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  • Melody Is Standing At The Pulpit, With Her Head ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,962 views

    Melody is standing at the pulpit, with her head bowed as she is praying. (This script is in front of her.) The pastor is in the back of the sanctuary, with a microphone. - - - - - - - - BEGINNING OF SKIT - - - - - - - Melody: Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Pastor: Yes? Melody: (looking around ...read more

  • Listen, Son: I Am Saying This As You Lie Asleep, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,254 views

    Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I ...read more

  • Take One Down And Pass It Around!" Acts 14:21-25 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 11, 2005
     | 3,115 views

    “Take One Down and Pass It Around!” Acts 14:21-25 Key verse(s) 21a:“They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples . . .” “Take one down and pass it around, ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall.” Although this wasn’t one of those endearing songs to dads on vacation ...read more

  • I Looked About Some More And Saw A Huge Maple ...

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 10, 2005
     | 3,763 views

    I looked about some more and saw a huge maple tree. Magnificent, tall and strong it had many leaves like a flowing royal garment. It was lush and full of gorgeous green foliage so not a branch could be seen. It was in all its glory. -Lisa DeLay, wrier and founder of wit4life.com As I continued my ...read more

  • Three Years And A Half Years Ago, An Incident ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,902 views

    Three years and a half years ago, an incident occurred that I filed back because I knew at some point that I would have a message to place it in. In fact, I heard Anthony Mangun use it in a message that he preached. I have some friends that incorporated it into some sermons that they preached. ...read more

  • Bob Had Been A Christian For About 6 Years And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,107 views

    Bob had been a Christian for about 6 years and had come to Dallas to head up a major city wide evangelistic campaign, hosting a daily radio program and working with some of the largest churches in America. He was beginning to think he was close to reaching the ultimate in Christian maturity - ...read more

  • Seventeen Years Ago I Was Keenly Interested In A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,840 views

    Seventeen years ago I was keenly interested in a widow in our church. Renfro laughed at me for saying she and I had a conversation in which we negotiated whether we could date or not. Listen, if there are things on which you do not agree, either negotiate a lasting change or else keep on ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Was Sitting In My Office ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 1, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,027 views

    Several years ago, I was sitting in my office with my door open. A lady waling down the hall said, “Have you got a minute?” “Sure, come in.” She sat down and said, Dr. Chapman, I’ve got a problem. I can’t get my husband to paint out bedroom. I have been after him for nine months. I’ve ...read more

  • I'm A Different Person  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,982 views

    I'M A DIFFERENT PERSON “…that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind…” When I still lived in California, and for a while was selling cars until I repented, I worked with a very lovely young woman named Sheri. We became good friends, because we were hired very close to the same time. She ...read more

  • Chuck Had Been Perhaps The Most Hard-Working ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,612 views

    Chuck had been perhaps the most hard-working salesman in his company’s history – at least in recent memory. He usually spent sixty-five to seventy-five hours a week at the office when he wasn’t traveling. And when he was on the road, his weekly work hours could run as high as ninety. Of course, ...read more

  • Recently A Baptist Pastor In Illinois Received A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,503 views

    Recently a Baptist Pastor in Illinois received a visit from the FBI. They came in response to an anonymous caller who took issue with something the Pastor said in his sermon. According to the Baptist Press news service, “Nov. 23, 2004, started out like any other normal morning for Randy Steele, ...read more

  • All The Credit Goes To Dr. Sam Luke For This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Wyatt on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,166 views

    All the credit goes to Dr. Sam Luke for this illustration. Dr. Luke tells this story: I was taking the church through Evangelism Explosion in an effort to go out and witness for Christ. But there is an added dimension to witnessing, the Holy Spirit. I was going to teach everyone how to witness ...read more

  • Letter From Camp

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,565 views

    Letter From Camp Dear Mom, Our scoutmaster told us all to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. ...read more

  • Several Months Back As I Was Traveling Along One ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
     | 2,409 views

    Several months back as I was traveling along one of the interstate routes I noticed a sign that was kind of a play off of an older advertisement scheme of the dairy industry. It was nothing more than a solid black background with a two word question in bold white lettering: “Got Prayer?” This ...read more

  • Depression: "I Need ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 5,098 views

    DEPRESSION: "I NEED HELP." Dear Sir, Hi. My name is Carole. I am seventeen years old and a senior in high school. And I want to die. My name is Brandy. I’m 13 years old and I’ve tried to kill myself six times. I had some problems with my mom and I felt I couldn’t live anymore. I don’t know what ...read more

  • Promises Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 9,909 views

    PROMISES ARE SACRIFICES Promises are funny things. They’re easy to make and often easier to break, but generally hard to keep. Robert Frost poetically captured that truth in his poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. He talks about how sometimes we wish we could be free, for just a little bit ...read more

  • The Gift Of The Skates

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,809 views

    THE GIFT OF THE SKATES So how do we recognize His authority in our lives? How do we express our faith and our love to Him? By committing ourselves to His mission. Jesus doesn’t say anything about saving sinners and getting them into heaven. The primary priority of his mission is to preach good ...read more

  • Praying For The Lost

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010
     | 3,824 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

  • Power And Discipline  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,789 views

    POWER AND DISCIPLINE Over here is a wall socket. There is power in that socket. Because of that power, I can plug lamps, fans, microwaves and phone chargers into it and magically empower those devises. I can even plug a car charger into a wall socket and revive a dead car battery (like I’ve had to ...read more

  • Parallels Between Isaac And Jesus

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 19, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 69,606 views

    PARALLELS BETWEEN ISAAC AND JESUS There is no clearer picture of the Cross and the sacrifice the Father made for us in Christ than Genesis chapter 22. Notice the powerful parallels between Isaac and Christ. Isaac is one of the clearest types of Christ in the Old Testament. 1.Both fulfilled ...read more