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  • The Citadel Of The Spirit!" Galatians 4: 1-16 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,780 views

    “The Citadel of The Spirit!” Galatians 4: 1-16 Key verse(s): 16 “Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth.” There’s an old proverb that simply states, “Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.” I can remember many times in my life when, confronted by someone’s correction, ...read more

  • So If The Kingdom Of Heaven Is So Valuable, Why ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,487 views

    So if the kingdom of heaven is so valuable, why doesn’t everybody do everything they can to be a part of it? I think it’s because value is often in the eye of the beholder. What has value and what doesn’t is really up to personal interpretation. What some people think are valuable have no value at ...read more

  • I Want To Share One More Time From Our Trip. On ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 1,117 views

    I want to share one more time from our trip. On the ship, we had an inside cabin. There were two long hallways running the length of the ship that had access to cabins on either side. The cabins along one side all were on the outside and therefore had windows. The cabins on the other side were ...read more

  • I'll Go Back And Tell Them Again.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
     | 4,187 views

    "I'LL GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the jungles of south Mexico, just north of the Guatemalan ...read more

  • When Mary Almost Turned Back

    Contributed by John Allen on Dec 8, 2020
     | 2,382 views

    Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been rightly regarded as one of the godliest people in history. But she was also human, subject to the same doubts we have. Why, after the biggest announcement in history, does she "hurry away" from her family? Why did she go by herself? Why did she stay ...read more

  • Max Lucado: Angels Were Silent  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,039 views

    Max Lucado (Angels were Silent) Describes how in a similar way we cry out for something to cut through the clutter of life, turning to faith and religion to give us simplicity, instead finding things just as complicated: Enter, religion. We Christians have a solution for the confusion don’t we? ...read more

  • Sammy's Big Catch - Sammy Was A Young Boy Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wall, Jr. on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,020 views

    Sammy’s Big Catch - Sammy was a young boy who lived in the Deep South. His summer days were filled when times of walking through the woods, playing with friends, and fishing in the pond down the road. Fishing was by far his favorite thing to do. Just about every day during his summer vacation, ...read more

  • French Fries  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,526 views

    French Fries Like many modern fathers, I never seem to have enough time to spend with my children. So I was pleased that I had to "watch" the two boys last Saturday. We ran a couple of errands, got the car washed, and then they decided it was time for lunch. I asked them where they wanted to ...read more

  • A Woman Named Ruth Went To Her Mail Box And There ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,184 views

    A woman named Ruth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter: Dear Ruth: I’m going to be in your neighborhood ...read more

  • Go Back And Tell Them Again  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,554 views

    GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN Jesus said "Follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the ...read more

  • Serving Others

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,708 views

    “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost”. - Arthur Ashe In a small, dusty town in western Oklahoma one November there lived a young single mother struggling to make ends meet. ...read more

  • Compassion

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,180 views

    “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson She was a nurse employed at a residential care home in Western Oklahoma. It was a muggy summer night and many of the residents seemed more restless than usual. One of the patients, an ...read more

  • The Valley Of the Shadow Of Death

    Contributed by Rev Purvi Satvedi on Oct 27, 2023
     | 849 views

    An experience Peter Marshall, the great Scottish preacher, related during his ministry: On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, Peter Marshall preached to the regiment of midshipmen in the Naval Academy at Annapolis. A strange feeling which he couldn’t shake off led him to change his announced topic ...read more

  • Max Lucado Tells The Story Like This: The Faces ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,342 views

    Max Lucado tells the story like this: The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. “The rains have washed away the bridge. During the night many cars drove over the edge and into the river.” “What can we do?” asked one. “You must stand on the side of the ...read more

  • The Sandwich-Sign Parable

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,122 views

    THE SANDWICH-SIGN PARABLE The faces of the three men were solemn as the mayor informed them of the catastrophe. "The rains have washed away the bridge. During the night many cars drove over the edge and into the river." "What can we do?" asked one. "You must stand on the side of the road and ...read more

  • My Mother And My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
     | 3,162 views

    MY MOTHER AND MY FRIENDS (Excerpted from Simple Treasures - Garnet Hunt White. Stories for a Woman’s Heart, p. 187.) The Prov. 31 woman has grateful children – “Her children stand and bless her” (Prov. 31:28 NLT). Mother accepted my friends as they were, and they loved her for it. They liked the ...read more

  • Nobody Ever Tells Me That!" Ezra 5:1-2 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 5, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,473 views

    “Nobody Ever Tells Me That!” Ezra 5:1-2 Key verse(s) 2b:“And the prophets of God were with them, helping them!” When was the last time that you went out of your way to encourage someone? I’m not talking about the little remark or that wink of an eye. While these things encourage, they are ...read more

  • Words Of A Taxicab Driver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    Listen to these words of a taxicab driver…: Because I drive the night shift, my cab often becomes a moving confessional. Passengers climb in, sit behind me in total anonymity, and tell me about their lives. I encounter people whose lives amaze me, some ennoble me, others make me laugh and ...read more

  • Listen To These Words Of A Taxicab Driver: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
    based on 357 ratings
     | 5,331 views

    Listen to these words of a taxicab driver: Because I drive the night shift, my cab often becomes a moving confessional. Passengers climb in, sit behind me in total anonymity, & tell me about their lives. I encounter people whose lives amaze me, ennoble me, make me laugh & sometimes weep. But ...read more

  • Kindness: The Closing Of A Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,911 views

    KINDNESS: THE CLOSING OF A LIFE Because I drive the night shift, my cab often becomes a moving confessional. Passengers climb in, sit behind me in total anonymity, and tell me about their lives. I encounter people whose lives amaze me, some ennoble me, others make me laugh and sometimes make me ...read more

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