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  • Fatal Oversight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,801 views

    FATAL OVERSIGHT On September 1, 1923, the island of Japan was ravaged by the most devastating earthquake in recorded history up until that time. The tragic Canto earthquake began at 11:58 A.M. and continued for more than three and a half hours, creating a casualty list that would stagger the ...read more

  • The Shoes From My Father

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 21, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,062 views

    THE SHOES FROM MY FATHER Roy Smith was a preacher of a past generation. In his book Tales I’ve Told Twice, he tells about being at a dress rehearsal for the school play. He was a freshman at the little junior college in the town where his family always lived. He didn’t know how but somehow his ...read more

  • Is It Time Yet!" Psalm 75: 1-10 Key Verse(S): 2: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,610 views

    “Is It Time Yet!” Psalm 75: 1-10 Key verse(s): 2: “You say, ‘I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.’” “Is it time yet?” I can’t tell you how often I have heard those words over the years after having raised four children who were always interested in knowing when the “time” was ...read more

  • The Whipping  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,897 views

    The Whipping. There was a school with a class of students that no teacher had been able to handle. Two or three teachers had been run off from this school in one year by the unruly students. A young man, just out of college, heard about the class and applied to the school. The principal asked the ...read more

  • Imagine The Following: It's A Wednesday Night And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 3, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,590 views

    Imagine the following: It’s a Wednesday night and you are at a church meeting when somebody runs in from the parking lot and says, "Turn on a radio, turn on a radio." And while the church listens, an announcement is made: "Two women are lying in a hospital dying from a mystery flu." Within hours it ...read more

  • Dr. J. Harold Smith Tells The Story Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,308 views

    Dr. J. Harold Smith tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl, who refused to give her heart to Christ at a revival meeting he once preached. During the invitation time, he felt impressed of the Spirit to extend the altar call. He noticed this young lady, who was obviously under conviction, ...read more

  • Fred Craddock Tells The Following Story About His ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 57,463 views

    Fred Craddock tells the following story about his family. "My mother took us to church and Sunday school; my father didn’t go. He complained about Sunday dinner being later when she came home. Sometimes the preacher would call, and my father would say, "I know what the church wants. Church doesn’t ...read more

  • Anastasia's Father Lost His Job-Not Through A ...

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,612 views

    Anastasia’s father lost his job-not through a direct fault of his own. As a result of losing his job, the entire family had to leave their nice home and go live in an apartment. After a few weeks living in this rental, they were moved far away and made to live in a small town where it was extremely ...read more

  • Rene' Gets Lost

    Contributed by Paul Kendall on Apr 23, 2010
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    RENE' GETS LOST In her freshman year of college, my daughter Rene’ agreed to take some friends to the Tampa airport as they returned home for Christmas break. They showed her the way there-—and to get back-—she would simply follow the same route backwards and then come on home to celebrate ...read more

  • Just Wanted To Tell You I Love You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,142 views

    JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I LOVE YOU Paul Powell tells the story of a well-known preacher from years ago. His name was Carter Jones. Carter had a small room in the attic of his home that he used as a place of prayer. When he was especially burdened, he would make his way up the winding staircase to ...read more

  • I Declare You The Winner  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 29, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 4,303 views

    I DECLARE YOU THE WINNER I was watching some little kids play soccer. These kids were only five or six years old, but they were playing a real game- a serious game- two teams, complete with coaches, uniforms, and parents. I didn’t know any of them, so I was able to enjoy the game without the ...read more

  • Today, Is Father's Day "Happy Father's Day!" I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 13,361 views

    Today, is Father’s Day “Happy Father’s Day!” I thought I’d start out today by sharing a few precious dad moments.. Moments that would only happen to a dad and only a dad would appreciate… PRECIOUS DAD MOMENT #1 One night a wife found her husband standing over their newborn baby’s crib. ...read more

  • There Was Once A Bridge Which Spanned A Large ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,758 views

    There was once a bridge which spanned a large river. During most of the day the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river paralleled with the banks, allowing ships to pass thru freely on both sides of the bridge. But at certain times each day, a train would come along and the bridge ...read more

  • Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., Is The Chief Judge Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,081 views

    Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., is the Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. When his daughter Zoe graduated from the Univ. of South Carolina in 1992, he told this story that happened what she was just three years old. Sanders came home from work one day to find his home – and especially ...read more

  • The Parent Trap: The Joy Of Having A Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,184 views

    THE PARENT TRAP: THE JOY OF HAVING A DAD Anyone ever seen the original The Parent Trap with Hayley Mills done in 1961? Have you seen the remake from 1998? In the remake Lindsay Lohan plays the twins and Dennis Quaid is the father. If you know the story then you’ll remember that identical twins, ...read more

  • Man-Speak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,160 views

    MAN-SPEAK Men don't always say what they mean. When a man says "IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN." He means: "I have no idea how it works." When a man says "TAKE A BREAK, HONEY. YOU ARE WORKING TOO HARD." He means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner." When a man says "THAT'S ...read more

  • The Son And The Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,246 views

    THE SON AND THE ROSE Arnold Prater, in his book You Can Have Joy! tells about a man in a little English village named John Deckard. He was a clerk in a textile factory. A modest and quiet man, he lived in an ordinary little house at the edge of town with his wife and his six-year-old son, Rob. ...read more

  • Our Family Pet, Happy The Saint Bernard, Really ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 8, 2008
     | 1,145 views

    Our family pet, Happy the Saint Bernard, really doesn’t eat as much food as one might think she would for such a large dog but just because she doesn’t eat as much food as one might think doesn’t mean she does not have good taste! Happy is not such a big fan of dry dog food. If you fill her bowl ...read more

  • A Tribute To Fathers In The Bible

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 9, 2020
     | 3,361 views

    Introduction: with the exception of Adam, who was created; and Jesus Himself, Who was born of the Virgin Mary, every man in the Bible had a father. That some were good and others were evil is clear, and it would be nearly impossible to list every father and son in the Bible. The Books of Chronicles ...read more

  • The Heaven Of Service  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,515 views

    THE HEAVEN OF SERVICE Dr. Laura Schlessinger writes: "I was out at my mother and father’s house, a seventy mile round-trip from my own, because my mother needed a little help. She needed a little help because my father, who has full-blown Alzheimer’s, had taped duct tape all over the three long ...read more