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  • There Is Nothing Quite So Dead As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,620 views

    "There is nothing quite so dead as a self-centered man a man who holds himself up as a self-made success, and measures himself ...read more

  • The Masses Blink And Say: 'we Are All Equal — ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
     | 1,573 views

    "The masses blink and say: 'We are all equal — Man is but man, before God we are all equal.' Before God! ...read more

  • A Recent Issue Of Christianity Today Magazine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,439 views

    A recent issue of Christianity Today magazine has an interesting article on doubt. The author (Mark Buchanan) tells of meeting a man who called himself a skeptic. He asked if the man had ever read the Bible. The man answered, “No, not really. I told you, I’m a skeptic. I don’t believe it.” ...read more

  • One Very Important Ingredient Of Success Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,724 views

    "One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy. An enemy to an ambitious man is like the rhinoceros bird to the rhinoceros. When the enemy comes the rhinoceros bird tells about it. When a successful man is making mistakes the enemy immediately calls ...read more

  • There Are Two Kinds Of Success. One Is The Very ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,302 views

    "There are two kinds of success. One is the very rare kind that comes to the man who has the power to do what no one else has the power to do. That is genius. But the average man who wins what we call success is not a genius. He is a man who has merely the ordinary qualities that he shares ...read more

  • Sometime Ago, A Traveling Evangelist Was Riding ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Nov 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,001 views

    Sometime ago, a traveling evangelist was riding along and singing to himself a song called, “I’ve Been Redeemed.” A fellow passenger heard him and began to sing along. When they finished singing the evangelist asked the stranger if he had been redeemed. The man said, “Yes, praise the Lord.” So ...read more

  • Not "If"

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
     | 2,926 views

    NOT "IF" Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God. "O ...read more

  • Letter Of Reference

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 2,736 views

    LETTER OF REFERENCE There's a story about a Jewish man; * Who applied to work for First International Bank of Israel; * That bank asked for a letter of recommendation; * And the young Jewish man put down his Rabbi to be the reference. * The Rabbi wrote, 'His father came from the distinguished ...read more

  • Pecans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
     | 8,857 views

    We might be used by God to produce fruit we will never see. Takes time to take a fruit tree from a sapling to a mature, fruit producing tree. Down South, a young man, walking along a dirt path, comes upon an old man bowed to the ground planting pecan trees in a field. He stops and asks the old ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 21, 2025
     | 166 views

    Story: A friend of mine, Alun Morris was a pastor in a Swiss Pentecostal Church for many years. One day, he went to a funeral and saw a man who he knew to be an atheist come into church and bow his head for about a minute in front of the altar as he came in. It seemed to Alun that the man was ...read more

  • Pastor Steve Heartsill Shares A Story Of A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Kolk on Jan 27, 2001
    based on 123 ratings
     | 2,921 views

    Pastor Steve Heartsill shares a story of A young man, who had worked for years on the railroad, wanted a job as a signalman for the railroad. For his interview, he was told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector asked him, "What would you do if you realized that two trains were ...read more

  • In The 1800's Many People Decided To Leave Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,787 views

    In the 1800’s many people decided to leave their homes on the East Coast and travel out West to start a new life. One day a wagon pulled up to a log cabin, and the man who was driving the wagon told the man who owned the cabin that he was looking for a place to settle down. He then asked the man ...read more

  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,551 views

    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more

  • Discernment—or Judgment?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,225 views

    DISCERNMENT--OR JUDGMENT? So how does a critical attitude come back to haunt you? Here’s one way. A man wanted to impress his friends with his eye for art as they went to an art gallery together. He forgot his glasses, was nearsighted, and couldn’t hardly see his hand in front of his face. But he ...read more

  • Always Wanting

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
     | 1,433 views

    As a rule, man’s a fool When it’s hot, he wants it cool. And when it’s cool, he wants it ...read more

  • I Read The Story This Week, Of A Woman Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Rolen on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,753 views

    I read the story this week, of a woman who was shamed and brought closer to God by someone the world would over look. “We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and ...read more

  • The Auction

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,504 views

    Years ago, there was a very wealthy man • Who, along with his devoted son, shared a passion for art collecting. • Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. • Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of ...read more

  • Only In Freedom Can Goodness Occur

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 16, 2013
     | 2,919 views

    Only in freedom can man direct himself toward goodness. Our contemporaries make much of this freedom and pursue it eagerly; and rightly to be sure. Often however they foster it perversely as a license for doing whatever pleases them, even if it is evil. For its part, authentic freedom is an ...read more

  • A Preacher Was At A Seminar And Heard The ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 16, 2009
     | 2,213 views

    A preacher was at a seminar and heard the following: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of another man’s wife!" The crowd was shocked! Then he continued "My mother!" The crowd laughed and he finished the rest of his speech which held everyone’s attention . The young preacher liked ...read more

  • Put God First And Give Him What Is ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jan 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,935 views

    Put God first and give Him what is His! “Now about the collection for God’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have ...read more