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  • Condemnation Or Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,513 views

    CONDEMNATION OR COMPASSION Tony Campolo tells the story of a New York City pastor who chose to take a funeral that no other minister would take. The man who died was a homosexual who died of AIDS. The minister agreed to do the funeral. When he got to the graveside, he discovered an audience ...read more

  • Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,770 views

    Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis' Screwtape Letters, Writing, Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,628 views

    C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, writing, of course, as an elder devil to a younger devil, "One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army with ...read more

  • 3 Men Were Walking On A Beach One Afternoon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,061 views

    : 3 men were walking on a beach one afternoon when they came across an old lamp. The first man picked it up and began to rub it and out popped a genie. The genie said I am here to give each of you one wish each. The first man did not hesitate he said I want a million dollars – POOF, instantly a ...read more

  • Aron Ralston Did. The 27 Year-Old Mountain ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,434 views

    Aron Ralston did. The 27 year-old mountain climber spends his holidays climbing the Rocky Mountains. He’s done it over 45 times, alone, and always in the winter – most of the time after midnight. Life on the edge is nothing new for him. But life under an 800 pound boulder? He was climbing off one ...read more

  • A Christian Steamship Captain, A Contemporary Of ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2007
     | 1,577 views

    A Christian steamship captain, a contemporary of George Mueller, once told of an experience involving Mueller’s great faith. While sailing off the coast of Newfoundland in extremely heavy fog, Mueller came to him and said, “Captain, I need to tell you that I must be in Quebec on Saturday ...read more

  • My First Pastoral Appointment Was The Marissa And ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,254 views

    My first pastoral appointment was the Marissa and Zion United Methodist Charge in St. Clair County, Illinois, about forty miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Zion had only three members and no electricity or running water. In past decades light had been provided in the sanctuary by kerosene, ...read more

  • There Is Story That Probably Was Not Real But ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 11, 2008
     | 1,377 views

    There is story that probably was not real but like any parable simply conveys a deeper sense of truth (stories often do that which is probably why Jesus used so many stories to talk about the kingdom). In this story an elderly woman has learned that she has an inoperable, terminal illness. She ...read more

  • Story: Baboons On The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
     | 2,214 views

    Story: Baboons On The Loose In eastern Africa a troop of about 50 baboons made themselves at home right next to a farm. The baboons were amusing at first but soon wore out their welcome. Before long they were ravaging the corn and other crops and helping themselves to anything they could get ...read more

  • There's A Great One Inside You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,608 views

    There's a Great One Inside You During a practice session for the Green Bay Packers, things were not going well for Vince Lombardi’s team. Lombardi singled out one big guard for his failure to "put out." It was a hot, muggy day when the coach called his guard aside and leveled his awesome vocal ...read more

  • Delivering Papers In The Rain

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 23, 2009
     | 1,921 views

    DELIVERING PAPERS IN THE RAIN When I was ten, my mother and I somehow had gotten involved in a bible memory course. It was all through the mail, and we didn’t go to a church anywhere, even occasionally, but we would memorize ten verses a week. During the time, the materials gave some Scriptures ...read more

  • Why Ministers Fall Into ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 3,288 views

    Why Ministers Fall Into Immorality WHAT TYPES OF INSURANCE DO YOU CARRY? Health Insurance Auto Insurance Home Owners Insurance Life Insurance Title Insurance Insurance companies look for good risk individuals and avoid bad risks. All of us like hearing, we are a Preferred Risk! Dr. Howard ...read more

  • College Football's Biggest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 3,571 views

    College Football’s Biggest Loss It was the most brutally devastating rout in the history of College Football. On a dark and dreary Saturday in 1916… 1 look at the 2 teams showed the trouble that was ahead… On one side towered Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jackets… The local papers described them as ...read more

  • Little Boy Sees The Parade But Misses The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
     | 7,222 views

    Little Boy Sees the Parade but Misses the Circus Lowell Ogden tells the story of a little boy who lived out in the country around the turn of the century. He had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday. The lad asked his father for permission to go and his dad said ...read more

  • Sinatra's Fear And Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,760 views

    SINATRA’S FEAR AND WORRY Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Tina Sinatra, recalls her father’s unceasing drive to succeed and make money, even when his health was at risk: His health was in tatters and his life mired in financial wrangles, but my father refused to stop giving concerts. "I’ve just got to ...read more

  • Billy Graham: Growing Old Has Been A Surprise  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,074 views

    BILLY GRAHAM: GROWING OLD HAS BEEN A SURPRISE Billy Graham, in his book "Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well" (pp. 1-2, Thomas Nelson), he writes: Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life. The young live for the here and now. Thinking ahead seems to be in the form of dreams ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Arena Dreams

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012
     | 3,816 views

    BILLY GRAHAM'S ARENA DREAMS Billy Graham, in his book "Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well" (pp. 2-3, Thomas Nelson) writes: I have remained a baseball fan, not necessarily of one team over another but of the game itself--the teamwork, the strategy, and the challenge of defeating the ...read more

  • Joni And Jesus

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,194 views

    JONI AND JESUS A vase of roses could always be found next to Joni's hospital bed. Although Joni was only five she had many admirers. She liked flowers. And she liked painting, crayons, the "play lady," and riding her IV pole like a skateboard down the hall of the hospital each night before going ...read more

  • We Hear You Now Lord!

    Contributed by David Holwick on Sep 14, 2012
     | 2,130 views

    On July 1, 2003, a visiting evangelist at the First Baptist Church of Forest, Ohio, was conducting an evening revival. Rev. Don Hardman had just finished his sermon on repentance and was closing with prayer. Apparently he felt that he had not accomplished what he was there for. A storm was ...read more

  • The Jim Twins. ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 18, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,755 views

    Maybe you’ve heard the story of the Jim twins. Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were twin sons of a fourteen-year-old Italian girl. She gave birth to them in a small town in Ohio and then disappeared. They were adopted into two separate loving families, but after 39 years of life had never seen one ...read more