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  • Will Rogers Was Known For His Laughter, But He ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 14, 2006
     | 1,545 views

    “Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had ...read more

  • I Close With A Story With A Story From The Life ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,330 views

    I close with a story with a story from the life of the great British preacher, Brownlow North. He had lived a wicked life before he was saved. One evening as he entered a church where he was to preach, a stranger walked up to him in a hurried manner, and said, "Here is a letter for you of great ...read more

  • I Close With A Story With A Story From The Life ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,033 views

    I close with a story with a story from the life of the great British preacher, Brownlow North. He had lived a wicked life before he was saved. One evening as he entered a church where he was to preach, a stranger walked up to him in a hurried manner, and said, "Here is a letter for you of great ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago During The Easter Season A Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,301 views

    A few years ago during the Easter season a very unusual cross was constructed on the front lawn of a church in Dallas, Texas. The cross, which was at least 10 feet tall, became extremely controversial. Many people in the community, some of whom were church members, wanted the cross to be taken ...read more

  • A Young Boy Happened Upon An Old Man Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 13, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,394 views

    A young boy happened upon an old man who was fishing in the mighty Mississippi River. Immediately the lad began to ply the aged fisherman with a myriad of questions as only young boys can do. With the patience of the ages, the old man answered each query. Suddenly their conversation was ...read more

  • That Skimming Torpedo!" Jonah 4: 1-11 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,780 views

    “That Skimming Torpedo!” Jonah 4: 1-11 Key verse(s): 1: “But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.” Jealousy is different in another way. It is the one anger emotion that can be launched with a smiling face. We tend to put a lot of planning into it before we launch it. There is ...read more

  • Hero In Black  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,275 views

    HERO IN BLACK Victor Yap tells this story: A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely about to turn the corner into the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses and ...read more

  • An Artist, Seeking To Depict On Canvas The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,686 views

    An artist, seeking to depict on canvas the meaning of evangelism, painted a storm at sea. Black clouds filled the sky. Illuminated by a flash of lightning, a little boat could be seen disintegrating under the pounding of the ocean. Men were struggling in the swirling waters, their anguished faces ...read more

  • Amazed By Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,863 views

    AMAZED BY JESUS Many years ago – in the confines of a barracks room, a young sailor decided not to go out partying with his friends. He invested that evening reading the Bible - very specifically – reading the Gospel of John. The room was mostly dark except for the light of the little study desk ...read more

  • Get On With It, You Old Goat

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,220 views

    "GET ON WITH IT, YOU OLD GOAT." I heard the story about a college choir which was all set to present a concert in a large church which was to be carried live by a local radio station. When everything appeared to be ready, the announcer made his final introduction and waited for the choir director ...read more

  • Since My Three Year Old Son Sebastian Was An ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,424 views

    Since my three year old son Sebastian was an infant we have prayed at meal times. If we ever appear as though we are about to eat without praying first, Sebastian will tell, “Uh Oh, daddy, you almost forgot to pray.” Our one year old son, Ephram, is getting in on the pray now too, although when ...read more

  • When I Get Straightened Out

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 4, 2009
     | 1,441 views

    WHEN I GET STRAIGHTENED OUT When a new family moved into the community, the pastor went to invite them to his church. The husband said, "We are just getting moved in, Parson, but I will come when I get straightened out." After a few weeks, the Rev. went again with the same invitation. The ...read more

  • Strangers Have Devoured His Strength - From Hosea ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 2,477 views

    Strangers have devoured his strength - from Hosea 7:9 What gives spiritual weakness like allowed sin? It was so with Israel, it will ever be so with us. Yielding to unhallowed association (with) strangers devour our strength. If you ever saw a cake not turned, baked only on one side, ...read more

  • Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge On Bitter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 5,719 views

    Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge on Bitter Rival What you believe about Jesus determines what you do with him. Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he ...read more

  • I Saw One Of My Daughter's Magazines Yesterday ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 3, 2010
     | 2,249 views

    I saw one of my daughter’s magazines yesterday with some skinny, half starved super models on the cover who live in extravagance and must eat like those in a refugee camp, all because they want to be admired by people and paid enormous amounts of money. The fasting Jesus discourages is fasting like ...read more

  • At The Bottom Of Many Of His Musical Manuscripts, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,448 views

    At the bottom of many of his musical manuscripts, the great organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach often wrote the letters "INDNJC." Those letters stood for "In Nomine Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" — in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. INDNJC. They did not appear on Bach's manuscripts by ...read more

  • Wife Offers Herself In Domestic Servitude To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 4,574 views

    Wife Offers Herself in Domestic Servitude To Clear Her Husband of Murder On May 2, 1962, a dramatic advertisement appeared in the San Francisco Examiner: “I don’t want my husband to die in the gas chamber for a crime he did not commit. I will therefore offer my services for 10 years as a cook, ...read more

  • Arthur's Envy

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,362 views

    ARTHUR'S ENVY When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted ...read more

  • Earnest Heed  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Dupree on Oct 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,970 views

    Earnest Heed Hebrews 2:1 There was a man named Earnest Heed Who simply refused listen But when his wife cooked apple pie His eyes would always glisten. Earnest had a few close friends Named Apathy and Lazy They like Earnest refused to hear And drove other people crazy. One day, ...read more

  • Anibal Sat In A Brazilian Jail Cell, Guilty Of ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
     | 1,559 views

    Anibal sat in a Brazilian jail cell, guilty of murder. He was a weightlifter, with bulging biceps, a leathery face and a tattoo of an anchor on his forearm that seemed to symbolize his personality. But he appeared to soften as the preacher talked with him about guilt, forgiveness, a God who knew ...read more