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  • We May Think It Strange To Emphasize That Christ ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,855 views

    We may think it strange to emphasize that Christ came back from the dead. A most recent poll done at the end of February asked people if they believed in a physical resurrection. Sadly, among all of the 1,007 people that they asked, 36% said, "Yes." So about a third of the people believed that ...read more

  • Easter

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,463 views

    EASTER Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote that in the mid 1950s her father, British minister W. E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he went to the doctor, he found that he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning A Pastor Was Dressing For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 7,493 views

    One Sunday morning a pastor was dressing for church and had the radio on listening to a local church service. Suddenly he heard to minister say, "It’s Easter, and it doesn’t make any difference if Christ be risen or not..." Shocked, A.H.Ackley shouted," It’s a lie! He is risen!" His wife said," ...read more

  • Same Old Story...?  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Nichols on Apr 17, 2009
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     | 3,426 views

    SAME OLD STORY...? The little boy was not exactly happy about going to church on Easter Sunday morning. His new shoes were to tight, his tie pinched his neck and the weather outside was just too beautiful to be cooped up inside...so as he sulked in the pew his parents heard him mutter to no one in ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Asked Her Class To Write ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 29, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
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    A Sunday School teacher asked her class to write one sentence each on "What Easter Means to Me." One pupil wrote: "Egg ...read more

  • I Just Read The Story Online Of A Guy Who Sold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 11, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,833 views

    I just read the story online of a guy who sold everything in order to place a bet in Los Vegas. The article explains: “A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel. If he ...read more

  • You Must Choose

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,956 views

    I went to my Acupuncturist this week, like I do every other week. She was busier than usual and so she put my ears seeds in before the acupuncture. (The ear seeds help with different types of problems.) As I was sitting there, she put the ear seed on a place that she has never placed it ...read more

  • The Good News And Bad News Of Palm Sunday  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 10,282 views

    THE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS OF PALM SUNDAY John and his friend George went golfing together one Saturday morning as they had for 24 years. They were fanatics about their golf game. Later that day, John returned home completely exhausted and plopped down in his easy chair. His wife was quite ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Sick On Palm Sunday And Stayed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,627 views

    A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch. The little boy was curious and asked, “Why do you have that palm branch, dad?” “You see, when Jesus came into town, everyone waved Palm Branches to honor him, so ...read more

  • Why Palm Sunday Is Important

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Mar 26, 2024
     | 1,419 views

    In 1997 I traveled to Pittsburgh to attend a Promise Keepers Meeting at Three Rivers Stadium. Men from the Ashland Area Churches rented a bus and traveled there together. Promise Keepers was created to issue a calling to men to live up to their biblical responsibilities to be good Husbands, ...read more

  • Easter, Redemption

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 9,341 views

    Easter, Redemption The apostle Paul wrote about this redemptive work of Christ upon the Cross and victory that is available to the children of God through the resurrection of Christ. He writes, "So you are no longer a slave..." (Galatians 4:7) Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will ...read more

  • A Glimpse Of Easter

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 11, 2023
     | 2,052 views

    On a hill, He is crying! On the cross, He is dying… Oh, see Him in agony! Behold Him in cruel pain! Listen to Him cry out again, “Father, why hast thou forsaken me?” For us, He is crucified! For us, He suffered and died, Taking our place at Calvary! He died the world to save! He was buried in a ...read more

  • There Is Your Revival

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007
     | 4,950 views

    *ILLUSTRATION* When my father walked into church that Easter Sunday morning and sat down, God told the pastor of that church, there is your revival. The pastor and another gentleman from the church went over to our home the next week to visit my Dad and to invite him back. 5 weeks after that ...read more

  • King For A Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,755 views

    KING FOR A DAY Once upon a time, before television, there was radio. You know what radio is--television without pictures. Well, before television, one of the most popular daytime radio programs was called "Queen for a Day." If I remember it correctly (and it was a long time ago!), each day four ...read more

  • Short-Term Enthusiasm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,743 views

    SHORT-TERM ENTHUSIASM The story is told of a minister who was full of energy and enthusiasm for the Lord. One day he went to the hospital to visit one of his parishioners who was critically ill. The minister entered the room and saw the man lying in bed with a whole host of tubes and wires ...read more

  • The Party Is Over  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,907 views

    THE PARTY IS OVER Americans experience presidential inaugurations in our nation’s capital every four years. They are gala events, expressions of national pride. All three branches of government are focused on the inauguration of an American president, and there are bands, banners, television ...read more

  • Only A Donkey  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 6,626 views

    ONLY A DONKEY The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride. He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. "I’ll show myself to them," he thought. But they didn’t notice ...read more

  • True Or False?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,259 views

    TRUE OR FALSE? Palm Sunday celebrates the day Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Test your knowledge of that day’s events, recorded in all four Gospels, with these true or false statements. 1. According to the Gospels, the people waved palm branches when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on ...read more

  • Home Coming  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,250 views

    HOME COMING That reminds me of the old story about an elderly missionary returning to the United States to retire. He & his wife had spent over 40 years serving in Africa. But now he was alone. His wife & two children had long since found their final resting place in the soil of Africa. As he got ...read more

  • Everyone Loves A Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,610 views

    EVERYONE LOVES A PARADE It was October 29, 1927 when Charles Lindbergh was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City in honor of his solo flight of the Atlantic Ocean. 750,000 lbs. of ticker tape poured onto the streets. But the biggest ticker-tape parade was on March 1, 1962, for astronaut ...read more