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  • A Religion True To Its Nature Must Also Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,239 views

    "A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions. Religion deals with both earth and heaven, both time and eternity. Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with ...read more

  • Taking Him Wherever We Go  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 167 ratings
     | 4,500 views

    TAKING HIM WHEREVER WE GO There are certain things when your in a foreign country that you can’t bring back into the United States. Adrian Rogers tells of a time when he was coming back into this country and he was going thru security. Their was a man in front of Adrian Rogers who had some ...read more

  • Walking On Water  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,468 views

    A man read an ad in the newspaper, “Hunting dog for sale, $2,500.00, but well worth it.” He called the number and the man told him that he had to see the dog in action. The next morning they met and went hunting early. The dog flushed two birds from a clump of bushes and when they fell into the ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Tells A Story Of When He And His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,123 views

    Charles Swindoll tells a story of when he and his sister would go fishing with their dad and grandfather. There was a man who sat on the pier with the last name of Kutasch. As the story goes, he was a very unusual man and fished accordingly. With the slightest bobble of his cork, he would jerk ...read more

  • God Originally Determined 30 Years As The Ideal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,796 views

    God originally determined 30 years as the ideal span of life for all animals, including mankind. The donkey, the dog, and the monkey considered it much too long, however, and begged God to reduce their years by 18, 12, and 10. Being healthy, vigorous, and somewhat greedy, the man asked to be given ...read more

  • A Missionary Named Dr. Seamands Tells About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,016 views

    A missionary named Dr. Seamands tells about a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. Some of his Muslim friends asked this new convert, “Why have you become a Christian?” This was his answer: “Well, it’s like this. Suppose you are walking down a road and suddenly the road forks in two ...read more

  • Father Graham Was An Old-Fashioned Gentleman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,963 views

    Father Graham was an old-fashioned gentleman beloved by everyone, and his influence in the little town was great, so good and active was he. A young man of the village had been badly insulted, and came to Father Graham full of angry indignation, declaring that he was going at once to demand ...read more

  • Was That Somebody You?  PRO

    Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,711 views

    "Was That Somebody You?" Tom Carter, the evangelist, told this in one of his messages: While he was holding meetings in a Pennsylvania town, a young man who had formerly lived next door to the parsonage committed a murder. The whole community was stirred. Mr. Carter and the pastor obtained ...read more

  • William Herbert Carruth's Poem, "Dreamer Of ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 25, 2007
     | 3,770 views

    William Herbert Carruth’s poem, “Dreamer of Dreams,” shows how the rise and fall of dreams shapes our lives as well as creating congregational health. We are all of us dreamers of dreams, On visions our childhood is fed; And the heart of the child is unhaunted, it seems, By the ghosts of dreams ...read more

  • Maybe You've Heard The Story About The Rich Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 859 views

    Maybe you’ve heard the story about the rich old lady and the handsome young man she met in a in a restaurant. As the meal ended she came right to the point and asked, "Will you spend the night with me for one million dollars?" He looked her over and the mere thought of sleeping with this woman ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,669 views

    MEN AREN’T EQUIPPED A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • A Colleague Was Invited To Hold A Speech In ...

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
     | 3,275 views

    A colleague was invited to hold a speech in Japan. Aware of his reputation as a very good speaker, he was surprised that his audience did not react at all to any of his perfectly timed jokes and witticisms. In fact, the audience did not react to anything he said. Somewhat put down, he went back to ...read more

  • The Silent Treatment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,943 views

    The Silent Treatment A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • At A Special Chapel Service In An Ohio ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
     | 1,856 views

    At a special chapel service in an Ohio penitentiary, the governor was to grant freedom to several convicts. The suspense mounted as it came time for the governor to announce the names of those selected. “Reuben Johnson, come forward and receive your pardon!” No one responded. The chaplain ...read more

  • Sadhu Sundar Singh And A Companion Were ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,927 views

    Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were travelling through a pass high in the Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, “We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,701 views

    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • Russ Perman Tells This Story: "Working As A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 1,302 views

    Russ Perman tells this story: "Working as a secretary at an international airport, my sister had an office adjacent to the room where security temporarily holds suspects. One day security officers were questioning a man when they were suddenly called away on another emergency. To the horror of my ...read more

  • I Remember Years Ago A Young Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,008 views

    I remember years ago a young woman who was divorced, then “shacked up” with a man (Can we use the old term, instead of using those sanitized words, “She had an affair”?). When challenged she said, ‘It’s not like I was a virgin.” This woman was brought up in a conservative church yet implied that, ...read more

  • Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Tells About The Time He Was ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 19, 2008
     | 1,969 views

    Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman tells about the time he was conducting a prayer meeting when a man gave this testimony: The man said, "I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a homeless person and for a year I begged on the streets for a living. One day I touched a man on the shoulder and said, 'Mister, ...read more

  • Too Good For Your Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,320 views

    TOO GOOD FOR YOUR CHURCH A good set of clothes makes all the difference. A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don't you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn't have proper clothes. So a member of the congregation took him ...read more