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  • One Communion Sunday, The Communion Steward ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 17,686 views

    One communion Sunday, the communion steward prepared communion with a twist. When it came time to uncover the elements the grape juice looked darker than usual. The pastor thought nothing of it and began to serve the communion. Promptly upon receiving the cup, each recipient’s face had a ...read more

  • When I Was In Business It Was The Accepted ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 19, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    When I was in business it was the accepted practice, for employees to have an annual appraisal. It can be painful, but let’s face it, no-one like to be told that they’re less than perfect! I think believers in Jesus need it more often than once a year, even if it’s only a self-appraisal. In ...read more

  • $3 Worth Of God

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,448 views

    $3 WORTH OF GOD I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of God to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant, I want ecstasy, not ...read more

  • That Great Getting' Up Morning...

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 30, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 466 views

    And now O Lord – When I’ve done drunk my last cup of sorrow— When I’ve been called everything but a child of God— When I’ve done travelling up the rough side of the mountain— O – Mary’s baby— When I start down the steep and slippery steps of death— When this old world begins to rock beneath my ...read more

  • There Is A Place Near Where Christina And I Used ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 20, 2009
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    There is a place near where Christina and I used to live in Florida, called Wall Spring Park. When Sebastian was a baby and then very little and first beginning to walk, she and I would regularly take him there. We would often push him the stroller around this beautiful pathway which had been ...read more

  • Rooting For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
     | 4,708 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

  • Bury It Right!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,834 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

  • Resurrection Plant

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,774 views

    As a boy I saw an advertisement in a comic book that appealed to my scientific nature. The product being offered for sale was called a "miracle plant." The ad declared that the plant would be dead when received by the purchaser; but when placed in water, it would soon "miraculously" return to ...read more

  • Cecil B. Demille Told This Wonderful Experience: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    CECIL B. DEMILLE told this wonderful experience: "Many years ago I was commissioned by David Belasco to write a play, ’The Return of Peter Grimm.’ The play was being written for David Warfield, and the story hinged upon the continuation of life after death. "I got the inspiration for that story ...read more

  • The Tea ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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     | 1,927 views

    The Tea Cup There was a couple who used to go England to shop in a beautiful store. This was their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially tea-cups. They said, "May we see that? We’ve never seen one quite so beautiful." As the lady handed it to them, suddenly ...read more

  • One Way To Understand The Difference Between ...

    Contributed by Jack Martin on Mar 24, 2007
     | 2,495 views

    One way to understand the difference between unsaved, saved but not yet filled with the Holy Spirit, or saved and filled with the Holy Spirit is to think of a dish pan filled with clean water and soap. The clean water likened to the Holy Spirit and the Soap the Word of God that changes our filth. ...read more

  • Does Evil Exist?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,810 views

    DOES EVIL EXIST? Romans 8:28 We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him... Sometimes we just want things to turn out well--especially in a bad situation. Before Tom left for deployment to Iraq, he prayed that God will guide him in doing good in a land full of ...read more

  • When The Wine Runs Out  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,919 views

    WHEN THE WINE RUNS OUT When the wine runs out, do whatever Jesus tells you to do. Have faith in his word. John 2 says the servants not only poured water in those pots, but they filled them to the brim. When Jesus told them to fill the pots with water, it was as if to say "I can work with that." If ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
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    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • I Had A Baptism One Time In Which The Dad Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jun 1, 2004
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     | 3,646 views

    I had a baptism one time in which the dad was going to baptize his 9 yr. old son. He was nervous and I told him, just repeat the words "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit" and then place him under the water. Well he got in the baptistry, got nervous and then placed ...read more

  • I Heard Of A Unique Science Experiment That Had ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 1, 2006
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    I heard of a unique science experiment that had taken place on time. A student, a boy student most likely took his pet frog, the one used to scare all of the girls and put him in a pan of water over a Bunsen burner. The water was nice and cozy for the frog. Gradually the little boy turned up ...read more

  • Test Of Insanity In The 1800's: Placed In A Room ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008
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    TEST OF INSANITY in the 1800’s: Placed in a room with a sink and a mop & bucket. Sink is stopped up and the water is turned on. Water begins to overflow unto the floor. An insane person will react by grabbing the mop and feverishly working to clean the water from the floor while it continues to ...read more

  • In The City Of Chicago A Blizzard Was Setting In. ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 18, 2008
     | 1,640 views

    In the city of Chicago a blizzard was setting in. A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner. The people were in and out of the cold. The little boy was so cold that he wasn’t trying to sell many papers. He walked up to the policeman and said, "Mister, you wouldn’t happen to know where a ...read more

  • One Day, A Father Took His Son And One Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "One day, a father took his son and one of his son’s friends on a fishing trip. They got to their camp sight, and everything was just perfect. The weather was warm but not hot, the lake was calm, and they had a level campsite. They raised their tent, cooked their dinner, and went to bed ...read more

  • Science Tells Us That A Dense Fog, One Hundred ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 18, 2010
     | 1,852 views

    Science tells us that a dense fog, one hundred feet deep and covering seven city blocks, is composed of less than one eight-ounce glass of water. So a single glass of water can shut down a large airport! One glass of water can completely ...read more