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  • Welcoming Misfits  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,601 views

    WELCOMING MISFITS Ryan Johnson, minister in Glen Elder, Kansas, shares this story: I was heading north out of Salina, Kansas when I saw him. His name was Charlie. Charles was sitting in the ditch with large army bags. The cold misty rain was drenching him and his bags. He wore his Vietnam ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Story Of Charlie Riggs? Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,638 views

    Have you heard the story of Charlie Riggs? Over 50 years ago, he came to Christ and was discipled by a young man named Lorne Sanny, who himself was being discipled by Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators. Charlie was willing to grow in Christ, but he was a bit rough around the edges and ...read more

  • Douglas Hyde Was A Major Leader In The Communist ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 31, 2006
     | 4,104 views

    Douglas Hyde was a major leader in the Communist Party in England during the 1930’s and 1940’s. However, in 1948 he converted to Christianity. Later he wrote a fascinating little book, Dedication and Leadership, in which he pointed out that the means of developing leaders among the communists were ...read more

  • How Do You Do That? I Have A Perfect ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 1, 2006
     | 2,335 views

    How do you do that? I have a perfect illustration from my favorite book next to the Bible THE JOURNEY HOME by Orthodox Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. I’ve shared excerpts from his book with you in the past. Although it is classified as fiction, it is based on authentic events and a genuine friendship ...read more

  • Teddy Stallard

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,369 views

    Ill- Teddy Stallard Teddy Stallard was an unattractive and unmotivated fifth grade boy. His teacher, Mrs. Thompson found him difficult to like due to his deadpan, expressionless, unfocused stare. She had to admit that down deep inside she took pleasure in marking his papers with red ink and ...read more

  • Teddy Stallard Was An Unattractive And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,094 views

    Teddy Stallard was an unattractive and unmotivated fifth grade boy. His teacher, Mrs. Thompson found him difficult to like due to his deadpan, expressionless, unfocused stare. She had to admit that down deep inside she took pleasure in marking his papers with red ink and making an F with a ...read more

  • Phil Yancey Writes About It In His Book, What's ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
     | 3,201 views

    Phil Yancey writes about it in his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? It’s a picture of what our church is, can be, will be, should be. One of the pictures Jesus often uses of grace is of a wedding banquet. So this is what Yancey writes: Accompanied by her fiance, a woman went to the Hyatt ...read more

  • Misplaced Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,210 views

    Misplaced Faith Philip Yancey, in his book Disappointment With God, writes: Even back then I was searching for hard evidence of God as an alternative to faith. And one day I found it—on television, of all places. While randomly flipping a dial, I came across a mass healing service being conducted ...read more

  • Impact Of Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,751 views

    Impact of Love a. Ted was not what one would call the teacher’s pet--he was Turned off by school. Very sloppy in appearance. Expressionless. Unattractive. Many looked down upon him Even his teacher, Miss Thompson, enjoyed bearing down her red pen -- as she placed Xs beside his many wrong answers. ...read more

  • Jesus Seems To See The Whole Story Of His People ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,874 views

    Jesus seems to see the whole story of his people coming to fulfillment in his time and in his own person...He is claiming to be a new David...In talking of liberation...he is identifying himself as a new Moses, a new lawgiver who gives the people a new law?...In calling people to faith...In ...read more

  • Saving A ...

    Contributed by James Steen on Jul 14, 2008
     | 3,292 views

    Saving a Sheep I had an unusual experience last week as I was driving into church. Down the road and at the bottom of the hill from my house lies a sheep farm. As I was driving by, I noticed a lone sheep in the pasture, just standing there with a plastic feed bag over his head and down around his ...read more

  • Words Of Comfort

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,121 views

    Words of Comfort Heaven Benjamin Franklin has often been quoted as saying, "In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes." Many have figured out ways to get out of paying taxes, legal or otherwise, but no one has yet been able to avoid the certainty of death. Sooner or later you are ...read more

  • The Goal And Person Of Change

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,814 views

    The Goal and Person Of Change Many find themselves overcome by sins that have brought heartache, turmoil and even isolation. These sinful bondages are playing havoc across all social and economic layers of our nation’s families. Therapists, physicians, scientists and sadly, even some Christian ...read more

  • First Step To ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,217 views

    First Step to Spiritual Revival The need for turning to God has never been more urgent than today. The latest fads of social Christianity and religious programs have been unable to deliver Americans from their economic concerns, fear of terrorist attacks and moral decline. Many in America have ...read more

  • Too Many Hypocrites

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,815 views

    TOO MANY HYPOCRITES One of the most common excuses given for someone not surrendering to the Gospel of Christ is found in this statement, "There are too many hypocrites in the church." Many persons who are seen by outsiders to be "hypocrites" may be true, yet immature, Christians. Christians ...read more

  • Even If We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 2,656 views

    EVEN IF WE LOSE Are we thinking kind thoughts? What about when we lose the game? Have you learned that there are things happening right now that are preparing us to fulfill visions, dreams and purpose that our God has planned for our lives? Someone needs you to reach out of your box and help! Did ...read more

  • Free, But Still Enslaved

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 20, 2008
     | 3,635 views

    FREE, BUT STILL ENSLAVED William Knibb sailed for Jamaica in November of 1824. He traveled to replace his missionary brother Thomas, who had died just a few months before his departure from England. His school in Jamaica dedicated to the children of slaves prospered. Slaves flocked from the ...read more

  • A Mom's View Of Herself: A Confirmed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
     | 2,581 views

    A MOM’S VIEW OF HERSELF: A CONFIRMED SHOUTER (from Forever Erma By Erma Bombeck, March 5, 1969) Ever since President Nixon’s inaugural plea to "speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices," I’ve had misgivings about my big mouth. I’ve always admired parents who ...read more

  • Debt Out Of Control

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,013 views

    DEBT OUT OF CONTROL Nearly - 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation and divorce. From Money-zine.com the following statistics paint the picture of America’s improper handling of their finances: The ...read more

  • A Train For Christmas

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,591 views

    When I was a little boy, Christmas was really exciting. Sears Roebuck and Company would send toy catalogs out to my mom because she had an account with them. I would spend hours every Christmas looking at every item in the catalog. The catalog was filled with every kind of toy a boy could think ...read more

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