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  • Can I Serve Your Sentence For You?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2022
     | 1,045 views

    Chuck Swindoll once told the story of a seminary student in Chicago who faced a forgiveness test. Although he preferred to work in some kind of ministry, the only job he could find was driving a bus on Chicago's south side. One day a gang of tough teens got on board and refused to pay the ...read more

  • Kevin Mchale, The Former Boston Celtics ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 1,675 views

    Kevin McHale, the former Boston Celtics basketball player spoke bluntly about the troubles that followed NBA players though they had discovered sudden wealth: "I don¡¦t think basketball is the answer to all problems. If a guy comes into the league with a ton of problems, and they ...read more

  • The Famed English Writer, Charles Kingsley, Once ...

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Feb 14, 2003
     | 1,521 views

    The famed English writer, Charles Kingsley, once wrote, "If you wish to be miserable, you must think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, and what respect people ought to pay you. Then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil ...read more

  • Old Country Preacher Was Met One Day By A Member ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 28, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,971 views

    Old country preacher was met one day by a member of his congregation who asked, “Preacher if salvation is free, how come you’re always asking for money?” Good question, maybe one you’ve asked yourself. The preacher responded by saying “Salvation is free, as free as the water ...read more

  • The Pastor From ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 23, 2013
     | 1,629 views

    THE PASTOR FROM KENYA Ramez Attalah, general director at The Bible Society of Egypt, attended an international conference or Christian leaders in 1974. He was thrilled to be with top-notch leaders from around the globe—sharing and reading interesting papers on important subjects--but the most ...read more

  • Look Up

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 2, 2009
     | 3,476 views

    LOOK UP I love those scenes in action films, comics, or cartoons where you have one set of bad guys pursuing the hero from one end of a tunnel or corridor and another set of bad guys is converging from the other side. You know the hero is in between them, but when the groups of pursuers meet in ...read more

  • Revenge Vs. Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,922 views

    REVENGE VS. FORGIVENESS There was once a man who was bitten by a dog, which was later discovered to be rabid. The man was rushed to the hospital where tests revealed that he had, in fact, contracted rabies. At the time, medical science had no cure for this disease and so his doctor faced the ...read more

  • Resisting The Temptation To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
     | 6,698 views

    Resisting the Temptation to Lie It’s the only thing we can do when we can’t see ahead – follow the Lord step-by-step. That means doing what we know HE wants us to do, even if it doesn’t always make sense to us. Jim George, in his book, God’s Man of Influence, talks about trying to sell a used ...read more

  • Whatever Women Say In Public About Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 1,022 views

    "Whatever women say in public about their willingness to share the burden of making a living, in private I hear something entirely different. Married women tell me they resent working, if their working is an absolute necessity. Even part-time work sometimes irritates them if their income ...read more

  • Home Movies 75% Of Adults Prefer Watching Movies ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,819 views

    Home Movies 75% of adults prefer watching movies at home vs. in a theater, finds a Pew Research Center survey, up from 67% in ‘94. 71% watch at least one movie a week, mostly at home. Broadcast, cable or satellite TV lead, but 50% ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill ‘the Church Has Many ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 13, 2009
     | 2,340 views

    Leonard Ravenhill ‘The church has many organisers, but few agonizers; many who pay, but few who pray; many resters, but few wrestlers; many who are enterprising, but few who are interceding… Tithes build a church, but tears will give it life. That is the difference between the modern church ...read more

  • I Stand Before You As A Former Bank Manager, ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 21, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 743 views

    I stand before you as a former Bank Manager, well aware that some types of ‘Banker’ are not especially popular at the moment; but I think it is the banker in me calculating that in the last 7 years I have probably preached less than 1% of my sermons on the subject of money. A very poor ...read more

  • Martin Luther Wrote, "I Study My Bible ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 3,590 views

    Martin Luther wrote, “I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. ...read more

  • Have You Been Good?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 2,943 views

    My pastor friend, Danny Moss, recent- ly told about the time he ’played Santa’ in a mall in Meridian, MS. Danny said he had children come through with up to thirty things on their ’want list.’ But one small boy really got his attention. Danny said, "I asked him if he’d been a good boy?" It’s a ...read more

  • I Study My Bible Like I Gather Apples. First, I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,313 views

    I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I shake every ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,890 views

    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,500 views

    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,549 views

    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

  • Richard Carlson Is Well-Known For His ...

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,850 views

    Richard Carlson is well-known for his best-selling series of books called Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff. According to this psychologist, happiness comes when we can lessen the gap between what we have and what we want. Our problem is that once we get what we want, we have a bad habit of letting our ...read more

  • As A Minister Was Addressing A Group Of Men, He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,673 views

    As a minister was addressing a group of men, he took a large piece of paper and made a black dot in the center of it with a marking pen. Then he held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw. One person quickly replied, “I see a black mark.” “Right,” the preacher replied. “What ...read more