based on 114 ratings
| 2,463 views
- Did you know that the first modern-day lottery was started in 1963 in the state of New Hampshire. And now there are 37 states who have lotteries, including Illinois. And in 1997, statewide lotteries suckered $16 Billion dollars from Americans.
- Did you know that the state of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tony Britt on Feb 6, 2002
based on 17 ratings
| 2,909 views
In a prayer letter to his supporters Billy Graham told this Story: there was a mother in an African nation who came to Christ and grew in her commitment and devotion to the Lord. As so often happens, however, this alienated her from her husband, and over the years he grew to despise and hate her
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 1, 2010
PRECIOUS METALS, PRECIOUS GOD
When the priest walked into the tabernacle there in the courtyard there was bronze around him, you can imagine him looking at the bronze work as he made his way. And as he walked into the holy place silver, the wooden pillars covered in silver, the hooks and curtain
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 3,624 views
A group of infantry soldiers were going through Airborne School at Fort Benning Georgia. As they prepared for their first jump, the jumpmaster explained that when the green light went on, everyone was to stand up, hook up, jump out, count to four and the chutes would open. If that failed, they
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Congregational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2001
based on 36 ratings
| 1,687 views
In Becoming a Contagious Christian, Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg tell this story:
A newly promoted colonel had moved into a makeshift office during the Gulf War. He was just getting unpacked when out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a private with a toolbox coming his way.
Wanting
...read more
Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
based on 4 ratings
| 2,224 views
Charles Swindoll tells a story of when he and his sister would go fishing with their dad and grandfather.
There was a man who sat on the pier with the last name of Kutasch. As the story goes, he was a very unusual man and fished accordingly. With the slightest bobble of his cork, he would jerk
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 27, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 2,783 views
I heard a little story about a husband who took his wife out on a little lake to teach her how to fish. When they finished and got back home, the neighbor asked her how she did.
The wife replied, “Well, I am not sure. According to my husband, I did everything wrong. First, he said I was
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
A few years ago Jack Eckerd, founder of the Eckerd drugstore chain, committed his life to Christ. Shortly afterward, as he walked through one of his stores, he noticed the magazine racks with their glossy copies of "Playboy" and "Penthouse." Although Eckerd was retired from active management, he
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
“Twister was the subject of a huge publicity campaign when it was introduced in 1966. After Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor hooked themselves together in front of millions of viewers on the "Tonight" show in May of that year, the rush was on to buy the game. Considering the simplicity of its design
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
based on 13 ratings
| 7,567 views
BEYOND REDEMPTION?
There are about 600 inmates who await execution in the state of California. A dozen of these are women. All of them have committed heinous crimes. But that doesn’t stop Ann Baker, a grandmother from San Diego, from treating the inmates like she believes Jesus would
...read more
Tags:
based on 1 rating
| 2,716 views
Marshall Hayden wrote an article a few years ago entitled, "Would Every Non-Hurter Please Stand Up?" He pointed out that people come to church wearing their best clothes & their best smiles. Everybody looks happy, so we assume everything is okay. But he suggests that we need to look beyond the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 7,337 views
SACRIFICIAL LOVE
March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Thomas Hensley on Nov 5, 2000
based on 194 ratings
| 2,575 views
During the height of the Cold War, a former FBI agent wrote a book about Soviet spies working in Washington, and how the KGB would solicit workers in the FBI and CIA and in the military to work for them. The KGB would never start by approaching an American and asking him or her to steal "top
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central