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  • Will Rogers Was Known For His Laughter, But He ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 14, 2006
     | 1,612 views

    “Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had ...read more

  • We Have A Fireplace In Our House. It's Nice To ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
     | 1,519 views

    We have a fireplace in our house. It’s nice to be able to start up a nice fire and warm up the living room. When you’re really chilled, you can even go sit on the edge in front of it. That sure feels good! But sit there too long, or sit too close, and ouch! It hurts. It’s a good thing, but ...read more

  • Collin Thacher Killed His Wife. She Had The ...

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,506 views

    Collin Thacher killed his wife. She had the nerve to leave him and he was a man who’s father was the primure of Sask. Collin was addicted to power. So he had her killed. Then he got Jesus because he thought that jesus would get him out of prison after all didn’t Jesus open the prisons for ...read more

  • I've Learned The Meaning Of A Few Words That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,875 views

    * I’ve learned the meaning of a few words that women use from time to time. * For instance ... The word “Fine.” * This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. C) “Five Minutes.” * If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour! * Five minutes is ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Stories Is The One About West ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,186 views

    One of my favorite stories is the one about West Side Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska. Normally all of the good choir people came to church on Wednesday night to practice, and they tended to be early, well before the 7:30 starting time. But one night, March 1, 1950, one by one, two by two, ...read more

  • Light Serves A Purpose As Well. And This Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 4,829 views

    Light serves a purpose as well. And this was a picture that these fisherman would understand. A Light Attracts Peter and Andrew and the boys fished at night because during the day the fish in the Sea of Galilee stay close to the bottom where it’s cooler but during the cool of the night they come ...read more

  • Ignoring The Warnings  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,217 views

    IGNORING THE WARNINGS Listen to this description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern Ukraine: "There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were 'playing around' with the machine. They ...read more

  • Twenty ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
     | 1,136 views

    Twenty Dollars A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. ...read more

  • Lunchbox Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,710 views

    LUNCHBOX WORSHIP Have you ever been sitting in the break room at work or somewhere during lunchtime with your friend or coworker, and begin to eat your lunch that you brought from home? Your friend or coworkers lunch is made from homemade fluffly bread, that’s a two-hander meal, stacked with fresh ...read more

  • Shadowlands Is A Powerful ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,894 views

    Shadowlands is a powerful movie Based on the life of C.S. Lewis. In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford. Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham, And American woman who was interested in his writings. Later on in the story Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private ...read more

  • Don't Have To Spank Me

    Contributed by Rev. Ryan Peters on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,201 views

    DON'T HAVE TO SPANK ME During the normal works of the day, Jenny the local Pastor’s wife is watching her three little boys while her husband is at the church. When all of a sudden she hears a large crash in the living room, and when she runs in to see what it was there was little 4-year-old Brian ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,498 views

    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • Be Content To Speak In A Cottage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 3,220 views

    BE CONTENT TO SPEAK IN A COTTAGE January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street, only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, an ...read more

  • Some Of You Know Helen Schaaf. I Shared With The ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,436 views

    Some of you know Helen Schaaf. I shared with the church her current physical struggles a few weeks ago. She had debilitating back pain that was making walking excruciatingly painful; finally, her doctor diagnosed a treatment for her. She had an injection in her spine so that she could walk ...read more

  • A Study In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 1,932 views

    A STUDY IN SERVICE As a student in seminary, my roommate had a job as a custodian with the school. After the first day on the job, he told he had been assigned to work on the first floor of a four-story building. "Basically there are four guys responsible for their own floors. I take care of the ...read more

  • Being A Parent And A Father Can Be An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,806 views

    Being a parent and a father can be an interesting and trying experience. Someone said, “Fathers spend the first part of a child’s life urging him to talk and walk, and the rest of his childhood telling him to sit down and keep quiet.” A son who was in college wrote home to his dad. He said, “Dear ...read more

  • A Couple Had Been Married For 50 Years. "Things ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,716 views

    A couple had been married for 50 years. "Things have really changed," she said. "You used to sit very close to me." "Well, I can remedy that," he said, moving next to her on the couch. "And you used to hold me tight." "How’s that?" he asked as he gave her a hug. "Do you remember you used to nudge ...read more

  • Grim Reaper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,721 views

    Grim Reaper According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks passed into months, and months ...read more

  • As Time Passed, However, The Inevitable ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,178 views

    As time passed, however, the inevitable occurred. They began to lose and lose and lose. The blame fell, at least in part, not on Coach George Allen, but on a quarterback named Sonny Jurgenson, in my opinion one of the most gifted and effective quarterbacks to ever play the game. Jurgenson possesses ...read more

  • January 6, 1850, Was Bitterly Cold In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,616 views

    January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, a man rose and spoke from Isaiah ...read more