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  • Sunday Sketch Jesus And Nick The Vic  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,760 views

    Sunday Sketch Jesus and Nick the Vic Cast: Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Jesus and Nick the Vic Narrator 1: Our reading is taken this morning from John 3: 1-21 – and is a slightly freer translation than you’d get in the Message or in the Living Bible The story starts off with Nick the Vic, a prominent ...read more

  • The Story Of George C. Wallace Sounds Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 1,805 views

    The story of George C. Wallace sounds like something from Paul Harvey’s "The Rest of the Story." It comes in two parts: the sad, earlier life and the hard but hopeful latter life. A dramatic and tragic event in the middle brought life-changing consequences for the man from Alabama. In 1962, ...read more

  • Œroger Simms, Hitchhiking His Way Home, Would ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,168 views

    “Roger Simms, hitchhiking his way home, would never forget the date--May 7. His heavy suitcase made Roger tired. He was anxious to take off his army uniform once and for all. Flashing the hitchhiking sign to the oncoming car, he lost hope when he saw it was a black, sleek, new Cadillac. To his ...read more

  • Jesus Is Hard To Ignore And Easy To Miss

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 19, 2022
     | 374 views

    In a Christmas sermon, David Devine relates a story that appeared in the Washington Post last year... “He emerged from the Metro at the Plaza Station and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Short Story

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 27, 2023
     | 609 views

    Text, Matthew 16:26, KJV: For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Thoughts: In my last year or so of high school, I took a couple of literature classes. For one thing, I liked the teacher, and for ...read more

  • Postman

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Dec 1, 2023
     | 645 views

    In the quiet routines of everyday life, a seemingly ordinary event unfolded – a postman knocking on a door, bearing a letter. A child-like voice responded from within the house, promising to come and receive the letter. However, minutes passed without any sign of the resident. The postman's ...read more

  • Byron Deel, Grew Up With An Alcoholic And Abusive ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 3,970 views

    Byron Deel, grew up with an alcoholic and abusive father. Byron had two brothers and three sisters, a large family, but his dad spent the family income on alcohol, and he drank and ranted and raved and hit them. When Byron was twelve, his father walked away from the family, and did absolutely ...read more

  • Thanksgiving Without Martha  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,714 views

    THANKSGIVING WITHOUT MARTHA Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I’m telling you in advance, so don’t act surprised. Since Ms. Stewart won’t be coming, I’ve made a few small changes: Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it ...read more

  • Teach The Children  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,728 views

    TEACH THE CHILDREN Just a week before Christmas I had a visitor. This is how it happened... I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself ...read more

  • Earlier This Month, The Siegfried & Roy Show In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 26, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,680 views

    Earlier this month, the Siegfried & Roy show in Las Vegas was brought to a dramatic close when a seven-year-old, white Bengal tiger attacked Roy and drug him off the stage before an audience of 1500 people. It was Roy’s 59th birthday, and shortly after introducing the Tiger, it bit Roy on the ...read more

  • Even A Snake Has A Heart!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,186 views

    “Even A Snake Has a Heart!” 1 John 1: 1-10 Key verse(s): 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” We recently endured the effects of a fairly major windstorm here at Beech Springs. It happened as we were out of town ...read more

  • Forgiveness In Action  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 6, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,230 views

    Forgiveness in Action Pastor Hayes a man in his middle forties, was well-loved by his congregation, and faithful to God and to his family. He enjoyed a successful ministry in an exuberantly vital, growing church. Just when everything seemed to be going well, a cloud came over this man and his ...read more

  • I Have A Religion!" 1 Samuel 18:1-12 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 27, 2005
     | 2,459 views

    “I Have a Religion!” 1 Samuel 18:1-12 Key verse(s): 11-12:“. . . and he hurled it, saying to himself, ‘I’ll pin David to the wall.’ But David eluded him twice. Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had left Saul.” In a world where we seek only peace and kindness there is, ...read more

  • The Guest Of Honor — Uninvited  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,730 views

    Illustration – e-mail letter I received As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, ...read more

  • In The Book

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Oct 19, 2009
     | 1,855 views

    In the book “101 Romantic Ideas” Laura Jeanne Allen tells the following story. My Grandfather and Grandmother were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word "SHMILY" in a surprise place ...read more

  • The Gift Of The Skates

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,072 views

    THE GIFT OF THE SKATES So how do we recognize His authority in our lives? How do we express our faith and our love to Him? By committing ourselves to His mission. Jesus doesn’t say anything about saving sinners and getting them into heaven. The primary priority of his mission is to preach good ...read more

  • Ever Been Bothered By People?

    Contributed by John Herrmann on Mar 25, 2011
     | 2,245 views

    EVER BEEN BOTHERED BY PEOPLE? Sometimes church and worship can keep us from the living water people need and that we need. People can actually hide behind church, the machinery of church and worship. Recently I attended a Wednesday Lenten service with my wife in my former church. A stranger - a ...read more

  • Simon Birch: A Purpose In Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,085 views

    SIMON BIRCH: A PURPOSE IN LIFE How many of you remember a movie by the name of Simon Birch that came out in 1998? It tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy named Simon Birch who, despite his physical disabilities, believes that God has a plan for his life. "Simon was born tiny and with an ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Dragonfly

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,151 views

    THE PARABLE OF THE DRAGONFLY Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in a while ...read more

  • False Prophets And False Christ's Will Make The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,260 views

    False prophets and false Christ’s will make the scene in the last days. There was Prophet Jim Jones of the terrible Guyana tragedy on November 18, 1978 when he lied to his followers and convinced them (or commanded them) to drink Kool-aid laced with poison. 913 people were found dead, including Jim ...read more

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