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  • Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 4,915 views

    Perspective The story is told about a seven-year-old boy who fell into a deep excavation being dug for a New York subway. He was taken bruised and suffering to the nearest hospital. When the doctor began to examine his injuries, the little boy took a deep breath and said, "I wish I could sing. I ...read more

  • Light Of The World

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,189 views

    A boatman and a scholar were once travelling on a boat. During the journey, the scholar asked the boatman, "Do you know philosophy?" "No," he replied. "Do you know psychology?". "No." "What about geology?" "Nope!" "I suppose you don’t know accountancy, huh?" "No, not at all." "Hm... ...read more

  • Don't Get Caught  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,552 views

    DON'T GET CAUGHT So often people do what is wrong as long as they know they won't get caught. I've seen surveys where people were asked about doing certain things like stealing and having an affair if they were assured they would never get caught. Would they do them? Amazingly, some of the ...read more

  • Three Preachers On Fishing Trip. The Methodist ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,854 views

    Three preachers on fishing trip. The Methodist says, "Hey guys, since we’re not catching anything, why don’t we pass the time by sharing our secret sins?" The Pentecostal says, "I think that would be great!", but the Baptist says, "I don’t know...I think that’s a bad idea." After a half an hour ...read more

  • Clutching My Cane--Straightening The Derby!" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 25, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,109 views

    “Clutching My Cane--Straightening the Derby!” Acts 8: 18-25 Key verse(s): 24: “Then Simon answered, ‘Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.’” There’s an old East Texas saying: “It doesn’t matter how much milk you spill just so long as you don’t lose the cow.” To ...read more

  • Keith Miller Tells A Gripping Personal Story ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
     | 1,430 views

    Keith Miller tells a gripping personal story about betraying some one in his book, Habitations of Dragons. He writes, ‘It was still very dark, but I was awake having been disturbed by a bad dream. I was weeping because the dream had recalled an experience in my adolescence which was so painful that ...read more

  • Keith Miller Tells A Gripping Personal Story ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
     | 1,274 views

    Keith Miller tells a gripping personal story about betraying some one in his book, Habitations of Dragons. He writes, ‘It was still very dark, but I was awake having been disturbed by a bad dream. I was weeping because the dream had recalled an experience in my adolescence which was so painful that ...read more

  • Ministry Meltdown

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2013
     | 4,151 views

    MINISTRY MELTDOWN My dear friends, when life seems overwhelming, don't get busy; get help! Otherwise, you'll just wear yourself out and those around you. That's what Bob Merritt, pastor of the Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, was doing. In a recent issue of Leadership Journal he writes about ...read more

  • An Observation About A Pair Of Hard Hats

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 15, 2024
     | 16 views

    Text: 2 Samuel 3:33-34, KJV: 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. Have you seen any roadside memorials? It ...read more

  • Come And See

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 22, 2023
     | 758 views

    Come and See ~ When was the day you received the invitation? Come and see. Come and see. When was the day you heard the Master’s voice? When was the day you made Christ your choice? When was the day you allowed the Savior in? When was the day you were cleansed from sin? That was the day He ...read more

  • There Is A Story (Perhaps Apocryphal) Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 1,483 views

    There is a story (perhaps apocryphal) of Boswell, the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson. In his advanced years, Boswell reflected on the most important day of his life. He said it occurred one day during his youth, when his father had invited him to go fishing. While most of his childhood days ...read more

  • Two Sisters I Know, Joanne And Linda, When They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 120 ratings
     | 1,765 views

    Two sisters I know, Joanne and Linda, when they were much younger, were playing at home one day. Joanne, the older of the two became irritated with her younger sister, Linda, and said to her. "You’re getting uglier and uglier every day." Later that same day or was the next day, their gramdma came ...read more

  • The Other Side Of The Road!" Luke 17: 1-4 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 18, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,452 views

    “The Other Side of The Road!” Luke 17: 1-4 Key verse(s): 3:“So watch yourselves. ‘If you brother sin, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.’” There but by the grace of god go I! From youth on I was taught the valuable resource of this adage. Along with “Don’t pout or your face will stay ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God Is Around You

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,927 views

    THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS AROUND YOU Inscribed upon the Ruskin's Memorial, at Friar's Crag Keswick, England are these words: "The Spirit of God is around you in the air you breathe. His glory in the light you see, and in the Fruitfulness of the earth and joy of His creatures. He has ...read more

  • Thanks To Dennis O'gorman For This ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,187 views

    (Thanks to Dennis O’Gorman for this illustration). Ernie Smith was a bit odd, but he was a good man. For Ernie every day was Christmas. Each day he switched on his Christmas tree lights. His house was full of cards. As he passed people in the street he would wish them a Happy Christmas! On ...read more

  • Arthur Rubinstein, The World-Famous Pianist, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 667 views

    Arthur Rubinstein, the world-famous pianist, wrote years ago about the importance of practicing every day. He said: "If I don’t practice one day, nobody knows. If I don’t practice two days, then I know. But if I don’t practice three ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,604 views

    The Day The evidence in Scripture seems to indicate that God gave the Law to Moses on the Day of Pentecost, as the Jews believe. Many first century Jews believed that God made the Rainbow Covenant with Noah on this day as well. If so, we might think of Pentecost as "covenant initiation day." God ...read more

  • A Classic Example Analogy Of This Is Its Parallel ...  PRO

    Contributed by Craig Simonian on Aug 27, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 2,227 views

    A classic example analogy of this is its parallel to the end of WWII. - D-Day (June 6, 44). The Allied forces invade Normandy, breaking the back of the enemy and ensuring their total victory. Yet, the war lingered on even though the Nazis were defeated. - Yet, it wasn’t till V-Day (May 7, 45) ...read more

  • Back To Reality

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 3,090 views

    BACK TO REALITY The story is told of three men who began talking one day about their wives. The first man said, "When we got married, I told my wife in no uncertain terms that from now on she would have to do all the cooking. Well, the first day after I told her, I saw nothing. The second day I ...read more

  • A Bank Named Time - New Year's Illustration

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 2, 2023
     | 661 views

    If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,000 that carried over no balance from day to day...Allowed you to keep no cash in your account, and every evening cancelled whatever part of the amount you failed to use during the day, what would you do? Draw out every cent every ...read more

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