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  • John Wesley  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 7, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,421 views

    . JOHN WELSEY Traveled over 250,000 miles on horseback over a period of 40 years preaching the Gospel Preached 40,000 sermons Wrote 400 books Knew 10 languages At 83 he was annoyed that he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes. At 86 he was ashamed because he ...read more

  • Even Mature, Talented, Christian Couples Can Find ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
     | 1,900 views

    Even mature, talented, Christian couples can find themselves dealing with conflicts of varying degrees. We know that the great British preacher John Wesley and his wife Mary did not get along. Wesley and Mary Vazeille, a well-to-do widow and mother of four children, were married in 1751. By 1758 ...read more

  • Do Not Offend Visitors To Your Website. A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,783 views

    Do Not Offend visitors to your website. A new Hostway, Inc survey reports 93% of web users do not like pop-up ads, 59% view moving text as bothersome, and 55% are annoyed by certain colors, type fonts and page formats. Other irksome issues are: 89%-the need to install extra software to use site ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge Was Vice President Of The United ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,035 views

    Calvin Coolidge was vice president of the United States during the years of 1921-1923, under President Warren Harding. He was not a very active vice president, but he took great pleasure in presiding over the Senate. One day, as he was presiding, one senator angrily told another to go “straight to ...read more

  • Twelve-Time Award Winner, Philip Yancey Writes In ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 27, 2008
     | 1,713 views

    Twelve-time award winner, Philip Yancey writes in Rumors of Another World: "Those who believe only in the visible world have a single proving ground of worth, and for this reason they celebrate beauty, success, wealth, talent and the values on prominent display at the magazine rack. The winners ...read more

  • Parents Of Young Soldier Killed In Action Donate ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,794 views

    Parents of Young Soldier Killed in Action Donate to a Church as a Memorial "The parents of a young soldier killed in action gave their church a gift of money as a memorial for their son. During the presentation service, the mother of another soldier overseas whispered to her husband, "Let’s give ...read more

  • You Think You Can Do Better?

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 4, 2011
     | 1,442 views

    YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER? A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him. They were far too behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. He kept talking about it, for many weeks. One day his father put an end to the discussion by saying, "If ...read more

  • Storage Wars. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,432 views

    I enjoy watching a TV show called Storage Wars. In this reality show people bid on storage units that have been abandoned after having five minutes to look at them from the doorway. I enjoy watching because many times they find some great treasures worth a lot of money buried in all the other ...read more

  • Pursuit Of Happiness

    Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Dec 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,057 views

    A disgruntled early American once complained to Ben Franklin, “so where is all this happiness that the Constitution was supposed to guarantee me?” Franklin is said to have responded, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it ...read more

  • Choosing Your Attitude

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024
     | 881 views

    In his book Take the Stairs, Roy Vaden tells of visiting Jamaica and complaining to the cab driver about the rain. The cab driver smiled and responded, “In Jamaica, man, we don’t have rain; we only have liquid sunshine.” As they drove through town, Vaden commented on how annoying all the speed ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Farmer That Decided To Buy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 18, 2001
    based on 196 ratings
     | 1,898 views

    Did you hear about the farmer that decided to buy a chain saw? A logging foreman sold him one that he guaranteed would cut down 15 trees in a single day. A week later, a very unhappy farmer came back to report that the power saw must be faulty - it averaged only 3 trees a day. The foreman grabbed ...read more

  • A Better World In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 8,347 views

    A BETTER WORLD IN THE NEW YEAR There was an article a few years ago in which a man gave his idea of a perfect world. He said, "In a perfect world you would feel as good at 60 as you did at 17. And you would be as smart at 60 as you thought you were at 17." "In a perfect world professional ...read more

  • Paul Called The False Teachers "Hypocritical ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,655 views

    Paul called the False Teachers "hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared." In other words, they convinced themselves that they are above any outside standard. So it’s no surprise that they themselves do NOT follow the rules they make for their followers. We run into the same kinds ...read more

  • Lazy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,893 views

    Illustration- Lazy I heard about a man whose family sent him to the doctor because he constantly complained of being too sick to work. The doctor examined his patient, then told him to get dressed and meet him in his office. When the man came into the office and sat down, he said, “Give it to me ...read more

  • A Recent Headline In The Sacramento Bee Read: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,022 views

    A recent headline in the Sacramento Bee read: “Ignorance of the Good Book Reaches Biblical Proportions.” You can say that pun again The other day I read about a chain of supermarkets in the U.K. which decided to lecture shoppers about Easter. In a press release sent to the London Times they said, ...read more

  • As I Was Praying Recently At A Nearby Beach, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,054 views

    As I was praying recently at a nearby beach, a man walked by with a big smile on his face and said to me "Good Morning!" I noticed he had one artificial leg and he had been walking by the beach. I noticed on the sand behind him one footprint and a track where the man had been dragging his one ...read more

  • Know What You Want

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,377 views

    KNOW WHAT YOU WANT One day a boy’s mother decided she would make hot buttered biscuits as long as her son could eat them. He loved biscuits and always complained that he never got enough. He ate and ate and ate, and she kept pulling them out of the stove. Finally she looked around and saw him ...read more

  • Henry Ford Gives A Donation For A New Medical ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
     | 4,042 views

    Henry Ford Gives a Donation For A New Medical Facility The American industrialist, Henry Ford, was once asked to donate money for the construction of a new medical facility.. The billionaire made a pledge of $5,000. The next day in the newspaper, the headline read, "Henry Ford contributes $50,000 ...read more

  • Once A Lady I Knew Told Me About A Bad ...

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 13, 2010
     | 1,453 views

    Once a lady I knew told me about a bad experience she had in church. She had grown up in a very legalistic church and had been away from church for a long time. Under the conviction of the Holy Spirit she knew she needed to get back in church, and so she went back to the church she had grown up in. ...read more

  • Silence  PRO

    Contributed by John Sears on Nov 30, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,588 views

    SILENCE There is a game my parents used to play when we were on road long road trips in the car. The rules of the game went something like this. "The first one to talk loses." We called it the silence game. Have you ever played the game? I would bet that just about every parent has made up a game ...read more