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  • Just Before The Death Of The Great Comedian Wc ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,402 views

    Just before the death of the great comedian WC Fields a friend came to visit him in hospital, When he got there he was surprised to find W. C thumbing through a Bible. When ...read more

  • Frank Retif South African Bishop In Cape Town ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 23, 2008
     | 638 views

    Frank Retif South African Bishop in Cape town tells all his clergy to organize their diaries with this mission statement on every ...read more

  • Does Christ Have Authority Over You? Do You ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 20, 2008
     | 1,759 views

    Does Christ have authority over you? Do you submit to his will for your life? Here’s the real question: Who’s in charge of you? A few years ago a certain bracelet became popular with Christian youth. I’m sure you saw them... WWJD was the inscription, right? I had a police officer friend in Bastrop ...read more

  • To Be Saved, One Has To Understand That I Am A ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 20, 2008
     | 1,115 views

    To be saved, one has to understand that I am a sinner, and my sin has separated me from God. I can try to earn my way back to God all I want, or I can realize that is hopeless - nothing I can do can wash away my sin - only Christ’s blood - only his sacrifice is acceptable to God, so I have to give ...read more

  • When I Hired A Car On Holiday I Was Given A ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
     | 1,256 views

    When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, ‘Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!’ It’s the same ...read more

  • Temptation Comes To Us All, Whether We're In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,546 views

    Temptation comes to us all, whether we’re in the pew or the pulpit! It can be pride in our Christian service in whatever form it takes, even, or perhaps especially, in preaching! The well-known evangelist of few decades ago, Smith Wigglesworth descended a pulpit and responded ...read more

  • Satan Is A Terrible Taskmaster. Here's A Helpful ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,696 views

    Satan is a terrible taskmaster. Here’s a helpful quotation which summarizes his deceit: ‘He promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honour and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure and pays with pain; he promises profit and pays with loss; he promises life and pays with death’ ...read more

  • A Salesman Is Driving Down A Country Road When He ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,442 views

    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?" ...read more

  • An Old Table Tells That When Zaccheus Grew Old ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,968 views

    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 ...read more

  • Not Everything Is Essential When It Comes To ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,825 views

    Not everything is essential when it comes to getting along with people. I heard two deacons engaged in a heated discussion, going at it over the sound system like two grumpy old men do. Roy (not his real name) was a retired cameraman from NBC Nightly news, so when it came to electronic equipment, ...read more

  • There Was A Man In The Same Church I Mentioned ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,264 views

    There was a man in the same church I mentioned earlier, his name was Ed. When I knew Ed, he was approaching 100 years old. He was a navy veteran of World War I. He actually lived to be 101, born in the year 1900. I asked Ed, "Sir, what is the greatest thing ...read more

  • President Ronald Reagan One Time Told The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,016 views

    President Ronald Reagan one time told the story of when he was a teenager, he needed a new pair of boots made. In those days, you couldn’t just go to a shoe store, you went to the shoemaker shop. The cobbler asked the young man- “Do you want blunt end toes or pointed end toes?” Reagan shrugged his ...read more

  • When The Titanic Was Under Construction The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,866 views

    When the titanic was under construction the design team had a five hour planning meeting. In which four hours 50 minutes were spent discussing the interior decorations and Ten minutes was given over to life boat provision. Look what happen to the titanic it sank and it will happen to you also ...read more

  • I Wonder If You Have Seen That Great Scene In ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,743 views

    I wonder if you have seen that great scene in the the Monty python film where there is a man over indulging himself with food to the disgust of the waiter. As the gentlemen eats he’s get fatter and fatter to the point where he is absolutely full and he cannot eat anymore. His body looks like it ...read more

  • A Woman Was At Work When She Received A Phone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,784 views

    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 ...read more

  • A Little Boy Who Was Misbehaving One Night When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,760 views

    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: ...read more

  • There Is A True Story About The Great ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 14, 2008
     | 1,521 views

    • There is a true story about the great scientist, Michael Faraday, when he was taken ill. When it became evident that the sickness that had fastened itself upon him would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about ...read more

  • Faith Is Knowing, Believing And Personally ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,881 views

    FAITH IS KNOWING, BELIEVING AND PERSONALLY TRUSTING • Imagine a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean it is filled with people and in the middle of the ocean there is an explosion. Many people lose their lives,, but a number are still alive. They begin to run to the lifeboats. • The 1st man though ...read more

  • For Almost Forty Years, Margaret Lived With The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jan 12, 2008
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,493 views

    For almost forty years, Margaret lived with the memory of one soul-scarring day in the one-room schoolhouse she attended. From the first day Margaret came to class, she and Ms. Garner, her bitter and harsh teacher, didn’t get along. Over the years, the animosity between them only worsened until ...read more

  • Years Ago, When I Was A Youth Minister, We ...

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jan 12, 2008
     | 1,604 views

    Years ago, when I was a youth minister, we offered a free trip to youth camp to any teenager who could decipher the new name of the Youth Newsletter: The W.E.E.L.Y.D.O.T.L.I.S.T. -- We got all kinds of guesses, but out of several hundred teenagers who tried, no one figured it out. Sure enough, on ...read more