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  • Never Home

    Contributed by Jonathan Ferrer on Sep 6, 2009
     | 2,594 views

    NEVER HOME - I was born in a hospital - Educated in a boarding school - Courted in a car - Married in a church - We eat in restaurants - Spend our mornings playing Golf - Spend our afternoons playing bridge at the club - Evenings we go to movies - When I die ...read more

  • A Little Girl Went To Visit Her Grandmother For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,865 views

    A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little girls do. Her grandmother ...read more

  • Tech ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,482 views

    TECH CHURCH People within the Christian community are just as immersed in digital technologies and social networks as those outside. Both evangelicals and born-agains emerged as statistically on-par with national norms when it comes to technological habits. The one exception is access to spiritual ...read more

  • Corporate Discipleship

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,537 views

    CORPORATE DISCIPLESHIP Did you know that there is not a single case of "one-on-one discipleship" in the New Testament? The choice to become and remain a disciple rests with individuals, but discipleship is always nurtured corporately. Discipleship is not a course you go through; it’s a life you ...read more

  • Moving Forward For Christ

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 30, 2018
     | 7,645 views

    *The early church kept moving ahead. And we can too! In spite of our enemies, in spite of the setbacks, we can still move forward for the Lord Jesus Christ! *In February of 2007, a deadly tornado struck central Florida. And it smashed almost everything in its path. The storm struck at the worst ...read more

  • When I Think Of Risk, I Think Of The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 3,158 views

    When I think of risk, I think of the story of Lucinda Williams who was a Missouri woman who moved to Dallas back in the mid-1800’s. When she moved to Dallas, she asked her landlady if there was a Baptist church in town. The landlady said there was no Baptist church in town and she hoped there ...read more

  • Holy Ghost Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,373 views

    HOLY GHOST FIRE This may be a cliche, but I still get a lift out of saying it... "I believe that today the world is going to hellfire because the church ...read more

  • The Year Was 1920. The Scene Was The Examining ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,430 views

    The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, “Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open a door of ...read more

  • God's Detour

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
     | 2,086 views

    GOD'S DETOUR The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, "Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open ...read more

  • God's Detour

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
     | 1,323 views

    GOD'S DETOUR The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, "Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open ...read more

  • Every Member Is A Sinner  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,625 views

    "EVERY MEMBER IS A SINNER" There's a worn-out story about the preacher who was getting fired-up in his sermon. He thundered, "Every member of this church is a sinner!" When he hollered this a second time for emphasis, there was a man on the back row who had a broad smile come across his face. ...read more

  • Remember Your Sword

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,849 views

    Remember Your Sword Prop: Butter Knife and large Sword First let me say I collect and sell swords for a living so it wasn’t hard for me to get a real sword you may have to make a prop sword. Be careful if you bring a real one and make sure no one gets near it. In our church we have a 5 minute ...read more

  • Over In England, Every Day At Noon A Man By The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 76 ratings
     | 1,600 views

    Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out. One day his pastor asked why he did this. Jim answered, “The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, ‘Jesus, this is Jim. ...read more

  • Over In England, Every Day At Noon A Man By The ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,185 views

    Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out. One day his pastor asked why he did this. Jim answered, "The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, 'Jesus, this is Jim. I ...read more

  • Fear Moves Us

    Contributed by Robert Clark on Jun 19, 2009
     | 2,635 views

    FEAR MOVES US Fear is used by those with a platform to move us in the direction they desire. Fear sells (magazines, newspapers, TV ratings/ads...). Fear wins political contests. Fear is used by parents. And all too often fear is used by the church. Illustration: Print articles add up to $543M. ...read more

  • Hell Is Past Calvary

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,755 views

    HELL IS PAST CALVARY Adrian Rogers once recalled hearing about a nightclub called "The Gates of Hades." The story goes that a newcomer to the city was looking for this nightclub and he stopped a policeman to ask directions. It just so happened that there was a church on that same street called ...read more

  • Behind The Mask

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 2,365 views

    BEHIND THE MASK In Basel, Switzerland each year the good Protestant townspeople have a festival in which they all don masks and go through the city doing things and going placed they would never consider doing/going under normal circumstances. The mask, which veiled their identity emboldened them ...read more

  • Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 14, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,931 views

    SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

  • One Of My Friends Who Pastored In The Phoenix ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 27, 2007
     | 872 views

    One of my friends who pastored in the Phoenix area left to go do new work in another state. God had laid on his heart the desire to start new churches. The plans were laid for him to begin with the cooperation of two established churches. Funds and families were in place to further the kingdom. ...read more

  • Joyless Christians

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,926 views

    JOYLESS CHRISTIANS A little girl once went to visit her grandmother in the country. Things were fine until Sunday. This lady went to a very old-fashioned church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, ...read more