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  • I Met The Late Dr. Larry Burkett, President And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,436 views

    I MET THE LATE DR. LARRY BURKETT, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES IN 1979 BEFORE HE BECAME SO POPULAR. HIS TEACHING ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMED MY PHILOSOPHY OF STEWARDSHIP, EVEN THOUGH AT FIRST, I THOUGHT HE WAS HAD LOST HIS MIND!! IN HIS BOOK: YOUR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL ...read more

  • Prison Doors Open From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 4,013 views

    PRISON DOORS OPEN FROM OUTSIDE Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned by Hitler during World War II, writes to his fiancé about one of the many lessons he learned from life in prison: “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely dependent on the fact ...read more

  • The Church Is About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 3,124 views

    THE CHURCH IS ABOUT FREEDOM The silkworm makes an amazing journey to becoming a moth. At one point in the journey, the worm spins about itself a remarkable cocoon. The little sack is composed of 400 to 800 yards of silk fiber which seals it from the inside as it waits for metamorphosis. When that ...read more

  • At The Close Of World War Ii, Two Pictures ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
     | 1,431 views

    At the close of World War II, two pictures appeared in a magazine showing a soldier in conflict with a tank. The first showed a huge tank bearing down on a tiny soldier, about to crush him. The picture was proportioned to show the odds involved when a foot soldier with a rifle faced a tank. The ...read more

  • A Woman From The Slums Of London Sees The Ocean ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 3,368 views

    A Woman from the Slums of London Sees the Ocean for the First Time Long ago, a poor woman from the slums of London was invited to go with a group of people for a holiday at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean before, and when she saw it, she burst into tears. Those around her thought it was ...read more

  • Jerry Kramer: Overcoming

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Feb 26, 2010
     | 5,636 views

    JERRY KRAMER: OVERCOMING From the age of 5 Jerry was the victim of a series of strange and agonizing accidents. While holding an axe overhead, it slipped and cut a cleft into his chin. While a sophomore in high school, he backed into an electric lathe. When he was 17, he had an accident with a ...read more

  • Impact Of Prayer In The Life Of David ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 3,211 views

    Impact of Prayer in the Life of David Wilkerson Several years ago, a pastor of a small church in rural Pennsylvania decided to convert the two hours a night he spent watching TV into prayer time. Soon after that, there were some gang members in New York City who had been involved in a brutal, ...read more

  • Don't Find Us Lacking!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
     | 4,010 views

    DON'T FIND US LACKING! Mexican jails are not known for their tidiness or orderliness. Shortly after having taken office, the then President of Mexico, Luis Echeverria, decided to do something about this. Without giving any advance notice, he chose to visit the jails at midnight. He found guards ...read more

  • How Christians Are Different

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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     | 5,136 views

    HOW CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT A Second Century believer, in a letter to his friend, Diognetus, described how Christians are alike and different from others. He wrote, "Though they are residents at home in their own countries, their behavior there is more like transients...Though destiny has placed ...read more

  • Good News And Bad News  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,744 views

    GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS A man went to see his doctor in a state of high anxiety. "Doctor," he said, "you have to help me. I'm dying. Everywhere I touch it hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to ...read more

  • Like A Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
     | 3,164 views

    LIKE A CHILD Yo-Yo Ma, one of the most famous cellists in our day, once said, "When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them that the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner. In order to become a professional," he says, "you need to go through ...read more

  • When God Speaks

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 7, 2016
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     | 12,458 views

    WHEN GOD SPEAKS Did you hear about the old golfer who was standing in front of the first tee, a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, and wondering if he should use his new golf ball? Deciding that the hole was too dangerous, he chose an old ball that he could afford to lose and placed ...read more

  • Telemarketer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 6, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,099 views

    Here’s a story from a telemarketer: “The other day I called a house and a real nice lady answered the phone, she was really helpful and friendly, she was the type of lady that helps a telemarketer get through a long day. After some pleasantries I asked if Mr. Smith was in, “I’m sorry”, she ...read more

  • The Circumstances Of Life Often Speak To Us Like ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,050 views

    The circumstances of life often speak to us like Lucy one day spoke to Charlie Brown. Lucy said to Charlie Brown "Sometimes, I feel we are not communicating: You, Charlie Brown, are afoul ball in the line drive of life. You’re often in the shadow of your own goal post you’re a miscue. You ‘re 3 ...read more

  • Deep Within California's Remote And Rugged ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,497 views

    "Deep within California’s remote and rugged desert mountain ranges, living on the brink of extinction, less than a thousand bighorn sheep maintain a fragile grip on the future. Their hope lies with the crop of lambs born each winter. In preparation for this moment, ewes wander alone into the rocky ...read more

  • In My Childhood I Collected Coins. It Was My ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 2, 2007
     | 1,680 views

    In my childhood I collected coins. It was my hobby. During WW II copper was a very valuable metal used in the war effort. The U.S. Mint was asked to produce a steel penny so in 1943 they did just that. One day I ran across 3 steel pennies in mint condition. I bought them, went home, and put ...read more

  • A Man Who Was A School Teacher Reflected Upon A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 30, 2007
     | 2,036 views

    A man who was a school teacher reflected upon a Christmas experience. He said, "At Christmas the kids always brought me gifts. They brought them in different types of boxes but after a while I was pretty savvy about what the gifts were. There would be a thin handkerchief box. I knew it was a ...read more

  • There's A Story Of Soldier, That While Still A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,911 views

    There’s a story of soldier, that while still a young boy, formed the habit of praying beside his bed before he went to sleep. He became an object of mockery and ridicule in the barracks. One night, as he knelt to pray after a long, weary march, one of his tormentors took off his muddy boots and ...read more

  • Eternity Magazine Contained A New Item On ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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     | 1,720 views

    Eternity magazine contained a new item on immortality and people's fascination with it. The article read: “The quest for pseudoimmortality took a giant leap forward with the announcement that you can send your remains "to the heavens" when you die. The Celestis Group of Melbourne, Florida, has ...read more

  • This Story Comes From Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,519 views

    This story comes from Reggie McNeal: I was sitting on a bench on a beach boardwalk late one afternoon, resting after an hour walk. I had passed a woman in a green uniform pushing a broom several times. She came toward my bench doing her meticulous sweeping of the sidewalk. Suddenly she stopped, ...read more

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