Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 11, 2010
In Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, a policeman, who knew his Bible, got on the trail of a gang of smugglers. The smugglers had used an donkey-drawn caravan to escape from the police, but the policemen managed to capture some of the donkeys. The clever officer let the beasts of
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 11, 2010
A streamlined train was rushing over the rails, speeding madly to its destination. A passenger asked the porter, "Does this train stop at the next
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 25, 2008
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LOOKING AT THE MASTER
A pastor once told his congregation about a man who had a dog, and the man was trying to train his dog to be obedient. And what he would do was to take a large piece of meat--good, red, juicy meat that dogs would normally like to eat--and he would put it in the middle of the
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 22, 2008
The owner of a store placed a big sign in his window. It read, "If you need it, we have it." His competitor’s store was smaller, and so was his stock. He placed a sign in his window that read, "If we don’t have it, you don’t need it."
However, there is something
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 17, 2008
A fellow was filling out his driver's license application. One of the questions was, "Have you ever been given a ticket?" He wrote, "No." The next question
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 3, 2008
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An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about 5 o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order that I might get off the
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 3, 2008
"A lady once came to Billy Sunday and tried to rationalize her angry outbursts. "There’s nothing wrong with losing my temper," she said. "I blow up, and then it’s all over."
"So does a
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 3, 2008
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The teacher asked, "Can someone tell me the lesson we have learned from the book of Jonah?" A little boy raised his hand and said, "I know what I have learned
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 20, 2008
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A family was watching a movie of the life of Jesus on television. Their six-year-old daughter was deeply moved as the film realistically portrayed Jesus’ crucifixion and death. Tears ran down the little girl’s face as they took Him from the cross and laid Him in a borrowed tomb. She watched as a
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 20, 2008
Years ago there was a Mercedes Benz television commercial that showed their car colliding with a cement wall during a safety test. Someone then asked the company spokesman why they didn’t enforce their patent on the Mercedes Benz energy-absorbing car body, a design that was evidently copied by
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 15, 2008
There is a bridge built across Panther Creek in Western Kentucky. It was built by the United States government. It was a source of pride and a symbol of recovery. Today, years later, the bridge looks as new as the day in which it was built because there is no road leading to it or from it. A
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 15, 2008
Coca-Cola seems to be everywhere. How did it get there? A motto that is posted in the company headquarters
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 1, 2008
A lady had just moved into a new apartment and was besieged by salesmen for everything from laundry service to life insurance. One busy day a dairyman came to the door. "No," she said firmly, "My husband and I don’t drink milk."
"Be glad to deliver a quart every morning for cooking."
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 22, 2008
A Chinese farmer who had cataracts removed from his eyes at a Christian mission clinic. A few days later, the missionary doctor looked out his window and noticed this farmer holding the end of a long rope. In single file holding to the rope were several dozen blind Chinese who had
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 26, 2008
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I once heard a story about an Amish farmer who bought a new pair of overalls. Of course, the Amish are famous for their simplicity and trying to avoid pride. As he put on his new overalls and looked in the mirror, he said, “Oh, this will never do! I’ll be proud in these!” So he removed the new
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 26, 2008
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A young woman asked for an appointment with her pastor to talk with him about a besetting sin about which she was worried. When she saw him, she said, "Pastor, I have become aware of a sin in my life which I cannot control. Every time I am at church I begin to look
around at the other women, and I
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
A salesman is driving down a country road when he sees a young kid in front of a barn. On the barn are 5 targets with arrows in the bulls-eye of each target. Screeching to a stop he runs out to the kid amazed that this kid could shoot so well. "Son," he says, "how did you hit all those bulls eyes?"
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
An old table tells that when Zaccheus grew old he lived in Jericho as a humble and devout believer. Every morning at sunrise, so the story goes, he went for a walk carrying a pitcher of water. Upon his return, he always seemed happy and radiant. His wife, with usual curiosity, followed him one
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
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A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her small daughter was very sick with a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication. She got back to her car and found that she had locked her keys in the car. She didn’t know what to do, so she called home and
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
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A little boy who was misbehaving one night when his father was trying to get him to go to bed. The boy’s mother had gone to a meeting and his father was taking care of things at home. Long after the little boy had been tucked in for the night, he was doing the classic drink of water routine:
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