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  • Max Lucado Reminds Us That People On A Plane And ...

    Contributed by Skip Alexander on May 9, 2008
     | 3,632 views

    Max Lucado reminds us that People on a plane and people on a pew have a lot in common – All are on a journey. Most are satisfied with a predictable experience. We like to say, “It was a nice flight/It was a nice worship service.” We exit the same way we enter, and we’re happy to return next time. ...read more

  • Patience  PRO

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,300 views

    Patience This past week I read about a first-grade teacher who was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess, so they got more and more restless and hyperactive as the day wore on. The teacher couldn’t wait for the bell to ring at 3 ...read more

  • Teach Him To Walk, But Not Where  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,778 views

    TEACH HIM TO WALK, BUT NOT WHERE A rehabilitation counselor took an early retirement to spend the rest of his life preaching. One day, while addressing an audience, he told of how - early in his career - he found a young boy with several birth defects. He arranged financial and medical help. ...read more

  • Don't Stop Ringing The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 3,821 views

    DON’T STOP RINGING THE BELL Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. Augustine. A man took his son to the tiny rural community where he grew up. He was disappointed to discover that the little church ...read more

  • Rooting For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
     | 4,792 views

    ROOTING FOR YOU Zig Ziglar tells of the time he took his young son golfing. The boy was still relatively new to the game, so Zig was very impressed by his son’s performance on one of the par 4 holes. At the tee, the boy lifted the ball straight and true down the fairway. A second shot got him ...read more

  • Reality Therapy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,085 views

    REALITY THERAPY Aaron was an eleven-year-old boy whose behavior was described by Dr. William Glasser, his psychiatrist, as horrible. In his book, Reality Therapy, Glasser says Aaron was the most obnoxious child he had ever met. The boy would kick, scream, run away and hide, become withdrawn, ...read more

  • Bury It Right!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,923 views

    BURY IT RIGHT! The story is told of a teenage son who wanted to be Scripturally baptized. His father told him that the sprinkling he got as a baby was sufficient. The son tried to explain that you can only picture the idea of burial by completely being submerged. Angry, the father told him to ...read more

  • Lego Theology

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 23, 2019
     | 2,691 views

    Matt Proctor- Several years ago, two of my nephews accompanied their mom on a visit to a friend’s house. Ben was 8, Brian was 6. Their mother’s friend was a very neat lady- a place for everything and everything in its place. Though childless, she did have a few toys and handed Ben and Brian a ...read more

  • The Tragedy On The Drawbridge

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,215 views

    A man had the duty to raise a drawbridge to allow the steamboats to pass on the river below and to lower it again for trains to cross over on land. One day, this man's son visited him, desiring to watch his father at work. Quite curious, as most boys are, he peeked into a trapdoor that was ...read more

  • Cinderella Grace

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 4,417 views

    CINDERELLA GRACE Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly - all the children rushed to one side. It’s a good thing it was a castle and not a boat, or it would have tipped over. The pristine princess had entered the room. Cinderella. A gorgeous young girl with ...read more

  • Carrying Us Back To Our Room

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,281 views

    CARRYING US BACK TO OUR ROOM In a home of which I know, a little boy, the only son, was ill with an incurable disease. Month after month, the mother had tenderly nursed him, read to him and played with him, hoping to keep him from the dreadful finality of the doctor's diagnosis...the little boy ...read more

  • A True Story That Speaks About Mary's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,091 views

    A true story that speaks about Mary’s extravagant love for Jesus. A nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and ...read more

  • After Attending Church One Sunday Morning, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,569 views

    After attending church one Sunday morning, a little boy knelt at his bedside that night and prayed, "Dear God, we had a good time at church ...read more

  • Adam And Cain Are Walking Down The Road And Cain ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,048 views

    Adam and Cain are walking down the road and Cain looks over into the garden and says, boy dad that sure is a beautiful place. Adam replies thats where we use ...read more

  • I've Heard It Said That Men First Begin To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,361 views

    "I've heard it said that men first begin to realize their youth is over when policemen begin to look like college boys. That's true, but there's a much more ...read more

  • On The Outside

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 2, 2011
     | 2,426 views

    ON THE OUTSIDE A boy had been disobedient. His mother sent him to the corner and said, "You sit there," to which he responded with folded arms slumped in his chair, "I might ...read more

  • When Nikita Khrushchev Died, A Humorous Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Trevor Woodget on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 4,093 views

    When Nikita Khrushchev died, a humorous story circulated in political circles. The Communist party who’d cast Mr Khrushchev aside were uncomfortable about burying his body on Soviet soil. So they called the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, asking if the U.S. would take ...read more

  • Amazing Energy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,069 views

    AMAZING ENERGY Scientists now calculate that if the electronic energy in the hydrogen atoms of our body could be utilized, you could supply all of the electrical needs of a large, industrialized country for nearly a week. A DuPont scientist said that the atoms of your body contain a potential ...read more

  • John Muir Was A Great Naturalist In The Early ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,054 views

    John Muir was a great naturalist in the early part of this century. He was largely responsible for the creation of Yellowstone National Park and the formation of conservation policy in this country. Muir lived a very simple life, and yet he once said that he was wealthier than railroad ...read more

  • When I Was Up In Sunderland Three Months Ago, ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,277 views

    When I was up in SUNDERLAND three months ago, when I heard Suzette Hattingh speak. She told us how she held a crusade in Yapura on the island of Irian Jaya. And the miracles that she saw. The Indonesian army offered the use of 110 trucks to bus people to the meetings free of charge. Thousands ...read more