Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2002
based on 18 ratings
| 2,105 views
DON'T EVER SAY "NO"
When Allied troops captured a young American fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, last year a major American newspaper wrote the following:
“The parents of John Walker Lindh, the child of privilege turned Taliban terrorist didn’t put their foot down when he announced that
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2002
During World War II, the Nazis set up a camp factory in Hungary where hundreds of Jewish prisoners had survived in disease infested barracks on little food and gruesome backbreaking work. Each day the prisoners were marched to the compound¡¦s giant factory where tons of human waste and garbage were
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
based on 4 ratings
| 2,515 views
SOMETIMES A COSTUME IS JUST A COSTUME
Who am I this time?
That’s the question millions of kids and adults ask themselves in anticipation of Halloween each year.
Their answer can say a lot about what’s going on within them, many experts say.
In other words, think of Halloween as the ultimate
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2002
based on 21 ratings
| 3,774 views
Have you heard the classic short story by O’Henry, "The Gift of the Magi?"
The story is about a young married couple who are very much in love. Christmas is approaching and neither one has enough money to buy the other a Christmas gift. Each one does have one prized possession that they hold dear
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
based on 3 ratings
| 2,455 views
If we want God to guide us, our attitude needs to be right. Here are some guidelines as to how we can play our part in arriving at right decisions.
First, we must be willing to think. It is false piety, super-supernaturalism of an unhealthy pernicious sort that demands inward impressions with no
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2002
based on 13 ratings
| 3,851 views
Some years ago a Christmas card pictured a world into which You had not come. A minister fell asleep in his study on Christmas morn. In his dream he found himself looking through his home, but no little stockings hung by the chimney. No Christmas wreaths nor holly decorated the house. He walked
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
based on 10 ratings
| 2,637 views
I like the story about a professor who sat at his desk one evening working on the next day’s lectures. His housekeeper had laid that days mail and papers at his desk and he began to shuffle through them discarding most to the wastebasket. He then noticed a magazine, which was not even addressed to
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jan 14, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 3,625 views
In the film The Shawshank Redemption, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)—a young, successful banker wrongly convicted of murdering his wife in 1947 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms at Shawshank Prison.
Halfway through the film, an
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 51 ratings
| 2,422 views
I’m not a SCUBA diver, but SCUBA has always fascinated me. When you take up SCUBA, one of the things that they will teach you is that your bubbles are always right.
when you’re deep underwater, you’re surrounded by an aura of light and it is very difficult to tell which way is up. The water
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Nazarene
Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 21, 2003
based on 32 ratings
| 2,953 views
Illus.: Taken from Ronald Dunn, "Don’t just
stand there, pray something." pg48-50
-Ronald Dunn tells the story of a trip he and his family took to a local fair. At the time he had three kids and he also had his brothers child, which made four. The tickets for the rides were
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
I remember when I was 16 years old how I made my first profession of faith. Our church was in revival with Bro. Bobby McGilliard leading the service. Through his message God began to reveal to me that I was lost and headed for a place called Hell. I went forward and one of the councilors took me to
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
I’ve heard the statement, “There are no atheists in a foxhole.” It’s true that a man who ignored God all his life will probably call out to Him when he’s facing enemy fire. But how much better to be like the World War II General I read about. Lt. General Sir William Dobbie was Governor General of
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 4,441 views
The Gift of Us
Marjorie Tallcott was married and had one child during the Great Depression. The family managed to scrape their way through, but as Christmas approached one year Marjorie and her husband were disappointed that they would not be able to buy any presents. A week before Christmas they
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 2,526 views
Nathan Hale, a great American patriot during the Revolutionary War, was captured and hung by British soldiers. His now famous final words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." He was willing to die for his nation and its freedom.
Not long ago, a mother in
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,574 views
First, Give your kids the luxury of a mistake now and then. You made a few growing up. Acceptance by you and approval from you is critical to their healthy development.
Second, Give your kids room to come to their own convictions and conclusions. Parents are foundational to success. At the same
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,896 views
Someone once asked radio commentator Paul Harvey to reveal the secret of his success. Here’s what he said: "I get up when I fall down," Bits & Pieces, March 3, 1994, p. 16.
That’s pretty simple, but I think race-car-driver Bill Vukovich might have him beat. When someone asked Vukovich the Secret
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 5 ratings
| 2,465 views
A woman was in the process of suing her husband for divorce. She told the judge that she had done her best to get her husband to change his ways, but that he just wouldn’t do it. Referring to Paul’s words about being nice to your enemies, which is found in the 12th chapter of Romans the judge asked
...read more
Tags:
Sermon Central