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Graham Stuart Staines (1941-January 1999) Was An ...

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 6, 2009

Graham Stuart Staines (1941-January 1999) was an Australian missionary who was burnt to death along with his two sons Philip (aged 9) and Timothy (aged 7) while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India in January 1999. On the night of 22 January ...read more

Tags: Persecution

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Miraculous Protection Of Missionary John G. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009

Miraculous Protection of Missionary John G. Paton John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides. He had aroused the enmity of the local native chief by his successes in the Gospel, the chief hired a man to kill the missionary. The man went to the missionary’s house, but instead of murdering ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-16

Tags: Missions, Angels

In 1937, Napoleon Hill Wrote A Development / ...

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2015

IN 1937, NAPOLEON HILL wrote a development / self-help book: THINK AND GROW RICH. Hill discussed a man that invested all his and his family’s money into a GOLD MINE. The man worked and worked. He was so excited, he was going to make millions of dollars and become rich and famous. For weeks the man ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:9

Tags: 3 Feet From A Miracle

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We Can't Know The Day - But We Can Know The Season When Christ Returns.

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 6, 2024

Jesus specifically told us that there would be signs in the sky in the sun and moon and stars (Luke 21:25), and he told us to “look up”, as our redemption draws near. Believers need to look up when the "season" of His return arrives.   The apostle Paul had this to say about the ...read more

Tags: Rapture, Day Of The Lord, Return Of Christ, Seasons, Times  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Journey To See God Face To Face

Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 19, 2025

Everyone has a desire to see God face to face, but before that they are some prerequisites that need to checked 1) Am I right with God and others? 2) Are my hands clean? 3) Is my heart pure? We need to get answers to these questions from the Holy Spirit. As we receive the answers and correct ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 12:8

Tags: Faith, Hope

Unrealistic Expectations

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 2, 2026

Often times ... we may have ... unrealistic expectations. For example, ... if I have an expectation ... that my wife Lee will cook a 4-course meal every night. And she expects ... that I will take her out to eat every night. Well ...we are both going to be ... very disappointed. Not because ...read more

Scripture: John 6:26-64

Tags: Commitment, Image, Expectations, Disappointed

Denomination: Anglican

So What To Do? Two Things, It Seems To Me. At ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

So what to do? Two Things, it seems to me. At least two. Use up each day. Fill it overflowing with good. Deliberately enjoy it. Two, begin now. Mend a fractured friendship, mail an overdue letter, repair a broken heart, lay aside a griveance, ...read more

Tags: Death Nearness, Christian Love

Home Sleeping Alone

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

HOME SLEEPING ALONE A National Association of Home Builders survey predicts that more than 60% of custom homes will have dual master bedrooms by 2015. The National Sleep Foundation claims 75% of adults frequently either wake in the night or snore, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

May You Have Joy In The Mad Rush Of Preparation; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

May you have joy in the mad rush of preparation; May you know peace in the tiny margins of time around the busy days; May you have star-shine in clear night skies for looking at; May you have silence now and then; ...read more

Tags: Christmas

* It’s Like The Little Boy Who Tried ...

Contributed by John Perry on Feb 9, 2010

*** It’s like the little boy who tried smuggling his dog into the room to spend the night. When he heard his parents coming he put the dog in his toy box & sat on the lid. Then he tried to talk to his parents ignoring the ...read more

Tags: Secrets

Denomination: Pentecostal

My Mom Says My Prayers For Me

Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jul 1, 2012

MY MOM SAYS MY PRAYERS FOR ME A young boy was telling the pastor that his mother said his prayers for him each night. "What do you mean, your mother says your prayers for you?" the minister inquired. The youngster ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Mission Of David Livingstone  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2011

THE MISSION OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE The modern missionary movement really got started about 150 years ago with people who were concerned about the continent of Africa. There was a Scottish preacher by the name of Robert Moffatt who was serving in South Africa. He returned to Scotland to try to enlist ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:14-24

Tags: Missions, Intercessory Prayer

I Have A Friend Who Works With A Church In ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jul 26, 2005

I have a friend who works with a church in Nashville. He was telling us a few weeks ago about a lady at his church who was really convicted by what she had been reading in the scriptures and hearing at church. She felt that she has no other choice but to take the love of God out to a dying world ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

[189]. A Message From A Poem – Lord, Wash Not Only My Feet

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 6, 2025

[189]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LORD, WASH NOT ONLY MY FEET This poem has its setting on the Passover night and it is this incident – {{John 13:3-10 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, rose from supper ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:26, John 13:3-10

Tags: Christian Poems, Clean, Disciples, Cleansing, Foot Washing, Hand Washing, The Word Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thomas Dorsey Was A Black Jazz Musician From ...  PRO

Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 22, 2005

Thomas Dorsey was a black jazz musician from Atlanta who was known in the early 1920’s for the suggestive lyrics he combined with original music. Then God touched his life and in 1926 he gave up the suggestive music and began to write spiritual music. In 1932 times were hard for Dorsey as they were ...read more

Tags: Death, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Baptist

A Candidate For Church Membership Was Asked, ...  PRO

Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 11, 2006

A candidate for church membership was asked, "What part of the Bible do you like best?" He said: "I like the New Testament best. Then he was asked, "What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?" He answered, the Book of the Parables, Sir." They then asked him to relate one of the parables to ...read more

Tags: Bible Study, Fragment

Denomination: Methodist

The Fields Of Flanders Were No Place To Be On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The fields of Flanders were no place to be on Christmas Eve, 1914. Thousands of British, French, Belgian and German troops were dug-in and planning yet another day’s carnage. None of them would have guessed that the “War to End All Wars” would continue nearly four more years and ultimately cost ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Bob Pierce, Founder Of World Vision Had Advanced ...

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 1, 2008

Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Denomination: Wesleyan

So You Won't Be Afraid

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 16, 2010

"SO YOU WON'T BE AFRAID" In one of the Nazi death camps, Solomon Rosenberg lived and suffered with his family. It was a work camp, which meant a person had value and stayed out of the ovens as long as he or she could work. Solomon’s parents, aged and broken, were already gone. Now he feared his ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Give Thanks

Contributed by Jonathan Meade on Nov 18, 2023

At 16, a mission to Honduras with my father was an eye-opening experience that left an incredible mark on my soul. I found myself in a foreign land, surrounded by poverty and heart wrenching realities that I had never encountered before. One particular night, our bus pulled into a dimly lit gas ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Tags: Thanksgiving, Missions, Gratitude

Denomination: Independent/Bible