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  • Singapore Story  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,878 views

    Singapore Story One Singaporean said to three Christians eating in a hawker’s stall, "Do you happen to be Christians?" They asked, "What makes you think so?" He said, "Well, you seem to be quite different from most people I know. That make me think you are Christians. But, you don’t act like ...read more

  • Doing Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,950 views

    DOING NOTHING Make a commitment to be under-committed. (If you don’t hear anything else this morning, hear this... Make a commitment to be under-committed.) Look at your calendar and make sure there are lots of blank spaces. Stop saying "It will slow down when..." Because it won’t. Quindlen ...read more

  • A Prerequisite To Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 25, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 8,061 views

    A PREREQUISITE TO FORGIVENESS A pastor finished his message early one Sunday, (and that pastor was not me) and he wanted to check his congregation’s understanding. So he asked, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?" There was a short pause and then, from ...read more

  • Has God Revealed Himself In Other Religions?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,722 views

    HAS GOD REVEALED HIMSELF IN OTHER RELIGIONS? Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton. One student asked the German theologian "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" Barth’s answer stunned the crowd. With a ...read more

  • A Young Lady Who Occasionally Walked Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,338 views

    A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the Polaroid picture in total amazement. She turned and ...read more

  • Bridal Nerves  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,950 views

    I read about a bride who sought advise on how to deal with her nerves as she processed to the altar at the start of her wedding. The pastor suggested that she remember to keep her eyes first on the isle. Then, upon turning the corner, to focus on the altar. And. finially, as she drew ...read more

  • It Is No Wonder That In 15 Years Of Asking High ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
     | 2,063 views

    It is no wonder that in 15 years of asking high school students throughout America whether, in an emergency situation, they would save their dog or a stranger first, most students have answered that they would not save the stranger. "I love my dog, I don’t love the stranger," they always say. The ...read more

  • A School Teacher Who Was Bypassed For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,846 views

    A school teacher who was bypassed for a promotion went to her administrator and complained, “I have twenty years of experience, and you promoted someone who had only been teaching five years.” The administrator replied, “No, you don’t have twenty years of experience. You have one year of experience ...read more

  • Forgiving My Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,700 views

    FORGIVING MY ENEMY Ronald Reagan’s attitude after the 1982 attempt on his life made an impression on his daughter, Patti Davis: “The following day my father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John Hinckley. By showing me that forgiveness is the key ...read more

  • Opening Humor: Before A Pastor Began To Preach ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Dec 27, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,459 views

    Opening Humor: Before a pastor began to preach one Sunday morning he thought he should explain why he had a Band-Aid on his chin. "As I was shaving this morning I was thinking about today’s sermon when I lost my concentration and accidentally cut my chin with the razor." He then went on to preach ...read more

  • A Young Boy Moving About As Fast As Molasses In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 821 views

    A young boy moving about as fast as molasses in winter approached his father reading the newspaper on the porch, "Dad, why does the wind blow?" "I don’t know, son." "Dad, where do the clouds come from?" "I’m not sure, son." "Dad, what makes a rainbow?" "No idea, son." The young boy leans against ...read more

  • Some Things Are More Tempting Than Others ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Jul 17, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,146 views

    Some things are more tempting than others wouldn’t you agree? I just love a Snickers candy bar. I have never tasted such goodness in my life. There is something about that combination of chocolate, peanuts, rich caramel and nougat that seems to satisfy the savage sweet tooth. Don’t put me on a diet ...read more

  • A Businessman Owned A Warehouse That Had Sat ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,002 views

    A businessman owned a warehouse that had sat empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and trash was everywhere inside the building. The businessman showed a prospective buyer the property and took great pains to say that he would replace the broken ...read more

  • Some Timber Producers Have To Wait Up To 180 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,510 views

    Some timber producers have to wait up to 180 years to produce a harvest! That means the planter will never know the great grandchild who reaps the harvest, and the harvester will never know the forefather who planted the seed. The future depends on the foresight and patience of each ...read more

  • We As Followers Of Christ Must So Want God That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,077 views

    We as followers of Christ must so want God that He becomes our sole desire, our heart’s longing because the truth is that for some, perhaps a number of us, its not that we don’t want a relationship with God, we do, but we want many other things as well. Sort of like Jesus Plus, Jesus plus money, ...read more

  • Bishop Fulton Sheen In His Autobiography, ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,456 views

    Bishop Fulton Sheen in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching, "I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then asked, "What are you going to ...read more

  • A Young Boy Complained To His Father That Most Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,311 views

    A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him—too far behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. His father put an end to his son’s complaints by saying, “If you think you can write better hymns, then why don’t you?” The boy went to his room and ...read more

  • E-Libraries: The Newest Books In The New York ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
     | 1,298 views

    E-Libraries: The newest books in the New York Public Library don’t take up any shelf space. They are e-books library cardholders can point and click through the collection choosing among best sellers, nonfiction, novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them ...read more

  • Wary Workers Believe They're Monitored In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,634 views

    Wary Workers believe they’re monitored in the workplace to assure productivity and because employers don’t trust them, finds a Society for Human Resource management survey. HR professionals, however, say employee monitoring assures the integrity of business critical systems and safeguards ...read more

  • Many Do Not Recognize The Fact As They Ought, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,784 views

    "Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never ...read more