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  • The Rock

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,037 views

    The Rock A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and the Savior appeared. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral By Paul ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,354 views

    Children leave gift of love at funeral by Paul Harvey The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named ...read more

  • God: "I Have Time For You"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
     | 5,059 views

    GOD: "I HAVE TIME FOR YOU" There’s a great story about a California lady named Francis Green. She was 83 years old. She lived on Social Security. She had little money, but for eight years she’d been sending one dollar a year to the Republican National Convention. Then one day Frances got an RNC ...read more

  • Growth Takes Time

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2018
     | 4,805 views

    GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN… GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE… Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected. Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider… There is a tree that grows in ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Pair Of Mildewed Shoes

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 22, 2020
     | 2,524 views

    A number of years ago I received a three-year assignment to Okinawa, Japan, as part of my Air Force experience. Hardly anybody I knew had much knowledge of that part of the world, so we really had no idea what to expect. We were in for a number of surprises! We lived in a motel, basically, for a ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,426 views

    Children leave gift of love @ funeral The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named Philip. He was 9 – in a ...read more

  • 26 Year Old Kyle Macdonald Had A Red Paper Clip ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,766 views

    26 year old Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house? He advertised the paperclip on craigslist.com and two ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,551 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • Joy To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 8,516 views

    JOY TO THE WORLD Sadly, our period in history is not, by any means, the first to argue, fight or shoot at one another over our opinions about what does and does not make a worthy song of worship. Nor is ours the first in which there were scores of people in the congregations who sang the words of ...read more

  • [250]. A Message From A Poem – Thank You Lord

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 2, 2026
     | 65 views

    [250]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THANK YOU LORD This is a “Thank You” poem. There is much to thank God for. Should we thank God for our birth that is the start of an eternal relationship in joy, bathed in the love of God? Yes! That is love that God wants to share Himself in so many ...read more

  • Oh, The Daze Of My Life

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 30, 2021
     | 1,130 views

    When I was young, my mother was quite a fan of a soap opera called “The Days of Our Lives.” I remember the title but I never would watch something like that. However, my mother enjoyed it and so what’s there to complain about. As I was thinking of it, I felt that I should remember the days of my ...read more

  • Where Oh Where Is My Hair?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 10, 2021
     | 1,433 views

    I must confess I sometimes get so busy that certain things have slipped my mind. I don't do this intentionally, but I try to prioritize things in my life. With so many things going on, it is tough to keep up-to-date with everything, even personal items. This is not true with the Gracious ...read more

  • I Then Thought Of Chocolate

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 21, 2023
     | 998 views

    Everybody has their own comfort food. I have a long list of comfort food, and Apple Fritter is at the top. Nothing comforts me quite like a fresh Apple Fritter. The other day I needed some comfort food. After all, life can be rather stressful, and you either deal with the stress or let it deal ...read more

  • Winston Churchill Arranged His Own Funeral. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Hager on Apr 26, 2001
    based on 142 ratings
     | 6,185 views

    Winston Churchill arranged his own funeral. There were stately hymns in St. Paul’s Cathedral and an impressive liturgy. But at the end of the service, Churchill had an unusual event planned. When they said the benediction, a bugler high in the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral on one side played Taps, ...read more

  • A Lady Found Out That She Had A Skunk In Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 30, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 1,963 views

    A lady found out that she had a skunk in her basement. Confounded as to how to get rid of it, she called the local police for help. Their advice was to lay a trail of breadcrumbs from the cellar door entrance into the yard so as to lead the skunk out of the basement. She followed their advice. A ...read more

  • In The Secret Service  PRO

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 19, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,281 views

    In the Secret Service A gentleman was in front of a preacher coming out of the church one day. The preacher grabbed him by the hand, pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." The Pastor questioned, ...read more

  • The Whelk

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 27, 2004
     | 1,542 views

    The Whelk You may never have heard of a whelk, but this little ocean creature can ruin an oyster's day. The whelk has an appendage that works like a drill, with which it can bore a small hole in the top of an oyster's shell. Through this very small hole a whelk can devour an entire oyster, ...read more

  • Kim Linehan Holds The World Record In The Women's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,414 views

    Kim Linehan holds the world record in the Women’s 1500-meter freestyle. According to her coach, Paul Bergen, the 18-year-old is the leading amateur woman distance swimmer in the world. Kim does endless exercises and swims 7 to 12 miles a day. The hardest part of her regimen? ...read more

  • Fewer Protestants: A University Of Chicago Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,054 views

    Fewer Protestants: A University of Chicago survey shows U.S. Protestants are now 52% of the population, down from 62% in ‘93, and may no longer be the nation’s largest religious group by year’s end. The 52% included about 2% of respondents who said they were Church ...read more

  • A Girl Knelt In The Confessional And Said, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Eatock on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,053 views

    A girl knelt in the confessional and said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "What is it, child?" "Father, I have committed the sin of vanity. Twice a day I gaze at myself in the mirror and tell myself how beautiful I am." The priest turned, took a good look ...read more