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  • Come And Die  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,111 views

    COME AND DIE In The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “The cross is laid on every Christian. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with his death–we give over our lives to death. The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise god-fearing and ...read more

  • I Have Heard Karl Ingersoll, Another Grand ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 6, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,026 views

    I have heard Karl Ingersoll, another Grand Mananer and pastor of Fredericton First Wesleyan, say, “The measure of the greatness of a man’s love for God is not found in his attention to the things he has to do, but in his attention to the things he doesn’t have to do.” That is, your salvation ...read more

  • When A Mother Saw A Thunderstorm Forming In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,559 views

    When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking the three blocks from school to home. Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile whenever lightning flashed. Seeing her mother, ...read more

  • How To Hug

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 3,446 views

    HOW TO HUG A man walked by a book store, and in the window saw a book with the title How to Hug. Being somewhat of a romantic, he went in to buy the book. To his disappointment, he discovered that it was a volume of an encyclopedia covering the subjects "How" to "Hug." Everyone knows that the ...read more

  • The Frog Future

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
     | 3,598 views

    THE FROG FUTURE A frog went to see a fortune-teller, Gazing into her crystal ball, she said to frog, "You are going to meet a beautiful young woman. From the moment she sets eyes on you she will have an insatiable desire to know all about you. She will be compelled to get close to you—you’ll ...read more

  • Leadership

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 14, 2020
     | 1,728 views

    “I firmly determined that my mannerisms and speech in public would always reflect the cheerful certainty of victory – that any pessimism and discouragement I might ever feel would be reserved for my pillow... I adopted a policy of circulating through the whole force to the full limit imposed by ...read more

  • When He Was The Pastor Of The Methodist Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,737 views

    When he was the pastor of the Methodist church in Scarborough, William Sangster had an eccentric member who tried to be a zealous Christian. Unfortunately, the man was mentally deficient and usually did the wrong thing. While working as a barber the man lathered up a customer for a shave, came at ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Declared, "If God Has Spoken, ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 14, 2007
     | 2,823 views

    Charles Spurgeon declared, “If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, ...read more

  • Paul Nixon Stresses That "A Growing Number Of ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 21, 2007
     | 1,354 views

    Paul Nixon stresses that “a growing number of people will associate with organized churches only when those places ‘WORK FOR THEM’ in their personal quests for meaningful theology, community, and service.” [Paul Nixon, I REFUSE TO LEAD A DYING CHURCH (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2006), 10 ] He ...read more

  • Quote: "If God Has Spoken, Listen! If God Has ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jan 5, 2008
     | 2,194 views

    QUOTE: “If God has spoken, listen! If God has recorded his words in a Book, search its pages with a believing heart. If you do not accept it as God’s inspired word, I cannot invite you to pay any particular attention to it; but if you regard it as the Book of God, I charge you, as I shall meet ...read more

  • A Pentecost Testimony  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,565 views

    A PENTECOST TESTIMONY Pastor Chuck shared a story of the work of the Holy Spirit. A group was having a Bible study. Since it was Pentecost, the decided to pray and worship for a while after the Bible study. One of the ladies began to worship in another langauge. Someone had brought a friend to the ...read more

  • Spend Time With God

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 1, 2025
     | 355 views

    Moses after spending 40 days with God on the mountain, found out that God can be seen on a daily basis. So he pitched up a tent outside the camp to meet God on a daily basis. Some things are learned by spending time with God that are not learned anywhere else. Spending time with God teaches us ...read more

  • Mona Claren, The Washington Times, 1997) "Lai ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Feb 11, 2001
    based on 82 ratings
     | 3,131 views

    (Mona Claren, The Washington Times, 1997) “LAI MAN PENG WAS A 22 YEAR OLD CHINESE CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST. IN 1994, AT A MEETING OF ONE OF CHINA’S HOUSE CHURCHES (A NON-GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED PRAYER MEETING), HE AND FOUR OTHER EVANGELISTS WERE SEIZED BY AGENTS OF THE PUBLIC SECURITY BUREAU, CHINA’S ...read more

  • John Kass, A Columnist For The Chicago Tribune, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
     | 2,628 views

    John Kass, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, recently wrote about a waiter named Bouch who works at a tavern in Chicago. Bouch decided to write to the King of his homeland, Morocco. The King, Mohammed VI, is immensely popular because he often interacts with his subjects in public. He ...read more

  • Reporters And City Officials Gathered At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 5, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,959 views

    Reporters and city officials gathered at a Chicago railroad station one afternoon in 1953. The person they were meeting was the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner. A few minutes after the train came to a stop, a giant of a man - six feet four inches with bushy hair and a large mustache stepped from the ...read more

  • Bringing My Friends To Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 8, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,197 views

    BRINGING MY FRIENDS TO JESUS Albert McMakin was a 24-year-old farmer who came to faith in Christ in 1934. He was so full of enthusiasm that he filled a truck with people and took them to a meeting to hear about Jesus. There was a good-looking farmer’s son whom he was especially keen to get to a ...read more

  • "What Kind Of Clothes Would God Wear?"  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,833 views

    “What kind of clothes would GOD wear?” I like the answer one person gave, in the story of a man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was ...read more

  • A Pastor Thought God Gave Him An Idea, And He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,862 views

    A pastor thought God gave Him an idea, and he presented it in the monthly elders meeting. After giving his most impassioned plea and really “selling” the idea to the elder board, the board voted and voted down the pastors proposed changes 12-1. The head elder looked at the pastor and said, “Well ...read more

  • A Study In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 1,819 views

    A STUDY IN SERVICE As a student in seminary, my roommate had a job as a custodian with the school. After the first day on the job, he told he had been assigned to work on the first floor of a four-story building. "Basically there are four guys responsible for their own floors. I take care of the ...read more

  • Prevailing Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Oct 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,349 views

    PREVAILING PRAYER Daniel Nash and Charles Finney were great evangelists in the early 1800s. On one occasion, when meetings had begun in a particular city, a group of young men confronted Charles Finney, openly announcing that they were going to break up the meetings. Finney and Nash decided this ...read more