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  • One Day, Adrian Rogers, The Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    Illustration: One day, Adrian Rogers, the former president of the southern Baptist church, now Pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, Tenn felt discouraged that people were not responding to His invitations. He felt so distraught that he asked God to give him a verse for encouragement. He opened ...read more

  • A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren Recently ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,814 views

    A New Evangelical Movement: Rick Warren recently sent an open letter to President Bush saying, “I deeply believe that if we as evangelicals remain silent and do not speak up in defense of the poor, we lose our credibility and our right to witness about God’s love for the world. Endorsed by Billy ...read more

  • Four Blindfolded Men Were Asked To Describe An ...

    Contributed by Mark Kennicott on May 11, 2006
     | 1,685 views

    Four blindfolded men were asked to describe an elephant. One got ahold of its tail and said "an elephant is like a rope!" Another wrapped his arms around a leg and said "no, an elephant is like a tree!" The third had come in contact with an ear and said "you’re both wrong, an elephant is like a ...read more

  • Story Told Of J Arthur Rank  PRO

    Contributed by Joshua Brett on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,894 views

    Story told of J Arthur Rank J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had Visitors For Dinner One Day. ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,955 views

    Martin Luther had visitors for dinner one day. His puppy happened to be at the table, looking for a morsel from his master. The puppy watched with open mouth and motionless eyes. Martin Luther said, "Oh, if I could only pray the way this dog watches the meat! All his thoughts are concentrated on ...read more

  • Maybe You Remember Hearing A Few Years Ago About ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
     | 2,282 views

    Maybe you remember hearing a few years ago about the “The Three Tenors.” Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras, three of the world’s most renowned voices. They performed together at a concert in L.A. In a press conference, one reporter tried to stir up a little competition between ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
     | 2,310 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,213 views

    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

  • At One Time At The City Temple In London, There ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
     | 1,450 views

    At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend of Albert Schweitzer and a kind of agent for Schweitzer in Britain. Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant, but once he did ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Was Going Skydiving For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,936 views

    There was a man who was going skydiving for the very first time. He had taken all the lessons and now it was time for his first solo jump. He leaps out of the plane but he panicked and couldn’t remember how to open his parachute. As he was falling rapidly to the earth he suddenly met another guy ...read more

  • Blind Mules

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007
     | 5,594 views

    Illustration: Blind Mules A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark passages below to preserve their eyesight. ...read more

  • This Week I Have Been Reading The Book, "How To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,487 views

    This week I have been reading the book, “How to Forgive When You Don’t Feel Like It” by June Hunt. She opened her book with the following Introduction, “Resentment...rage…retaliation. Ever struggle with forgiveness? Ever thought it was impossible? Ever knew you oughta but didn’t wanna? I believe ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had A Dream In Which He Stood On ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2008
     | 3,728 views

    Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself, and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after transgression of which Luther was guilty. As the proceedings went on, Luther's heart sunk in ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You The True Story Of A Duke Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,346 views

    Let me tell you the true story of a duke who lived during the fourteenth century named Raynald III. Raynald III lived a life of indulgence and was obese. His Latin nickname was Crassus, which means, “fat.” One day Raynald and his younger brother, Edward, got into a vicious fight and Edward planned ...read more

  • What Would You Say?

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 16, 2010
     | 3,150 views

    WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? A number of years ago a couple traveled to the offices of an Adoption Society in England to receive a baby. They had been on the waiting list a long time. They had been interviewed and carefully scrutinized. Now at last their dreams were to be fulfilled. But their day of ...read more

  • George Müller Told Of A Wealthy German Whose Wife ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,507 views

    George Müller told of a wealthy German whose wife was a devout believer. This man was a heavy drinker, spending late nights in the tavern. She would send the servants to bed, stay up till he returned, receive him kindly, and never scold him or complain. At times she would even have to undress him ...read more

  • Different Use In Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 312 ratings
     | 5,756 views

    DIFFERENT USE IN HEAVEN A millionaire Christian is sleeping in his bedroom when an angel comes to him and wakes him up. "It’s time for you to go to heaven", says the angel. "Oh, i’m not ready, what should I bring ?", says the millionaire. "Nothing, just yourself", replies the angel. But the ...read more

  • When God Looks At The Human Heart, He Knows What ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,051 views

    When God looks at the human heart, he knows what he’s looking at. 1 Samuel 16:7 suggests that we don’t and can’t, even when we look at our own hearts. The results of not seeing the heart for what it is can be disastrous. An Illinois man died waiting for a donor kidney a month after his transplant ...read more

  • I Can Remember In My Very Early Bible College ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
     | 1,295 views

    I can remember in my very early Bible college days, how that a love for the Word of God begin to develop within my own life. I had one particular instructor, Kelsey Griffin, who really turned me on to the power of the Word of God. I can remember sitting up night and night and poring over ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Television ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,323 views

    Some of you are familiar with the television show Deal, or No Deal. It consists of 26 cases, each containing a different amount of money. The contestants don’t know the sum of money in each case, and they try to pick the one with the greatest amount of money. They open the cases, one by one, ...read more