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  • Thanks For The Helmet  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,586 views

    THANKS FOR THE HELMET Cecil Conrad was a farm boy, tired of waking up at the crack of dawn to clean up after cows. He lied about his age, joined the Army and helped free Asia from the Axis. But it was in the next war, battling Communists in Korea, that Conrad might truly have regretted his ...read more

  • Afraid To Fail  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,849 views

    AFRAID TO FAIL Back when Joe Garagiola was a catcher in the major leagues, he had a young pitcher out on the mound who had just come up from the team’s farm club. It was his first time ever to pitch in the majors. The first two batters he faced had both gotten hits, and now were on second and ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, There Was A Small Tribe Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,224 views

    : Some years ago, there was a small tribe of Native Americans who lived in the state of Mississippi. They lived along the banks of a very swift and dangerous river. The current was so strong that if somebody accidentally fell in, they would likely be swept away to their death downstream. One day ...read more

  • In William Steig's Yellow And Pink, A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,801 views

    In William Steig's Yellow and Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an old newspaper in the hot sun. One figure is painted yellow, the other pink. Suddenly, Yellow sits up and asks, "Do you know what we're doing ...read more

  • What Kind Of Soil Will The Word Find?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,637 views

    WHAT KIND OF SOIL WILL THE WORD FIND? The following story speaks about the kind of soil the Word of God might find. Which woman would you be? Two women were hired by a man to make custom-tailored dresses for his clothing store. They were told that not only would they be paid a flat hourly wage ...read more

  • Frederick Buechner Was Twenty-Seven And Living ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 19, 2004
     | 2,756 views

    Frederick Buechner was twenty-seven and living alone in New York trying to start a novel. He tells of going to hear a famous preacher in New York on impulse. He was not a churchgoer, but the church was right next door. It was around the time that Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey ...read more

  • A Look At The Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,049 views

    A LOOK AT THE PARADE The parade route begins near the twin towns of Bethpage and Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem and winds into the Holy City. The Grand Marshal is an unlikely hero – a rustic from a blue-collar town up north, the son of a woodworker. In keeping with his “common man” ...read more

  • Dragging My Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 6, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,284 views

    DRAGGING MY SIN In this award winning film called “The Mission,” Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls in a South American ...read more

  • In The Movie Saving Private Ryan, A Group Of Army ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
     | 2,281 views

    In the movie Saving Private Ryan, a group of Army Rangers receive a mission to go deep into enemy territory to save Private Ryan. They hit skirmish after skirmish, and some of them are killed along the way. They finally get to where Private Ryan is holed up, and they say, “Come with us. We’re here ...read more

  • Churched" Vs. "Unchurched" Doesn't Tell The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,688 views

    "CHURCHED" VS. "UNCHURCHED" DOESN’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY New Ellison research on U.S. adult attendance at worship services found the traditional definitions of "churched" (attend services monthly or more often) — and "un-churched" (do not typically attend frequently enough to be considered ...read more

  • Thank You, Daddy!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,572 views

    "THANK YOU, DADDY!" To illustrate how we often fail to give God the thanks he deserves, Chuck Swindoll told the following story of a man he visited in a dismal veterans hospital: The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This man had a young son, and during his confinement in the ...read more

  • Stayed To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 2,418 views

    STAYED TO SERVE Last fall, Baptist deacon Joe Lusi was suspected of spying. Lusi is a physician in Rwanda, right near the border where the refugees cross into Zaire. Joe Lusi is a Zairian, but the Baptist hospital is in Rwanda. Moreover, the government-run hospital across town had always been ...read more

  • But It Doesn't Always Go According To Plan; In ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Oct 5, 2009
     | 4,482 views

    But it doesn’t always go according to plan; in fact some days do anything but go according to plan. I can remember a day when I was on faults (I was for years a faults-man in the power distribution industry) I was called out in the wee small hours, to a Ute that had hit a pole and the lines had ...read more

  • Defense Lawyer's Final Trick Back ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
     | 3,744 views

    Defense Lawyer’s Final Trick Back Fires A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no body. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen ...read more

  • You Have To Love Him Into It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 3,353 views

    "You Have To Love Him Into It"--A Stock Assistant Learns a Big Lesson A stock assistant was working at a grocery store on Christmas Eve. One of the things he was responsible for was the display in one of the aisles which was a pyramid of canned products. He had to rebuild this display many times ...read more

  • And Now, Am Watching Larry King Live! Where There ...

    Contributed by Pastor Gbenga Shadare on May 6, 2010
     | 2,012 views

    And now, am watching Larry King Live! Where there is an interesting interview with Mrs Cindi Broaddus, the sister to Robin McGraw, Dr Phil McGraw’s wife. She was attacked five years ago by an unknown, hateful bigot who sprayed her with Sulfuric Acid from a highway overpass in the quiet countryside ...read more

  • Beer Commercials And Community

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
     | 2,448 views

    BEER COMMERCIALS AND COMMUNITY Beer commercials do not really sell beer. Have you seen how they really sell "living it up with others" or what Christians call "community"? Do they not sell good looking people partying with other good looking people? Even the losers in those commercials all of a ...read more

  • Who Is The Shepherd?

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,900 views

    WHO IS THE SHEPHERD? Keith Miller writes, "Years ago, when our daughters were very young, we'd drop them off at our church's children's chapel on Sundays before the eleven o'clock service. One Sunday, just as I was about to open the door to the small chapel, the minister came rushing up. He said ...read more

  • What I Don't Want To Be

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
     | 4,384 views

    WHAT I DON'T WANT TO BE I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what he was ...read more

  • My Life Is In His Hands

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 12, 2011
     | 4,942 views

    MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS Chuck Colson tells about going to Salem, OR. & preaching to prisoners there. Kathy Trocoli went with him, sang the song, "My Life is in His Hands." After the service was over, one of the inmates came up to Kathy and said, "I really want to thank you for singing that song. ...read more

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