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  • Daniel In The Lion's Den

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 13, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,110 views

    Need this picture displayed for illustration: https://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/moody-daniel-lions/ Charles Stanley tells of a time when he was struggling with much opposition. In the midst of the turmoil, an elderly member of his church invited him to her apartment for lunch. He ...read more

  • Praying For Enemies

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 1,310 views

    I once invited a guest lecturer to speak to a counseling class I was teaching and asked him to specifically discuss the topic of forgiveness. He told a powerful story from his own life that day to illustrate his point that we should forgive. His brother had many struggles, and one day there was a ...read more

  • Holy Communion

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 30, 2025
     | 266 views

    Hugh Price Hughes (9 February 1847 – 17 November 1902), was a Welsh Methodist clergyman and he wrote this: I was struck even then at the way in which the most exalted were reduced to their simple humanity. Then, again, at the Holy Communion, all men are absolutely equal. One table for rich ...read more

  • A Safe Place  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,910 views

    A SAFE PLACE Henri Nouwen, the widely read Christian author, was a professor at Yale University Divinity School and later at Harvard. He had a prestigious life filled with honor. But in 1986 he resigned from his job of teaching to become pastor for the Daybreak community of people with ...read more

  • Comforters  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 7,595 views

    COMFORTERS When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer: My first friend came and expressed his shock by saying, "I can’t believe that you have cancer. I always thought you were so active and healthy." He left and I felt alienated and somehow very different. My second friend came and brought me ...read more

  • I Was Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,682 views

    I WAS WRONG Jim Bakker is back in the pulpit again. "It’s awesome to die and come back," he told about 400 worshipers at Way of Life Church, where he was the guest speaker Sunday. The former PTL Ministries leader presided over a multimillion dollar TV ministry until he resigned amid a sex and ...read more

  • Sent By God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,030 views

    SENT BY GOD Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, in a recent interview told of his most memorable occasion to share the gospel. "I remember as a young believer I felt impressed to call on a man who was a CEO of one of the great fortune 500 companies. As presumptuous as it ...read more

  • Here Kitty  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,578 views

    HERE KITTY Once there was a man named Jim who let his dog out to do its business late one night. He watched some TV and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog’s mouth was his neighbor’s cat, dead! "Bad dog! BAD DOG!" said the ...read more

  • Atheists Decry 9/11 Cross Memorial  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,600 views

    ATHEISTS DECRY ’9/11 CROSS’ MEMORIAL A campaign to incorporate Ground Zero’s "miracle debris" steel cross into the design of a planned permanent memorial has been targeted by atheists who say it would be "unconstitutional, inappropriate and insulting." According to "The New York Daily News," ...read more

  • Prayer Doesn't Change God, It Changes Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,335 views

    PRAYER DOESN'T CHANGE GOD, IT CHANGES ME In a scene from Shadowlands, a film based on the life of C.S. Lewis, Lewis has returned to Oxford from London, where he has just been married to Joy Gresham, an American woman, in a private Episcopal ceremony performed at her hospital bedside. She is dying ...read more

  • James The Great  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,203 views

    James the Great The next martyr we meet with, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was cousin-german to the Virgin Mary. It was not until ten years after the death of ...read more

  • Generation To Generation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,055 views

    GENERATION TO GENERATION A little girl called out, "Mommy, you know that vase china cabinet, the one that’s been handed down from generation to generation?" Yes, dear, I know which one you mean, what about it? "Well, Mommy, I’m sorry, but this generation just dropped it!" Now some earthly ...read more

  • James Dobson On Halloween  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,297 views

    JAMES DOBSON ON HALLOWEEN Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?" "Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to ...read more

  • First Harvest  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,277 views

    FIRST HARVEST In 1621, Edward Winslow, one of the fifty or so members of the Plymouth colony, wrote these words, describing the first harvest festival: "Our harvest of corn came in well, and God be praised, we had a good increase of Indian Corn, and our Barley crop was also good, but our crop of ...read more

  • Mary Had A Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,781 views

    MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. (Micah 5:2) Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall— Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. (Isaiah 7:14) Mary had the little Lamb, obedient ...read more

  • Don't Change Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,706 views

    DON'T CHANGE ME Elie Wiesel, the eloquent Jewish author, once told this story: “A just man comes to Sodom hoping to save the city. He pickets. What else can he do? He goes from street to street, from marketplace to marketplace, shouting, ‘Men and women, repent. What you are doing is wrong. It will ...read more

  • What Do You Want To See?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,002 views

    WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? Behavioral scientists have discovered that we usually see things that we are prepared to see. This is all centered in a network of nerve cells called the "Reticular Activating System." Everybody has this system. The "Reticular Activating System." works like this: Once ...read more

  • The Good Night Kiss  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,306 views

    THE GOOD NIGHT KISS At the end of their first date, a young man takes the girl back to her home. Emboldened by the night, he decides to try for that important first kiss. With an air of confidence, he leans with his hand against the wall and, smiling, he says to her, "Darling, how ’bout a good ...read more

  • It's Amazing You Should Come To Me...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,965 views

    IT’S AMAZING YOU SHOULD COME TO ME... A Jewish father was concerned about his son. He had not truly raised him to be grounded in the faith of Judaism… So, hoping to remedy this he sent his son to Israel so the boy could experience his heritage. A year later the young man returned home. He said, ...read more

  • Just To Be Noticed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,462 views

    JUST TO BE NOTICED Every spring, hundreds of Hollywood “stars” gather for the Academy Awards. Very few “slip in the back door:” instead, they make an entrance. They walk down the long red carpet, smiling at the cameras and waving to the people in the stands (who, by the way, all had to apply and ...read more