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  • Bill Chadwick Tells The Story About The Lost Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 964 views

    Bill Chadwick tells the story about the lost of his teenage son in a car accident: My most incredible rage was for the people who made the idiotic comments like...."God wanted him more", or "it’s not for us to know", or "everything happens for a reason", or "it was God’s will". People told me I ...read more

  • Walking Through A Supermarket, A Young Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,109 views

    Walking through a supermarket, a young man noticed an old lady following him around. He ignored her for a while, but when he got to the checkout line, she got in front of him. "Pardon me," she said. "I’m sorry if I’ve been staring, but you look just like me son who died recently. "I’m sorry for ...read more

  • Dr.w.a.criswell Talks About The Kind Of Faith We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,117 views

    Dr.W.A.Criswell talks about the kind of faith we have by comparing it to an operation. If you’ve ever had surgery, you go in and the anesthetic is administered usually by a mask. They tell you to count to 3 and you’ll be out. They put the mask over your face and you think to yourself that the ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, My Wife Was Going To Take Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 12, 2005
     | 2,419 views

    Several years ago, my wife was going to take our son, Ben, to the park. As with most children, Ben simply loved the park. But in order to get to the park, they would have to drive and Ben would need to be placed in his car seat. Ben was a stubborn two year old who was going through a phase in ...read more

  • Robertson Mcquilkin, Former President Of Columbia ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Aug 13, 2006
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    Robertson McQuilkin, former president of Columbia International University (Columbia, South Carolina) wrote this testimony: Life was heavy on me. My dearest friend and intimate companion, my delightful wife Muriel, was slipping away, one painful loss at a time, as Alzheimer’s disease ravaged her ...read more

  • When Adam Sinned He Ran And Hid Himself From The ...

    Contributed by Michael Fritz on Nov 12, 2006
     | 2,627 views

    When Adam sinned he ran and hid himself from the presence of God. I heard a Jewish rabbi talking the other night on the radio, and he said that once a very godly Jewish rabbi was in jail. The jailer was interested in the old man. He went to the rabbi and said, “Rabbi, I’ve got a theological ...read more

  • God Thought About My Future Before I Even Had A ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 5, 2006
     | 1,899 views

    God thought about my future before I even had a present! Let me explain. I know that some of you are already saving money for sending your kids to future education. And you don’t even have kids yet! You are pre-planning! That’s awesome. That’s the love of a parent, getting ready to give that ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About A Farmer Who Caught A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 19, 2007
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    The story is told about a farmer who caught a young eagle and placed it with his chickens. The eaglet ate with them and soon adopted itself to their ways. One day a friend was visiting the farm and noticed the eagle with the chickens in the barnyard. He said to the farmer, “What’s that eagle ...read more

  • Rebellion In China

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,556 views

    Illustration from Tai Ping Rebellion in China We don’t learn much world history anymore in school. Back in the 1860s, a man arose in China who claimed to be a Messiah. [11] His name was Hong Xiuquan. Hong was this disturbed young salesman who read a bunch of heretical Christian literature, ...read more

  • Lord Jesus, Receive My Spirit, And Put An End At ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 9, 2007
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    Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, and put an end at Thy good pleasure to this my miserable life; for justice and truth are not to be found among the sons of men…Be merciful unto me, O Lord…Now after many battles, I find nothing in me but vanity and corruption. For in quietness I am negligent, in ...read more

  • Jesus Did As Much When He Gave His First Sermon ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 24, 2007
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    Jesus did as much when he gave his first sermon in Luke 4. Jesus was asked to read the scripture in the synagogue and give some teaching. He read from Isaiah about freeing the captives, healing the sick, making the blind see, and enacting the Kingdom Day of Jubilee. He said today it is fulfilled in ...read more

  • Walking By A Pet Store To School, A Young Boy ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 925 views

    Walking by a pet store to school, a young boy had stopped to stare at four black puppies that were playing together. He pleaded with his mom later that day to let him have one. “I’ll take care of it. I promise. I will even use the money from my allowance that I’ve saved to buy it.” The mother ...read more

  • Ron Mehl: Love Found A Way

    Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 7, 2007
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    QUOTE: By Ron Mehl (Love Found a Way). “Some people think I get a little carried away with Christmas. No, they don’t actually say anything (who wants to offend the pastor?). But I can tell. I’ve caught them rolling their eyes or changing the subject. I know that they’re thinking. They think I’m too ...read more

  • Evil Rasputin

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
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    Evil Rasputin Gregory Rasputin, the “Mad Monk of Russia” managed to get a strong hold on the royal family of his day. Some believe the corrupting power he exerted was a contributing factor in the takeover of communism. By currying the favor of the court he was able to influence many decisions ...read more

  • A Pastor Had Gathered A Selected Group Of Workers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus ...read more

  • First Of All, In The First Century And Probably ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,498 views

    First of all, in the first century and probably two hundred years or so before, there were many groups who claimed that the Messiah had come. They all had a charismatic leader that usually called people to a revolution to overthrow the Romans. But this is what happened every single time. Rome came ...read more

  • I'm Fine, Sir!

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
     | 1,856 views

    "I'm Fine, Sir!" During the most intense fighting of the war with Iraq, I was listening to one of the embedded reporters who was traveling with a column of Marine tanks. He was sitting on top of one of the tanks when the enemy opened fire. He said it was a frightening moment, but he emerged ...read more

  • What Must I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    WHAT MUST I DO? Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book on golf has sold more than a million copies. It is one of the biggest things in the history of sports books. In the 1920s, Penick bought a red spiral notebook and began jotting down observations about golf. He never showed the book to anyone except ...read more

  • The Secret Garden Is A Fascinating Children's ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
     | 3,466 views

    The Secret Garden is a fascinating children’s classic. It is the story of a British child, Mary Lennox, who lived in India but is orphaned because of her parents’ death due to a cholera breakout. They send her to England to live with her only surviving relative, her uncle who is still mourning the ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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     | 2,502 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more