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  • C.r. Smith Was One Of The Founders Of American ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,387 views

    C.R. Smith was one of the founders of American Airlines, and he once made a stopover in Nashville, Tennessee. When he did, he found two desks in the American Airlines corridor of the airport. On one, a phone was ringing away. Sitting at the other, with his feet propped up, was a man reading the ...read more

  • Picked From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
     | 3,870 views

    Picked From the Fire John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family’s old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he had ...read more

  • The Gospel Tract Dispenser

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
     | 2,230 views

    THE GOSPEL TRACT DISPENSER Mike Slaughter tells the story of rushing through the airport to catch his connecting flight. He ran into the bathroom and went into a stall. And when he began to pull on the toilet paper, and a Gospel tract fell out onto the floor. He picked it up and began to read ...read more

  • The Vacuum Salesman  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,202 views

    THE VACUUM SALESMAN A vacuum salesman down in rural Tennessee. He had a his vacuum cleaner and all of this tools and everything, and he went out there and he told a lady, "I’ve got the most exciting vacuum cleaner you have ever seen. It will clean your house from top to bottom...you only have to ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,568 views

    “Medicine for America” “Recognize You Have Sinned” Biblically examining the rule of kings who oversaw the nations of Judah and Israel reveals the truth, God blesses obedience and He chastens for disobedience. Instead of hanging onto this world’s view, Christians can come to understand the ...read more

  • Decision Without Determination

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 28, 2009
     | 3,302 views

    DECISION WITHOUT DETERMINATION Some choose and pray a prayer. This is the great heresy of the last hundred years. I made a choice when I was ten. But there is no determination. I have been convinced by the Lord that a decision without determination and effort is absolutely meaningless. In ...read more

  • Lisa Beamer: Reflecting On The Loss Of Her Dad.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,315 views

    Lisa Beamer: Reflecting on the loss of her dad. “Slowly I began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include ‘good things’, but the whole array of human events. The ‘prospering’ he talks about in the book of Jeremiah is often the outcome of a ‘bad’ event. I remember my mom saying ...read more

  • In "Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Apr 18, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,800 views

    In “Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage”, Lisa Beamer reflects on the loss of her dad. She says, “Slowly, I began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include “good things”, but the whole array of human events. The “prospering” he talks about in the book of ...read more

  • Philip Yancey, In His Book, The Jesus I Never ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 15, 2007
     | 1,403 views

    Philip Yancey, in his book, The Jesus I Never Knew, gives this illustration: "George Buttrick, former chaplain at Harvard, recalls that students would come into his office, plop down on a chair and declare, ’I don’t believe in God.’ Buttrick would give this disarming reply: ’Sit down and tell me ...read more

  • More On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,486 views

    MORE ON PRAYER Leonard Ravenhill - Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Harry Emerson Fosdick - Prayer is putting oneself under God’s influence. Pope Pius XII - A man without ...read more

  • Two Prayers We Prayed For Our ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 7, 2009
     | 1,122 views

    Two Prayers we prayed for our kids: I want to recommend a prayer Susan and I prayed while raising our kids. We asked God to do this for our kids: "Maximize the effect of the things we do right - and minimize the effect of the things we do wrong." Of course we usually thought of praying that ...read more

  • When I First Came Into Ministry Many Years Ago ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,413 views

    When I first came into ministry many years ago now, Julie and I realized that the only way we could train in the Bible College was to sell everything we owned except our car and our children (actually our children already belonged to God, so they didn’t come into the equation). There was no ...read more

  • More Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 3,323 views

    More Like Jesus What then is it to be more like Jesus in righteousness and faithfulness. Consider the story of: William Howard Doane (who) was a wealthy nineteenth-century industrialist who entered the business world at age sixteen and was president of his own manufacturing company by age ...read more

  • Bob Had Been A Christian For About 6 Years And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,966 views

    Bob had been a Christian for about 6 years and had come to Dallas to head up a major city wide evangelistic campaign, hosting a daily radio program and working with some of the largest churches in America. He was beginning to think he was close to reaching the ultimate in Christian maturity - ...read more

  • Jesus Met The Man In The Tombs, Healed Him, Cast ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 18, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,451 views

    Jesus met the man in the tombs, healed him, cast the demons out. Now he is a sane man. Now he can take his place in society. I can imagine him coming home that evening after he met Jesus. His children look out the window and the cry out, "Mother, father is coming." She runs and locks the door. She ...read more

  • The Power Of Choice

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2018
     | 8,237 views

    Rev. Billy Graham, who died at his home in North Carolina on 21st February 2018 Wednesday at the age of 99, was among the most influential religious leader of the 20th Century. He said “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive ...read more

  • About A Month Ago, I Tuned Into The Green Bay ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,947 views

    About a month ago, I tuned into the Green Bay Packer game. It was the last time Brett Favre was probably going to be playing at home. I’m not a huge football fan, but Brett Favre is a really amazing quarterback. He’s done a lot of things and it’s kind of a historic moment. So, I wanted to check him ...read more

  • 'twas The Sunday Before Easter  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Carl on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,371 views

    “’Twas the Sunday before Easter” ‘Twas The Sunday Before Easter, And all through Israel’s House There was planning and scheming by Herod the louse, While palm leaves were waving o’er Christ’s lovely head Just five days later, he’d be rejected and dead. The children were running and leaping for ...read more

  • A Story Is Told That A Huge Tree Was Not Put Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Oct 12, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,669 views

    A story is told that a huge tree was not put down by severe rains and storms, but to surprise or many, one sunny day it just fell. When they examined the inside, it was destroyed slowly by small insects eating the trunk. Small sins may appear harmless, but it is they that can blind the eyes! Don’t ...read more

  • It Seems That Many Times We Judge People By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,550 views

    It seems that many times we judge people by their looks. But, I challenge you this evening not to do that. God sees past what you and I can see. He sees the person’s heart. You might see a beautiful girl but God might see that she’s into smoking and drinking and she’s not for you. Don’t be ...read more