Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
based on 9 ratings
| 4,643 views
READING THEIR NAMES
Jeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes:
"At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a small parade:
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 27, 2009
GRACE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
My wife, Ashley, once told me about a moment of grace that will forever remain in her memory. One icy November afternoon when she was in high school, a carload of teenage boys were on their way to a basketball game. Ashley was a cheerleader and had already arrived at the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
based on 1 rating
| 2,970 views
WHO SAYS SO?
A previous church I served had a lot of acreage and had turned part of it into 3 softball diamonds. Monday - Thursday nights, all summer long, various church leagues played their slow-pitch games there. Three of the leagues ran everything for their evening but one league was run
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Matt Neace on Jun 21, 2018
based on 1 rating
| 4,394 views
When we think of children we don't always think that there may be a person who is going to change the course of history. We don't see their potential or we brush it off as he or she is just a child. But every person who has had an impact on the world started as a child.
Jared A. Brock wrote a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 24, 2025
One of the best testimonies of God’s goodness and love you will ever hear is from astronaut Jim Irwin. He served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Jim was the eighth person to walk on the Moon.
*And he told about an experience he had when he went to the moon. Jim said: "When I looked
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 30, 2001
based on 121 ratings
| 8,434 views
Christian author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada writes: I’m a quadriplegic, yet I can drive a van (my hand is secured to a big joystick so I can steer, accelerate, and brake). I enjoy being independent, so if there’s something I can do, I will - even if it means tackling the drive-thru at a
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,219 views
One of the greatest evangelistic hymns of all time was written by a woman who knew well the release and peace that come from confessing one’s sins and failures to God.
“Just As I Am,” a hymn frequently sung at the close of evangelistic meetings, was written by Charlotte Elliott of Clapham,
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 9, 2010
There is something convenient about being a fence-straddler.
We think we can have the best of both worlds.
But in order to make a real commitment to Jesus Christ, we have to weigh our options.
Anyone who has ever struggled with their faith will come out stronger. One of my biggest personal
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Aug 19, 2018
based on 1 rating
| 3,622 views
Christians of all people should lead the way in forgiveness. And some do. On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof entered a Bible study group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Even though he was white, he received a warm welcome from the all-black congregation. When the group closed
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
based on 33 ratings
| 9,344 views
The Story of Redemption
I want to begin the study tonight by telling you a story. I first heard this story about 30 years ago. I was listening to J Vernon McGee on the radio explain a great Bible truth and he told the following story to illustrate the Biblical principle.
In your mind go back
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Danny Rogers on Feb 6, 2007
based on 4 ratings
| 2,943 views
J. Vernon McGee spoke this story many years ago on the radio to explain an undeniable Biblical truth.
In your mind go back in time about 150 years or so to the days before the Civil War. Imagine you are visiting one of the great cities of the South like Savannah, Atlanta, Birmingham, Jackson or
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
based on 2 ratings
| 7,173 views
J Vernon McGee told the story of the days before the Civil War in a city in the south. At the center of town, there is a commotion as a crowd gathers for a public auction to watch the proceedings. In the crowd is an uncouth, foulmouthed, loud, boisterous man who is the meanest, cruelest, most
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist