Anecdotes and Illustrations

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English · 5h 32m · Essays & Short Works, Christianity - Other

R.A. Torrey was an influential preacher of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who worked with D.L. Moody and founded what is now Biola University in southern California. His preaching was extensive and evangelistic. He also authored over 40 books. This is a collection of over a hundred of his favorite brief stories an illustrations that made his sermons so powerful in connecting with his audiences. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

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Publisher's Note 1:52 Read by Larry Wilson
A Deacon Who Went Fishing on Sunday 3:36 Read by Larry Wilson
An Infidel Converted beside a Coffin 4:29 Read by Larry Wilson
The Holy Spirit's Power to Convict of Sin 2:05 Read by downeaster
Saved at Ninety-two 1:36 Read by downeaster
Do You Believe That, Sir? 3:01 Read by downeaster
A Deep Spiritual Concern for Your Soul 2:59 Read by downeaster
How the Devil Got Us an Audience 1:47 Read by downeaster
The Meanest Thief in Minneapolis 3:22 Read by ShrimpPhish
Forgiven by Both Fathers 6:07 Read by Julie Anne Thompson
No Greater Joy 2:20 Read by Julie Anne Thompson
A Converted Jewess 2:25 Read by Al Kimball
The Greatest Sin a Man Can Possibly Commit 3:55 Read by Julie Anne Thompson
An Angry Father Converted 1:47 Read by Al Kimball
The Other Half of the Gospel 5:04 Read by Al Kimball
God Uses a Weak Instmment 2:11 Read by Al Kimball
How the Sun Burst Through the Clouds 1:49 Read by Al Kimball
Saved and Healed 1:59 Read by Al Kimball
"All Things Working Together for Good" 1:29 Read by Al Kimball
God is Love 3:39 Read by Larry Wilson
First Sober Christmas in Ten Years 1:41 Read by Larry Wilson
Three Silver Dollars 4:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Prayer Answered on the Other Side of the Globe 3:21 Read by Al Kimball
A Prayer Fifteen Years Long 5:56 Read by Al Kimball
An Opportunity Lost Forever 3:58 Read by Al Kimball
A Child's Prayer Answered 2:22 Read by Al Kimball
The President of a Racing Association Converted 1:47 Read by Al Kimball
A Little Child Shall Lead Them 1:28 Read by ShrimpPhish
Saved Five Minutes 1:28 Read by Scott Cheatham
Never be Discouraged 1:14 Read by Scott Cheatham
Converted by President Wolsey's Singing 1:18 Read by Scott Cheatham
"If Any Man be in Christ Jesus, He is a New Creature" 1:59 Read by ShrimpPhish
"Give Me Back My Tears " 2:45 Read by ShrimpPhish
Conquered by Compassion 3:05 Read by ShrimpPhish
The Curse Coming Home 1:59 Read by ShrimpPhish
Big Interest 2:19 Read by ShrimpPhish
I Have Seen One of Those Before 1:42 Read by ShrimpPhish
Rescued 4:16 Read by ShrimpPhish
''I Will Feel for a Man'' 1:58 Read by ShrimpPhish
"I Have Committed a Sin for Which There is No Forgiveness" 2:59 Read by Al Kimball
Isaiah Fifty-three Six 2:45 Read by Al Kimball
"I Lied to You, Sir'' 2:32 Read by Al Kimball
A Letter from Stillwater Prison 1:41 Read by Al Kimball
How to Reach a Son in a Distant Land 1:56 Read by Al Kimball
A Music Hall Singer Converted 1:37 Read by Belinda McReynolds
A Would-be Suicide Saved by Prayer 1:57 Read by Belinda McReynolds
Last Opportunity Thrown Away 1:17 Read by Belinda McReynolds
God Save My Papa 4:01 Read by Belinda McReynolds
Saved in a Theatre 3:37 Read by ShrimpPhish
Despondency Changed into Abounding Joy 2:35 Read by ShrimpPhish
Show Me Myself 3:32 Read by ShrimpPhish
Fighting Whiskey 2:28 Read by Al Kimball
Infidelity and Licentiousness 0:59 Read by Al Kimball
A Theological Professor Doing the Devil's Work 1:06 Read by Al Kimball
Persistence Pays 2:08 Read by Al Kimball
Won by a Smile 1:19 Read by Al Kimball
Could Not Get over Her Father's Life 2:14 Read by ShrimpPhish
Converted at Nine Years of Age 3:21 Read by ShrimpPhish
Are You a Murderer? 4:40 Read by ShrimpPhish
Insulting God 2:18 Read by ShrimpPhish
Waiting for an Opportunity 4:39 Read by ShrimpPhish
Lost through Delay 3:49 Read by ShrimpPhish
Jolly, but Wretched 2:45 Read by ShrimpPhish
A Bartender's Jest 1:36 Read by Al Kimball
"I Want to Wait a Little Longer" 1:39 Read by Patty H
Sold Her Soul for One Dance 2:01 Read by Patty H
I Am an Infidel 1:43 Read by Patty H
The Champion Heavy Weight Pugilist Converted 2:25 Read by Patty H
The Spirit Illumined the Face of Jesus 1:18 Read by Patty H
Satisfied 2:03 Read by InTheDesert
I Don't Know Him 2:02 Read by Al Kimball
Won by Love 2:32 Read by Al Kimball
Two Lawyers Convinced 3:09 Read by Al Kimball
Lost by Neglect 4:53 Read by Al Kimball
The Holy Ghost Fell upon Us 2:39 Read by Al Kimball
An Untutored Savage Silences a Man of Science 2:14 Read by Al Kimball
Worth More Than a Bank Account 4:32 Read by Al Kimball
Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth 1:38 Read by Al Kimball
"I Am a Scoundrel'' 2:34 Read by Al Kimball
"Earth has no Sorrow That Jesus Cannot Heal" 3:28 Read by Al Kimball
Hunted to Death by Her Own Conscience 2:57 Read by JenNoel
Only Two Boys 5:14 Read by JenNoel
A Lost Diamond 4:05 Read by JenNoel
''We Shall Be Like Him'' 6:07 Read by JenNoel
Killed by Shame 3:33 Read by JenNoel
A Well-Known Entertainer Becomes a Soul Winner 3:43 Read by JenNoel
Guilty of High Treason 3:26 Read by JenNoel
How D. L. Moody Became a World-Wide Evangelist 4:46 Read by JenNoel
Of Course There's a Hell 3:00 Read by Al Kimball
"I Have Heard the Biggest Joke" 4:29 Read by Al Kimball
"The Fire is in the Fifth Story, I'm in the Sixth'' 5:43 Read by Al Kimball
Love Conquered 4:38 Read by Al Kimball
God Silences a Scoffer 8:58 Read by Al Kimball
"Is Not God's Word as Good as Mine?" 3:55 Read by Al Kimball
"God Use This Stammering Tongue" 1:39 Read by Al Kimball
Give Me a Love for Souls 1:37 Read by Al Kimball
Pray Through 2:36 Read by Al Kimball
Which are You Like? 7:04 Read by Al Kimball
"If I Could Only Have Saved Just One More" 6:36 Read by Al Kimball
God Does Give the Holy Spirit in Answer to Prayer 5:22 Read by Al Kimball
"I Can Hardly Wait'' 4:03 Read by Beeswaxcandle
How Men Become Infidels 1:48 Read by Beeswaxcandle
"I Wish I Were a Christian" 3:01 Read by Beeswaxcandle
"I Cannot Believe the Bible Because I am a Scientist'' 2:25 Read by Beeswaxcandle
There is but a Step Between Me and Death 1:44 Read by Beeswaxcandle
"I Thought of My Mother" 2:18 Read by Beeswaxcandle
God Won't Take Me Away Without Giving Me Another Chance 1:34 Read by Beeswaxcandle
"There Will be no Dance To-Night" 2:00 Read by Beeswaxcandle
An Infidel Professor Converted 1:29 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Common Stones Turned into Diamonds 2:24 Read by Beeswaxcandle
No Pilot Ready 1:41 Read by Larry Wilson
"The Harvest is Past, the Summer is Ended, and I am not Saved'' 6:43 Read by Larry Wilson