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  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,294 views

    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • Guilt Trip

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
     | 3,812 views

    My mother, a master of guilt trips, showed me a photo of herself waiting by a phone that never rings. “Mom, I call all the time,” I said. “If you had an answering machine, you’d know.” Soon after, my brother installed one for her. When I called the next time, I got her machine: “If you are a ...read more

  • Good News Bad News

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 9, 2020
     | 6,204 views

    A woman walks into a doctor’s office. She schedules an appointment and sits down it the waiting room. Whem it’s her turn to talk to the doctor, she describes all of her symptoms, and they’re unlike anything he’s heard before. The doctor runs a few tests and steps out of the room. He comes back ...read more

  • Vernon Grounds Writes, "A Friend Told Me Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 2,562 views

    Vernon Grounds writes, “A friend told me of an incident that happened while he was in seminary. Since the school had no gymnasium, he and his friends played basketball in a nearby public school. Nearby, an elderly janitor waited patiently until they finished playing. Invariably he sat there reading ...read more

  • In A Book Called "The Decline And Fall Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 1,625 views

    In a book called “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” a Roman Emporer is quoted: --I have now reigned above 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any ...read more

  • Though Time May Be Tough  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 1,511 views

    THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS WORD TRUST IN WHAT YOU’VE ...read more

  • What God Says  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Dec 1, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 32,373 views

    WHAT GOD SAYS In the Spring of 1924, Jack Sundine was a four-year-old kid, standing in a line with his father inside the White House, waiting to meet President Calvin Coolidge. As they neared him, Jack noticed that he said something to each visitor as they shook hands. Soon, the thrilling moment ...read more

  • I Heard Howard Hendricks Tell About A Time Early ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 923 views

    I heard Howard Hendricks tell about a time early in his teaching ministry when he worked up a humdinger of a series on prayer. At the end of his study he knew more about prayer than he had ever imagined he could know. He had worked it into a grand presentation and couldn’t wait to preach it. As ...read more

  • Let Me Give You A For Instance. How Many People ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,336 views

    Let me give you a for instance. How many people here today have been told by well meaning parents that they just don’t want to impose religion on their children, that they want to wait until they make up their own minds for them to choose? I am not going out on a limb here, but if there is one ...read more

  • The Heavenly Place  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,888 views

    (3) "Some of us stay at the cross, some of us wait at the tomb, Quickened and raised with Christ yet lingering still in the gloom. Some of us ’bide at the Passover feast with Pentecost all unknown, The triumphs of grace in the heavenly place that our Lord has made His own. If the Christ who died ...read more

  • French Novelist/Playwright Alexandre Dumas Once ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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    French novelist/playwright Alexandre Dumas once had a heated quarrel with a young politician. The argument became so intense that a duel was inevitable. Since both men were superb shots they decided to draw lots, the loser agreeing to shoot himself. Dumas lost. Pistol in hand, he withdrew in ...read more

  • The New Priest Offered His First Sermon To His ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 29, 2008
     | 2,267 views

    The new priest offered his first sermon to his congregation. As the people left, many stopped and complimented him on his preaching. He thanked them, went through the week and, the next Sunday, noticed a larger congregation. Some of the parishioners looked at each other during the sermon ...read more

  • An Outstretched Hand

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 9, 2009
     | 2,731 views

    AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND In Stockholm, Sweden, a woman was injured as she rushed to catch a streetcar. She stumbled in front of the moving car and was caught beneath it. The police sent for a crane to lift the car off her body. While waiting for the crane a crowd of people gathered out of curiosity. ...read more

  • Now The Picture Jesus Paints Is Of An Enemy ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 2, 2009
     | 2,717 views

    Now the picture Jesus paints is of an enemy sowing some weeds. The plant most think is commonly called darnel or cockle earning the name “false wheat” as it looks so much like wheat especially in the early stages. It is common in Syria and Israel. The problem is that by the time it is developed ...read more

  • Jimmy Carter On Evidence Of Genuine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    Jimmy Carter On Evidence of Genuine Faith In his book Living Faith Jimmy Carter writes: A group of Christian laymen involved in missionary work approached a small village near an Amish settlement. Seeking a possible convert, they confronted an Amish farmer and asked him, “Brother, are you a ...read more

  • In 1715 King Louis Xiv Of France Died After A ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 7, 2010
     | 1,482 views

    In 1715 King Louis XIV of France died after a reign of 72 years. He had called himself "the Great," and was the monarch who made the famous statement, "I am the state!" His court was the most magnificent in Europe, and his funeral was equally spectacular. As his body lay in state in a golden ...read more

  • What Does Revelation Mean?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2011
     | 4,881 views

    WHAT DOES REVELATION MEAN? A group of kids were playing basketball in the high school gym. An elderly janitor was reading the Bible while waiting patiently for the game to end. After the game, one of the kids said “What are you reading?” The janitor said “I’m reading the book of Revelation.” ...read more

  • Grace In A Cell Phone

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 27, 2011
     | 2,322 views

    GRACE IN A CELL PHONE I remember a grace moment one morning when I got a call from Susan on a cell phone. You see, Susan doesn’t own a cell phone, but on that day when she was driving to work and the tread on one of her tires disintegrated on the freeway, a gracious man with a cell phone pulled ...read more

  • Whitening Fast

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
     | 3,452 views

    WHITENING FAST When Dr. Rees was waiting to preach, a friend commended to him, "You sure are whitening fast!" He got up and said this from the pulpit: "There is a little white flower that comes up through the earth at this season of the year - sometimes it comes up through the snow and frost; but ...read more

  • 9998; Imagine You Have Moved To A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 7, 2004
     | 1,733 views

    ✎ Imagine you have moved to a beautiful beach front home on the Pacific coast (we’re using our imagination, so you may as well have your dream house). The movers have just left and you are faced with the daunting task of getting settled in. That’s when the phone rings. I call and say, ...read more