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  • Our Neighbor's Cat Was Run Over By A Car, And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 2,913 views

    Our neighbor’s cat was run over by a car, and the mother quickly disposed of the remains before her four-year-old son Billy found out about it. After a few days, though, Billy finally asked about the cat. “Billy, the cat died,” his mother explained. “But it’s all right. He’s up in heaven with ...read more

  • The Agony Of Deceit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 3,486 views

    C. S. Lewis gave us the following insight: Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he ...read more

  • Mercy Is A Fascinating Thing. Let's Try To ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
     | 3,329 views

    Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better. I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included ...read more

  • There Was A Story About A Man Who Died & When ...

    Contributed by John Perry on May 15, 2010
     | 2,458 views

    There was a story about a man who died & when they were winding up his estate it was discovered that in his will he wanted his estate left to the devil! Since the estate involved a property the executors of the will were at a loss as to how they would leave real estate to the devil. After some ...read more

  • The Church: The Balm Of Healing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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     | 4,557 views

    THE CHURCH: THE BALM OF HEALING In the book, The Empowered Communicator, Calvin Miller says that most people we come in contact with are silently thinking: • I am loneliness waiting for a friend • I am weeping in want of laughter • I am a sigh in search of consolation • I am a wound in search of ...read more

  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 3,111 views

    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

  • The Fearless Lion Tamer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
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    THE FEARLESS LION TAMER A 1st grader stood in front of his classroom to make a speech about "What I want to be when I grow up." He said, "I'm going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I'll walk into the cage and they will roar." He paused for a moment, thinking through what he had ...read more

  • Think Steps, Not Programs

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
     | 1,837 views

    THINK STEPS, NOT PROGRAMS In his book, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Andy Stanley writes: "Think Steps, Not Programs" (p. 88). The idea is this: Instead of having a strategic vision that focuses on programs, you have a strategic vision of a people-process, a pathway that takes people from ...read more

  • Just Words

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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    JUST WORDS Samuel Clemens (better known by his alias Mark Twain) attended a Sunday morning service. He met the pastor at the door afterward and told him that he had a book at home with every word he had preached that morning. The minister assured him that the sermon was an original. Clemens still ...read more

  • David Trueblood On Discipline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    DAVID TRUEBLOOD ON DISCIPLINE David Trueblood: "The one who wants to be an accomplished athlete must discipline his body by regular exercise and a strict diet. Otherwise, he or she will not be free to excel on the playing field or the tracks. The athlete who fails to train rigorously denies ...read more

  • Tongue Is Like A Fire

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
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    TONGUE IS LIKE A FIRE When we were children, my brother and started a small fire in the field across from our home. We just wanted to burn off some briars and things so that we could clear the field to play. Wow, did we ever clear that field. The wind picked up and before long the fire was ...read more

  • How Big Is Your Frying Pan?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Casteel on Jun 9, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,031 views

    HOW BIG IS YOUR FRYING PAN? Adrian Rogers tells the following story, "I heard of a fisherman who was fishing; and, if a fish was over 18 inches long, he just threw it back. And, somebody asked him, 'Why do you do that?' He said, 'Well, I only have an 18-inch frying pan.'" Well, I ...read more

  • Birthdays ...

    Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Jun 10, 2018
     | 9,641 views

    While talking to one of the little ones that came forward during children's hour, I was trying to determine if they were old enough for Vacation Bible School (they were four). So I said, "You are four now, when will you be five?" He looked up with complete confidence and seemed amazed I would ...read more

  • Baptism

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
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     | 6,150 views

    The story is told about the baptism of King Aengus by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century. Sometime during the rite, St. Patrick leaned on his sharp-pointed staff and inadvertently stabbed the king's foot. After the baptism was over, St. Patrick looked down at all the blood, realized ...read more

  • The Arrogant Skeptic Is Condescending. I Remember ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
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    The arrogant skeptic is condescending. I remember a young man who grew up in a Christian church but was going through a period of doubts. He berated his mild-mannered girl friend regarding her faith by saying, “You don’t believe that for yourself. You’re just repeating what somebody else told ...read more

  • During The Course Of His Sermon, A Preacher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    During the course of his sermon, a preacher wanted to emphasize the brevity of life. He took a long pause, then said, “Every member of this church is going to die.” But, to his surprise, a man in the back row responded to this statement with a big smile. Repeat twice, louder…After the sermon he ...read more

  • A Pastor Shared His Experience Of Witnessing To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,385 views

    A pastor shared his experience of witnessing to a Jewish man. When the minister attempted to share about the death of Jesus on a cross, the man rebuffed him with these words: “Why do I want to believe in someone who is cursed by hanging on a tree?” The suffering at the cross was a long and lonely ...read more

  • A Woman Who Was A Very Devout Christian For Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A woman who was a very devout Christian for many years had a husband who was not a Christian. He liked to go to bars and accused her of not wanting to be with him. He objected to her going to church. She decided to start going to the bars with him. She made this choice at a little fork in the road. ...read more

  • Little Pigs, Little Pigs Let Me In. Not By The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Koscielski on Jun 23, 2007
     | 1,517 views

    Little pigs, little pigs let me in. Not by the hair of our chiny, chin, chin. Then I’ll huff and puff and blow your house in. So the big bad wolf huffed and puffed, and blew the house of the second pig in. So off they ran......... I give you this question. “My little pigs, when the Big Bad Wolf, ...read more

  • S. I. Mcmillen, In His Book "None Of These ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Aug 22, 2007
     | 2,860 views

    S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the blank application that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and returned the ...read more