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  • Melanie (Age 5) Asked Her Granny How Old She Was. ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 7, 2007
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     | 1,495 views

    MELANIE (age 5) asked her Granny how old she was. Granny replied she was so old she didn’t remember any more. Melanie said, "If you don’t remember you must look in the back of your panties. Mine say five to six." BRITTANY (age 4) had an earache and wanted a pain killer. She tried in vain to take ...read more

  • Jesus Was Not Just Another Rabbi Among Thousands. ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 27, 2009
     | 1,730 views

    Jesus was not just another rabbi among thousands. He was unique in so many ways, And here in Matthew’s gospel he reveals his ability to cut through the fog of legalism to give the essence of all law by boiling everything down to its most basic parts. He was able to take the Decalogue (10 ...read more

  • Love Never Fails

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
     | 6,405 views

    LOVE NEVER FAILS A mother kept a candle burning in the window every night for ten years. One night, very late, a poor wretched woman came in from the street. The aged mother said to her, "Sit down by the fire." The stranger asked, "Why do you keep the light in the window?" The old mother ...read more

  • Authentic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
     | 5,848 views

    Authentic Christianity A small child, sitting in church asked his father, “Dad, what is a Christian?” The father replied, “A Christian is a person who loves and obeys God. He loves his friends and neighbours, and even his enemies. He prays often, is kind, gentle, and holy, and is more interested ...read more

  • No One Would Take Him

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,643 views

    NO ONE WOULD TAKE HIM In 1952 a probation officer in New York City tried to find an organization that would assist in the adoption of a twelve-year-old boy. Although the child had a religious background, none of the major denominations would assist in his adoption. Said the officer later, "His ...read more

  • Not Raising Grass But Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    NOT RAISING GRASS BUT KIDS Dr. Tony Evans talks about a major league baseball superstar's recollection of his boyhood home. He, his friends, and his father played baseball quite often in their backyard. As a result, the grass had really taken a beating. It didn't look good anymore, unless you were ...read more

  • Let God Put It Together

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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     | 3,127 views

    LET GOD PUT IT TOGETHER One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was open just enough that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside ...read more

  • Leadership

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
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     | 8,277 views

    I remember hearing a story about a famous film producer. As a child, he had a fight with another boy and lost. While his mother was bathing his black eye, he told her how it was entirely the fault of the other boy. It was the other boy who had started the fight, he claimed. His mother said ...read more

  • Trust God With The Splinter

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 28, 2018
     | 9,239 views

    Trouble is inevitable. It has spawned the counseling ministry. Therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, support groups dedicate their lives to helping people deal with grief, addictions, abuse, and stress. There are many solutions offered. You can pop a pill or uncork a bottle or take a ...read more

  • In The Whisperer Test Mary Ann Bird Writes, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Dec 11, 2007
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    Ill. In the Whisperer Test Mary Ann Bird writes, “I grew up knowing I was different, and I hated it; I had a cleft pallet and a speech impediment. My second grade teacher was a short, round, happy, sparkling lady named Miss Leonard. Each year we had a hearing test and during that test she uttered ...read more

  • Martin Luther Noted That The Tree Represented The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 26, 2007
     | 1,814 views

    Martin Luther noted that the tree represented the everlasting love of God. He pointed out to his church that the evergreen’s color did not fade, just as the love of the Lord did not fade even in the most harshest of times. Martin Luther was the first person to put candles on a tree.To him the ...read more

  • China Has Too Many Men. Today, Roughly 120 Boys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,395 views

    China has too many men. Today, roughly 120 boys are born in China for every 100 girls, perhaps the worst gender imbalance in modern human history. Within 15 years, the country may have 30 million men who cannot find wives. Households have preferred male children because men are viewed as better ...read more

  • If I Were God

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 12, 2008
     | 686 views

    IF I WERE GOD If I were God….How many times have you heard people say that? “If I were God I would have everyone love everyone else, eliminate war, eliminate poverty and win the lottery.” Yeh, that’s just what we need, some thirty five year old running the universe. Have you ever thought that? ...read more

  • If There Is One Emotion That I Have Been Familiar ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 3, 2008
     | 1,089 views

    If there is one emotion that I have been familiar with, it is anger. I lived with anger for most of my childhood and teenage years. It became quite comfortable and familiar so much as that most other responses such as disappointment and fear became masked by my anger. Now what I am telling you ...read more

  • There's A Bit Of Verse In The Form Of A Prayer ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
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    There’s a bit of verse in the form of a prayer that I think is appropriate: Slow me down, Lord. Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind, Steady my hurried pace with the eternal reach of time, Give me amid the confusion of the day the calmness of the everlasting hills, Break the ...read more

  • Baptism Seems Like Such A Small Thing. Water And ...

    Contributed by Christopher Kennedy on Jan 22, 2009
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    Baptism seems like such a small thing. Water and a few words. Yet it’s a big thing. It unites us to Christ and makes His story our story. It’s a big deal. That’s why families travel from long distances to see a baby being baptized. That’s why pastors hurry to the hospital to baptize a baby who may ...read more

  • Perfect Gifts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more

  • Two Minutes

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 12, 2022
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    Two Minutes to Eternity Marshall Shelley tells the story of his son's short life - just two minutes.The baby boy was born with a "chromosomal abnormality" called Trisomy 13. After the delivery, the doctor passed the baby to his mom. He was a healthy pink; Then he began to turn ...read more

  • Real Comfort  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,364 views

    REAL COMFORT “When life caves in, you do not need reasons -- you need comfort. You do not need some answers -- you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation -- ...read more

  • Why Will We Believe Every Crackpot About Aliens ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 11, 2010
     | 2,502 views

    Why will we believe every crackpot about aliens coming, but will not believe that God has come. The Globe could report that Oprah Winfrey gives birth to an alien, but witnesses say Leonard Nimoy is the father, and ...read more