Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 14, 2006
A few years ago my husband, Charlie, and I had some marital problems. Growing family responsibilities and financial worries took a toll on us, and we began arguing frequently, often late into the night. Even going out together for dinner was strained and full of forced conversation.
But neither
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
based on 7 ratings
| 3,260 views
The Book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" speaks of the destruction of early Christian texts during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletion of 303 A.D., after which it continues: “As a result Christian documents—especially in Rome—all but vanished. When Constantine commissioned new versions of these
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gary Maskell on Aug 18, 2006
based on 2 ratings
| 2,364 views
A short while ago, comic-book creator, Stan Lee and company created a 6-week reality-based television series entitled, "Who Wants to be a Superhero?"
As a part of their initial search, they sent out nationwide notices stating that they were looking for folks who have never lost that inner drive to
...read more
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by John Harvey on Sep 10, 2006
Introduction: Risks can be scary. Risks can be life-changing and exhilarating, or they can be disasters. Some risks are easy to take and others come with considerable calculation of the costs. One constant thing about life is that we are going to encounter risks.
Risks scare me. Some risks that I
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 25, 2006
Evangelist Merv Rosell relates a story from his childhood when he and his brother contracted diphtheria. They were wrapped in white sheets and taken to the contagious ward of the hospital. He could still see his mother’s face, pressed against the glass of the ward, peering lovingly at her two
...read more
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
based on 4 ratings
| 1,458 views
He was described as a man who “dangled the power of life and death over his fellow countrymen and murdered anyone who stood in his way...” By the end of the 1970s, Manuel Noriega had earned a reputation as the most feared man in Panama.
In 1983 he promoted himself to general and gained control of
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 17, 2002
based on 188 ratings
| 7,602 views
THE LAW OF THE PENDULUM
In college a student was asked to prepare a lesson to teach his speech class. He was to be graded on creativity and ability to drive home a point in a memorable way. The title of his talk was, “The Law of the Pendulum.” He spent twenty minutes carefully teaching the
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
based on 5 ratings
| 3,186 views
The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, is a monument to the Industrial Revolution in America. Created by Henry Ford himself, it chronicles Ford’s innovations that changed forever the nature of work in America. Ironically, next door to the Ford Museum is a different kind of monument – also
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
based on 15 ratings
| 2,660 views
About 25 years ago, Cruz and Debbe Santiago met at Coney Island beach in New York City. They were homeless. They were addicted to drugs. They were experimenting with witchcraft. They were involved in gangs. They lived in the meager shelter underneath the Coney Island boardwalk. That was their
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2003
based on 14 ratings
| 2,301 views
Dave Stone recently told a story about his trip to Ft. Worth Texas where he was the guest speaker for the Richland Hills Church of Christ. When he arrived, the preacher met him at the airport and being a good host as he was, the preacher insisted that Dave come a play golf with him before the
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Steve Stewart on Feb 14, 2004
based on 26 ratings
| 5,459 views
The following incident won the runner-up prize in the 1999 Darwin Awards:
A Vermont native, Ronald Demuth, found himself in a difficult position. While touring the Eagle’s Rock African Safari (Zoo) with a group of thespians from St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr. Demuth went overboard to show them
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
based on 14 ratings
| 3,409 views
There are going to be things happen to you in this life that will make you cling to that eternal hope because there is no other. Wally and Barbara Rendel know that’s true. Wally is the minister at the Southern Acres Christian Church in Lexington and has been for over 20 years. But five years ago
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by David Simmons on Jan 18, 2001
based on 254 ratings
| 7,158 views
Why would God go to all the trouble to endure our bad choices and our flagrant sinning in order to have relationship with us? Hear the story of the lost son from the modern setting as told by Philip Yancey in his book What’s so Amazing about Grace.
Yancey tells the story of a prodigal daughter
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 24, 2000
based on 178 ratings
| 6,579 views
Ridgecrest is a large Baptist-run assembly ground, nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina. All summer long, every year, thousands of Christians come to Ridgecrest for training, inspiration, Bible study, and challenge.
A few years ago, during a conference, people began to notice a man
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Sermon Central