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  • Story: A Korean Pastor Told Me This Story Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 1, 2001
    based on 79 ratings
     | 5,231 views

    Story: A Korean Pastor told me this story some years ago, when he came to Switzerland. In the 4th century AD in Korea a man had two sons. The elder rose to become Chief Justice in the land and the younger became an infamous bandit. The elder brother loved his younger brother but was unable to ...read more

  • Hugging Is The Answer!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,307 views

    HUGGING IS THE ANSWER! Perhaps I feel this way because my wife is affectionately known as "The Happy Hugger." If it’s moving she’ll stop it and hug it, and if it’s not moving she’ll dust it off and sell it! However, there’s another reason I believe hugging is the answer. According to Greg ...read more

  • He Set It All Aside  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,461 views

    He Set It All Aside By Dan Adkins And Tracy Dartt Somewhere Upon A Distant Land Long Ago, And Far Away Was A Crown Of Gold And Precious Jewels Still Unequaled To This Day It Was A Crown Desired By Kings And Princes Throughout The Years Of Time But The King For Whom The Crown Was Made For Love... ...read more

  • Disillusion  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,304 views

    DISILLUSION Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last full major league games. It was the Braves versus the Reds in Cincinnati. But the great Ruth was no longer as agile as he had once been. He fumbled the ball and threw badly, and in one inning ...read more

  • Where Christ Would Be  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,659 views

    WHERE CHRIST WOULD BE At the state university I attended, I knew a history professor who was a Christian. He would go down to a local nursing home and visit with the elderly men and women there on a weekly basis. Though some were lovingly visited every day by their families – having been sent ...read more

  • A Problem Becomes A Solution  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 30, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,508 views

    A Problem Becomes a Solution I stood dismayed in the kitchen of our newly acquired country home--I had accidentally submerged my left foot in a tray of fresh wall paint. A few minutes later, as I took off my comfortable, hole-in-the-toe painting sneakers, I regretted that I hadn’t brought along ...read more

  • Prophet-Leaders, Like The Late David Koresh, Make ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 1,865 views

    Prophet-leaders, like the late David Koresh, make confusing and inflated promises of fellowship manipulation through emotion and intimidation tactics in order to build their own kingdoms. Where did this so-called prophet lead his loyal followers? On April 19, 1993, (day fifty-one of the siege), ...read more

  • The Cross And Antichrist In History  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
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    THE CROSS AND ANTICHRIST IN HISTORY Massachusetts Bay Colony was the scene of "The Great Migration" wherein thousands of religious dissenters came over to the New World to make a new life for themselves in the company of "saints" and other Puritans. Right off quick they passed laws regulating ...read more

  • A Song By The Late 70's, Early 80's Rock Group ...

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 1 rating
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    A song by the late 70’s, early 80’s rock group Styx describes the place many people find themselves spiritually these days. Listen to the words and see if any of these words or phrases correlate with your spiritual experience: Another year has passed me by, still I look at myself and cry What ...read more

  • The Attention Of The Country Was Recently ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,772 views

    The attention of the country was recently focused on a high school football game in McDermott, Ohio. In the final quarter, Dave Frants and Derek Dewit, the rival coaches called a timeout, conferred together, and agreed upon a highly unusual play. On one team was 17-year old Jake Porter, a ...read more

  • John Wesley Preached His Last Sermon Of Feb 17, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Jones on Dec 14, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,320 views

    John Wesley preached his last sermon of Feb 17, 1791 on the text “Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near” (Isa 55:6). The following day, a very sick man, he was put to bed in his home on City Road. During the days of his illness, he often repeated the words from ...read more

  • Making The Way Safer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,503 views

    MAKING THE WAY SAFER A story comes out of the long ago of a king who organized a great race within his kingdom. All the young men of the kingdom participated. A bag of gold was to be given to the winner, and the finish line was within the courtyard of the king’s palace. The race was run, and the ...read more

  • Embarrassed To Witness, Citation: Eastman ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 3, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,034 views

    [Embarrassed to Witness, Citation: Eastman Curtis, Raising Heaven-Bound Kids in a Hell-Bent World (Nelson, 2000); quoted in Men of Integrity (July/August 2001)] As a youth pastor, I’d just entered a convenience store with "Jeff" to pay for the gas I’d put in the church van. It was apparent that the ...read more

  • The Cocoon  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 19, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,123 views

    THE COCOON A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,550 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • When I Was Growing Up In West Texas Cicada ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    When I was growing up in West Texas cicada (pronounced si-ka'-da) “locusts” like the one pictured on the screen filled the giant elm trees at times. During the heat of the summer the shrill buzzing sound of their mating call filled the air. To this day anytime I get in dry, hot weather I remember ...read more

  • The Velcro Effect  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,524 views

    THE VELCRO EFFECT In the book of Ruth, there is illustrated very effectively something I like to term, "The Velcro Effect". I don’t think I have to describe Velcro to you folks as I believe all of us are familiar with what it is! But maybe not all of you are familiar with how it was invented. In ...read more

  • Louis L'amour, The Great Western Writer, Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,969 views

    Louis L’Amour, the great Western writer, wrote a short story about a man who liked books. The man acts suspiciously as he examined the books on the shelves of a library. He took down one book and then another until he finally found one. It was a leather-bound copy of Shakespeare’s King Lear. He ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,279 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • Super Stupid Easter Jokes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,584 views

    SUPER STUPID EASTER JOKES Boy 1: "How did you get that bruise on your arm?" Boy 2: "I ate some Easter candy." Boy 1: "Eating Easter candy won’t give you a bruise." 7 Boy 2: "It will if it’s your big brother’s candy!" Q: What would you get if you crossed the Easter Bunny with an overstressed ...read more