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  • Who Will Provide?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 11, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 12,895 views

    WHO WILL PROVIDE? A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I am a ...read more

  • I Remember In High School Track I Ran The Last ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 6, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    I remember in high school track I ran the last leg of the 2 mile relay. At a huge invitational meet we were competing in the 2 mile relay. When I got the baton, we had dropped to 8th place and it wasn’t looking good. I ran the first of two laps around the track. I thought to myself, I cannot go ...read more

  • Pastor Bud Buchner, A Well-Known Street ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
     | 1,836 views

    Illus. Pastor Bud Buchner, a well-known street minister in Lansing, MI, was once counseling with a man high on drugs and alcohol. The guy wasn’t being responsive to his invitation because he had to get to the bar across the Michigan Ave. in downtown Lansing. Michigan Ave. is a five-lane street that ...read more

  • I Served As A U.s. Marine In Iraq During 2004. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Mar 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,728 views

    I served as a U.S. Marine in Iraq during 2004. One day, I traveled with an Army unit to a border checkpoint between Iraq and Syria. We were "officially" turning over control of the border crossing to the Iraqi Border Police. To celebrate their newly regained authority, the Iraqi officers invited ...read more

  • In 1886, Karl Benz Drove His First Automobile ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    In 1886, Karl Benz drove his first automobile through the streets of Munich, Germany. He named his car the Mercedes Benz, after his daughter, Mercedes. The machine angered the citizens, because it was noisy and scared the children and horses. Pressured by the citizens, the local officials ...read more

  • Millionaire /Giving Is Not A One Time Enrollment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,664 views

    millionaire /giving is not a one time enrollment fee but daily we must belong to the Lord I Dare You to Do It Again A little church was having a homecoming service to which ex-members, who had moved away, were invited. One of the former members had become a millionaire. When asked to speak, the ...read more

  • Blind Man Rows On River Using A Bell As Reference ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
     | 3,485 views

    Blind Man Rows On River Using A Bell As Reference Point--From "To Catch An Angel" the Autobiography of Robert Russell (From The Preacher’s Commentary) “I recently heard the story of another commuter, a traveler of sorts. To Catch an Angel, by Robert Russell, is the autobiography of a young blind ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, Theologian Alister Mcgrath ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
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    As a young boy, theologian Alister McGrath enjoyed experimenting with chemicals in his school's laboratory. He liked to drop a tarnished coin into a beaker of diluted nitric acid. He often used an old British penny bearing the image of Queen Victoria. Because of the accumulated grime, Her Majesty's ...read more

  • 3) I Heard A Story About A Couple Who Went On ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 11, 2010
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    I heard a story about a couple who went on holiday, they had been away a couple of weeks and when they arrived home, after picking up a litre of that watery green top milk from the dairy, and getting their mail from their neighbors place. They went into their home to find they had been burgled. ...read more

  • He Leaks!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,245 views

    "HE LEAKS!" A country church was having their annual revival meeting. On the first night the preacher preached a message about repentance and the need to return to the Lord. At the altar call, a man came down the aisle saying "Fill me Lord, fill me". The next night the preacher challenged the ...read more

  • You Can Make Him Drink

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    YOU CAN MAKE HIM DRINK Howard Hendricks, one of my professors at Dallas Theological Seminary, sometimes talked about his days when he was a student at the same seminary. In one of those stories, he tells about the time he was invited to preach in west Texas. "You've all heard of Nowhere? Well," ...read more

  • We Should Be Striving On A Daily Basis To Worship ...

    Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012
     | 1,949 views

    We should be striving on a daily basis to worship God in new, loving and exciting ways. It's very easy to become comfortable in our worship. We have that thing on Sunday and sometimes Wednesday and we may even dust off our Bible every now and then to read it. What about feeding the hungry as ...read more

  • Crowded Loneliness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,564 views

    CROWDED LONELINESS At a recent small groups conference at Saddleback Church Randy Frazee spoke on the "call to community." He reported the average American family manages 35 separate relationships on a day-to-day basis--children, extended family, neighbors, government, school, friends, work, ...read more

  • Couldn't You Endure Him?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
     | 2,599 views

    Couldn't You Endure Him? According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave ...read more

  • Once-In-A-Lifetime Show

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,679 views

    ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SHOW I read a fascinating article last week that invited me to watch a breath-taking phenomenon that only occurs once every 44 years. It is the aligning of Jupiter and Venus with the Moon. Added to this amazing spectacle, viewed best with binoculars because the evening light ...read more

  • Dying To Save Her Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,137 views

    DYING TO SAVE HER FATHER The great Charles Spurgeon told a story that demonstrated a person’s concern for an unsaved family member. A rather young girl in Spurgeon’s congregation who had a terminal illness approached her pastor one day with thoughts about her upcoming funeral. She spoke of her ...read more

  • Just Before General Eisenhower Died, Billy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,345 views

    Just before General Eisenhower died, Billy Graham was invited to visit him at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC He was told he could stay thirty minutes. When he went in, the general was wearing his usual big smile, even though he knew he didn’t have long to live. Later Billy Graham told what ...read more

  • Sometimes We Are The Source Of God's Supply To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,528 views

    Sometimes we are the source of God’s supply to others. Consider the great work of Samaritan’s Purse, Food For The Hungry, Salvation Army, and others. A pious father always closed grace for the evening meal with these words: "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and bless what thou hast provided." ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Once Asked This Question Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Dietrich Bonheoffer once asked this question of us, "Do we understand that instead we get a messiah who gives us power all right, but it’s a whole new kind of power, it’s THE POWER OF SUFFERING LOVE It’s a power that looks me in the eye, forgives my sin, my fear, my anger, my resentment, my ...read more

  • His Book Folk Psalms Of Faith, Ray Stedman Tells ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,884 views

    his book FOLK PSALMS OF FAITH, Ray Stedman tells of an experience H.A. Ironside had in a crowded restaurant. Just as Ironside was about to begin his meal, a man approached and asked if he could join him. Ironside invited his to have a seat. Then, as was his custom, Ironside bowed his head in ...read more