Mike Royko writes about a conversation he had with Slats Grobnik, a man who sold Christmas trees. Slats remembered one couple on the hunt for a Christmas tree. They were obviously poor. After finding only trees that were too expensive, they found a Scotch pine that was okay on one side, but pretty
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
based on 1 rating
| 5,547 views
AMEN, PHARAOH
A pastor was invited at another church to preach. When he began his sermon, there was enthusiasm. The more the congregation responded loud to his sermon, the longer he went on. Finally, he noticed that the host pastor had started responding to his sermon by saying "Amen,
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Charismatic
based on 4 ratings
| 4,210 views
I read about a Pastor who decided to experiment with changing those sad statistics in his church. He made a list of 12 people who had recently been baptized in their church, and then he and his wife invited them over. Naturally, these new Christians were thrilled to be invited to their Pastor’s
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,695 views
I heard a story one time about a new, cocky young preacher, straight out of seminary. He was going to preach his very first sermon in a big, old Presbyterian church. The church had an elevated pulpit with a long flight of stairs leading up to it. This kid was about as prideful as he could be. All
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2003
based on 14 ratings
| 2,202 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 Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2003
based on 2 ratings
| 858 views
I heard Howard Hendricks tell about a time early in his teaching ministry when he worked up a humdinger of a series on prayer. At the end of his study he knew more about prayer than he had ever imagined he could know. He had worked it into a grand presentation and couldn’t wait to preach it. As
...read more
Contributed by Alan Stokes on Dec 9, 2000
based on 71 ratings
| 3,991 views
The movie Shadowlands is about C.S. Lewis’ relationship with his wife Joy. In the movie, Lewis’ colleague’s praise him and affirm that C.S. Lewis’ faithful prayers were getting God to help his wife. In response C.S. Lewis says that when he prays because he can’t help himself not to get any gain
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Holiness
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 18, 2000
based on 384 ratings
| 4,404 views
A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. "I’ve been good for six months now," he wrote. But after a moment’s reflection he crossed out "six months" and wrote "three". After a pause that was crossed out and he put "two weeks". There was another pause
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000
based on 106 ratings
| 2,908 views
Two weeks ago there were about a hundred protesters picketing the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. This was a group of Hindus who were upset that the Southern Baptist Convention was encouraging its churches like Second Baptist, which incidentally has over 10,000 members, to make a special
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Oct 18, 2000
based on 129 ratings
| 3,443 views
Listen to St. Augustine’s declaration about God,
You are ever active, yet always at rest. You gather all things to yourself, though you suffer no need. . . . You grieve for wrong, but suffer no pain. You can be angry and yet serene. Your works are varied, but your purpose is one and the same. .
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
based on 79 ratings
| 3,178 views
Ann Landers had this to say about the letters that she has received over the years. "I’ve learned plenty-including, most meaningfully, what Leo Rosten had in mind when he said, ’Each of us is a little lonely, deep inside, and cries to be understood.’ I have learned how it is with stumbling,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
based on 134 ratings
| 2,729 views
One Sunday, a monk was invited to speak about the ‘love of God.’ He waited until it is dark and proceeded in the altar with a lighted candle. He first illumined the crown of thorns then the two hands that are nailed after that he continued to light the spear wound in the side and lastly he put the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001
based on 105 ratings
| 1,521 views
ILL. Jean Baron writes in Readers Digest about the old mobile home where she lived with her teen-age son. She said, “The home was structurally unsound, & the plumbing always leaked.” She was ashamed when her son brought friends home because of their meager surroundings.
But one day she learned
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 2, 2001
based on 102 ratings
| 2,310 views
The Gideons tell the true story about a taxi driver who was quite a scoundrel. His name is Herbie and he lived ad worked in Manilla in the Philippines. He, like many people, wanted to learn English, but for the purpose of being able to swindle his customers out of their money. He grabbed the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
based on 85 ratings
| 1,788 views
ILL. Maybe you heard the story about a little girl named Sandra who was raised in an adobe house in a rural area of New Mexico, without electricity & running water.
In fact, her mother & father had to drive to El Paso, 200 miles away, so that her mother could be in the hospital when Sandra was
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Mar 20, 2001
based on 108 ratings
| 2,177 views
Wayne Hilliker tells this true story about the Jewish women in concentration camps during the Second World War having to work to build roads: their wheelbarrows were their aprons; their shovels were their fingernails; on cardboard shoes they went out on frozen ground and worked all day; only
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Sermon Central