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  • A Woman Who Was A Very Devout Christian For Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,674 views

    A woman who was a very devout Christian for many years had a husband who was not a Christian. He liked to go to bars and accused her of not wanting to be with him. He objected to her going to church. She decided to start going to the bars with him. She made this choice at a little fork in the road. ...read more

  • What Is It Like To Sign Your Name To A Paper That ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 9, 2007
     | 1,298 views

    What is it like to sign your name to a paper that could possibly mean the end of your life? What is it like to walk down the cold hallways of a processing station? What is it like to sleep in a squeaky bunk bed where men have laid down their lives to never come home again? It takes the faith of ...read more

  • What Does It Mean Well To Live With Others? As I ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
     | 831 views

    What does it mean well to live with others? As I thought about this question, I came across the story from Pastor John Dobbs about a little boy. According to Dobbs, he was ‘sitting on his front steps with his face cradled in his hands, looking so forlorn. His dad came home just then and asked him ...read more

  • It's Every Airplane Passenger's Nightmare -- ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 1,264 views

    It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next passenger stepped up to the desk, he glanced at the tot and rolled his eyes. "Don’t worry," I said to him ...read more

  • Voice Of Authority

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2011
     | 3,070 views

    VOICE OF AUTHORITY When I was serving with YWAM in the summer of 1982, we played a concert at a school in Amsterdam. As the concert ended, the students began to come up to us and talking with us, and believe it or not, some even asked for our autographs. At that moment a tall, thin, man with a ...read more

  • That Cross Alone

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 29, 2011
     | 2,922 views

    THAT CROSS ALONE Clarence Jordan, author of the "Cotton Patch" New Testament translation, and founder of the interracial Koinonia farm in Americus, Georgia, was getting a red-carpet tour of another minister's church. With pride the minister pointed to the rich, imported furnishings and luxurious ...read more

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020
     | 1,856 views

    Ft. Knox guards $13 billion in gold. During WWII, the original Declaration of Independence, the original copy of the U.S. Constitution, the first printing of the copy of the Guttenberg Bible, and the original copy of Magna Carta were all moved to Ft. Knox. The security is updated constantly. Not ...read more

  • Here's A Clean, Crisp, Twenty Dollar Bill That's ...

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Mar 22, 2008
     | 2,322 views

    Here’s a clean, crisp, twenty dollar bill that’s worth $20. If I wrinkle it up, and scrunch it all into a ball, how much is it worth? $20. What about if I step on it, and grind it into the dirt—even tear it? Yes, it’s still worth $20. If that’s true for a piece of paper with numbers and pictures on ...read more

  • Faith Isn't Comfortable

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 29, 2009
     | 2,841 views

    FAITH ISN'T COMFORTABLE "You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings. God gives us the promises in a quiet hour; God seals our covenants with great and gracious words, then He steps back and waits to see how much we believe; then He lets the tempter come, and the test seems to ...read more

  • That Great Getting' Up Morning...

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 30, 2024
     | 65 views

    And now O Lord – When I’ve done drunk my last cup of sorrow— When I’ve been called everything but a child of God— When I’ve done travelling up the rough side of the mountain— O – Mary’s baby— When I start down the steep and slippery steps of death— When this old world begins to rock beneath my ...read more

  • We Recently Watched A Movie Titled, "Behind Enemy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 15, 2003
     | 1,358 views

    We recently watched a movie titled, “Behind Enemy Lines”. An American pilot is down behind enemy lines in Croatia, and trying to avoid search parties while making it to his pick up spot. A professional assassin has been given the task of hunting him down, and this assassin has been required to ...read more

  • All Part Of God's Plan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,685 views

    ALL PART OF GOD’S PLAN In the opening pages of his autobiography, "An American Life," Ronald Reagan writes, I was raised to believe that God had a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan. My mother - a small woman with auburn hair and a sense of ...read more

  • A Dying Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,170 views

    A DYING CHURCH An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled. Several people ...read more

  • Pizarro's Critical Moment

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 19, 2011
     | 2,196 views

    PIZARRO'S CRITICAL MOMENT All great undertakings begin with a critical moment--a moment when a decision is made and someone launches himself into a never-to-be forgotten enterprise. FRANCISCO PIZARRO, the noted Spanish explorer, faced such a moment. He languished with his men on a small island ...read more

  • Love Your Neighbor

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 16, 2012
     | 8,308 views

    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR I stepped outside my hotel room yesterday and saw a thin elderly woman taking small steps in a circle. She seemed to be mumbling. Our eyes connected. She said, "They left me here and I don't know where they have gone. I don't know what room I am in." I held out my hand. She ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,492 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own,” he states: “It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,131 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled "Prophets of a Future Not Our Own," he states: "It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • Stranger Than Fiction: A True Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 4,362 views

    STRANGER THAN FICTION: A TRUE STORY A young couple from another church came to one of our assistant pastors for counseling about marital problems they started having soon after their wedding. After just a few minutes of interviewing the two, he could see they were miles apart in tastes, ideas, and ...read more

  • Behold, I Cometh!

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 21, 2023
     | 470 views

    Once a pastor was frustrated because his church seemed dead and unenthusiastic. He attended a pastor’s conference for encouragement. The keynote speaker suggests sitting down quietly and creating suspense. Speak on the second coming of Christ. Then stand to the pulpit and raise your hand and shout ...read more

  • The Calling - Story About Peter Marshall

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 7, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 938 views

    In her book, ...A Man Called Peter, ...Catherine Marshall ...tells how her late preacher-husband ...felt a sense of destiny ... a sense of call ...in his life. (Pause) One dark night, ...Peter, ...then a young man, ...decided to take a Shortcut ...across the Scottish moors. Customize this ...read more

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