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  • Billy Graham's Suits

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 21, 2008
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     | 2,133 views

    Billy Graham’s Suits In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, ’We don’t expect a ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago Billy Graham Was Honored In His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,249 views

    A few years ago Billy Graham was honored in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Billy Graham is in his eighties and suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He agreed to respond briefly at the end of this great tribute from his hometown. His brother-in-law, Leighton Ford, described his response. ...read more

  • Keep Your Eyes On The Prize  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,376 views

    Keep Your Eyes on the Prize The year Pete Rose was about to break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record in spring training, he was being interviewed. One reporter blurted out, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to break the record. How many at-bats do you think you'll need to get the 78 hits?" Without ...read more

  • Living The Full Christian Life

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 24, 2008
     | 3,000 views

    Living the Full Christian Life As believers, we have received a great inheritance and legacy. In Acts 17:11, Luke writes, "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what ...read more

  • A Switch In Time On My Behind

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 2, 2022
     | 1,125 views

    Recently, I was reminded of my father’s passing 12 years ago. It’s funny how time quickly goes by, and then something happens to remind you of the past. When I was growing up, spankings were normal. And, for someone like me, those spankings were quite regular. Today my father would be arrested for ...read more

  • I Love My Boys. I Thank God Everyday For Blessing ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Jul 24, 2004
     | 1,740 views

    I love my boys. I thank God everyday for blessing me with such good children. There is one thing that I believe all children go through. It is a sense of bewilderment when given a series of jobs. For instance; my children and I can be cleaning up the yard. I can tell Benjamin to go and pick up ...read more

  • B. Brian J. Waldrop Relates This Slice Of Life: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 24, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,380 views

    b. Brian J. Waldrop relates this slice of life: "Flipping through the channels of my TV the other morning, I stopped to watch a painter skillfully painting a desert landscape. As the man proceeded to color the canvas in deep browns, reds, and yellows, the picture really started to look good. I felt ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget The Day I Watched About 40 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,428 views

    I will never forget the day I watched about 40 khaki-clad men get off an old rattletrap brown bus in Houston, Texas. Some had scars on their faces. I especially remember one man whose arm had been amputated. Some of them looked tough. I remember thinking I would not want to meet some of those guys ...read more

  • A Mother — Whose Life Was Not Wasted  PRO

    Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
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     | 6,192 views

    A MOTHER - WHOSE LIFE WAS NOT WASTED Ian McClaren tells about visiting an old Scotch lady who was standing in her kitchen weeping. She wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and when the minister asked her what was the matter, she confessed; "I am so miserable and unhappy." "Why?" "Because I ...read more

  • Love Her Or Loathe Her, Winfrey Has Become Proof ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 925 views

    Love her or loathe her, Winfrey has become proof that you can’t be too rich, too thin or too committed to rising to your place in the world. With 49 million viewers each week in the USA and more in the 122 other countries to which the show is distributed, Winfrey reaches more people in a TV day ...read more

  • Edgar A. Guest Was Born In Birmingham, England, ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 23, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,116 views

    Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow: I’d rather see a sermon than hear ...read more

  • Fred Craddock Tells The Following Story About His ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 57,198 views

    Fred Craddock tells the following story about his family. "My mother took us to church and Sunday school; my father didn’t go. He complained about Sunday dinner being later when she came home. Sometimes the preacher would call, and my father would say, "I know what the church wants. Church doesn’t ...read more

  • We Must First Embrace Our Own Old Identity, As ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 20, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,712 views

    We must first embrace our own old identity, as Jesus said, “if any man will come after me, let him deny himself . . . “ We must embrace it and deny it, then by faith accept our spiritual identity in Jesus Christ. The analogy is given, for purposes of illustrating, of a fifteen year old, unmarried ...read more

  • Here's The Bad News

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 23, 2007
     | 2,132 views

    Here’s the bad news It’s the fact that none of us can ever be worthy; it’s the truth that no one can ever earn or merit God’s grace or favor that is the bad news of the gospel. It has been a universal disease of humanity that we want to be worthy. When we have toiled through the heat of the day and ...read more

  • Same, Same

    Contributed by Scott Wakefield on May 17, 2010
     | 3,566 views

    Found at http://www.christianstandard.com/articledisplay.asp?id=783 In an article for Christian Standard magazine, preacher and college president Matt Proctor reflects on the Incarnation: My 5-year-old, Carl, and my 3-year-old, Conrad, love it when I dress like them. After they put on jeans and a ...read more

  • God Wants To Pull The Stickers Out  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 6, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,416 views

    GOD WANTS TO PULL THE STICKERS OUT The little girl hopped away screaming. Obviously, the fear of living forever with a sticker in her foot was not as terrifying as the thought of me pulling it out. But a five-year-old could not out-run the preacher. Not hopping on one foot, anyway. After I ...read more

  • Just Wanted To Tell You I Love You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,038 views

    JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU Paul Powell tells the story of a well-known preacher from years ago. His name was Carter Jones. Carter had a small room in the attic of his home that he used as a place of prayer. When he was especially burdened, he would make his way up the winding staircase to ...read more

  • The Man Who Made A Pet Out Of A Rattlesnake

    Contributed by David Goering on Nov 2, 2019
     | 3,159 views

    ILLUSTRATION: the story of the man who made a pet out of a rattlesnake. The "Memphis Commercial-Appeal" tells of a man across the river in Arkansas who had a pet rattlesnake. He had found it as a baby snake, taking it, fed it, and made a pet of it. The reptile would come when he ...read more

  • I Wanted To End By Recalling The Story Of A Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,549 views

    I wanted to end by recalling the story of a man named Horatio Spafford. In 1873, he and his family of 4 kids decided to go to London from New York to join the evangelistic movement in England. At the last minute, Horatio was delayed but sent his family by boat anyway. On November 2nd, the ship ...read more

  • The Young Pastor Came Before His Congregation And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,309 views

    The young pastor came before his congregation and began to preach his sermon. God had placed it on his heart to begin a series on loving God, loving others. He preached his heart out, making points and using illustrations that moved people to tears and emotion. The pastor came to the end of the ...read more