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  • God As My Guard  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,337 views

    GOD AS MY GUARD I remember one time driving on a completely unknown route. It was dark, early in the morning, just after midnight. I didn’t know the way and I thought I can drive ahead and somehow will find the town I was looking for. It was the time when all the routes in Kenya were very poor ...read more

  • Worship Warrior  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,535 views

    WORSHIP WARRIOR I like the way songwriter and worship leader, Brian Doerksen, puts it. He says, "Becoming a worshipper means becoming a warrior... And by toning that down...we have sent men and women away from the church in droves. It's time to call them back," Doerksen says, "as worshiping ...read more

  • One Day As My Two Year Old Daughter And I Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,482 views

    One day as my two year old daughter and I had finished our shopping at the mall, I was walking ahead of her continually asking her to "hurry up." I wanted to get home, but she was enjoying all the sights and sounds. As she walked right behind me, I looked back to see my daughter had stopped to ...read more

  • The Results Of Spiritual Blindness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,520 views

    The Results of Spiritual Blindness. On November 30, 1991 fierce winds from a freakish dust storm triggered a massive freeway pileup along Interstate 5 near Coalinga, California. At least 14 people died and dozens more were injured as topsoil whipped by 50 mile-per-hour winds reduced visibility to ...read more

  • Xxxchurch Was Founded By Craig Gross, With ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,513 views

    XXXChurch was founded by Craig Gross, with help. They have a website at XXXchurch.com. The guys who run it are Christians, and they pioneered a ministry to reach people who are caught in pornography – not just who buy it and view it, but the people who are running the industry. For a few years ...read more

  • I'd Like A Little More Audience Participation In ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,392 views

    I’d like a little more audience participation in the next few moments. Here’s what I’d like you to do. If you’re 34 years of age or younger---I’d like for you to stand up….some on, go ahead it’ll just take a couple of moments. Okay you can be seated. And I hope you count yourselves as some of ...read more

  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,050 views

    THE NEED FOR LIGHTS Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

  • The Need For Lights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 5,646 views

    The Need for Lights Benjamin Franklin wanted to interest the people in Philadelphia in street lighting. He did not call a town meeting nor try to persuade the people by talking about it. He acted upon what he considered a good idea. He hung a beautiful lantern on a long bracket in front of his ...read more

  • Is Your Ministry Making Any Difference?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 932 views

    Sometimes we think that God is not using us if we are not preaching to thousands every weekend. If you think that, remember this story about the value of one soul! I recently read about an old man, walking the beach at dawn, who noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging ...read more

  • Social Consequences Of Sin

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Oct 13, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 651 views

    Social consequences of sin. Jonathan Edwards in his book “The Nature Of True Virtue” lays out how sin destroys the social fabric. He argues that human society is deeply fragmented when anything, but God is our highest love. If our highest goal in life is the good of our family, then we will tend to ...read more

  • No One Will Know

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
     | 519 views

    No one will know? A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking around with his co-workers. One car gets by him. He misses applying the grease. He knows it will fail inspection. So he puts a ...read more

  • The Most Memorable 4th Of July Celebration For Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,852 views

    The most memorable 4th of July celebration for me happened at Fort Devens, Massachusetts in 1986. The fireworks are usually excellent at any military base for the 4th of July, but that is not what I remember. The cannons shooting at the playing of the 1812 Overture was impressive, but not the most ...read more

  • God, Rescue Me! Help Me!

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 252 views

    The story opens: It was a dark and stormy night. A man was walking along a seaside cliff. He was unfamiliar with the path and didn't know that a part of it had crumbled away. He stepped onto the crumbled bank and found himself sliding down the edge of the cliff. He was frantically ...read more

  • Nicky Gumbel Tells This Story In Alpha Of Two Men ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 7, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 8,023 views

    Nicky Gumbel tells this story in Alpha of two men who grew up as best friends, except that their lives took divergent paths. One became a judge, and the other a criminal. At one point the criminal ends up in the Judge’s court. He is obviously guilty, but he was the judge’s friend. If the judge ...read more

  • You Can't Get Out Of Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,479 views

    YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF HERE! A man often walked through a cemetery on his way home. One night, though, unaware that a new grave had been dug in his path, he tumbled in. For some time he struggled to get out of the 7 foot deep grave, but finally gave up and settled down for the night. An hour later, ...read more

  • Pastor Leadership Styles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,369 views

    Pastor Leadership Styles Shepherding-loving, nurturing, community-driven 55% Bridge Building-good personality, create consensus, being people together 53% Directional-seeks next logical move, searches for right path 44% Team Building, matching people/jobs, expects it done, hands off ...read more

  • There Once Was An Ant That Felt Imposed Upon, ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
     | 3,473 views

    There once was an ant that felt imposed upon, overburdened, and overworked. You see, he was instructed to carry a piece of straw across an expanse of concrete. The straw was so long and heavy that he staggered beneath its weight and felt he would not survive. Finally, as the stress of his burden ...read more

  • Wisdom Literature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011
     | 4,135 views

    WISDOM LITERATURE Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded. Shortly before Solomon, an ...read more

  • Red Herring  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,808 views

    RED HERRING You’ve probably heard the expression "red herring." This term was coined from a method of training hunting dogs to follow the scent of their prey. Once the dogs were following the proper scent, their trainers would drag red herrings (a stinky fish) across their paths. Initially, the ...read more

  • Step By Step

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,528 views

    STEP BY STEP He does not lead me year by year Nor even day by day, But step by step my path unfolds; My Lord directs my way. Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, I only know this minute; But He will say, "This is the way, By faith now walk in it." And I am glad that it is so, Today’s enough to ...read more