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  • Dropping Your Finger

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 22, 2008
     | 1,422 views

    DROPPING YOUR FINGER Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition, yet he still seemed to be doing well. Curious as to why, the college graduate asked his friend, "How has everything ...read more

  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 3,000 views

    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

  • I've Been Good, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,185 views

    "I’VE BEEN GOOD, BUT..." Grandma was rushing her two grandkids ages five and three out to the car from shopping when five year old Jason spoke up. "Grams, Susie put something in her pocket in the store." After a quick investigation, Grams discovered that Susie had picked up some pretty red ...read more

  • Perfect Gifts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 4,893 views

    PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more

  • When We Are No Longer Alert As God's Watchmen, We ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,604 views

    When we are no longer alert as God’s watchmen, we have a tendency to be insensitive to all the dangers around us. I can’t help but be reminded of a frightening experience we had when my eldest son was working the late shift at a bakery. He came home dead tired one night and I was already asleep. ...read more

  • No Need To Mention The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2010
     | 2,579 views

    “No Need to Mention the Name!” One day, crossing a New York City street, a woman became confused, and stepped directly in front of an approaching streetcar. People on both curbs were sick with horror at her sure fate, when a powerful man rushed forward and not only rescued her from the streetcar, ...read more

  • The Miracle Birth

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,866 views

    THE MIRACLE BIRTH Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve last year when she stopped breathing. Mike’s wife, Tracy, went into cardiac arrest during labor. Doctors told him, "We're going to take your son out now. We have been unable to ...read more

  • Who Shot The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
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    WHO SHOT THE DEER? A lawyer, a doctor, and a preacher went deer hunting together when along came a big buck. The three of them all shot at the same time, and immediately the buck dropped to the ground. They all rushed up to examine the deer, but couldn't determine whose shot had actually killed ...read more

  • The Train Engineer

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 3,657 views

    Main Idea: God the Father sacrificed His only Son so that we could live. Verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a train engineer who had one ...read more

  • Why Did You Throw The Old Man Out???

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 30, 2020
     | 2,938 views

    Mercy is giving them a piece of your heart, not a "piece of your mind". There's a legend about a rabbi who welcomed a weary traveler into his home for a night of rest. After learning that his guest was almost a hundred years old, the rabbi asked about his religious beliefs. The man ...read more

  • Three Feet Away

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 14, 2020
     | 3,812 views

    During the gold rush, a man from Ohio traveled to California. It had taken him months to get there. He had to get a claim and register it and buy tools before he could start mining. The Ohioan had been mining for months. Finally after all the hard work and finding nothing quit his claim. He was ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Tells About A Couple Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
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     | 1,581 views

    ILL. Chuck Swindoll tells about a couple who went into a crowded fried chicken franchise & ordered a picnic box to go. In the rush of business a clerk accidentally handed them the picnic box in which the manager had hidden the deposit he was about to take to the bank. Fearful of being robbed, he ...read more

  • The Donkey Awakened, His Mind Still Savoring The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 19, 2003
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     | 2,457 views

    The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride. He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. “I’ll show myself to them,” he thought. But they didn’t notice him. They went ...read more

  • After The Crash

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jan 16, 2005
     | 1,976 views

    After the Crash The police in a particular town received a call reporting a car being driven wildly through the streets. Within three minutes two policemen in a squad car received the alert and rushed to intercept the offending motorist. The policemen stopped at an intersection and was shocked ...read more

  • Dr. George Sweeting Wrote In Special Sermons For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Dr. George Sweeting wrote in Special Sermons for Special Days: "Several years ago our family visited Niagara Falls. It was spring, and ice was rushing down the river. As I viewed the large blocks of ice flowing toward the falls, I could see that there were carcasses of dead fish embedded in the ...read more

  • There Was A Little Boy Who Built A Sailboat. He ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 14, 2006
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    There was a little boy who built a sailboat. He built the sail and had it all fixed up, tarred and painted. He took it to the lake and pushed it in hoping it would sail. Sure enough a wisp of breeze filled the little sail and it billowed and went rippling along the waves. Suddenly before the little ...read more

  • On The 19th Of November 1967, In The Vicinity ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "On the 19th of November 1967, in the vicinity of Dak To, Viet Nam Chaplain Charlie Waters was moving with one of the companies of his Battalion when it engaged a heavily armed enemy battalion. As the battle raged and the casualties mounted, Chaplain Waters, with complete disregard for his safety, ...read more

  • Couldn't You Endure Him?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
     | 2,495 views

    Couldn't You Endure Him? According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave ...read more

  • Divorce Barbie

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,547 views

    DIVORCE BARBIE Too many times, we are more concerned with what we get out of giving than what we are trying to give in the first place. A father was sitting in his chair one night reading the paper. All of a sudden, he realized it was his young daughter’s birthday, and he had forgotten to get her ...read more

  • The Jeweled Lady Of Pompeii

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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     | 1,514 views

    THE JEWELED LADY OF POMPEII Of the 20,000 inhabitants of Pompeii, some 2,000 lost their lives, among them a woman who loved finery above all else. As the deadly rain of fire came down, she decided to run to the harbor and escape by ship. That was wise, but this rich and beautiful woman stayed ...read more