based on 1 rating
| 682 views
As an elderly man lay dying in his bed, death’s agony was suddenly pushed aside as he smelled the aroma of his favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies drifting up the stairs.
Gathering his remaining strength, he lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
based on 149 ratings
| 2,640 views
ILL. A few years ago Paul Harvey wrote in Guidepost Magazine about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting powers & ability that he still felt empty inside.
Well, one summer he & his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 3 ratings
| 2,544 views
THE STORY OF THE UGLY BABY, BIG CHICKEN.
One day the farmer was out near the hen house. The farmer noticed this big, ugly chicken
outside the lot. The farmer picked up the big ugly chicken and threw him back into the chicken lot.
The farmer often noticed how peculiar this big, ugly chicken acted.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
based on 15 ratings
| 4,459 views
Remote Control
Prop: A television remote control
Summary: A remote control is used to demonstrate prayers made by faith.
Look at what I brought with me today. Do you know what this is? [a television remote control] I’ve always wondered how these things work. You just click on this button and the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Fred Sigle on Sep 12, 2006
A preacher on a gospel campaign was invited to go fishing with a member of a local church, a police officer, and his 16-year-old son. After dark, they sat around a campfire by the lake. The father began telling of the circumstances surrounding the ADOPTION of their only son three years before.
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Bruce Wilkinson shares this thought in his book The Dream Giver:
i. What keeps people from embracing and pursuing their God-given Dreams? I’ve noticed five common but deadly misconceptions:
1. “I don’t have a Dream.”
2. “I have to invent my Dream.”
3. “I have a Dream, but it’s not that
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
based on 2 ratings
| 2,710 views
TEACH HIM TO WALK, BUT NOT WHERE
A rehabilitation counselor took an early retirement to spend the rest of his life preaching. One day, while addressing an audience, he told of how - early in his career - he found a young boy with several birth defects. He arranged financial and medical help.
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
based on 1 rating
| 3,436 views
He was graduated from the finest four-star Christian college. The product of a distinguished evangelical church, he had a good personal grasp of the Scriptures. From a strong Christian family, he was a personable and handsome green shoot -- the whole nine yards!
Like many in his league, however,
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Michael Brown on Mar 11, 2008
based on 6 ratings
| 4,395 views
One Word
I sat down one day and began to think about what word I would choose if I could only choose one word to describe myself; one word which would describe me better than any other word.
Many words immediately began to pour into my mind. I could think of so many aspects of my life that I
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD
I witnessed something similar to this on an airplane once. I kept hearing outbursts of laughter. The flight was turbulent and bumpy, hardly a reason for humour. But some fellow behind me was cracking up. No one else, just him.
Finally I turned to see what was so funny.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Nov 18, 2005
based on 5 ratings
| 1,815 views
"Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
...read more
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 7, 2001
based on 94 ratings
| 2,634 views
David Wilkerson once noted in a message he delivered: “I believe there is nothing more dangerous to a Christian than to carry a resentment against God. Yet I am shocked by the growing number of believers I meet who are peeved at the Lord. They may not admit as much-but deep inside, they hold some
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical Free
Sermon Central