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  • The Christmas Storm: A Modern Parable By Paul ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 7,199 views

    THE CHRISTMAS STORM: A Modern Parable by Paul Harvey "This is about a modern man, one of us, he was not a scrooge, he was a kind, decent, mostly good man, generous to his family, upright in his dealings with others. But he did not believe in all that incarnation stuff that the Churches proclaim ...read more

  • Who Was United States Senator Edmund G. Ross Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,659 views

    Who was United States Senator Edmund G. Ross of Kansas? I suppose you could call him a "Mr. Nobody." No law bears his name. Not a single list of Senate "greats" mentions his service. Yet when Ross entered the Senate in 1866, he was considered the man to watch. He seemed destined to surpass his ...read more

  • Mommy, I'm So Thirsty  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,253 views

    Mommy I’m so thirsty. I want a drink. Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, Karine, one of ...read more

  • Regardless Of What The Odds Are. Story Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,304 views

    Regardless of what the odds are. Story of the Teacup There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful ...read more

  • Susanna Petroysan Heard Her Daughter's Pleas, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,777 views

    Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, Karine, one of the fifty-five thousand victims of the worst ...read more

  • When Joseph Ton Was A Pastor In Romania He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,839 views

    When Joseph Ton was a pastor in Romania he was arrested by the secret police for publishing a sermon calling for the churches to refuse to submit to the Communist government’s demand for control over their ministries. When an official told him he must renounce his sermon, he replied, "No, sir! I ...read more

  • Bought To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,036 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • C ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,486 views

    CONNECTED How many of you have cell phones? Isn’t it amazing how cell phones have become a necessity? It wasn’t that long ago that people still wrote letters! But technology has made it so much easier to communicate. Although – some research has shown that very advanced technologies existed long ...read more

  • What Are Whales Worth?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,098 views

    WHAT ARE WHALES WORTH? During the 1988 presidential election, an unexpected shift of attention occurred. Instead of the evening news focusing on the candidates, all eyes were on three gray whales that were cut off from their migratory route by a frozen sea of ice. At first, only a few Eskimos ...read more

  • Here Kitty  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,591 views

    HERE KITTY Once there was a man named Jim who let his dog out to do its business late one night. He watched some TV and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog’s mouth was his neighbor’s cat, dead! "Bad dog! BAD DOG!" said the ...read more

  • When My Grandmother Got Arthritis, She Couldn't ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,222 views

    "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love." "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their ...read more

  • There Is An Ancient Door On Display In St. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,263 views

    There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish families, ...read more

  • Paul Considered Himself Christ's Ambassador. What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,549 views

    Paul considered himself Christ’s ambassador. What is an ambassador? He is an authorized representative of a sovereign. He speaks not in his own name but on behalf of the ruler whose deputy he is, and his whole duty and responsibility is to interpret that ruler’s mind faithfully to those to whom he ...read more

  • Retaliate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,524 views

    Retaliate Pastor Ray Stedman told the story of some Americans who were stationed in Korea during the Korean War. While there, they rented a home and hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. These Americans were a bunch of jokesters, and they soon began to take advantage of the young boy’s ...read more

  • A Woman Was Driving Home One Night. The Weather ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,345 views

    A woman was driving home one night. The weather was really nasty. Rain was coming down in buckets and visibility was very poor. Seeing taillights ahead of her, she followed the car in front. Not being able to see, the car in front seemed to be going in the right direction. So she stuck with it. All ...read more

  • I Came Across A Poem Recently, Written By A Guy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,868 views

    I came across a poem recently, written by a guy by the name of Ezra Pound. It is called “Ballad of the Goodly Fere”. It is written from the perspective of one of the men who followed Jesus. It makes more sense if you know that “fere” is an Old English word that means ‘mate’. Have we lost the ...read more

  • That's My Daddy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,260 views

    John Huffman describes one unforgettable moment with his daughter. He had been away from home for several weeks on an overseas mission trip. When his airplane landed, he could hardly wait to see his wife and four children, but he was detained in customs. Finally after two hours, the customs ...read more

  • There's An Interesting New Phenomenon In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,052 views

    There’s an interesting new phenomenon in the church world today. Churches are starting to hire Church Consultants --- the same way companies have hired consultants for years. Consultants are trained as problem solvers. They provide fresh eyes and new perspectives when businesses or churches face ...read more

  • In Her Book, "Living With Love," Josephine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,231 views

    In her book, "Living with Love," Josephine Robertson tells a story. "In 1883, a youthful clergyman, the Rev. Joe Roberts, arrived by stagecoach in a blizzard to minister to the Indians of Wyoming. This great, wild area had been assigned to the Protestant Episcopal Church by President Grant. Soon ...read more

  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,601 views

    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more