Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
based on 131 ratings
| 1,864 views
A story is told of a turtle that wanted to spend the winter in Florida, but he knew he could never walk that far. He convinced a couple of geese to help him, each taking one end of a piece of rope, while he clamped his vise-like jaws in the center.
The flight went fine until someone on the ground
...read more
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 10, 2010
Dr. Harold Sightler, my pastor, at the staff lunch table would say: “Boys, I picked every one of you green!” And so it was. He had hired each of us, with no particular experience in our field, and taught us the job. So it is with our love. It is small, selfish, incomplete. But God takes us as
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bryan Fink on Dec 25, 2008
To put the gift of eternity into perspective let’s take this roll of Christmas ribbon and unroll it all the way down the hall.(Invite some of the kids to help with this). The ribbon symbolizes eternity. Now, take a pencil such as this and make a mark anywhere on that ribbon. Any idea what that
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 1, 2002
based on 7 ratings
| 999 views
Several years ago, I was sitting in my office with my door open. A lady waling down the hall said, “Have you got a minute?”
“Sure, come in.”
She sat down and said, Dr. Chapman, I’ve got a problem. I can’t get my husband to paint out bedroom. I have been after him for nine months. I’ve
...read more
Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 31, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 3,985 views
May 31, 2005 “Our Semper Fi Brother!” Matthew 9:18-26 Key verse(s) 22“Jesus turned and saw her. ‘Take heart, daughter,’ he said, ‘your faith has healed you.’ And the woman was healed from that moment.”
Nothing defines endurance better than a Marine. I have known a few Marines in my life; in
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 15, 2002
based on 2 ratings
| 2,549 views
“At approximately 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old …(Kitty) Genovese was returning to her home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY…. She parked her ….(car) in a nearby parking lot, turned-off the lights and started the walk to her second floor apartment some 35
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 15, 2002
based on 5 ratings
| 19,568 views
“At approximately 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old …(Kitty) Genovese was returning to her home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY…. She parked her ….(car) in a nearby parking lot, turned-off the lights and started the walk to her second floor apartment some 35
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
Since Isaiah (and later, the New Testament writers) spoke of God’s "tested" keystone (cornerstone?) or foundation stone in terms of depending upon God rather than what anyone else says or promises, it might be good to look at the importance of "foundations" and Jesus Christ as our "tested"
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 20, 2002
based on 6 ratings
| 1,973 views
There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school.
The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance.
The father settled on 20 minutes but
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
based on 42 ratings
| 1,955 views
Sometimes my daughter Olivia wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to use the bathroom.
It’s my job to get up and take her there, so I get out of bed to find her at outside her room.
She takes my hand as we go to the bathroom, which is about 6 feet from her door.
Does she need my hand
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jun 9, 2003
based on 12 ratings
| 2,177 views
In the movie, "Dead Poets Society," Neil Perry was a boy from a wealthy family studying in a very exclusive New England prep school. He wanted very much to become an actor when he grew up. But his father wanted him to be a medical doctor. The school produced a play in which Neil had the lead
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Sermon Central