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  • I Am Reminded Of The Story Of The Discussion At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 23, 2001
    based on 159 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    I am reminded of the story of the discussion at church camp for children where one of the counselors was leading a discussion on the purpose of God has for all of his creation. They began to find good reasons for the clouds and trees and rocks and rivers and animals and just about everything else ...read more

  • A Soapmaker, Who Was Not Saved, Walked Along The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,955 views

    A Soapmaker, who was not saved, walked along the road with a preacher one day. He said to the preacher, “The gospel you preach has not done much good. There is still a lot of wickedness in the world, and wicked people, too.” Quietly they walked on. The preacher did not reply to his ...read more

  • Creation Teaches That Life Can Pass Through ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,280 views

    Creation teaches that life can pass through different forms and that life may even come out of death. -The caterpillar lives the first part of its life crawling on the ground. -After fulfilling its course, the caterpillar curls up and seemingly dies. Then out of that body a beautiful butterfly ...read more

  • On A Port Call In The Philippines Roy Fowler Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 72 ratings
     | 3,248 views

    On a port call in the Philippines Roy Fowler saw a great illustration. The driver of a caribou wagon overtook an old man carrying a very heavy load. Having compassion on him, the driver invited the old man to ride in the wagon for free. Gratefully the old man accepted. He got in the wagon and ...read more

  • Stuart Briscoe Tell The Story Of A Friend Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 2,950 views

    “Stuart Briscoe tell the story of a friend who often used an old fruit tree to escape from his second story bedroom window, especially when his father was about to punish him. One day the father announced that he was going to cut down the old tree because it had not borne fruit in many years. That ...read more

  • A Serious Relationship  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,105 views

    A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP Even those people who espouse a belief in God still often resist and resent the notion of specifically commanded behaviors. People often want the benefits of having a God for personal requests or crisis interventions, and may use being a “believer” as a way to increase ...read more

  • On January 20, 1953, Dwight Eisenhower, His Wife, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,329 views

    On January 20, 1953, Dwight Eisenhower, his wife, family, and Cabinet members went to the National Presbyterian Church before his inauguration as 34th president. After the service, Ike went back to the hotel suite to write a prayer that he would read during the inauguration ceremonies. He wrote: ...read more

  • In Jerusalem There Is A Holocaust Memorial To ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 4, 2000
     | 2,279 views

    In Jerusalem there is a Holocaust Memorial to remember the 6 million Jews who died in Nazi death camps. It documents the horrors of these camps with pictures and reports given by the Allies when they liberated the prisoners. The most touching display in this collection is the memorial built in ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,883 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • Your Son, Your Apprentice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,636 views

    YOUR SON, YOUR APPRENTICE "Consider your son to be your apprentice in life. That’s the way it used to be. The son was always with the father, either in the shop or in the field. So he learned from a very early age what being a man and a father was all about. Now we place more emphasis on our ...read more

  • In 1981, A Minnesota Radio Station Reported A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 9, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 1,920 views

    In 1981, a Minnesota radio station reported a story about a stolen car in California. Police were staging an intense search for the vehicle and the driver, even to the point of placing announcements on local radio stations to contact the thief.On the front seat of the stolen car sat a box of ...read more

  • Hey, Get Me Out Of Here!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
     | 2,769 views

    Hey, get me out of here! It wasn’t the strains of Turkish music wafting through the center of the Dutch town of Sneek that raised eyebrows on a recent Saturday, but the uncanny yowls of distress that accompanied them. What could it be? Well, the owner of a missing cat knew the sound at once, ...read more

  • Living Together Before Marriage Is Nothing More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,847 views

    Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit ...read more

  • A Limerick Conveys A Message Very Pertinent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,584 views

    A limerick conveys a message very pertinent to all of us in the Lord’s Body. There once were two cats of Killkenny. Each thought there was one cat too many. They fought and they spit, they clawed and they bit, till instead of two cats there weren’t any! How many times have we seen the saga of ...read more

  • Christian Author Max Lucado Says, "We Aren't ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Oct 7, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,936 views

    Christian author Max Lucado says, “We aren’t good enough to judge. Can the hungry accuse the beggar? Can the sick mock the ill? Can the blind judge the deaf?” In the same way, can the sinner condemn the sinner? Absolutely not! He goes on to say, “Be careful! The Peter who denies Jesus at ...read more

  • Just Like Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,429 views

    JUST LIKE ME John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Preparing For Large Christmas Eve Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 18, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,928 views

    Preparing for large Christmas Eve family gathering, a mother had been giving out orders like a drill sergeant: "Pick up your things! Don’t get your clothes dirty! Put away those toys." Well, her 4-year-old daughter had been underfoot all day, so she sent her to the next room to play with their ...read more

  • Hungry For Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,366 views

    HUNGRY FOR PEACE Much, if not most, of the social turmoil of our culture is due to a hunger for peace, which is sought for in all the wrong places. According to Ronald Hutchcraft, the Director of Youth for Christ in New York and New Jersey, in the next thirty minutes- 57 kids will run away from ...read more

  • The Famious Evangelist Bill Sunday Was Looking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,880 views

    The famious evangelist Bill Sunday was looking for people to tell about Jesus. -Since he was going to be in this city he wrote a letter to the mayor in which he asked for the name of individuals he knew who had a spiritual problem and needed help and prayer. -How surprised ...read more

  • The Physics Professor Had Just Finished His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,352 views

    The physics professor had just finished his lecture about the pendulum, wherein he had shown the mathematical proof that an untouched pendulum will always swing in ever-decreasing arcs. He then asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this fact by standing against a wall with a pendulum bob against ...read more