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  • The Real Tooth Fairy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,084 views

    THE REAL TOOTH FAIRY In 1827, a small group of people settled around a bay at Port Fairy, Australia. Among them was a newly wed couple, Sonny and Matilda Dixon. The town soon began to grow due to its fast developing fishing industry. Local stores began to spring up, and people started to cultivate ...read more

  • Charlie's Thanksgiving List

    Contributed by Perry Hancock on Nov 22, 2022
     | 1,172 views

    Charlie’s Thanksgiving List The pastor at the downtown men’s shelter was ready to begin the Thanksgiving service. Everyone was ready for him to begin and finish since the service was before the meal. After a few hymns were sung, it was time for the pastor’s Thanksgiving sermon. This year he had ...read more

  • Praying For The Lost

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010
     | 3,603 views

    PRAYING FOR THE LOST Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the lost. Here’s part of a testimony from his book: When we begin to pray for someone’s salvation, God seems to draw a circle around that individual and then gets in the circle with him. That is what happened to Ricky Gresham when ...read more

  • Forgiveness In Action  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,936 views

    Forgiveness in Action Pastor Hayes a man in his middle forties, was well-loved by his congregation, and faithful to God and to his family. He enjoyed a successful ministry in an exuberantly vital, growing church. Just when everything seemed to be going well, a cloud came over this man and his ...read more

  • The Daffodil Story.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,835 views

    The Daffodil Story. Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised a little reluctantly on her third call. Next ...read more

  • Genghis Khan's Hawk  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,058 views

    GENGHIS KHAN'S HAWK One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the woods to have a day’s sport. Many of his friends were with him. They rode out gaily, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the servants with the hounds. It was a merry hunting party. The woods ...read more

  • Keep Your Fork

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,479 views

    KEEP YOUR FORK The sound of Martha’s voice on the other end of the telephone always brought a smile to Brother Jim’s face. She was not only one of the oldest members of the congregation, but one of the most faithful. Aunt Martie, as all the children called her, just seemed to ooze faith, hope, and ...read more

  • Keep Your Fork  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,743 views

    KEEP YOUR FORK The sound of Martha’s voice on the other end of the telephone always brought a smile to Brother Jim’s face. She was not only one of the oldest members of the congregation, but one of the most faithful. Aunt Martie, as all the children called her, just seemed to ooze faith, hope, and ...read more

  • Heaven, A Personal Place

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,942 views

    Heaven, A Personal Place Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and ...read more

  • The Following Was Written By Jack Jordan ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,725 views

    The following was written by Jack Jordan newspaper editor recording the events of April 3, 1974. An uneasiness nagged at me as I checked over proofs for the next day’s paper. It was Wednesday, April 3, 1974 about 4 o’clock on a gray afternoon. More than 100 tornadoes had been sighted to the ...read more

  • Walking With God

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Oct 1, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 15,844 views

    “Walking with God” Sermon Opener (Humorous) Micah 6: 1-8 Years ago, in the small town of Catlettsburg Kentucky, there lived several town-drunks. These men where classic characters, each unique in his own way, and from time to time they found themselves arrested ...read more

  • God Keeps His Promises

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,113 views

    GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISES Roger Simms shared this testimony in a book: May 7 the day Roger was discharged from the army. He couldn’t get a bus so he decided to hitchhike his way home. Carry his heavy suitcase and in his army uniform, he flashed for the on-coming car. It was a luxurious, black ...read more

  • History And Purpose Of Memorial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
     | 4,648 views

    History and Purpose of Memorial Day We set aside time in America each year to remember some of the important dates of our history. Tomorrow is one of those days: Memorial Day. On May 30, 1868, our country observed the first day memorializing those who had fallen in battle during the Civil War. It ...read more

  • Don't Underestimate An Act Of Love

    Contributed by Billy Noel on May 18, 2009
     | 2,639 views

    DON'T UNDERESTIMATE AN ACT OF LOVE One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must ...read more

  • An English Missionary Doctor Named Helen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,895 views

    An English missionary doctor named Helen Roseveare, tells this story about an incident she experienced during her time in Zaire, Africa. One night she had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all they could do the mother died, leaving them with a tiny premature baby and ...read more

  • Ben Hooper

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024
     | 1,037 views

    In Rising Above the Crowd, Brian Habour tells the story of Ben Hooper. When Ben was born in the foothills of East Tennessee, little boys and girls like Ben who were born to unwed mothers were ostracized and treated terribly. By the time he was three years old, the other children would scarcely play ...read more

  • Lee Thomas On Praying For The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,721 views

    LEE THOMAS ON PRAYING FOR THE LOST Prayer is really the starting place for all of our evangelistic efforts. We need to be like Paul in Romans 10:1, when he said: "Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved." *Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the ...read more

  • Christmas Giving To Others

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,285 views

    Ann Voskamp writes, “It’s almost a dozen years now, nothing under the Christmas tree here. Strange, the way children teach adults. It started at bedtime one year, I do remember that. Smoothing back hair, kissing foreheads, pulling up the blankets over my kids. Tucking them in. Prayers said all in a ...read more

  • Finding Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Johnathan Hester on Jun 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,584 views

    FINDING GRACE If you want to learn the meaning of faith, get down to a child's level. "What could this possibly be?" I thought to myself. "Why would someone place that sign so low? No one could read it." You see them everywhere. Small signs promoting yard sales, cars, and business opportunities ...read more

  • A Couple Of Weeks Ago Christina And I Were ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,072 views

    A couple of weeks ago Christina and I were invited by some friends of ours, who are contemporary Christian musicians, to go to a sort of undercover church to hear them play some of their new songs. They were playing a place called the “Coffee Spot” in New Port Ritchie, Florida. It’s a little ...read more