I heard the story about a little boy - who was sitting on the front steps of his house - with his face buried in his hands.
As he was sitting there his father arrived came home. He asked the little boy what was wrong.
The little boy looked up and
...read more
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 18, 2011
Ronald Reagan’s attitude after the 1982 attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis:
"The following day, my father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John Hinckley. By showing me that forgiveness is the key to
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
based on 3 ratings
| 5,553 views
THE BAMBOO SERVANT
Once upon a time, in the heart of an ancient Kingdom, there was a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden would walk. Of all the plants of the garden, the most beautiful and beloved was a gracious and noble bamboo.
Year after year, Bamboo
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 22, 2001
based on 241 ratings
| 2,625 views
The story is told - out of WW 2 & the holocaust that took the lives of millions of people - of Solomon Rosenberg & his family. It is a true story.
Solomon Rosenberg & his wife & their 2 sons & his mother & father were arrested & placed in a Nazi concentration camp. It was a labor camp, & the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2002
based on 13 ratings
| 3,823 views
Some years ago a Christmas card pictured a world into which You had not come. A minister fell asleep in his study on Christmas morn. In his dream he found himself looking through his home, but no little stockings hung by the chimney. No Christmas wreaths nor holly decorated the house. He walked
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
based on 11 ratings
| 2,960 views
With a timid voice and idolizing eyes, the little boy greeted his father as he returned from work, "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
Greatly surprised, but giving his boy a glaring look, the father said: "Look, son, not even your mother knows that. Don’t bother me now, I’m tired."
"But
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Oct 26, 2009
based on 1 rating
| 2,700 views
Mordecai Ham was born April 2, 1877, in Scottsville, Kentucky. He came from eight generations of Baptist preachers. He came to Christ by the time he was eight years old and remembers: "At nine I had definite convictions that the Lord wanted me to preach."
But after high school, he changed his
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
based on 1 rating
| 3,702 views
IS IT WORTH IT?
I see a young soldier, he looks barely 18 to me, he has got fear in his eyes, but he has one goal... to get glory and honour... I see him, going through his training, a hard routine, 20 press-ups followed by 30 crunches, then an hour jogging, and then more push-ups, by the end of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 9, 2002
based on 20 ratings
| 3,579 views
Garibaldi had an incredibly committed volunteer army. He would appeal for recruits in these terms: “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart and not with his lips only, follow
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2002
based on 59 ratings
| 2,092 views
Andrew Carnegie made millions in the steel industrial. He worked hard helping the poor and underprivileged. Once a socialist came to see him in his office and soon was railing against the injustice of Carnegie having so much money. In his view, wealth was meant to be divided equally. Carnegie asked
...read more
Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 29, 2003
based on 15 ratings
| 11,345 views
Many years ago a young Midwestern lawyer suffered from such deep depression that his friends thought it best to keep all knives and razors out of his reach. He questioned his life’s calling and the prudence of even attempting to follow it through. During this time he wrote, "I am now the most
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 2 ratings
| 7,409 views
Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once told about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child; the winner was a four-year-old boy. His next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. While breaking baseball’s "color barrier," he faced jeering crowds in every stadium. But one game, playing in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he committed an error. His home fans began to ridicule him. He stood at second base,
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 4 ratings
| 5,225 views
• Noah’s Memorial was an Ark.
• Abraham’s Memorials was found in his altars.
• Isaac’s Memorials flowed from his wells.
• Moses’ Memorial was the Law (which included the Tabernacle and it’s furnishings).
• Caleb’s Memorial was a mountain discovered in his youth but captured in his old
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 6 ratings
| 5,364 views
I remember the old story of a young soldier boy who was a Christian. After the lights were out in the barracks he would slip down on his knees by his bunk in order to pray. One night the sergeant, who had little use for anything religious or Christian, threw his very muddy boots at the boy,
...read more
Tags:
Sermon Central