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  • Wouldn't God Show Through?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,839 views

    One Sunday on their way home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, the preacher’s sermon this morning confused me. The mother said, "Oh? Why is that?" The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. Is that true?" The mother replied, "Yes, that’s ...read more

  • Is Your Church On Fire?

    Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
     | 4,653 views

    IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE? In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer In His Priceless Book The Root Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,598 views

    A. W. Tozer in his priceless book The Root of the Righteous shares the story of Rutherford who could shout in the midst of serious and painful trials, “Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace.” The hammer is a useful tool, but the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could ...read more

  • Tozer: God's Tools

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
     | 6,045 views

    TOZER: GOD'S TOOLS A.W. Tozer once talked about God's tools: "The HAMMER is a useful tool. But the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could present another side of the story. For the nail knows the hammer only as an opponent a brutal, merciless enemy who lives to pound it into submission, ...read more

  • What's The Big Deal About The Church?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,801 views

    WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THE CHURCH? A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?" I'm sure that's probably how some people feel about most preachers and ...read more

  • The More He Gave

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 977 views

    The great writer and preacher, John Bunyan: "There was a man, Some called him mad; The ...read more

  • Whom God Loves, He Chastens

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 15, 2009
     | 3,608 views

    WHOM GOD LOVES, HE CHASTENS George MacDonald was a 19th century orator and story-writer who C.S. Lewis once called his master as relates to story-telling and relating truth through fantasy. One of MacDonald’s short stories was titled, "The Gifts of the Child Christ." The main character of the ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards, Who Was One Of America's ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
     | 3,124 views

    Jonathan Edwards, who was one of America's greatest theologians, was a New England pastor of the 1700s. Edwards was brilliant. At age 6 he studied Latin. He entered Yale when not quite 13 and graduated when barely 15. He was ordained at 19, taught at Yale by 20 and later became president of ...read more

  • One Child Can Change The World

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Jun 21, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,537 views

    When we think of children we don't always think that there may be a person who is going to change the course of history. We don't see their potential or we brush it off as he or she is just a child. But every person who has had an impact on the world started as a child. Jared A. Brock wrote a ...read more

  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 2, 2021
     | 1,596 views

    Quit all the comparisons: IT IS ABOUT GOD’S GLORY. HAGGAI and ZECHARIAH LEARNED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT WERE DOING A WORK THAT SEEMED SMALL IN THEIR OWN EYES. Get excited. Haggai 2:2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high ...read more

  • Quote: "What Is It To Believe In Him? It Is ...

    Contributed by N A on Aug 3, 2007
     | 1,225 views

    QUOTE: “What is it to believe in Him? It is not merely to say, “He is God and the Savior,” but to trust Him wholly and entirely and take Him for all your salvation from this time forth and forever as your Lord, your Master, your all… Remember that the Lord Jesus came to take away sin in three ...read more

  • When My External Environment Is Clouded In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,869 views

    "When my external environment is clouded in doubt and despair...when the tempests of destruction are making my dreams of success tremble like the topmost spar of a helpless ship -- when the skies seem to hold the closing ruin of all my fondest hopes, my mind, superior amid the outrages of this ...read more

  • Whatever Gets Your Goat

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 5, 2011
     | 1,659 views

    WHATEVER GETS YOUR GOAT "Whatever gets your goat gets your attention. Whatever gets your attention gets your time. Whatever gets your time gets you. Whatever gets you becomes your master. Take care, lest a little thing horn in and ...read more

  • A Minister Friend Of Mine Received A Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 4,529 views

    A minister friend of mine received a Christmas card with a note in it from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching, & compared him with Billy Graham. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all time." Later that ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About A Little Boy Who Found A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
    based on 141 ratings
     | 1,379 views

    The story is told about a little boy who found a rat in his back yard. He jumped on it. He stomped on it. And he killed it. He was so proud of himself, & he ran to show it to his mother. But he didn’t realize that the preacher had come to call. So the excited boy ran into the house, carrying ...read more

  • Close With Story Of Old Man In Poor House Years ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 2, 2006
     | 1,117 views

    Close with story of old man in poor house years ago with Baptist young preacher fresh out of Bible College. It was his first encounter with an old dying person. The man was lost, he confessed he was a great sinner and what could he do? The young preacher said his mind when blank, then the Lord ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago A Certain Pastor Was Sick On A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,431 views

    A few years ago a certain pastor was sick on a Sunday morning. That hadn’t happened for a number of years. He tried to hold my head up long enough to watch a little religious television that morning. A local congregation had a program and their special speaker that day was Oliver North. What he ...read more

  • A Minister Received A Christmas Card With A Note ...

    Contributed by Les Sinks on Aug 4, 2007
     | 2,681 views

    A minister received a Christmas card with a note in it from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching, & compared him with Billy Graham. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all time." Later that day, when he showed ...read more

  • Praise The Lord And "Amen"

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 16, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,513 views

    "PRAISE THE LORD" AND "AMEN" Story has it that there was a preacher that was trying to sell his horse. One day a potential buyer came to the church for a test ride. The preacher said, "Before you start, you should know that this horse only responds to church talk." Go is 'praise the lord' and stop ...read more

  • E.s.p.  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,451 views

    E.S.P. I heard about a man who asked his wife to balance the checkbook. He came home that night to find she had four neatly typed pages, detailing all the expenses of the past months--the milkman, the cleaners, the grocery store, and many others. One entry read, "E.S.P. $24.21." "What does that ...read more