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  • America Split Into Three Financial Camps Last ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,969 views

    America split into three financial camps last year that came sharply into focus at Christmas. 1-The Hunker-Down crowd cut back their purchases, uneasy about dwindling dollars and rising debt. Traffic in non-discount retail stores was sluggish as a result. 2-The Full-Speed-Ahead crowd did business ...read more

  • Don't Have To Spank Me

    Contributed by Rev. Ryan Peters on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,159 views

    DON'T HAVE TO SPANK ME During the normal works of the day, Jenny the local Pastor’s wife is watching her three little boys while her husband is at the church. When all of a sudden she hears a large crash in the living room, and when she runs in to see what it was there was little 4-year-old Brian ...read more

  • Painting The Porch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,517 views

    PAINTING THE PORCH There was a lady who was preparing her Christmas cookies. There was a knock at the door. She went to find a man, his clothes poor, obviously looking for some Christmas odd jobs. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, "Can you paint?" "Yes," he said. "I’m a ...read more

  • Don't Tape The Trees

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,086 views

    DON'T TAPE THE TREES I was talking to a man a few years back, and he told me how he used to have a farm and how he had tried to grow different things to make money. Well, one day he said he hired a young guy to mow his lawn ,but he explained to him that he had just planted about fifty Christmas ...read more

  • Lesson In Giving

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 27, 2017
     | 4,604 views

    Many years ago I took my wife to Walmart Christmas shopping. I can’t keep up with her. It was a beautiful, warm day so I went outside and sat on a bench and waited. There was a large wooden box and it had TOYS for TOTS painted on the side. A brand new large Lincoln Continental pulled up and a boy ...read more

  • During The Time I Was A Police Officer There Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 16, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,077 views

    During the time I was a police officer there was a dispatcher who was no more than a co-worker and casual friend to me. Near Christmas time one year, I walked into the dispatch center and she lifted a package from the table next to her and gave it to me. It was a Christmas gift, and it was ...read more

  • America's Spiritual Bankruptcy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
     | 3,588 views

    AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY America is incrementally and systematically rejecting God. America’s moral bankruptcy is symptomatic of its spiritual bankruptcy. For example: • In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled against prayer in our schools. In 1963, they outlawed Bible Readings. • In Alaska public ...read more

  • Healing House: "I Thought You Were Dead."  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,990 views

    HEALING HOUSE: "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD." Healing House is in Kansas City, Ks. It's a home for drug addicts started by a woman named Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo had been walking the streets for many years but then someone cared enough to share the Gospel with her and she was born again. At the same time, ...read more

  • In The 1980's A Retired Couple Was Alarmed By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 1,897 views

    In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate peace and security. ...read more

  • If Our Greatest Need Was For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 3,730 views

    "If our greatest need was for information, God would have sent an educator." "If our greatest need was for technology, God would have sent a scientist." "If our greatest need was for pleasure, God would have sent an entertainer." "If our greatest need was for money God would have sent an ...read more

  • In New York City A Few Weeks Ago A 25-Year Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,518 views

    In New York City a few weeks ago a 25-year old freshman art student’s project got him in jail for “reckless endangerment”. He distributed throughout the city in public places 37 black boxes with the word “fear” on them, which was supposed to make some kind of statement, but this “conceptual ...read more

  • Faith Without Church: Barna Research Reports That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,464 views

    Faith Without Church: Barna Research reports that in the U.S. about 10 million self-proclaimed, born-again Christians have not been to church in the last 6 months, apart from Christmas or Easter. Yet, nearly all born-agains say their spiritual life is very important. About a third of Americans are ...read more

  • A Friend Was In Front Of Me Coming Out Of Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,415 views

    “A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is ready to shake hands. The Pastor grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I’m already in ...read more

  • There Are Others Who Know About This Miracle ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,597 views

    There are others who know about this miracle birth The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth For it isn’t to the palace that the Christ child comes But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums And the message is clear if you’ve got [you have] ears to hear That forgiveness is ...read more

  • Annie Armstrong Was Called Indefatigable. She ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,642 views

    Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand. She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering, ...read more

  • Simple As That God Loves All, Loves You, Me And ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Dec 2, 2007
     | 1,861 views

    Simple as that God loves all, loves you, me and everyone we have ever met and seen, has no favourites hates none, excludes none all are precious and all have been given his greatest of gifts life and Jesus, all receive the former and have to chose to unpack the later to really receive the first ...read more

  • In '06, American Consumers Spent $3.2 Billion ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 2,730 views

    In '06, American consumers spent $3.2 billion buying Halloween decorations, up over 21% from '05. This makes Halloween second only to Christmas for holiday decorating. It's not just Halloween. In '06 about $5 billion of the industry’s $19.2 billion in retail sales were generated from fall ...read more

  • Can You Think Back To Some Of Your Greatest ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
     | 1,529 views

    Can you think back to some of your greatest childhood memories? A younng boy got a motorcycle, then a bicycle for his birthday, then a 22 rifle for Christmas. So he set them all up and took a picture because he did not want to forget that moment. Someone stole the bicycle, and that motorcycle ...read more

  • To Put The Gift Of Eternity Into Perspective ...

    Contributed by Bryan Fink on Dec 25, 2008
     | 2,279 views

    To put the gift of eternity into perspective let’s take this roll of Christmas ribbon and unroll it all the way down the hall.(Invite some of the kids to help with this). The ribbon symbolizes eternity. Now, take a pencil such as this and make a mark anywhere on that ribbon. Any idea what that ...read more

  • Army Of The Lord

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,055 views

    ARMY OF THE LORD A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I'm ...read more