to one house and he knocked but there was no answer. He could see the lights were on and it seemed very obvious that someone was home, so he knocked again. When there was no ...read more

  • Come In Through The Door

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on May 13, 2011
     | 2,802 views

    COME IN THROUGH THE DOOR There's an old spiritual. I'm sure you've heard it. It starts out, 'So high you can't get over it, so low you can't get under it, so wide you can't get around it! You gotta come in through the door.' That's what Jesus tells us in this passage from John's ...read more

  • Picking The Wrong Door

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
     | 5,706 views

    PICKING THE WRONG DOOR Stuart Briscoe, in his book Everyday Discipleship for Ordinary People, tells the story about a fellow pastor who was officiating at the funeral of a war veteran. The dead man’s military friends wanted to have a part in the service at the funeral home, so they requested that ...read more

  • I Read Recently About A Door-To-Door Salesman Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 2,050 views

    I read recently about a door-to-door salesman who had the worst kind of luck. Day after day he’d walk up and down the streets with his product. No one would buy a thing. Every day he knocked on the same woman’s door. Every day she turned him away. Finally, he appeared on her doorstep for the ...read more

  • There Is An Ancient Door On Display In St. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,454 views

    There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish ...read more

  • There Is An Ancient Door On Display In St. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,202 views

    There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish families, ...read more

  • Prison Doors Open From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 4,406 views

    PRISON DOORS OPEN FROM OUTSIDE Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned by Hitler during World War II, writes to his fiancé about one of the many lessons he learned from life in prison: “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely dependent on the fact ...read more

  • Imitating Christ Is Opening The Door To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 4,280 views

    Imitating Christ is opening the door ...read more

  • The Door Of Success Is Guarded, And No One Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,308 views

    "The door of success is guarded, and no one is permitted to enter who has not ...read more