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  • Praising Him With Lifted Hands

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,810 views

    PRAISING HIM WITH LIFTED HANDS I attended a Conference in Overland Park, KS. The host pastor stood up before the opening worship service and said, he grew up in a controlled, dignified and domesticated worship service. He said no one in that church raised their hands in praise. But then when he ...read more

  • Lack Wisdom?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 29, 2025
     | 469 views

    I am told there was a happy old man. People came from far and wide to sit at this man’s feet and learn. One day a young man asked him: HOW DID YOU GET SUCH WISDOM? It was evening. The old man said: Saddle up the fastest horse and ride as fast as possible. Go due east until you come to a big river. ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,035 views

    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • I'm Sort Of Surprised About The Timetable For ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 22, 2009
     | 2,051 views

    I’m sort of surprised about the timetable for Philip’s journey. God commands him to get up and depart about noon. It reminds me of Robbie O’ Connell, an Irish musician who lives in the U.S., when he went back to Ireland to chase down some authentic folk songs that hadn’t yet been recorded. Since ...read more

  • A Man Is Walking Past The Field Of A Farmer With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,472 views

    A man is walking past the field of a farmer with a cow on a roap. The farmer says, "Hey mister, where ya goin with thet there cow?’ The man replies, "I’m takin it to town to sell it." The farmer says, " You mean if it’s the Lords will you are." The man says , "Well it’s my cow and I recon I can do ...read more

  • A 12 Year Old Girl In Rural Ethiopia Was Kidnaped ...

    Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,273 views

    A 12 year old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnaped from her family . Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her 7 day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder Who knows what kind of situation she would have ended up in if that ...read more

  • There Was A Man Walking With His Son Down A ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,911 views

    There was a man walking with his son down a country road. On the left was a beautiful country ESTATE. A big black LIMOUSINE pulled onto the circular DRIVEWAY. Out of the automobile stepped a FINELY DRESSED and WELL-GROOMED gentleman, who NODDED to the man and the boy and then went into his ...read more

  • Our Religion Has Become Ineffective In The World. ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,601 views

    Our religion has become ineffective in the world. We are being rejected more each day. The world wants us to take our little god and go somewhere else. Our religion has become powerless because we believe in a powerless god. Our religion is weak because our god is weak. Our faith is weak because we ...read more

  • The Girl And The Lions

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 9, 2008
     | 2,332 views

    THE GIRL AND THE LIONS A 12-year-old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnapped from her family. Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her seven-day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder; who knows what kind of situation she would ...read more

  • If You Are Lucky, Sooner Or Later There Will Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,419 views

    "If you are lucky, sooner or later there will be a swirl or a double swirl where the trout strikes and misses and strikes again, and then the old, deathless thrill of the plunge of the rod and the irregular plunging, circling, cutting up stream and ...read more

  • From Roast Turkey To Reindeer

    Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 9, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 688 views

    Nothing is more confusing than being in the middle of two holidays. I have just finished Thanksgiving, and now Christmas is before me. Each year, it gets more difficult to adjust to the next holiday. It’s hard for me to keep up. For months, the focus was on that roast turkey for Thanksgiving. And ...read more

  • What Did She Just Say?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 22, 2022
     | 1,511 views

    To be honest, I don't always hear what I'm supposed to hear. I do have ears, but sometimes they are not working in such a way as to benefit me. Often, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage will talk to me about something, and then at the end of that, she will ask me a question of which I ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Lost Inside A Busy Shopping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 2,112 views

    A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and dimes and quarters to try to cheer him up. Finally a ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,185 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept ...read more

  • 24 Year Old Danny Simpson Was Sentenced To 6 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 539 views

    24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,370 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept on ...read more

  • A Teenager Once Wrote This Letter To Ann ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,940 views

    A teenager once wrote this letter to Ann Landers: “I am a 15 year old and my biggest problem is my mother. All she does is nag, nag, nag. From morning till night. It is, turn off the TV. Do your homework. Wash behind your neck. Stand up straight. Go clean your room. How can I get her off my case?” ...read more

  • He Had Been Married For 10 Years But Did Not ...

    Contributed by Segun Omole on Feb 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,066 views

    He had been married for 10 years but did not have any child even though he loved children. Everyone would ask him what was the problem. Some would even offer him medical advice free of charge but he kept trusting God and His word. He’d gone for several medical check ups and even his wife had been ...read more

  • Whitening Fast

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
     | 3,333 views

    WHITENING FAST When Dr. Rees was waiting to preach, a friend commended to him, "You sure are whitening fast!" He got up and said this from the pulpit: "There is a little white flower that comes up through the earth at this season of the year - sometimes it comes up through the snow and frost; but ...read more

  • A Missionary Sat On The Patio Watching A Blac...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
     | 3,909 views

    A missionary sat on the patio watching a black ant crawl up a table leg until it reached some spilled sugar. After it ate some of the sugar it crawled back down the table leg. Soon two black ants crawled up the table leg to the sugar. They ate and left. Soon a steady stream of black ants moved ...read more