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  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,368 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • In A Book By Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Shockley on Apr 16, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 2,418 views

    In a book by Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here, an interesting story is told of boys growing up in the inner-city of Chicago. Occasionally the boys would go to the railroad tracks to look for snakes. When the train comes by, they hide for fear the people on board the train will shoot at ...read more

  • It Was A Sunny Saturday Morning And The Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,368 views

    It was a sunny Saturday morning and the man decided to bring his seven-year-old son along to work with him to show his son what his daddy did. He showed him the big gears which raised and lowered the bridge and how to pull the levers here and there. The boy later played along the river skipping ...read more

  • Love Is Never Inconsiderate

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 21, 2009
     | 1,441 views

    LOVE IS NEVER INCONSIDERATE Gary and Mary Jane Chauncey were totally devoted to their eleven-year-old daughter Andrea. Andrea was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy. Andrea was pretty insignificant to practically everyone except her parents. The Chauncey family were passengers on ...read more

  • At The Age Of 16 Years, I Was A Member Of Royal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,973 views

    At the age of 16 years, I was a member of Royal ranger Outpost # 4 Highland Assembly of God, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This was a top notch Ranger Ministry. The Trail Rangers consisted of 15 -17 year old boys all eager to learn and know about the outdoors. Repelling down 120-foot shear cliffs ...read more

  • In A Church In The Deep South Where The Preaching ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 2,585 views

    In a church in the Deep South where the preaching style was a “talk back” sort of style. The pastor was getting the congregation exited about their prospective future. The preacher said, “this church is like a crippled man who needs to get up and walk under the power of Jesus.” The ...read more

  • Joke: A Guy Named Pete Gets A Job As A Switchman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Jones on Jan 13, 2003
    based on 127 ratings
     | 3,066 views

    JOKE: A guy named Pete gets a job as a switchman with the railroad, and he had weeks of training. Finally the day came, and the supervisor takes him into the switch booth to test his readiness. The following conversation takes place: Supervisor: "Imagine you were sitting here alone and you learned ...read more

  • You Think He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 1,347 views

    "YOU THINK HE WAS MAD?..." An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order ...read more

  • We Are Not Asked To Believe The Doctrine Of The ...

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,470 views

    We are not asked to believe the doctrine of the Resurrection. We are asked to meet this person raised from the dead. Larson, B., & Ogilvie, L. J. (1983). Vol. 26: The Preacher’s Commentary Series, Volume 26 : Luke. The ...read more

  • Dogs And Kids  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,111 views

    DOGS AND KIDS We train our dogs and don’t train our kids. Then we tie up the dogs at night and let the kids run wild. SOURCE: Adrian ...read more

  • If I Were To Prescribe One Process In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,195 views

    "If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a ...read more

  • If God Is To Develop His Plan In Your Life And ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
     | 1,966 views

    If God is to develop His plan in your life and you are to work at it with all your heart, then you must grow new spiritual muscle for the challenge. As a runner begins to train, his or her entire being is transformed. Within weeks of starting training the runner actually grows new capillaries. ...read more

  • Have You Found Jesus?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010
     | 3,715 views

    HAVE YOU FOUND JESUS? One Sunday afternoon there was a drunken man who was staggering down a country path. He came upon a baptismal service at a pond. There were many to be baptized that day and the drunk, not knowing what was going on, got in the line to be baptized. Finally it was the drunk's ...read more

  • On Gods Counsel: A Young Man Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 25, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,254 views

    Illustration on Gods counsel: A young man once lost his job, and growing somewhat desperate about his plight, went to see an old preacher that he knew. As he poured out his heart to the preacher he angrily declared "I’ve begged and begged God to say something to help me, preacher. Why doesn’t God ...read more

  • Open The Rose  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Thomas on May 21, 2001
    based on 253 ratings
     | 3,041 views

    Open the Rose A young, new preacher was walking with an older, more seasoned preacher in the garden one day and feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, he was inquiring of the older preacher. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and ...read more

  • Leave The Bones  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,336 views

    LEAVE THE BONES A clergyman took a seat in a dining car on a train traveling along the Hudson River. Opposite him was an atheist who, seeing his clerical collar, started a discussion. "I see you are a clergyman." "Yes," came the reply. "I am a minister of the gospel." "I suppose you believe the ...read more

  • A Drunk Stumbled Along A Baptismal Service On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
    based on 280 ratings
     | 6,600 views

    A drunk stumbled along a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeded to walk down into the water and stood next to the Preacher. The minister turned and noticed the old drunk and said, "Mister, Are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, Preacher. ...read more

  • There Was A Boy Who Was Adopted By A Christian ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,287 views

    There was a boy who was adopted by a Christian couple. When that boy became a teenager he started to hang around the wrong crowd. He got involved with drugs and the wrong kind of girls. He broke his curfew and was just rebellious. That couple went and talked to the preacher. They asked the ...read more

  • Two Elderly, Excited Southern Women Were Sitting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,189 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER!"When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled ...read more

  • Now, He's Meddling

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 6,009 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER"When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled again, ...read more