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  • Our Summer Vacation Jamboree

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 15, 2023
     | 808 views

    After months and months of planning, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage finalized our vacation plans for the summer. Because of our busy lifestyle, something like this cannot be done with just a snap of a finger, especially since the great-granddaughter invaded our family circle. If my wife ...read more

  • Go Back And Tell Them Again  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,010 views

    GO BACK AND TELL THEM AGAIN Jesus said "Follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men." In a book entitled "Jungle Harvest," written by a missionary named Ruby Scott, she describes some of her experiences in reaching a people group known as the Tila Indians who lived in a remote village in the ...read more

  • Bible Leads Brazilian Prostitutes To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
     | 3,870 views

    Bible Leads Brazilian Prostitutes to Christ "Pastor is it OK to sell a Bible to a prostitute?" You see Laura was a member of a small church in Brazil. She sold Avon products to supplement the family income. One of her weekly routes took her through the red light district. One day after asking her ...read more

  • The Cane Ridge Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,846 views

    THE CANE RIDGE REVIVAL One of those great revivals of the American past took place in the late spring and early summer of 1801 at Cane Ridge in central Kentucky. A pastor named Barton Stone, who had been called to serve this little Methodist church by Daniel Boone, decided to call a four-day ...read more

  • The Meanest Man In Texas

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,156 views

    THE MEANEST MAN IN TEXAS Let's finish with the true and amazing story of Clyde Thompson. Clyde's father was a Bible salesman, but when he was old enough to stay home alone, he began refusing to go to church with the rest of the family. Most Sundays, while his family was in church, Clyde was ...read more

  • Does Evil Exist?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,898 views

    DOES EVIL EXIST? Romans 8:28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him... Sometimes we just want things to turn out well--especially in a bad situation. Before Tom left for deployment to Iraq, he prayed that God will guide him in doing good in a land full of ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,090 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

  • What Will You Give?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,047 views

    WHAT WILL YOU GIVE? On one of Matthew Rogers' recent work trips to the Dominican Republic, everyone in the group was encouraged to leave behind any clothes or gear they didn’t want, because someone there could certainly use them. He was just going to give away some of his old worn out clothes, ...read more

  • The First Approached The Elephant, And Examined ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,640 views

    -The First approached the Elephant, and examined his broad and sturdy side. He said this elephant is very much like a wall. -The Second, feeling of the tusk, said “So very round and smooth and sharp? To me it is mighty clear this elephant is very much like a spear!" -The Third ...read more

  • How I Want To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 19, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 5,041 views

    HOW I WANT TO GO An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his Doctor and his Lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side of ...read more

  • The Days Before Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 4,666 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

  • An Old Preacher Was Dying. He Sent A Message For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,461 views

    An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his doctor and his lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room the preacher held out his hands and motioned for them to sit, one on each side of his bed. The ...read more

  • Diverse Methods Of Worship Are Also On The Rise. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,033 views

    Diverse Methods Of Worship are also on the rise. New Ellison Research data reports U.S. Protestant churches worship in a more contemporary manner than 5 years ago. Over the past 5 years 44% report no significant change, 15% have moved in much more contemporary direction, while another 36% have ...read more

  • Perhaps You're Thinking To Yourself, "These Sound ...

    Contributed by Bill Huffhine on Mar 25, 2006
     | 1,965 views

    Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, “These sound like the descriptions of a true Christian. Can a person really look like this outwardly and still only be an “almost” Christian? John Wesley was born into a Christian family, the son of an Anglican minister. He was brought up not only respecting ...read more

  • People Do Judge You By What You Wear

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,154 views

    People do judge you by what you wear. A young man came into our worship service a few weeks ago. He was wearing lots of leather and chains. His hair was spiked blue. He wore black eye liner and had a ring in his lip. I could tell what lots of people were thinking when he strolled down the aisle ...read more

  • In Ancient Times, Poor Beggars Often Were Found ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 6, 2007
     | 1,487 views

    In ancient times, poor beggars often were found by rich people’s houses as well as by busy streets and anywhere else people would pass. They were especially found near the temple gates and this still true today. Beggar gypsies are all around the churches in Romania; the same in France and UK. Paris ...read more

  • One Sunday Evening Years Ago, I Left My Home To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,288 views

    One Sunday evening years ago, I left my home to go to our evening services at the Church where I was then Pastor. Only myself, and my little eight year old son was there. No one showed up that Sunday evening, as the weather was quite stormy. We waited until about 7:20 and told my boy that we might ...read more

  • You Know Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
     | 3,238 views

    YOU KNOW NOT WHEN The people of Martinique sent representatives to that smoldering volcano, Mount Pelee, to see what the condition was. They returned and gave false reports and the city slept on, in all its vice. Nature took warning and the reptiles commenced crawling down the mountainside, birds ...read more

  • Prayer Improves Health Care For Coronary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,524 views

    PRAYER IMPROVES HEALTH CARE FOR CORONARY PATIENTS Research at San Francisco General Hospital has revealed that victims of heart attack, heart failure and other cardiac problems who were remembered in prayers fared better than those who were not. Cardiologist Randy Byrd assigned 192 patients to the ...read more

  • Worship In Spirit And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 7,337 views

    WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH When Lawrence of Arabia was in Paris with some of his Arab friends after World War I, he took them to see the sights of the city. His friends showed little interest in the Louvre, the Arch of Triumph, or Napoleon’s tomb. The thing that really interested them was the ...read more