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  • A Few Years Ago In Kentucky There Was A Little ...

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
     | 1,380 views

    • A few years ago in Kentucky there was a little boy who was being very disruptive during service • After a few minutes, his father who had put him under his arm carried him out. • No one in the congregation so much as raised an ...read more

  • Rev. Billy Graham Stated, "In Times Like This, We ...

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Dec 4, 2008
     | 1,457 views

    Rev. Billy Graham stated, "In times like this, we realize how weak and inadequate we are, and our greatest need is to turn in repentance and faith to the God of all mercy and the Father of all Comfort. If ever there ...read more

  • Persecution Means Hope

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 25, 2011
     | 2,935 views

    PERSECUTION MEANS HOPE Genuinely persecuted Christians see judgment on their persecutors as a sign of hope. There is a story of Polish slave laborers working in munitions factories for Germany toward the end of WWII being bombed by allied planes. Some were killed, more were wounded. And yet ...read more

  • Don't Let The Good Christian Life Of The Past ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,567 views

    Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life. Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then ...read more

  • Last Year On December 3rd (2000) A Homeless Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,030 views

    Last year on December 3rd (2000) a homeless man by the name of William Wallace Brown, Jr. was buried in the graveyard of the prestigious St. John’s Episcopal Church, across from the White House. This would not be unusual except that St. John’s is called the "church of presidents." Since 1808, the ...read more

  • The Days Before Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 4,641 views

    The Days Before Christmas Twas the days before Christmas, and all through the Church The pews are all filling, as everyone perched. The hands are all shaking, and greetings abound Soon I’ll go to the pulpit, prepared to expound. I spent the whole week trying to hear what God’s saying Studying, ...read more

  • A Jewish Man, In Tears, Walks Up To Another ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,804 views

    A Jewish man, in tears, walks up to another Jewish man. "What’s the matter?" "I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better Jew, and he comes back a Christian. What am I to do?" The other man responds "You know, it’s funny that you say that, because I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better ...read more

  • The Year Was 1920. The Scene Was The Examining ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,458 views

    The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, “Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open a door of ...read more

  • Religious Practice Varies By Race: A New Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,766 views

    Religious Practice Varies By Race: A new Barna survey examined 8 elements of religious behavior (reading the Bible, praying to God, giving money to churches and watching Christian television) and discovered that blacks are the most religiously active racial group. Blacks were also notably less ...read more

  • The Captain Of An Ocean Steamer Tells That On One ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jul 26, 2006
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    The captain of an ocean steamer tells that on one occasion his ship was engulfed in a dense fog off the coast of Newfoundland. It was Wednesday evening and the captain had been on the bridge for 24 hours when he was startled by someone tapping on his shoulder. He turned and saw one of his ...read more

  • A Traveling Man Came Into A Hotel To Secure A ...

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
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    A traveling man came into a hotel to secure a room for the night. Upon being informed that every room in the building had been taken, he was naturally quite perturbed, until a portly gentleman standing nearby kindly offered to share his room with him. The offer was thankfully accepted. Upon ...read more

  • Henry Moorhouse Preached One Evening On The Love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 7,417 views

    Henry Moorhouse preached one evening on the love of God. In the meeting was a rough, wicked coal miner who had a vile temper, was a heavy drinker, and mistreated his wife and children when he’d been drinking. His name was Ike Miller. Moorhouse was told that Ike Miller was at the meeting and that ...read more

  • Advent Is About The Coming Of Christ. Coming In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,861 views

    Advent is about the coming of Christ. Coming in to your life so you can begin again and again. In order to symbolize as an act of worship, I want you to take the beach glass that you received early. Feel it. Feel it’s hardness. Feel it’s roughness. Let this be a symbol of your past. Your sins. Your ...read more

  • God's Detour

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
     | 2,108 views

    GOD'S DETOUR The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, "Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open ...read more

  • An Asbury Student On Holiness

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
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    AN ASBURY STUDENT ON HOLINESS page 64 Hermiz, Asbury College Student A student came to Dr Hermiz after a revival at Asbury and said, "I didn’t believe in Holiness, so I went to the library with my bible to prove you wrong. But I couldn’t, so back in my room I prayed to God. 'If this is real ...read more

  • This Is Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dr. Mark Eckart on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 16,550 views

    THIS IS FORGIVENESS I once invited a guest lecturer to speak to a counseling class I was teaching and ask him to specifically discuss the topic forgiveness. He told a powerful story from his own life that day to illustrate his point that we should forgive. His brother had many struggles, and ...read more

  • A Fasting Story

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
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    A FASTING STORY Barbara Gordon tells about her first time fasting. (I don’t want to lose my reward) She fasted one day a week for 9 weeks. She was lead to pray for 9 individuals that had requested prayer. At the end she said, "God moved in many ways during that time. While most of the answers ...read more

  • A Child's Sincere Worship Heard In A Man's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    A Child’s Sincere Worship Heard in a Man’s Dream A man was carried in a dream to a church. In his vision he saw the organist vigorously playing the organ, but no sound was heard. The choir and congregation began to sing, but their voices were not heard. Then the minister began, energetically, to ...read more

  • God's Detour

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
     | 1,344 views

    GOD'S DETOUR The year was 1920. The scene was the examining board for selecting missionaries. Standing before the board was a young man named Oswald Smith. One dream dominated his heart. He wanted to be a missionary. Over and over again, he prayed, "Lord, I want to go as a missionary for you. Open ...read more

  • Paul Tournier On Persisting In Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
     | 4,629 views

    PAUL TOURNIER ON PERSISTING IN PRAYER Paul Tournier, the great psychiatrist and Christian counselor, tells in one his essays about the first time he tried to pray for a solid hour. He says that he set his watch on the table and began to pray, and after what he thought was a good while, checked the ...read more