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  • "What Kind Of Clothes Would God Wear?"  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Oct 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,967 views

    “What kind of clothes would GOD wear?” I like the answer one person gave, in the story of a man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was ...read more

  • Bob Benson Once Said That He Gave A Talk At His ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 5, 2006
     | 1,337 views

    Bob Benson once said that he gave a talk at his son’s high school commencement. He wanted to do good because it was for his son, so he went out and bought a new 3-piece suit. He spoke, and did a good job. Afterwards a student came up and said, "Mr. Benson, did you know that your vest is buttoned ...read more

  • I Was A Senior In High School When One Of My ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,874 views

    I was a senior in high school when one of my neighbors, George, committed suicide. He was 19 the only son his mother, a poor widow, Mrs. Maria. He hung himself because some friends made fun of him… Mrs. Maria mourned over the terrible loss of her only son was not her only pain. She felt the ...read more

  • House ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,316 views

    HOUSE FIRE A story is told of a family awakened by their smoke detector in the middle of the night to discover that their house was on fire. The father ran into the upstairs bedroom of his children and carried his 18 month old baby in his arms while dragging his 4 year old son by the hand. They ...read more

  • Gold, Common Sense, And Fur

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
     | 2,523 views

    There was a couple who desperately wanted children. They prayed to the Lord and he gave them 4 children in 4 years. When the children were still 5 years old and younger, they were the stars of the Christmas pageant. Here are the mothers words to describe the production: “My daughter was playing ...read more

  • The God Of Unmatched Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,826 views

    A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set outside the father’s house, ...read more

  • On The Way Home From Church One Sunday, A Father ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on May 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,447 views

    On the way home from church one Sunday, a father asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday School that morning. The son said, “We learned about the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea.” The father smiled and asked the boy to tell him about it. “Well,” his son said, “the Israelites ...read more

  • A Taxing Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,335 views

    A TAXING STORY My friend was trying to teach his fifth-grade son the value of tithing. The boy listened attentively only to say, "I still don’t understand why you have to pay taxes." My friend replied, "Because the Bible says we must give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and unto ...read more

  • We Know How Telephone Conversations Are; We ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 24, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,690 views

    We know how telephone conversations are; we usually hear only one side of the conversation. A young boy was talking and his father was listening, "Hello, sir, I was calling you to see if you could use a lawn boy to do your yard work!" "Oh, I see you already have one!" "Well, is he doing your ...read more

  • As A Minister, I Conduct Many Baptismal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,866 views

    As a minister, I conduct many baptismal services. My denomination baptizes in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One Sunday, my family and I went to a friend’s home in the country. Our four children went outside to play with the others. After a short while, we heard only silence ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Made A Promise To My Eldest ...

    Contributed by Matthew Cook on May 28, 2005
     | 1,874 views

    Several years ago, I made a promise to my eldest son – that I would build him a fort to play in, and it would be done before I had to make a 6-month military deployment. Time was getting short, and with less than a week to go before I left, I completed the fort. It was terrible…the nails were to ...read more

  • Surprise Attack

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 20, 2007
     | 3,865 views

    Earlier this week, I was wrestling my 14 year old son. I accomplished the near impossible feat of tackling and pinning him to the floor. Just when I thought that victory was mine, my 12 year son decided to jump in and throw himself onto my back. I was ...read more

  • The Faith Of Thomas

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Apr 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,717 views

    THE FAITH OF THOMAS What if you told your son, "I put 100 dollars in the bank for you." And he said, "Are you sure? I want to see the deposit slip." You say, "Son, you've got to believe me!" The boy answers, "Well, maybe I can just withdraw it look at it and put it back. Dad, can you give me ...read more

  • Dad, Are You God?

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
     | 2,890 views

    DAD, ARE YOU GOD? One day after church, the pastor asked his little boy what he learned in Sunday school. The lad said, "I learned that God loves me more than anything else in the whole world." "What else did you learn?" asked his dad. "I learned that when I’m bad, He spanks real hard." "What ...read more

  • Let Us Love Them

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 25, 2011
     | 1,653 views

    LET US LOVE THEM Tony Campolo tells about some homeless teenagers from the Philadelphia streets who beat to death a Korean honor student doing graduate work in medicine at the U of PA. His parents came to the U.S. for the trial, and sat silently through his murderers’ entire trial. At the end, ...read more

  • A Woman Sees A Father Shopping With A Fussy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 3, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,335 views

    A woman sees a father shopping with a fussy two-year-old in his grocery cart. “Be patient, Billy,” he whispers. “You can handle this, Billy. It’s okay, Billy.” The woman said to him, “I don’t mean to interrupt your shopping, but I just had to tell you how wonderfully loving and patient you are ...read more

  • I Sure Wish Jesus Could Have Been There!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 28, 2014
     | 5,828 views

    I SURE WISH JESUS COULD HAVE BEEN THERE! A church had a special concert and the worship center was packed. The congregation had one of their greatest times of worship ever! Later that evening, a young mother from the church was putting her little boy to bed. He had enjoyed the concert so much ...read more

  • A Man With A Nagging Secret Was Unable To Keep ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,910 views

    A man with a nagging secret was unable to keep it any longer and he went to the priest to confess his sin. He admitted that for years he had been stealing building supplies from the lumberyard where he worked. “How much lumber did you take?” the priest asked. “I took enough to build my home and ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Heard A Story About A Preacher Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,237 views

    Years ago, I heard a story about a preacher who went to a small town to preach a series of gospel sermons. His attempt was to evangelize that little town. He preached for two weeks. During the whole time, only one little girl responded to the invitation at the end of one of his sermons. She ...read more

  • The Healthy Christian Life

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 12, 2007
     | 2,357 views

    ILLUSTRATION A father is reading his newspaper when his small son jumps up into his lap and tugs at the bottom of the paper, wanting his father’s attention. The father feels a surge of anger within. Why? He at first perceives that his right to read the paper without being disturbed is being ...read more