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  • A Young Son's Attempt At Full ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 9, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,720 views

    A young son’s attempt at full forgiveness…(Illustrations Unlimited) A pastor’s son and his mom had been to a shopping and the boy had not behaved himself. As they were driving home, he could sense her displeasure and said, “When we ask God to forgive us when we are bad. He does, doesn’t he?” His ...read more

  • A Small Church In Virginia Needed To Have A New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 25, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,451 views

    A small church in Virginia needed to have a new roof in the worst of ways, but there was no money in their account. Most of the congregation was very poor except for the local banker. He was an ornery old cuss, and he would be the first in church so he could always sit in the back pew by the ...read more

  • Topography, Basketball And The Gospel

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
     | 2,401 views

    Topography, Basketball and the Gospel Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget What Missionary Bill Lewis ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Mar 2, 2009
     | 1,884 views

    I will never forget what Missionary Bill Lewis told me on my last night in Tanzania in 1963. The national pastor, in whose hut we had been staying while on this particular mission safari, had killed his only pig and had used all the remaining rice in his storage bin to provide our supper that ...read more

  • Global Warming Doubts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,837 views

    GLOBAL WARMING DOUBTS More than 31,000 U.S. scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s (in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties) have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the U.N.’s assumption that human production ...read more

  • Revelation At The Front Door

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,936 views

    REVELATION AT THE FRONT DOOR A new pastor was visiting the homes of some of the people in his congregation. He came to one house and he knocked but there was no answer. He could see the lights were on and it seemed very obvious that someone was home, so he knocked again. When there was no ...read more

  • Obedience, Not Understanding

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Sep 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,544 views

    OBEDIENCE, NOT UNDERSTANDING Our denomination has a Pastor’s Retreat every year up in the mountains of S. Cal. As I was walking to breakfast one morning, I came across a monument that explained that when Billy Graham first started preaching, he was confused and had some doubts about God’s Word. ...read more

  • Americans: Flabby Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,329 views

    AMERICANS: FLABBY FAITH A dozen or so years ago, a Romanian pastor came to visit the church I belonged to. He had gotten to know my pastor, John Vawter, who had been involved in a Bible-smuggling ministry when the Iron Curtain was still up. John asked him what he thought of our country, and of the ...read more

  • If Crumbs Of Joy Now, What Next?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
     | 4,318 views

    IF CRUMBS OF JOY NOW, WHAT NEXT? A widely respected man known as "Uncle Johnson" died in Michigan at the incredible age of 120. Perhaps his advanced years could be credited in part to the cheerful outlook that characterized his life. One day while at work in his garden, he was singing songs of ...read more

  • Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
     | 1,964 views

    Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown November 22, 2002 (Agape Press) - A well known Bible teacher and author is calling on pastors to confront false beliefs from the pulpit. John MacArthur says no epoch in history has witnessed the rise of as many dangerous belief ...read more

  • Bill And Mary

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 4, 2008
     | 1,690 views

    BILL AND MARY Bill was a retired pastor who helped out now and then in our church in San Antonio. He was a huge man, the image of what you think of as a lean tall Texan, and he was man with a huge heart. Everyone talked about Bill and what a wonderful pastor he was. Bill died a couple of months ...read more

  • One Last Story: Years, Ago, An Executive From A ...

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Mar 11, 2009
     | 1,500 views

    One last story: years, ago, an executive from a soap company and a famous pastor were walking down the street together. They were to attend a meeting where they were going to be honored by their city for their contributions. With a snide sort of smirk, the soap manufacturer off handedly said, ...read more

  • A Religion Worth Having  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,992 views

    A RELIGION WORTH HAVING Dr. F. E. Marsh used to tell that on one occasion he was preaching on the importance of confession of sin and, wherever possible, of restitution for wrong done to others. Afterward a young man came up to him and said: "Pastor, you have put me in a sad fix. I have wronged ...read more

  • A Timely Testimony

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 23, 2012
     | 4,291 views

    A TIMELY TESTIMONY Jim Cymbala tells an amazing story of one Sunday in his church: (Fresh Faith pp. 78-82) During the choir anthem, Pastor Jim was touched by the words of one of the young men who was featured as a soloist during the song. As the song concluded, Pastor Jim was strongly prompted ...read more

  • A Name On The Bill Of Rights  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Oct 4, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,629 views

    A NAME ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS The Black Brigade or Black Regiment were the preachers, because they wore black robes. Black preachers, white preachers — they all wore black robes. And the British specifically blamed the preachers for the American Revolution. That's where the title "Black Regiment" ...read more

  • Quote: Eugene Peterson Describes, "Sabbath As ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 1, 2006
     | 5,067 views

    Quote: Eugene Peterson describes, “Sabbath as that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing” ...read more

  • Better Opportunities

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 18, 2009
     | 3,084 views

    BETTER OPPORTUNITIES Pastor Greg Laurie preaches to thousands at Harvest Crusades, but Greg started in ministry as a janitor at a church. Our purpose in life may not seem big, but if we are ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon And The Park Street Tabernacle- ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,748 views

    Charles Spurgeon and the Park Street tabernacle- Why did it lose its influence? When Charles Haddon Spurgeon first went to Park Street church in London, he was nineteen years old. There he found a church with a seating capacity of fifteen hundred but with an attendance of under two hundred. Nine ...read more

  • I Don't Need A Job  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 5, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,644 views

    I believe I got this story from Bob George… Mac was a hard driving, though businessman in his 70’s. He had been a church member for many years. But one Wednesday night as he heard the associate share his testimony, he realized that he had never personally trusted Jesus Christ as his Savior. Though ...read more

  • Some Years Ago I Was On A Flight From One City To ...

    Contributed by David King on Apr 23, 2008
     | 2,191 views

    Some years ago I was on a flight from one city to another in the company of my senior Pastor. It was an evengelistic trip and also my first flight ever. I was hungry before we boarded the flight but I had no time to get anything to bite for two reasons--one, I did not have any money on me and ...read more

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