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  • The Spirit Within Us  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 14, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,772 views

    THE SPIRIT WITHIN US I was driving one day when I saw a hitchhiker by the side of the road, loaded down with a couple of large carrying bags. Now, I make it a practice normally not to pick up hitchhikers, which may in itself be a refusal to hear the cry of those needy of transportation. But in ...read more

  • The Good Samaritan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 10,064 views

    Luke 10:30-37 John Darley and Daniel Batson are two Princeton University psychologists. Some years ago they decided to conduct a study, inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan. They conducted the study at Princeton Theological Seminary. They met with a group of seminarians and asked each one ...read more

  • Condemnation Or Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,916 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

  • There's A Story About A Wealthy Christian Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002
    based on 265 ratings
     | 2,588 views

    There’s a story about a wealthy Christian who somehow got obsessed with the idea of taking some of his wealth to heaven. Now he knew the Bible clearly teaches that you can’t take it with you. But so obsessed was he with this desire that he just prayed & prayed & prayed that God would give him ...read more

  • Comfortable In Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,477 views

    COMFORTABLE IN HELL Jeff Strite tells this story about his Dad. My Dad was what was known as "a rounder." A man’s man. Hard worker, hard fighter, and a hard player of baseball and basketball. He was attractive to women and he loved to go out and dance. Now, it’s not that dad was a stranger ...read more

  • However, This Is Christmas So I Don't Want To Get ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Dec 29, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,381 views

    However, this is Christmas so I don’t want to get you too down and out . So let me share a story that some of you may have heard before. It is about the Christmas truce that occurred during World War I, on Christmas Eve of 1914, that first year of the War German and British forces were facing ...read more

  • The Baton Rouge Gideon Camp Sponsored A Gideon ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Apr 2, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,155 views

    The Baton Rouge Gideon Camp sponsored a Gideon Day at Angola Penitentiary. They took Bibles into the cells of prisoners to tell them about the love of God. One of these Gideons was named Luther. When he walked into Charlie Frazier’s cell, the prisoner started cursing him. Charlie Frazier was a ...read more

  • In South America, I Think Peru, An Evangelist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jess Bousa on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,544 views

    In South America, I think Peru, an evangelist was holding a crusade which lasts a couple days and on the day before the last day of the crusade he said to the audience that he wants each person under the sound of his voice to ask somebody to come to the crusade tomorrow. So this little girl who ...read more

  • Henry M. Stanley The Great Explorer And David ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,394 views

    HENRY M. STANLEY THE GREAT EXPLORER AND DAVID LIVINGSTON THE GREAT MISSIONARY FROM ENGLAND DID A VAST WORK IN AFRICA. Henry Stanley was the explorer and he was telling an African Chief about Jesus, when the African chief started crying and desired to know more. That night Stanley was pacing the ...read more

  • In Her Book, Celebrate Joy! Velma Seawell ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,900 views

    In her book, Celebrate Joy! Velma Seawell Daniels gives a striking new meaning to this familiar phrase. She tells of interviewing a man who had made a trip to Alaska to visit people who live above the Arctic Circle. "Never ask an Eskimo how old he is," the man said. "If you do, he will say, "I ...read more

  • I Read A Parable Or Story Many Years Ago. The ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 6, 2008
     | 2,251 views

    I read a parable or story many years ago. The first weather storm hit the area suddenly and the temperature dropped fast. A POISONOUS SNAKE was dying by the side of the road. A young teenage boy stopped and looked at the snake. The poisonous snake had a LURE to this young man. He picked up a stick ...read more

  • One Giant Leap For Mankind  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 10, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,383 views

    ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND ONE OF THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY took place on July 20th, 1969, at exactly 4:17 P.M., EDT, when the Lunar Module "Eagle" landed on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the moon. It was the 5th human spaceflight ...read more

  • That's Just Denny.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,017 views

    "THAT'S JUST DENNY." John Ortberg tells of a man in a church he once pastored whom he called Denny. Denny was not a happy man. He had attended church his whole life, but he had never been happy. Even the expression on his face was perpetually negative - so much so that one day a deacon asked him, ...read more

  • Having Your "Rights"

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Mar 2, 2009
     | 2,378 views

    HAVING YOUR "RIGHTS" Dr. Ironside tells a story from his childhood we should all remember: "Many years ago as a little fellow I attended a meeting in Toronto where some difficulty had come up between brethren and they did as the apostle suggests. My dear mother took me along . . . and I well ...read more

  • Centuries Ago On The South Coast Of China, High ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
     | 5,313 views

    Centuries ago on the South Coast of China, high up on a hill overlooking the harbor of Macao, Portuguese settlers built an enormous cathedral. They believed it would weather time, and they placed upon the front wall of this cathedral a massive bronze cross that stood high into the sky. Not too ...read more

  • Lynn Anderson, In "They Smell Like Sheep Relates ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,618 views

    Lynn Anderson, in "They Smell Like Sheep relates this story: “Several years ago in Palestine, Carolyn and I rode a tour bus through Israel’s countryside nearly mesmerized as the tour guide explained the scenery, the history, and the lifestyle. In his description, he included a heart-warming ...read more

  • He Died For Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,280 views

    HE DIED FOR ME During the U.S. Civil War, conscription was not absolute. The drafted man could always hire a substitute if he could afford it. Starting in 1862, the U.S. government allowed this escape from military service on the theory that, so long as each name drawn from the wheel produced a ...read more

  • Resisting The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
     | 7,254 views

    Resisting the Temptation to Lie It’s the only thing we can do when we can’t see ahead – follow the Lord step-by-step. That means doing what we know HE wants us to do, even if it doesn’t always make sense to us. Jim George, in his book, God’s Man of Influence, talks about trying to sell a used ...read more

  • The Preacher And The Farmer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,806 views

    THE PREACHER AND THE FARMER Years ago, a young man had just gotten out of Bible College where he’d spent several years learning all the theological terminology that he thought would make him a successful preacher. He’d just been hired at a country church and he was determined to begin bringing new ...read more

  • David's Extremes

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
     | 3,551 views

    DAVID'S EXTREMES David’s life story is an amazing story of the extremes one person can face in a lifetime: • Early years extremes: o From seclusion to fame o From being a nobody to a somebody. o From forgotten to living legend o From least to greatest o From the runt of the family to the most ...read more