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  • Somebody Came Running Up To John Wesley And Said, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    Somebody came running up to John Wesley and said, "Your house just burned down!" The great preacher replied, "I don’t have a house. I manage a house for the Lord, His house just burned down. Since I’m His son, and He wants me covered, I guess He’ll find me another place to live." That is how we ...read more

  • I Heard About A Small Country Church That Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,120 views

    I heard about a small country church that was holding a revival in a packed building. It was so crowded that they had to put up chairs everywhere, right up to the pulpit. The evangelist was preaching about the second coming of Christ and had really warmed up to the subject. He was one of those fire ...read more

  • The Million Dollar Brain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,895 views

    The Million Dollar Brain There’s a story about a wealthy man who was terminally ill. The doctor said, "There’s only one thing that will save you. A brain transplant. It’s an experimental operation. And it’s very expensive." The wealthy guy said, "Money is no object. Can you get me a brain?" The ...read more

  • Though Batttle Scarred She Kept The Faith And ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
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    though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining ...read more

  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
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    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

  • Let's Face It, Life Can Be The Pits. A ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,974 views

    Let’s face it, life can be the pits. A 90-year-old caring for his or her spouse of 60 years who has Alzheimer’s disease isn’t driven by the warm, fuzzy feeling. I had a delightful friend who went home to be with the Lord a few years ago. Homer was in his 80’s. He got deathly ill and stayed that ...read more

  • Pray Continually

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,922 views

    PRAY CONTINUALLY I read an incredible story this past week on one of the Internet forums of which I am a member. The story was told of a man whom was not even identified because he was unknown. Missionaries Bill and Molly Thompson told of a man who went to a large city in Columbia many years ...read more

  • I Was At Calvary 2000 Years Ago

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 6, 2022
     | 1,285 views

    Once during a trip to Israel, Dr. R.G. Lee visited the site where many believe Jesus Christ was crucified. He told his Arab guide that he wanted to walk to the top of the hill, but the guide tried to discourage him. The preacher was determined to climb the hill, so the guide accompanied him. When ...read more

  • How A Pastor Loved His Enemy

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023
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    In The Grace of Giving, Stephen Olford tells of a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the friendship of George Washington. In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who did all he could to oppose and ...read more

  • The Cane Ridge Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,494 views

    THE CANE RIDGE REVIVAL One of those great revivals of the American past took place in the late spring and early summer of 1801 at Cane Ridge in central Kentucky. A pastor named Barton Stone, who had been called to serve this little Methodist church by Daniel Boone, decided to call a four-day ...read more

  • 65279;a Minister Named Russ Blowers Was Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,675 views

    A minister named Russ Blowers was once asked to speak at Rotary Club about his profession. He wanted to say more than “I’m a preacher.” So this was his talk, “Hi, I’m Russ Blowers. I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have representatives in ...read more

  • In 1973 Gary Kildall Wrote The First Popular ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,790 views

    “In 1973 Gary Kildall wrote the first popular operating system for personal computers, named CP/M. According to writer Philip Fiorini, IBM approached Kildall in 1980 about developing the operating system for IBM PCs. But Kildall snubbed IBM officials at a crucial meeting, according to another ...read more

  • The Way This Works Out In Each Of Our Lives Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Jun 22, 2005
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    The way this works out in each of our lives is going to be different. You may not be a boxing fan, but you’ve got to admire George Foreman, the former heavyweight boxing champion. A few years ago, at the age of 42, he came out of retirement for one last fight. Was it for the glory? Not according to ...read more

  • Griping Is Not An Unusual Trait Shared By A Good ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Oct 31, 2005
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    Griping is not an unusual trait shared by a good number of believers whether they are at work, at home or in church—demanding bosses, nagging wives, stubborn kids, boring preachers, incompetent government, rising prices, the list of our objects of complaint goes on and on. If we fined ourselves ...read more

  • While Waiting In A Cemetery To Conduct A Funeral ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    While waiting in a cemetery to conduct a funeral service, Charles Simeon walked among the graves, looking at the epitaphs. He found one that arrested him. When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in the skies, E’en then shall this be all my plea-- “Jesus hath lived and died for ...read more

  • The Perfect Church  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,542 views

    The Perfect Church I think that I shall never see A church that’s all it ought to be; A church that has no empty pews, Whose preacher never has the blues; A church whose deacons always “deke” And none is proud but all are meek; Where gossips never peddle lies Or make complaints or ...read more

  • The Dawn Of Goodness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2003
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    THE DAWN OF GOODNESS There is the story of a young lady who was a bright student. Unfortunately, she did not have assurance. Her name was Marian. She was working her way through college by cleaning the dorm rooms of her fellow students. She was often annoyed by their in ability to say “thank you” ...read more

  • Paul Dickson Has Written A Book Entitled, What's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,398 views

    Paul Dickson has written a book entitled, What’s In A Name? In that book he shares some of the most unusual names he’s come across. How would you like to have any of these for your name? Cletus Clodfelter, Rotten Earp, Jinglebells Kaplan, and Boomfa Umfumpa. Can you imagine? "Hey Boomfa!" I could ...read more

  • The Key To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    THE KEY TO FREEDOM The great "prince of preachers," Charles Haddon Spurgeon, used to tell the story of a duke who boarded a galley ship and went below to talk with the criminals manning the oars. He asked several of them what their offenses were. Almost every man claimed he was innocent, blaming ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck And Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck and Its Shadow Donald Grey Barnhouse, famous preacher of the past century wrote of driving his children to his wife, and their mother’s funeral; “I was driving with my children to my wife’s funeral where I was to preach the sermon. As we came into one small town ...read more