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  • The Story Was Told Some Years Ago Of A Pastor ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Sep 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,317 views

    The story was told some years ago of a pastor who found the roads blocked one Sunday morning and was forced to skate on the river to get to church, which he did. When he arrived the elders of the church were horrified that their preacher had skated on the Lord’s Day. After the service they held a ...read more

  • The Method Of Meekness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,324 views

    THE METHOD OF MEEKNESS “Jesus calls us to His rest, and meekness is his method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort. The rest Christ offers is the rest of meekness, the blessed relief which comes ...read more

  • History Records A Remarkable Account Of The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,127 views

    History records a remarkable account of the destruction of an ancient town. The watchmen on the walls would call out whenever they thought they saw a foe approaching. Sensing that the people had begun to resent them for giving these false alarms, they decided to remain quiet. Regrettably, not ...read more

  • We Erect Stone Markers To Identify The Graves Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,731 views

    We erect stone markers to identify the graves of the significant people we loved. When Cracker Jack creator Frederick Rueckheim decided to put a logo on the confection’s package in the early 1900s, he modeled it after his own beloved grandson Robert, who often wore a sailor suit. But just as the ...read more

  • Some People Think They Are A Wonder When They Are ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
     | 1,336 views

    Some people think they are a wonder when they are not. I heard about a bachelor who was on an airplane. He saw a pretty stewardess and decided to get her attention. She passed by and said, “Sir, you do not have your seat belt fastened.” He replied, “Well, my dear, Superman doesn’t need a seat ...read more

  • Baseball Justice

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 25, 2011
     | 4,477 views

    BASEBALL JUSTICE When I was 8 years old my parents took me to see the Pittsburgh Pirates play in Forbes Field. As you know with me nothing is normal. Well a foul ball came and hit me in the leg. I went down to pick it up and a big guy cam over and wrestled the ball from me. OK, there wasn’t much ...read more

  • A Mother Became Hysterical With Panic Because Her ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 25, 2012
     | 2,216 views

    A mother became hysterical with panic because her little boy had swallowed a £1 coin. She turned to her husband and screamed for him to call a doctor. The husband picked up the phone, but instead of calling the doctor, he decided to call the local Church and ask for (insert your Church treasurer’s ...read more

  • Raptured?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
     | 5,661 views

    Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they’d been caught away without him. "We didn’t mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He’s ...read more

  • He Flies Underneath You

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,164 views

    HE FLIES UNDERNEATH YOU You see, when a mother eagle has her eggs, she sits on them to keep them warm and waits for them to hatch. then she goes back and forth and finds food for them. But there comes a time when she decides these little guys have to learn to fly. So she stirs up the nest and ...read more

  • Story: About 14 Years Ago I Went On A Training ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 22, 2006
     | 1,306 views

    Story: About 14 years ago I went on a training conference when I was working as a Patent Attorney for a Swiss multinational company called Sandoz. And one of the conundrums they set us to test our ingenuity was this: You are in a plane flying over the desert and as you are sitting near the ...read more

  • Because One Gave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,583 views

    BECAUSE ONE GAVE Former seminary and pastor, George Gaston tells the following story that speaks to the value of attitude in giving. Years ago, I pastored a church that decided to build a worship center. The old building had suffered a major fire. Even so, our decision to build a new facility ...read more

  • A White Man Would Come

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 12, 2011
     | 1,856 views

    A WHITE MAN WOULD COME At 2006 when the National Missionary Convention was held in Indianapolis, IN, the invited guest for the Bible study was a man named Mont Cox, a professor at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He told a story I think I will never forget. As a young man growing up he ...read more

  • I Believe Many Of Us Need Cut Loose The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,348 views

    I believe many of us need cut loose the “Christian Bill of Rights” today. You may be thinking but “Pastor I did not know there was such a thing! What are they?” Well glad you asked here are the Christian Bill of Rights: a. We Christians have the right to seek God and ask Him to tell us what we ...read more

  • A Man Had A Heart Attack And Was Rushed To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,850 views

    A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was to avoid excitement. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It was decided to ask ...read more

  • Dick Wade, A Kansas City Sportswriter, Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,323 views

    Dick Wade, a Kansas City sportswriter, once decided to find out exactly how much "action" occurred in a baseball game. So, on June 21, 1956, he took a stopwatch to a game between the Kansas City Athletics and Washington Senators and counted the time it took a ball to leave the pitcher’s hand until ...read more

  • Story Told Of J Arthur Rank  PRO

    Contributed by Joshua Brett on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,743 views

    Story told of J Arthur Rank J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next ...read more

  • A Rural Village Was Located In An Area Inhabited ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Sep 7, 2006
     | 997 views

    A rural village was located in an area inhabited by parrots. One day a falcon landed on a windowsill. The owner of the house caught it. The villagers had never seen such a bird. They decided to trim back its feathers. They cut its talons. The beak was the next to go; it was filed down so that the ...read more

  • Paying The Bully

    Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007
     | 2,329 views

    In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: “There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five ...read more

  • Broken Already  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Houston on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,369 views

    BROKEN ALREADY At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. "Why weren’t my resolutions ...read more

  • A Rural Village Was Located In An Area Inhabited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,755 views

    A rural village was located in an area inhabited by parrots. One day a falcon landed on a windowsill. The owner of the house caught it. The villagers had never seen such a bird. They decided to trim back its feathers. They cut its talons. The beak was the next to go; it was filed down so that the ...read more

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