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  • Bridal Nerves  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,893 views

    I read about a bride who sought advise on how to deal with her nerves as she processed to the altar at the start of her wedding. The pastor suggested that she remember to keep her eyes first on the isle. Then, upon turning the corner, to focus on the altar. And. finially, as she drew ...read more

  • That's The Only Problem  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,623 views

    [That’s the Only Problem] The young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home. Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there. After getting up a head of steam and warming up to ...read more

  • A Recent Newsweek Poll Found That "84 Percent Of ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 9, 2005
     | 1,501 views

    A recent Newsweek poll found that “84 percent of American adults consider themselves Christians, and 82 percent see Jesus as God or the son of God. Seventy-nine percent say they believe in the virgin birth, and 67 percent think the Christmas story — from the angels’ appearance to the Star of ...read more

  • Knowledge Is Exploding At Such A Rate—more Than ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,334 views

    Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the ...read more

  • Carpe Diem." Seize The Day. Make The Most Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Flowers on May 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,141 views

    “Carpe Diem.” Seize the day. Make the most of every opportunity. Seize – the day. Notice the phrase is not “with utmost care and caution, after you have worked out the cost/benefit analysis and determined that there is no logical reason why all systems should not be go, and have assured ...read more

  • The Six-Inch Nail  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 5, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,596 views

    The Six-Inch Nail At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a wealthy restaurateur named Emil Mettler. Mettler would often do not allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant. Once he happened to open his cash register in the presence of a ...read more

  • A Heavy Wagon Was Being Dragged Along A Country ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,265 views

    A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axles groaned and creaked terribly, when the oxen turning around thus addressed the wheels, “Hey there, why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we—not you—ought to cry out!” Those complain first in our ...read more

  • Many Do Not Recognize The Fact As They Ought, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,750 views

    "Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never ...read more

  • Joel Osteen From His Book "Your Best Life Now" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 28, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,702 views

    Joel Osteen from his book “Your Best Life Now” stated, “Until you learn how to enlarge your vision, seeing the future through your eyes of faith, your own wrong thinking will prevent good things from happening in your life. God will not pour fresh, creative ideas and blessings into old attitudes… ...read more

  • We Find Ourselves In An Interesting Time In Our ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
     | 1,327 views

    We find ourselves in an interesting time in our churches history again. We are losing for a season Sherrie, Becky and the kids, this after just losing David, Juliann and Wyatt, boy it would be easy to lose heart. Yet God keeps giving me great expectation for this upcoming year, something that ...read more

  • What Holiness Is Not

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,577 views

    WHAT HOLINESS IS NOT John Charles Ryle, Anglican bishop of Liverpool in the 19th century speaks of holiness. He says, "It is not knowledge...nor great profession...nor doing many things...nor zeal for certain matters in religion..." He continues that holiness is not "morality and outward ...read more

  • We Need Each Other

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 4, 2009
     | 2,556 views

    WE NEED EACH OTHER Edward Everett during the 19th century said: We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" and the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and the branch answers, "No, my life is in the trunk." We ask the trunk, and it answers, "No, my life is ...read more

  • Mother Switches Daughter's Musical Instrument To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
     | 3,653 views

    Mother Switches Daughter’s Musical Instrument to Keep Her from Singing I read the true story about a woman who bought her daughter a really nice Baby Grand Piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, one of her friends asked her how her daughter was doing. “Oh,” she said, “I persuaded her to switch ...read more

  • Who Shapes Who?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,117 views

    WHO SHAPES WHO? Written by Irenaeus from the 2nd Century. From God’s Hands: "It is not you who shape God; it is God that shapes you. If then you are the work of God, await the hand of the Artist who does all things in due season. Offer the Potter your heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form ...read more

  • Listening Is So Important In Life And Crucial To ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 2, 2010
     | 2,039 views

    Listening is so important in life and crucial to make relationships work. Let me give you a little brainteaser. If you have heard this before, please don’t ruin it for everyone else and just keep your thoughts to yourself. I’ll read the question and then you some time to think. You are driving a ...read more

  • When I Was In Seminary, I Heard An Illustration ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 7, 2010
     | 2,205 views

    When I was in seminary, I heard an illustration that has stuck with me over the years. It began with a question, “Whose holding your trampoline?” The image there is of a group a people stationed around the sides of the trampoline to keep you from falling off. The purpose of the question was to have ...read more

  • Lions

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010
     | 2,767 views

    LIONS Lions roamed the countryside and forests in Mesopotamia, and the people feared them and greatly respected their power. Some kings hunted lions for sport. The Persians captured lions, keeping them in large parks where they were fed and attended. Lions were also used for executing people. But ...read more

  • Just Like Marriage

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 9, 2013
     | 1,853 views

    JUST LIKE MARRIAGE My 7-year-old daughter wanted to take violin lessons, so I took her to a music store to rent an instrument. Hoping she would understand the importance of practicing, I explained that violin lessons were expensive so she would have to work hard. "There may be times when you ...read more

  • One Day A Rich Man Went Fishing. He Had All The ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,087 views

    One day a rich man went fishing. He had all the latest and finest equipment. Hours later he had caught nothing. He walked on up the river and came upon a small boy with a stick and a bent hook. The boy had a fine string of trout over his shoulder and he was about to go home. The man questioned the ...read more

  • In The 1968 Olympics In Mexico City, Tanzanian ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Nov 12, 2007
     | 2,563 views

    In the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tanzanian runner John Stephen Ahkwari was the last runner in the marathon. He came in about an hour and a half after the winner, practically carrying his leg, as it was so bloodied and bandaged. When asked, “Why did you keep going?” He said, “You don’t ...read more