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  • The Story Is Told Of A Little Girl Whose Parents ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 136 ratings
     | 2,876 views

    The story is told of a little girl whose parents never went to church. However, they insisted upon her attendance and what is more is that she had to be able to recite the preacher’s text for the day. One morning she rushed home excited: "Oh mama, my name is in the Bible." "That’s not likely," ...read more

  • Too Late To Date  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,150 views

    *Too Late To Date* An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her memorial service, she wrote, "They wouldn’t take me out while I was alive, I don’t want them to ...read more

  • Dr. Stephen F. Olford Was Blessed With A Long ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,121 views

    Dr. Stephen F. Olford was blessed with a long and fruitful ministry on both sides of the Atlantic. Olford Ministries International in Memphis, Tennessee, is his legacy. His passion was for training pastors, preachers, teachers, and leaders in effective, expository preaching. In his book Preaching ...read more

  • The Last Invitation

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 14, 2009
     | 4,313 views

    THE LAST INVITATION While pastoring at the FBC of Cherryville, North Carolina, a disturbance was observed, and shortly afterward a man was taken from the balcony of the church [and placed] in an ambulance. He was dead before they got him to the hospital. He died before the invitation could be ...read more

  • Satan Says In Effect To Jesus In Matthew 4

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 2, 2010
     | 1,658 views

    Satan says in effect to Jesus in Matthew 4 "JUST COMPROMISE AND YOU’LL GET WHAT YOU WANT", But the AUTHORITY OF RULE doesn’t come with a CROWN OF POWER from the enemy. It comes with a CROSS OF SUFFERING and humility. Satan says "I’ll give you POWER WITHOUT THE PAIN, A CROWN WITHOUT THE ...read more

  • Teens Admire...?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
     | 2,865 views

    TEENS ADMIRE...? Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor, ...read more

  • She Was Just Fifteen. Tears Filled Her Eyes And ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 4, 2010
     | 1,791 views

    She was just fifteen. Tears filled her eyes and quivers moved her lips. Quickly she placed her hands over her ears. The shouting from her mother exploded her emotions and her restraint. And, suddenly, she screamed, “SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!” Conflict. From all accounts, he stood above the rest. ...read more

  • A Common Phrase Used In The World Of Healing Is, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,806 views

    A common phrase used in the world of healing is, “time heals all wounds.” I have found this to be more false than true. As a pastor, I talk regularly with people who are still carrying hurts from 30 or 40 years ago. The real truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended ...read more

  • Church Finances: The Average Church Budget Size ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,476 views

    Church finances: The average church budget size is $292,790 (median: $203,590). Senior pastors earn a median base salary of $31,006 and a median housing allowance of $15,250. 66% of church treasurers are responsible for the oversight of church expenditures. 57% of churches use debt only as needed ...read more

  • What We Believe: A Recent Newsweek Poll Gauges ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,780 views

    What We Believe: A recent Newsweek poll gauges Americans’ opinions on the Book of Revelation and end times: *36% believe the Book of Revelation contains “true prophecy,” while 47% say it is metaphorical. *55% think the faithful will be taken up to heaven in the rapture. *74% of Americans believe ...read more

  • Recently, The Media Reported On A Well Known ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 5, 2006
     | 2,136 views

    Recently, the media reported on a well known Christian pastor, Ted Haggard, who allegedy committed the sin of homosexuality. It was hurtful to read this. It was only a few short years before this that I read one of his books, How to keep your City from going to Hell. I was motivated by it, but ...read more

  • Wisdom, Skill, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,707 views

    Wisdom, Skill, and Virtue Someone once said: Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. (Everywoman’s Family Circle as found in Tan, Paul Lee: Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations : A Treasury of Illustrations, Anecdotes, Facts and Quotations for ...read more

  • The Joy That I Pursue

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 3,020 views

    "The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I ...read more

  • False Prophets And False Christ's Will Make The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,916 views

    False prophets and false Christ’s will make the scene in the last days. There was Prophet Jim Jones of the terrible Guyana tragedy on November 18, 1978 when he lied to his followers and convinced them (or commanded them) to drink Kool-aid laced with poison. 913 people were found dead, including Jim ...read more

  • His Last Convert  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,623 views

    HIS LAST CONVERT There where a lot of notable wealthy people on the Titanic in 1912. But the most notable passenger on the Titanic was someone that most of the world has never heard of before. He was a man by the name of John Harper. He was a plan ordinary Pastor from the city of Glasgow, ...read more

  • Between You And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,190 views

    BETWEEN YOU AND GOD I conclude with a story that I heard Pastor Larry Booker tell in a sermon he preached on August 4, 2007 at the First Pentecostal Church of North Little Rock, Arkansas. The title of the message was "Three Attitudes of Jewish Babylon." I understand just as you do that holiness ...read more

  • Francis Chan: Radical Christian Living

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,062 views

    FRANCIS CHAN: RADICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Pastor Francis Chan, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California wrote in his latest book entitled, "Crazy Love". He has already sold one million copies worldwide; a figure he says demonstrates the extent to which he is not alone in ...read more

  • Where Is God Working?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 21, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    Pastor Henry Blackaby, of Faith Baptist Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada began to sense God leading them to an outreach ministry on the college campus. He had never done student work. Their church had never done student work. Their denominational student ministries department recommended ...read more

  • A Man Was Watching A Little Tv On Sunday Instead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,878 views

    A man was watching a little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, He was watch a Church service in Atlanta honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years...... The retired minister was 92 at that time and he wondered why the Church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to ...read more

  • Abortion Guilt Removed  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,461 views

    Pastor Lee Strobel shares this account: We were doing a baptism service. We told people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece of paper, write down a few of the sins they’ve committed, and fold the paper. When they come up to the platform, there was a large wooden cross ...read more