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  • It Was A Sunny Saturday Morning And The Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,305 views

    It was a sunny Saturday morning and the man decided to bring his seven-year-old son along to work with him to show his son what his daddy did. He showed him the big gears which raised and lowered the bridge and how to pull the levers here and there. The boy later played along the river skipping ...read more

  • Maximilian Kolbe Was A Catholic Priest, Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,479 views

    Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith. On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. One day a man in Kolbe’s block escaped. All of the men from that block were brought out into the hot sun and made to stand ...read more

  • Imagine This If You Can: A Boy Who Is Blind Is A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 14, 2007
     | 1,456 views

    Imagine this if you can: A boy who is blind is a skilled skateboarder, among many other things. Oftentimes it takes a light tap on the shoulder - or a slap in the face - to put things in perspective and bring a brighter note to our seemingly difficult times. One such tap is the story of Ben ...read more

  • You've Probably Noticed; When Two People Get In A ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
     | 1,256 views

    You’ve probably noticed; when two people get in a wreck, a drunk and a Christian, who lives? Who walks away from that wreck? It’s the drunk! And what happens to the Christian? Is he instantly killed or languishes in a nursing home for years? Whys is this? Among all other kids in my home town, my ...read more

  • Heroes Who Can't Swim

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,251 views

    HEROES WHO CAN'T SWIM Paul Harvey tells the story of Ray Blankenship preparing his breakfast and gazing out the window, when he saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with ...read more

  • They Sent Me To Finish  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    THEY SENT ME TO FINISH With all the pomp and prestige that the Chinese government went to in order to put their best foot forward, there was one person who they honored who stood out. He is now in his seventies, but China brought him to Bejing as an honored guest. Why? The odd thing is that John ...read more

  • How To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 3,495 views

    HOW TO BE RENEWED William Hinson, Sr. retired pastor of First United Methodist Church in Houston, the largest church in American Methodism tells the story about a time when he was going to Columbia, South Carolina to preach in a revival. He had not slept well the night before and had gotten up ...read more

  • Repentance Of Chuck ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
     | 8,496 views

    Repentance of Chuck Norris I was reading about a martial arts fighter. He came forward at a Billy Graham crusade and accepted Christ as his Savior when he was 12 years old. But he never really committed his life to serving Christ. He went on to become the karate middleweight champion of the world ...read more

  • A Few Nights Ago My 2 Year Old Son Ephram Was ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 22, 2010
     | 2,340 views

    A few nights ago my 2 year old son Ephram was very sleepy and ready for bed. Though his bed is the bottom bunk he decided that he was going to climb up the latter to Sebastian’s top bunk. Normally he is very able to climb to the top but in his half awake state he got his foot tangled in the ...read more

  • Yeager And The Sound Barrier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
     | 4,366 views

    YEAGER AND THE SOUND BARRIER Chuck Yeager was the first man to ever break the sound barrier in an aircraft. Planes like the British Meteor jets that approached the speed of sound (760MPH at sea level, 660 MPH at 40,000 feet) had encountered severe buffeting of the controls. At that time, no one ...read more

  • Repentance Is Not A One-Time Event

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,363 views

    REPENTANCE IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT Doug Tegner tells the story of attending a one-day leadership retreat called to deal with his church's current crisis. Redwood Chapel was founded in 1962 and has since hosted the Bay Area Sunday School convention (BASS), had strong music programs, planted vibrant ...read more

  • A Timely Testimony

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 23, 2012
     | 4,242 views

    A TIMELY TESTIMONY Jim Cymbala tells an amazing story of one Sunday in his church: (Fresh Faith pp. 78-82) During the choir anthem, Pastor Jim was touched by the words of one of the young men who was featured as a soloist during the song. As the song concluded, Pastor Jim was strongly prompted ...read more

  • Mired In The Mud

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Dec 14, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,974 views

    When I was 17 I went for my first road test to get my driver’s license. In order to receive this privilege to drive, an officer accompanied me to observe my skills. As part of the test I was required to make a 3 point road turn on a narrow road. I pulled forward, turned my wheel, and proceeded to ...read more

  • Stand Strong

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 1,536 views

    I want you all to think back with me as we begin this morning. Many of us looked forward to leaving high school behind with all of its challenges. Then we began to experience a whole new set of challenges in college or in the workplace. We began wondering what direction we were going to take in ...read more

  • A Drastic Decline Among Americans Who Live With A Biblical Worldview

    Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Mar 30, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 812 views

    The year was 1999 and George Barna just wrapped up his latest study on the status of the Worldview of American adults. He was shocked to discover that only 12% of American adults were living their life with a Biblical worldview. He knew that if this trend did not change then it would mean a rapid ...read more

  • You Be The Judge?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,476 views

    YOU BE THE JUDGE? "A money belt is one thing you just can’t do without," my friend told me. ’Make sure you take travelers’ checks with you and maybe a few twenties, and tuck them in your money belt before you leave. And don’t ... DON’T go pawing through your money when you’re out on ...read more

  • No Parts Left Over!" Psalm 37: 25-26 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,853 views

    “No Parts Left Over!” Psalm 37: 25-26 Key verse(s): 25: “I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.” When I was a boy I received one of those expensive model cars for Christmas. It was not your typical model with only about a hundred ...read more

  • Let Me Give You Something Else From Corrie Ten ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 4, 2008
     | 1,129 views

    Let me give you something else from Corrie ten Boom: After the war she returned to Germany to declare the grace of Christ. “It was 1947, and I’d come from Holland to defeated Germany with the message that God forgives. It was the truth that they needed most to hear in that bitter, bombed-out ...read more

  • Crosses Are Heavy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,986 views

    CROSSES ARE HEAVY In March of 1997, Scott Mathews wanted the young people of Carthage, Missouri to understand the love of God. The theme for youth group that month was, “The Cross.” So they built a 500 lb, 8 by 14 foot redwood cross. It took ten students to move it. Crosses are heavy, you ...read more

  • Story: One Man I Admire Greatly Is Maximilian ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 23, 2005
     | 1,124 views

    Story: One man I admire greatly is Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941). Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith. On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. One day a man in Kolbe’s block escaped. All of the men ...read more

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