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  • Last Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 23 ratings
     | 5,929 views

    LAST CHANCE When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. Ingersoll ...read more

  • During The Time Of The Second Great Awakening In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,383 views

    During the time of the Second Great Awakening in America, Charles Finney was the foremost among the great evangelists. Many people know him. However few know the name, Daniel Nash. Nash was a lackluster pastor in upper New York State who, at the age of 48, dedicated his life to prayer. Long ...read more

  • Sometimes I Feel Like A Nut! ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 25, 2005
     | 3,153 views

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut! (07.27.05--Appreciation--Isaiah 12:1-6) Sometimes you feel like a nut-- and sometimes you don’t. Just another one of those advertising jingles that has bored its way deep into my subconscious. As innocuous as many of these little ditties might seem (and as irritating ...read more

  • According To A Recent Newsweek Poll, 40% Of All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,318 views

    According to a recent Newsweek poll, 40% of all Americans and only 45% of U.S. Christians expect the world will end in a final battle between Jesus Christ and the Anti-Christ at Armageddon. ...read more

  • Planned Parenthood Performed 244,628 Abortions ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,255 views

    Planned Parenthood performed 244,628 abortions last year, up 6.1% from ’03. Their FY 2004 annual report reveals the organization relied on abortion for 34% of its clinic ...read more

  • Or Consider The Story Of The Boy Catching Fish ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jul 22, 2009
     | 2,919 views

    Or consider the story of the boy catching fish for supper. He wanted to give some to the Lord. So he brought a fish to the pastor. The pastor asked, "Where are the other fish for you to eat?" The boy answered, ...read more

  • Don't Just Count Them, Look Them In The Eye

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,437 views

    DON’T JUST COUNT THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE An item in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then ...read more

  • None Of Us Get Out Without Pain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 4,237 views

    NONE OF US GET OUT WITHOUT PAIN There is a calendar entitled "The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said." Each day, it features a stupid statement from someone. A page in the calendar had this amazing quote, "Listen closely: If you bought our course, ’How To Fly In Six Easy Lessons,’ we apologize for any ...read more

  • In The Spring Of 1982 Kenneth Nordvall Was The ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
     | 1,306 views

    In the spring of 1982 Kenneth Nordvall was the speaker at a Morning Prayer group that meets in a town near Springfield Illinois. Before he spoke, a neighboring pastor shared about a recent mission trip to Mexico. While his group was returning, their van developed mechanical problems. After ...read more

  • A Young Woman Asked For An Appointment With Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 26, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,522 views

    A young woman asked for an appointment with her pastor to talk with him about a besetting sin about which she was worried. When she saw him, she said, "Pastor, I have become aware of a sin in my life which I cannot control. Every time I am at church I begin to look around at the other women, and I ...read more

  • Invitation Needed

    Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 6, 2011
     | 4,566 views

    INVITATION NEEDED I have recently been contacted by a Pastor in Nigeria who is wanting us to come and preach a crusade there. But you cannot just fly into Nigeria; you have to be invited. The local Pastor has to send an official letter of invitation, that letter must state what I would be visiting ...read more

  • Cross Or Sin?

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
     | 4,070 views

    Cross or Sin? A man once told his pastor, “I have a fierce temper, but I suppose that is my cross.” “My friend,” the pastor replied lovingly, “That is not your cross, but it is your sin!” (Alan Redpath ...read more

  • Getting Worse

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 12, 2022
     | 1,690 views

    There is an old story about a pastor leaving a church. At his farewell dinner, he tried to encourage one of the pillar members, “Don’t be so sad. The next pastor might be better than me.” She ...read more

  • Serving Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,464 views

    Serving Jesus • A certain family in a Southern Baptist Church had been inactive for years. • The family simply never went to church any more and every effort to get them to attend had failed. • One day one of the sons, name John, was bitten by a rattlesnake. The father immediately sent for the ...read more

  • A Striking Christmas Card Was Once Published ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,697 views

    A striking Christmas card was once published with the title "If Christ Had Not Come". It was founded upon our Savior’s words "If I had not come." The card represented a pastor’s falling into a short sleep in his study on Christmas morning and dreaming of a world into which Jesus had never come. ...read more

  • The Church Can Still Strike ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,928 views

    THE CHURCH CAN STILL STRIKE FEAR In 1988, Wally Magdangal was pastoring an underground church in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a Filipino lay pastor of Christian foreign workers wishing to gather for worship. In 1992, soon after the conclusion of the Gulf War, the house church had grown to over ...read more

  • God, Send Us Bigger Rattlesnakes  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 26, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    GOD, SEND US BIGGER RATTLESNAKES There was a farmer who had three sons: Jim, John, and Sam. No one in the family ever attended church or had time for God. The pastor and church members tried for years to interest the family in the things of God, but to no avail. Then one day, a rattlesnake bit ...read more

  • Good Hope, Alabama Is A Small Town With Small ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 15, 2010
     | 1,968 views

    Good Hope, Alabama is a small town with small town values. In Cullman County you can’t legally buy beer. Daystar Church, which had grown dramatically under pastor Jerry Lawson, ran up against the sensibilities of this conservative north Alabama community by focusing a month-long series on sex. ...read more

  • Don't Have To Spank Me

    Contributed by Rev. Ryan Peters on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,028 views

    DON'T HAVE TO SPANK ME During the normal works of the day, Jenny the local Pastor’s wife is watching her three little boys while her husband is at the church. When all of a sudden she hears a large crash in the living room, and when she runs in to see what it was there was little 4-year-old Brian ...read more

  • A Small Congregation In The Foothills Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,368 views

    A small congregation in the foothills of the Great Smokies built a new sanctuary on a piece of land willed to them by a church member. Ten days before the new church was to open, the local building inspector informed the pastor that the parking lot was inadequate for the size of the building. Until ...read more