Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 4, 2005
based on 4 ratings
| 3,173 views
The Cohen Brothers & Mr. Ford
It was a sweltering August day when all three Cohen brothers entered the posh Dearborn, Michigan, offices of Henry Ford, the car maker, "Mr. Ford," announced Norman Cohen, the eldest of the three. "We have a remarkable invention that will revolutionize the automobile
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Tim Richards on May 24, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,713 views
God is willing to look out for us & take care of us. The truth is that we can trust God, even when we don’t fully understand Him. Let me conclude this morning’s sermon with a brief story from Franklin Graham’s fine book, Rebel with a Cause. It took place when young Franklin was still far from God.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
based on 5 ratings
| 1,677 views
A little boy who lived far out in the country in the late 1800s had reached the age of twelve and had never in all his life seen a circus. You can imagine his excitement, when one day a poster went up at school announcing that on the next Saturday a traveling circus was coming to the nearby
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
based on 1 rating
| 1,684 views
When the 10-year-olds in Mrs. Imogene Frost’s class at the Brookside, N.J. Community Sunday School expressed their views of "What’s wrong with grownups?" they came up with these complaints:
1. Grownups make promises, then they forget all about them, or else they say it wasn’t really a promise,
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Clayton White on Nov 17, 2006
There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his backpack with cupcakes, several cans of root beer and started on his journey to meet God.
When he had gone about three blocks, he saw an elderly woman sitting on a park bench
...read more
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 26, 2006
based on 2 ratings
| 1,591 views
Seeing The Rainbow From God’s Side
Some years ago it was my privilege to be one of the speakers in a state-wide Bible Conference held in Dallas, Texas. Inasmuch as I was conducting a revival meeting in Houston that same week, it was necessary for me to fly to and from the Dallas appointment.
My
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 9, 2006
Bill Wilson is founder and Senior Pastor of Metro Ministries based out of New York City, ministering to the five boroughs of New York, with expanding ministry around the world. When Bill Wilson was a boy, he was walking with his mom one day and they sat on a culvert to rest. His mom then got up
...read more
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Feb 3, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,210 views
In a far country lived a band of minstrels who traveled from town to town presenting music to make a living. They had not been doing well. Times were hard; there was little money for common folk to come to hear the minstrels, even though their fee was small. Attendance had been falling off, so
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,528 views
It was a sunny Saturday morning and the man decided to bring his seven-year-old son along to work with him to show his son what his daddy did. He showed him the big gears which raised and lowered the bridge and how to pull the levers here and there. The boy later played along the river skipping
...read more
Denomination:
Methodist
based on 1 rating
| 1,951 views
A science professor at Westmont College wrote a book explaining how only one person could possibly have fulfilled the prophecies. He worked with 600 students to calculate the mathematical probability of just eight of the Old Testament prophecies being fulfilled in any one person up to the present
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 8, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,430 views
That reminds me of what happened to a tribe in the jungles of East Asia, when missionaries showed them the Jesus film. It was a big deal when I was in Seminary and one of my friends was a missionary telling me about all that was going on with the Jesus Film. The movie was being shown as an
...read more
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 27, 2004
based on 20 ratings
| 3,865 views
Maxie Dunnam, President of Asbury Theological Seminary in his book, “This is Christianity” tells a remarkable story about Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon. A man had been injured in a fire while attempting to save his parents from a burning house. He couldn’t get to them. They perished. His
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Free Methodist
based on 4 ratings
| 6,366 views
Video Illustration: Movie Pay It Forward.
Clip is from the beginning of the movie were a reporter becomes the recipient of a random act of kindness after his car is smashed at a police domestic scene. The reporter is given a new jaguar by a stranger to replace his old wrecked mustang. He responds
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 17, 2004
based on 11 ratings
| 2,610 views
Some might think that a sermon examining doctrine is dry and boring. More than that, they might think that doctrine isn’t as important as something you can apply directly to your life situation.
You might think, you want something that will help you with your marriage, with your other
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Adam Couchman on Jun 18, 2007
Many people remember former New York Mayor Rudy Gulliani specifically because of his leadership following the World Trade Centre attacks in September, 2001. But he will also be remembered for dramatically reducing the crime levels in New York City.
For many years New York’s reputation throughout
...read more
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jul 27, 2007
“In God’s economy, ownership is very different. The Bible tells us that we are here for but a moment, that our lives are a puff of smoke. I have never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul. Mother Theresa is merciless on this theme. She said that “if you have two jackets, one belongs to the poor.” This
...read more
Denomination:
Mennonite
Sermon Central