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  • My Father-In-Law Came To Visit Us. He Bought Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,574 views

    My father-in-law came to visit us. He bought us a gas grill. It was too large to fit in the trunk of my wife’s car so they decided they would have to put it in the back seat. We had two toddlers and one of the carseats was in the back seat. My wife told her father, "Just take the car seat out and ...read more

  • Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,482 views

    Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as “the dark hour of his soul.” Eliot’s mother gave him this ...read more

  • Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Former ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,192 views

    Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as "the dark hour of his soul." Eliot’s mother gave him this ...read more

  • A Little Boy Ran Into The Living Room Where His ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,435 views

    A little boy ran into the living room where his father was reading. “Dad, where did I come from?” The boy’s mother cleared her throat and excused herself to let the father answer this long-feared question. Father cleared his throat and went through a long, careful explanation of how children are ...read more

  • I Remember When I First Left School At 16 With ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,251 views

    I remember when I first left school at 16 with no qualifications, yet I got a job and earnt a living what could I do with all the extra income I had? My mother told me to take driving lessons. I had 26 lessons in all, it was money well spent it was intense but I devoted myself to passing the test. ...read more

  • The Bible Leaf

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009
     | 3,754 views

    THE BIBLE LEAF A little boy opened the big family Bible at home. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it closely. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mamma, ...read more

  • The Rhino Calf Was Taking A Drinking At The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
     | 1,353 views

    The rhino calf was taking a drink at the water hole. The tiger leaped at it. Soon the calf would have been ripped to shreds. But the mother rhinoceros charges out of the tall grass and drives the tiger away with her horn. "He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant ...read more

  • To Realize The Value Of One Year, Ask A Student ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 26, 2010
     | 2,351 views

    To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the businessman whose flight was delayed an hour. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask the man who had ...read more

  • Why Do You Ask?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,447 views

    WHY DO YOU ASK? A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?" Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?" "No" the lady replied. "You bury treasure but you burn ...read more

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 15, 2011
     | 1,532 views

    YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN... • You hear your favorite song on an elevator. • You watch the Weather Channel. • You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore. • You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any. • When you say something to your ...read more

  • Telling Lies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,210 views

    TELLING LIES A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy. Both of them had been really naughty. But as the time approached for their mother to pick them up, the little girl said to her grandmother, "Are you going to tell Mummy?" The ...read more

  • Helping Him Cry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 5, 2012
     | 1,863 views

    HELPING HIM CRY Man once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a 4 year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went ...read more

  • If He Gets Loose

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013
     | 2,903 views

    IF HE GETS LOOSE The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mic. Unlike todays wireless mics, this had a wire attached to it. He was an energetic preacher and as he preached, he swung his hands and he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mic cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, ...read more

  • Coming Out Of Church, Mrs. Smith Asked Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,496 views

    Coming out of church, Mrs. Smith asked her husband, "Do you think that Johnson girl is tinting her hair?" "I didn’t even see her," admitted Mr. Smith. "And that dress Mrs. Davis was wearing," continued Mrs. Smith, "Really, don’t tell me you think that’s the proper outfit for a mother of two." "I’m ...read more

  • A Small Boy Came Home From School And Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,276 views

    A small boy came home from school and went straight to his room to pray. His mother had never seen her son do this, so she listened outside his door. She heard him praying softly and then saying, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo", loudly. She went into his room and asked what he was doing. He responded that he ...read more

  • Statistics: Our Kids Every Day: 1,000 Unwed ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 779 views

    Statistics: Our kids Every day: 1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers - 1,106 teenage girls get abortions - 4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases - 500 adolescents begin using drugs - 1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol - 135,000 kids bring guns or other weapons to school ...read more

  • He Flies Underneath You

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,140 views

    HE FLIES UNDERNEATH YOU You see, when a mother eagle has her eggs, she sits on them to keep them warm and waits for them to hatch. then she goes back and forth and finds food for them. But there comes a time when she decides these little guys have to learn to fly. So she stirs up the nest and ...read more

  • Dr. J. Harold Smith Tells The Story Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,930 views

    Dr. J. Harold Smith tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, who refused to give her heart to Christ at a revival meeting he once preached. During the invitation time, he felt impressed of the Spirit to extend the altar call. He noticed this young lady, who was obviously under conviction, ...read more

  • Danny Was Born With No Ears. He Could Hear All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,165 views

    Danny was born with no ears. He could hear all right, but he didn’t have ears like normal people. All his life, Danny endured ridicule and rejection because of his deformity. But he learned to live with it. Thankfully, he had loving parents and a strong family to sustain him. When Danny was in high ...read more

  • Do All The Good You Can", In Other Words, Help ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,756 views

    "Do all the good you can", In other words, help thy neighbor. I just got off the phone with our daughter in law to see how she’s feeling with the radiation treatments. She’s tired now and feels sore but her skin is not burned. She told me about our grandson Patrick who is nine years old and what ...read more

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