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  • Several Years Ago C.s. Lewis Wrote A Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,204 views

    Several years ago C.S. Lewis wrote a book entitled “The Screwtape Letters. Screwtape was a Master Demon who wrote a series of letters to his nephew Wormwood, who was a Demon in training. I came something this week that someone who had obviously read Lewis’ book had written. It is another letter. ...read more

  • Boat Builder Learns About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
     | 2,692 views

    Boat Builder Learns about Humility Skip looked at the group of suspicious stockholders and wondered what he could do to convince them to follow his leadership. He was 35, looked 13 and was third generation rich. He could tell they thought they were headed for a disaster. He told them a story. His ...read more

  • Your Disability

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Oct 8, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,947 views

    I was asked, “What is Tharon’s greatest accomplishment”? That question really made me think hard. Tharon lost his memory at 14 years old. Every day when he woke up, he was like a 2 year old kid. I went with him to School every day and by the time we made it to Swim practice, he was 14. By the ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes: An Egyptian Slave Who Helped David

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 20, 2024
     | 966 views

    Introduction: He had been taken as a slave and now was far from his homeland. He was so sick he almost died but David and his men found him. When this slave had recovered, he gave David some very vital information which helped David a great deal! Text: 1 Samuel 30:13-19, KJV: 11 And they found an ...read more

  • John Wesley's ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 3, 2008
     | 2,545 views

    John Wesley’s Diary: July 7, 1739. — I had an opportunity to talk with him (some preacher friend) of those outward signs which had so often accompanied the inward work of God. I found his objections were chiefly grounded on gross misrepresentations of matter of fact. But the next day he had an ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,575 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,161 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Here's An Example From Nature Shared By Another ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006
     | 1,510 views

    Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a ...read more

  • In Country, Town Or City

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 10, 2007
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     | 2,158 views

    In country, town or city Some people can be found Who spend their lives in grumbling At ev’rything around; O yes, they always grumble, No matter what we say, For these are chronic grumblers And they grumble night and day. They grumble when it’s raining, They grumble when it’s dry, And if the ...read more

  • I Never Failed A Good Nap There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,635 views

    I never failed a good nap there I was reading last week how, Hugh Latimer, the famous sixteenth century English Reformer and Preacher [11] was surprised to see a neighbor heading out the door early one Sunday morning. “My Lady, whither goest thou?” The neighbor replied, “I am going to Saint Thomas ...read more

  • John Fischer, On A Hill Too Far Away: Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Fischer, On a Hill Too Far Away: tells about a church in Old Greenwich, CT which has a ten-foot cross located not on a wall or suspended from the ceiling or even on the steeple of the building. This cross is bolted firmly in front of the platform not three feet from where the preacher ...read more

  • Dean Farrar Was A Privileged Personal Friend Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
     | 2,456 views

    Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains ...read more

  • The Spirit Is Like The Wind

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,687 views

    THE SPIRIT IS LIKE THE WIND Dr. J. Henry Jowett, the well-known English preacher, was talking to an old salt about sailing a ship and he asked him, "Will you explain to me the phenomenon of the wind?" The seaman replied, "I don’t know what you mean, sir." Jowett persisted, "Well, how do you ...read more

  • Thomas Edison

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
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    Thomas Edison “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I should never likely have become ...read more

  • Cookie Ingredients And Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
     | 3,937 views

    COOKIE INGREDIENTS AND KIDS One time a preacher had a minute with the children before the sermon. He called them up front and he spoke about the ingredients required to make up a church, using a chocolate chip cookie as an example. He explained to the children that, as with a cookie requiring ...read more

  • Set The Church Back

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 3, 2011
     | 1,433 views

    Billy Graham that great and uncompromising preacher once in a Revival meeting held at Los Angeles, shared a passionate message on the Early Church, outlining what needs to be done for the Churches of modern era to become more effective. While many were moved by it, some “cannibal” Christians ...read more

  • Stoop As You Go Through The World  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,866 views

    STOOP AS YOU GO THROUGH THE WORLD BENJAMIN FRANKLIN once described a visit he made as a young man to see the Puritan preacher Cotton Mather. Franklin recalled: "He was showing me out of the house, and there was a very low beam near the doorway. I was still talking when Mather began shouting, ...read more

  • Uh, That's "Maranatha"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
     | 3,406 views

    UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA" An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian ...read more

  • Counterfeit Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,574 views

    COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL Counterfeit money is lacking in authority—-it does not have the backing of the federal government. A good counterfeiter can dupe some people into accepting his copywork as legitimate currency. But eventually, when the fake money is brought before the authorities, it will be ...read more

  • Michaelangelo  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Poms on May 1, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    Michaelangelo: In 1502 in Florence Italy there was a large block of marble given to a church in Santa Maria, the church immediately hired who they thought was a professional to sculpt this enormously huge piece of rock. The man was not a professional and soon after commencing this great task the ...read more