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  • About A Few Heroes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,578 views

    ABOUT A FEW HEROES Some may think its fashionable to proclaim that the age of heroes has passed. That the glory years of towering giants has faded into a mist of myth and fable. Well, if you’re looking for heroes -- look around. Look at your next door neighbor, the woman whom you see playing catch ...read more

  • A Number Of Years Ago A Church Member Knocked On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,599 views

    A number of years ago a church member knocked on his preacher’s door and asked if he could talk to him. The preacher invited him in. The man took a seat and began his story. “Preacher, do you remember hearing about the death at the steel plant this past week?” “Yes, I heard about that,” the ...read more

  • At One Time, Mike Tyson Was The Most Feared ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,555 views

    At one time, Mike Tyson was the most feared heavyweight boxer in the ring. Jon Saraceno interviewed Tyson for USA Today. In the interview, Tyson was honest as he reviewed his life. The article says, “Almost 39, he is anything but at peace. Confused and humiliated after a decadent lifestyle ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll In His Book "Three Steps ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
    based on 346 ratings
     | 5,989 views

    Charles Swindoll in his book “Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back” tells the story of a farmer who wanted to impress his hunting buddies. To impress them, he bought the smartest, most expensive hunting dog he could find. He trained this dog to do things no other dog on earth could do---impossible ...read more

  • Einstein And The Driver  PRO

    Contributed by Reylourd Reyes on Mar 26, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,434 views

    EINSTEIN AND THE DRIVER Let me end this message with a short story. Who among you knows Albert Einstein? I guess you graduating seniors know him. The one who formulated the E=MC2, which led to the discovery of the atomic bomb. When he discovered the formula, a lot of institutions invited him to ...read more

  • How Many Christians To Change A Light ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Jun 11, 2009
     | 6,123 views

    How Many Christians to Change a Light bulb? CHARISMATICS: Only 1 - Hands are already in the air. PENTECOSTALS: 10 - One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. PRESBYTERIANS: None - Lights will go on and off at predestined times. ROMAN CATHOLICS: None, they only use ...read more

  • Subjective Truths

    Contributed by Charles Worth on Aug 7, 2009
     | 3,748 views

    SUBJECTIVE TRUTHS The following story actually happened to me in 2005 at a state wide meeting. We had a wonderful time of fellowship the first night, a time of worship and a great message. My spirit was soaring until breakfast on the second day. As I came into the hotel dining room several of my ...read more

  • Courage: Breaking The Barrier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,342 views

    COURAGE: BREAKING THE BARRIER Seek courage and strength to move out of your comfort zone. You will need it. Even the smallest of changes even if they are for the best disrupts our relational systems. Without courage, without trusted companions, and with strength, growth and maturity will never ...read more

  • Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled At Nursing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 3,266 views

    Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled at Nursing Home We have a choice of either humbling ourselves or being humiliated. There was an elderly man who was once a famous, award-winning athlete in track and field. He had a room full of plaques and statues and framed certificates. Years after retiring ...read more

  • Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,593 views

    Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance and Exercising Due Diligence As I start to sit down, now, listen to the story of the African-American Episcopalian lay leader, Oscar Greene, of West Medford, Massachusetts! One day, he was invited to serve as a Bank Director! He was hesitant to accept the ...read more

  • The Year Of The Yes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,249 views

    THE YEAR OF THE YES Playwright Maria Hedley had her fill of terrible dates. Most of the dates she went on she thought the guys would be great candidates but they were totally unsatisfying. She got sick of her own taste and decided that fate couldn’t mess up her love life anymore than she could, ...read more

  • Serving Saves A Soul

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2011
     | 2,475 views

    SERVING SAVES A SOUL One of the best ways to do these good things is to get involved in Vacation Bible School: Praying for VBS, inviting kids to come, serving in VBS, and following up on our guests. Kids will get saved. Sometimes even parents get saved through VBS. Florence Lee can tell you that. ...read more

  • Eat, Drink And Be Merry...?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 11, 2012
     | 2,247 views

    EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY...? After the "Cold War" was over, a squadron of Russian pilots was invited to participate in tactical war games at a U.S. Air Force base. A gala dinner was planned by the Base Commander. Thinking to relax the guests, he offered a WW II toast to open the meal. Smiling, he ...read more

  • I Want To Tell You A Story About A Man In Whom ...

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,814 views

    I want to tell you a story about a man in whom God has moved so miraculously, I’ve just got to walk you through it. Mel Pellinen was a big strapping guy. I met him when I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mel lived in Ishpeming and for years as a butcher he had carried whole sides of ...read more

  • My Two Year Old Son Sebastian Has Been Really ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 938 views

    My two year old Son Sebastian has been really taking off with new words lately. He loves his 110 pound St. Bernard and walks around looking for his “pu-ppy” all day long. He is exploding every day with new words. I think my favorite new word of his though has to be “wow!” Just this week, I ...read more

  • Just As Knowing Christ Holds The Most Important ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
     | 1,592 views

    Just as knowing Christ holds the most important place in becoming a Christian, we must also have heard ourselves about the love and joy of Christ. Since we have heard and accepted Christ, so others must hear and accept Christ so that they too can become a part of the fellowship of God. A major part ...read more

  • What Keeps You From Church?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,947 views

    WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM CHURCH? A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place ...read more

  • The Lost Ladle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,249 views

    THE LOST LADLE Helen was a wonderful Christian woman, She was a single mother raising her only son Tom as best she could to love God. But Helen was very worried when Tom told her he was moving to the Big city. A year went by and all seemed well, when Tom called his mother one day and told her his ...read more

  • Consecration To God--Making A Personal Stand For Jesus

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 14, 2017
     | 5,415 views

    I read the story of a young woman who out of curiosity entered a little Presbyterian church one evening. She heard the gospel for the first time and was converted. Later she heard God’s call on her life to go to China as a missionary. She was the only daughter of a multi-millionaire. She was ...read more

  • Young Chicken Little And Panic.

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 6, 2022
     | 1,353 views

    THE STORY OF CHICKEN LITTLE… There is a lesson we know as YOUNG CHICKEN LITTLE… I have read how YOUNG CHICKEN LITTLE throws his whole small town into a great panic… CHICKEN LITTLE CLAIMED THE SKY WAS FALLING IN… This must be the end of the world. While CHICKEN LITTLE was hit in the head by a piece ...read more