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  • The Best Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,112 views

    THE BEST GIFT Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them, and anyway he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them, and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about ...read more

  • Some Time Ago I Was Reading About The 18th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 120 ratings
     | 5,269 views

    Some time ago I was reading about the 18th century German sculptor Johann Heinrich von Dannecker. His skills were impressive. He could bring stone to life with his tools. At the height of his powers, he wanted to do something special with his gifts -- he wanted to shape a statue of Christ that ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, Executives Of The Time-Life ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
    based on 159 ratings
     | 9,969 views

    Many years ago, executives of the Time-Life publishing organization discovered that the company’s profit margin had shrunk to an alarmingly low level. Consequently, they began an intensive effort to try to cut costs. Efficiency experts suggested that substantial savings could be effected in the ...read more

  • John Todd Was A Minister In 19th Century New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,012 views

    John Todd was a minister in 19th Century New England. Born in Vermont, but soon moved to Connecticut, when Todd was six years old, both parents died, and Todd was given a home by an aunt who lived nearby. He lived with his aunt until he left to study for the ministry. While he was away, his aunt ...read more

  • The Empty Chair

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 3,665 views

    Subject: The Empty Chair > > A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come > and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he > found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on > two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed.The minister > assumed that the old fellow had been ...read more

  • This Sunday School Teacher Was Not One Of The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 7, 2007
     | 2,561 views

    This Sunday school teacher was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, visiting them during ...read more

  • I Want You To Walk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,088 views

    “I WANT YOU TO WALK” -Arthur Gordon (A Touch of Wonder) relates a story that graphically describes the impact that one life can have on another. The man Gordon spoke of had been stricken with polio at the age of three and his parents had abandoned him in the Depression era. Taken in by a foster ...read more

  • A Man's Daughter Had Asked The Local Minister To ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
     | 1,081 views

    A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. "I guess you ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Spent A Lot Of Time Watching ...

    Contributed by Jason Duncan on Oct 30, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,309 views

    A few weeks ago I spent a lot of time watching Ken Burn’s documentary called The War on PBS. The documentary ran for 7 nights and was about 14 ½ hours long. It chronicled the history of WWII not through the eyes of historians or professors but through the eyes of the men who served in Germany and ...read more

  • One Of My Dear Friends Shared This Story With Me ...

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Dec 12, 2007
     | 1,672 views

    One of my dear friends shared this story with me that I’d like to share with you. It’s about a mother who asked her child “What is the most important body part?” When the child was younger, they thought sound was important, so they replied that it was their ears. The mother said, “No, many ...read more

  • Daddy's Empty ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 28, 2009
     | 3,849 views

    DADDY’S EMPTY CHAIR A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed. The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of ...read more

  • Carrying Us Back To Our Room

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,275 views

    CARRYING US BACK TO OUR ROOM In a home of which I know, a little boy, the only son, was ill with an incurable disease. Month after month, the mother had tenderly nursed him, read to him and played with him, hoping to keep him from the dreadful finality of the doctor's diagnosis...the little boy ...read more

  • I Was Speaking With A Man Recently Who Had Been ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 13, 2010
     | 1,858 views

    I was speaking with a man recently who had been in a near fatal car accident and he said that God didn’t seem to care about His injuries. I asked him if he blamed God and He said something to the effect of "Yes, GOD IS TO BLAME. Why didn’t He intervene when I had that car accident, or when my ...read more

  • The Empty Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,974 views

    THE EMPTY GIFT God offers us more than this world does, but most of us never take the time to see it. There was a 15-year old boy named Joey, whose mother died at birth. She was a severe alcoholic, and that had affected his pre-natal development. The result was that he was slightly ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines-The "sinful Woman" At Simon's House

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 4, 2022
     | 1,303 views

    Introduction: We don’t know her name, or much of anything else about her, except for one incident where she’s featured. What she did, and to whom, qualifies her to be an unsung heroine! Text: Luke 7:36-39, KJV: 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen ‘cops', The Television Show? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,431 views

    Have you ever seen ‘Cops’, the television show? They run up to someone’s front door, and kick right through it. That is the same way we choose to proceed in life sometimes. Instead of allowing God to open doors for us, we choose to kick the doors down ourselves. But it is a lot harder to put a door ...read more

  • Taking The Good Path

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 2,082 views

    TAKING THE GOOD PATH The media interviewed the second Chilean miner freed, and here is what he said, "The time down there changed me. God had one hand and the devil had the other hand, and when I was down there, I decided to let go of the devil and hold onto God. I buried 40 years of my life down ...read more

  • If You Stand Up And Be Counted, From Time To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,120 views

    "If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: a man flattened by an opponent can get up ...read more

  • Singing On The Porch

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,530 views

    Singing on the porch By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Wow, what kids today are missing? They travel across the nation and have a DVD or a Nintendo in the SUV, and they never look out the window to see where they have been. We have a friend that has 4 ...read more

  • I Heard A Story Once About A Rebellious Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,865 views

    I heard a story once about a rebellious little boy in school. He was always causing trouble. He’d throw rocks on the playground. He’d disrupt class and just generally drive his teacher nuts. His biggest problem is that he would never sit down. Well, one day, the teacher couldn’t stand it any ...read more