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  • How Deeply Do You Desire To Connect With God? ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
     | 2,545 views

    How deeply do you desire to connect with God? Are you desperate to see a mighty movement of God on your campus and throughout your generation? In the first decade of recent centuries, God has moved in astonishing ways to bring spiritual awakenings through students. We are living in that time ...read more

  • People Do Judge You By What You Wear

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,117 views

    People do judge you by what you wear. A young man came into our worship service a few weeks ago. He was wearing lots of leather and chains. His hair was spiked blue. He wore black eye liner and had a ring in his lip. I could tell what lots of people were thinking when he strolled down the aisle ...read more

  • During The Bosnian Conflict, Nato Forces Were ...

    Contributed by Mark Mccool on Apr 21, 2003
     | 2,540 views

    During the Bosnian Conflict, NATO forces were sent to assist matters in protecting the Croats from Serbian aggression. During this conflict and while in faithful service, 29 year old United States Air Force pilot, Captain Scott O’Grady, was shot down on June 2, 1995, while flying his F-16 Falcon ...read more

  • Do You Volunteer Or Do You Have To Be Drafted?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,470 views

    DO YOU VOLUNTEER OR DO YOU HAVE TO BE DRAFTED? I have never pastored in Tennessee the volunteer state, but sometimes I wish I did? Will you do this? Well, let me pray about it? I am told there is a little test to see who the leaders are in a church. Tear up some paper in little pieces and place ...read more

  • In January, 1995, According To An Article ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
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     | 3,662 views

    “In January, 1995, according to an article written by Gary Thomas, J. Robert Ashcroft had fewer than forty-eight hours to live, but he was holding on to life, hoping to see his son, John Ashcroft, sworn into the U.S. Senate the following day. [John Ashcroft, as we all know by now…is our Attorney ...read more

  • Charles R. Swindoll, In The Tale Of The Tardy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Jan 31, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,190 views

    Charles R. Swindoll, in The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart and 1,501 Other Stories, told such a story of Dwight L. Moody. He tells the story like this. On one occasion, evangelist Dwight L. Moody had been the recipient of numerous benefits from the Lord. In his abundance, he was suddenly seized with the ...read more

  • I Am Reminded About The Story Of This Particular ...

    Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 23, 2004
     | 2,600 views

    I am reminded about the story of this particular church. One Sunday morning the congregation arrived to find a dirty old vagrant lying beside the door. Some looked at him and said how awful that someone like that is sitting outside our beautiful church, why the pastor should make him move on we ...read more

  • Roger Rose Tells This Story: When He Was A Boy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,005 views

    Roger Rose tells this story: When he was a boy more than 60 years ago, his young brother was fatally injured in a tragic accident. A dirt road ran alongside their house, and only on rare occasions would there be a car on it. But one day as his brother was crossing on his bike, a car came roaring ...read more

  • When Evangelist D. L. Moody Was Conducting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,893 views

    When evangelist D. L. Moody was conducting evangelistic meetings, he frequently faced hecklers who strongly disagreed with him. In the final service of one campaign, an usher handed the famous preacher a note as he entered the auditorium. It was actually from an atheist who had been giving Mr. ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Requested In His ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 27, 2007
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    The story is told of a man who requested in his will to be buried in a very unusual way. When he died, he wanted everyone to look upon him as successful, so he asked that after his death his body be placed propped behind the wheel of a brand new pink Cadillac, and to have a smile on his face and an ...read more

  • These Hands

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,304 views

    “These Hands” A young man and a young woman became engaged and were looking forward to a near wedding day, when the young man was suddenly called into the service of his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went, and love shined brightly in all of them. Then letters from ...read more

  • Sure Is Hot Down Here  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,712 views

    We have many jokes about the subject of hell. Consider the supposed story of the Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his ...read more

  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,109 views

    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

  • There Were Two Brothers That Had Had An Argument ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
     | 1,556 views

    There were two brothers that had had an argument and decided to never speak to the brother until the other one apologized. They went to the same church but never in several decades spoke more than three words to each other. However, God began working on their hearts. They each had always ignored ...read more

  • Be Successful—serve God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 4,664 views

    BE SUCCESSFUL--SERVE GOD Our commitment in the service of Lord in very important in building the body of Christ. And I challenge you to commit your life in the ministry: Confidently, wholeheartedly and absolutely for the glory of God. In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were ...read more

  • During The American Revolution, Farmers Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    During the American Revolution, farmers who joined the Continental Army during the spring and summer went AWOL in the fall and winter. They were known as "summer soldiers". They signed up with the Army after their crops were planted, they fought the British over the summer, but then returned home ...read more

  • He Turned To Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 1,959 views

    HE TURNED TO US Some years ago, the news service carried a story about a dramatic rescue. A California Highway Patrol officer received a call. It seems a woman was about to jump off a bridge. Immediately the officer, a woman herself, was confronted with a dilemma. This police officer had an ...read more

  • David Guzik Comments On Why There Are 12 Tribes, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 26, 2009
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    David Guzik comments on why there are 12 tribes, although defined with variation: "12 is a number often associated with government or administration in God’s eyes. There are 12 tribes, 12 apostles, 12 princes of Ishmael, 12 pillars on Moses’ altar, 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate, 12 ...read more

  • Imitating ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
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     | 5,424 views

    “Imitating Christ” At the close of a Gospel service an intelligent-looking man came to the minister and said, “I do not see any necessity for the Blood of Christ in my salvation. I can be saved without believing in His shed Blood.” “Very well,” said the minister, “how then do you propose to be ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 7,299 views

    WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH When Lawrence of Arabia was in Paris with some of his Arab friends after World War I, he took them to see the sights of the city. His friends showed little interest in the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, or Napoleon’s tomb. The thing that really interested them was the ...read more