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  • In A Seminary Missions Class, Herbert Jackson ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Rose on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 69 ratings
     | 1,799 views

    In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car ...read more

  • Nathan Barlow--Missionary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
     | 4,110 views

    NATHAN BARLOW--MISSIONARY DOCTOR Nathan Barlow was a missionary Doctor to Ethiopia. He served there for over 60 years primarily helping people with an affliction called Mossy Foot. This caused swelling and ulcers in the feet and lower legs and caused people to become social outcasts. When Nathan’s ...read more

  • Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 14, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,014 views

    SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

  • Lost Sheep

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Aug 9, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,205 views

    When the sheep strayed, the shepherd left the 99 and searched for the lost one. I was that lost sheep, I got saved at an early age, and loved the lord with all my heart. Everything was great in my life, I married the girl of my dreams, then my world fell apart. In 1968, I got a letter from ...read more

  • In A Seminary Missions Class, Herbert Jackson ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,060 views

    In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had them push his car ...read more

  • The Laymen

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 1,049 views

    Leave it to the ministers, And soon the church will die; Leave it to the women folk, And some will pass it by; For the church is all that lifts us From the coarse and selfish mob, And the church that is to prosper Needs the laymen on the job. Now a layman has his business, And a ...read more

  • Only Three Parachutes

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 16, 2007
     | 2,148 views

    ONLY THREE PARACHUTES An amusing story about the plane going over the Atlantic Ocean with the only people on board the pilot a scientist, a minister and a back packer. The plane has engine trouble and the pilot goes to the passengers to inform them of the situation. He explains that the plane is ...read more

  • God Forgives Without Conditions

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 26, 2009
     | 5,150 views

    GOD FORGIVES WITHOUT CONDITIONS I once heard a story about Camelot when King Arthur was away. Guinevere, his wife, was unfaithful with Sir Lancelot. When King Arthur returned, he found out about the affair and had his wife placed in a convent for life. Towards the end of the story in a beautiful ...read more

  • Worship Is Showing Up

    Contributed by Rob Roy on May 22, 2024
     | 937 views

    How does Jesus know we love him, what is the proof? By your witness, your gifts, your tithes, your prayers or presence. Did you know I joined twitter? I think the day I did I read several tweets, but never tweeted, and that was long before the 2020 election, and long before I came to Mt. ...read more

  • The Help Of The Body, Citation: Watchman Nee, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 21, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 2,541 views

    [The Help of the Body, Citation: Watchman Nee, Leadership, Vol. 9, no. 3.] Alone I cannot serve the Lord effectively, and he will spare no pains to teach me this. He will bring things to an end, allowing doors to close and leaving me ineffectively knocking my ...read more

  • A College Student Had The Following Message On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,299 views

    A College student had the following message on his dorm answering machine: "Hi! This is Fred. If it's the phone company, I sent the money. If it's Mom or Dad, please send money. If it's the financial office, you didn't loan me enough money. If ...read more

  • One Evening Several College Students Spread ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,897 views

    One evening several college students spread limburger cheese on the upper lip of a sleeping fraternity brother. Upon awakening the young man sniffed, looked around, and said, "This room stinks!" He then walked into the hall and said, "This hall stinks!" Leaving the ...read more

  • The Mother Eagle Teaches Her Little Ones To Fly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,604 views

    "The mother eagle teaches her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. And just so does our God to us. He stirs up our comfortable nests, and pushes us over ...read more

  • To Laugh Often And Much; To Win The Respect Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,311 views

    "To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligence people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a ...read more

  • Tabernacle Faith

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Apr 7, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,464 views

    TABERNACLE FAITH Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes about the feast of Tabernacles: "Sitting in the booth underneath its canopy of leaves, I often think of my ancestors and their wanderings across Europe in search of safety; and I begin to understand how faith was their only home. Their existence was ...read more

  • Relationships

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 4,092 views

    Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8 Quotes about friends. A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in your garden. (Unknown) Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. (Eleanor Roosevelt) Relationships ...read more

  • An Excited Army Recruit Asked His Company ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 12, 2007
     | 1,420 views

    An excited Army recruit asked his company commander for a furlough. His wife was going to have a baby. Permission was granted, and when the furlough papers were drawn up and the soldier was leaving, the officer asked exactly when the baby was due. “About nine months after ...read more

  • A Pastor Friend Asked Me To Go With Him To ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 15, 2007
     | 802 views

    A pastor friend asked me to go with him to cleanse a house for a church member that keep having apparations in his house. They lived alone but people kept seeing people in his house when no one was there. We prayed through the house annoiting it with oil and dedicating it to Jesus, and commanded ...read more

  • To Me, Worship Comes In Many Forms. Just The ...

    Contributed by Jordan Wirkkala on Dec 11, 2007
     | 1,255 views

    To me, worship comes in many forms. Just the other day I was at Starbucks doing a devotional. I felt God was speaking to me. I noticed how beautiful the leaves were and thought to myself, why are they beautiful? And, I realized it was because they were dying. I ...read more

  • What Did We Do To Deserve This?

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,778 views

    WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS? In an old Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis and his little friend Joey are leaving Mrs. Wilson's house, their hands full of cookies. Joey says, "I wonder what we did to deserve this." Dennis answers, "Look, ...read more