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  • Intro: A Voyaging Ship Was Wrecked During A Storm ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,109 views

    INTRO: A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, ...read more

  • Who Can Estimate The Value Of God's Gift, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,830 views

    Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to measure. One of these things is the extent of that ...read more

  • Broken Things

    Contributed by Oyewole O. Sarumi on Mar 2, 2011
     | 5,455 views

    BROKEN THINGS God does not see as man sees. He placed high premium on broken things. He prefers to deal and bless only things and people that are broken. However, when compared to man, the gap is huge. Man prefers things that are not broken and places value on such. Once anything is broken, man's ...read more

  • Who Can Estimate The Value

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,641 views

    Quote: J.C. Ryle in Foundations of Faith said: Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to ...read more

  • The Connection Between Judaism And Christianity

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 1, 2024
     | 366 views

    A Christian man and a Jewish man were debating which faith was best. The Jewish man argued, “We gave you the 10 Commandments.” The Christian ...read more

  • Earthly Wealth  PRO

    Contributed by David Fox on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,453 views

    <<ILL>> There was a greedy man with great wealth who was determined to take his money with him when he died. He gave strict orders that when he died all of his stocks and assets were to be liquidated and all his life’s earnings were to placed in his casket and buried with him. When He finally did ...read more

  • Fear Torments

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,795 views

    A man has been visiting a therapist because he has had a fear of monsters living under his bed. The man has been seeing this doctor for months. Every time he would come in the doctor would ask “have you made any progress?”. Every time the man would say “no”. The man decided to go and see another ...read more

  • After The U.s.s. Pueblo Was Captured By The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Rogers on Aug 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,219 views

    After the U.S.S. Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans, the eighty-two surviving crew members were thrown into a brutal captivity. In one particular instance thirteen of the men were required to sit in a rigid manner around a table for hours. After several hours the door was violently flung ...read more

  • Our Will Is Who We Are

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,438 views

    OUR WILL IS WHO WE ARE Watchman Nee: "A man’s will is his organ for decision-making. To want or not to want, to choose or not to choose are the typical operations of the will. "Our emotions merely express how we feel. Our mind simply tells us what we think, but our will communicates what we ...read more

  • Character Matters In Our Lives. Philosopher ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,120 views

    Character matters in our lives. Philosopher Herbert Spencer wrote, “Not education but character is man’s greatest need and man’s greatest safeguard.” Chuck Swindoll wrote, “Character is the moral, ethical, and spiritual undergirding that rests on truth, that reinforces a life in stressful times, ...read more

  • How Do You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,969 views

    HOW DO YOU KNOW There is a Chinese parable about a Chinaman who had one horse and one son. One day the horse, out of control, wandered away with the boy on its back and they were both lost. The man’s neighbors came to console him the next day and they said, “We are so sorry you lost your horse and ...read more

  • Story From Eastern Europe

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 21, 2025
     | 88 views

    Story: I would like to leave you with a story from Eastern Europe A man came into Court to give evidence, but he considered the Bible too holy to swear an oath on and so refused to do so. The lawyer for the defence approached the bench and asked for the man to be excused that formality, because ...read more

  • A Story From Eastern Europe

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 27, 2025
     | 145 views

    Story: I would like to leave you with a story from Eastern Europe A man came into Court to give evidence, but he considered the Bible too holy to swear an oath on and so refused to do so. The lawyer for the defence approached the bench and asked for the man to be excused that formality, because ...read more

  • The Young Preacher Was Shocked To Hear The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 3,166 views

    The young preacher was shocked to hear the well-known evangelist utter the words; “Yes, I have spent some of the happiest moments of my life in the arms of another man’s wife.” Then, following a pause, the evangelist added, “That woman was my mother.” A few weeks later as the young pastor was ...read more

  • Seek ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 5,193 views

    Seek Wisdom There’s a story about a proud young man who came to Socrates asking for knowledge. He walked up to the muscular philosopher and said, “O great Socrates, I come to you for knowledge.” Socrates recognized a pompous numbskull when he saw one. He led the young man through the streets, to ...read more

  • Rock Soup

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 31, 2020
     | 3,385 views

    CONCLUSION: DO YOU EVER FEEL SO ALONE AND EMPTY? We often say the words “I CAN’T.” Maybe the real truth is “I WON’T.” I read a story about a poor little village and the village was so poor and because there was a terrible drought. There was a very old man in the village. He was old and feeble. He ...read more

  • How It Happened  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,680 views

    How It Happened: God populated the earth with broccoli & cauliflower & spinach, green & yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man & Woman would live long & healthy lives. Then Satan created McDonald’s. And McDonald’s brought forth the 99-cent double-cheeseburger. Then Satan said to Man, "You want ...read more

  • Pushing The Rock  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 118 ratings
     | 5,608 views

    PUSHING THE ROCK I have been pondering a story of a weak sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford going to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, his condition seemed to grow worse. Out in front of his cabin was a hugh boulder. The rock was ...read more

  • Probably All Or Most Of Us Are Familiar With The ...

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 25, 2008
     | 1,204 views

    Probably all or most of us are familiar with the story of Spider Man. How a young man, Peter Parker, is accidentally shocked, and as a result, takes on some characteristic abilities of a spider. His identity is no ...read more

  • When He Was An Attorney, Abraham Lincoln Was Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Mar 11, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,059 views

    When he was an attorney, Abraham Lincoln was once approached by a man who insisted on bringing a suit for $2.50 against poor debtor who couldn’t pay. Lincoln tried talk him out of it, but this man wanted his revenge. Finally, Lincoln took the case and charged the man legal fee of $10. Lincoln then ...read more