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  • Earthly Wealth  PRO

    Contributed by David Fox on Dec 11, 2001
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     | 4,520 views

    <<ILL>> There was a greedy man with great wealth who was determined to take his money with him when he died. He gave strict orders that when he died all of his stocks and assets were to be liquidated and all his life’s earnings were to placed in his casket and buried with him. When He finally did ...read more

  • Someone Described Hell As A Place Where People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on May 14, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,443 views

    Someone described hell as a place where people are holding 10-foot long spoons trying to feed themselves. And they starve to death because of their selfishness. But in heaven, people are holding 10-foot long spoons feeding each other. And they not only have full stomachs but also live happy ...read more

  • Who Came Up With This?  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
    based on 43 ratings
     | 3,198 views

    WHO CAME UP WITH THIS? A woman was in the mall doing her Christmas shopping. She was tired of walking through every aisle of every store to find just the right present. She was stressed out by the mounting debt on her credit card. She was tired of fighting the crowds and standing in lines for the ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Train Traveling Through ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 25, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,704 views

    I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Train Traveling Through ...

    Contributed by Randy Brooks on Jun 6, 2007
     | 1,679 views

    I heard a story about a train traveling through the night in a very violent rainstorm. The lightning flashes were almost blinding, the rain hitting the windows was deafening and the strong gust winds rocked the train from side to side. When the lightening flashed and lighted up the darkness, the ...read more

  • A Woman Was Doing Her Last-Minute Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,889 views

    A woman was doing her last-minute Christmas shopping at a crowded mall. She was tired of fighting the crowds. She was tired of standing in lines. She was tired of fighting her way down long aisles looking for a gift that had sold out days before. She was sick and tired of Christmas and wanted ...read more

  • True Believer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,751 views

    TRUE BELIEVER There was a young seminarian who was taking an oral examination for his ordination process. During the questioning, one of the examiners asked him if he believed in a personal devil. "No," he replied, "I do not believe in the devil." Hearing this, the examiners began to discuss the ...read more

  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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     | 4,164 views

    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • Step By Step

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
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     | 2,496 views

    STEP BY STEP He does not lead me year by year Nor even day by day, But step by step my path unfolds; My Lord directs my way. Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, I only know this minute; But He will say, "This is the way, By faith now walk in it." And I am glad that it is so, Today’s enough to ...read more

  • I Get A Cut On My Hand And I Put A Band-Aid On It ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Sep 8, 2009
     | 3,893 views

    I get a cut on my hand and I put a band-aid on it and show it to my wife. And she says, "It’s OK, don’t worry. It’s just a little cut." The next day I take the band-aide off and show it to her and she says, "Yes, it’s really healing. It looks good." But I say, "No, it’s not." And so I pop it open ...read more

  • Have You Ever Watched A Cat Hunt? I Saw A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
     | 1,670 views

    Have you ever watched a cat hunt? I saw a neighborhood cat creep up on a rabbit. When the cat was about 20’ away, the rabbit saw the cat. They both froze not moving a muscle. The rabbit’s heart was probably beating 200mph waiting to see if this thing was a threat. They actually sat there for a good ...read more

  • Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story Of Son, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Ruth Bell Graham Tells Childhood Story of son, Franklin with His Toy Gun Ruth Bell Graham tells this story about her son Franklin: Franklin was sleeping on the front porch with his cowboy boots and toy gun. We were having problems with some polecats (skunks), and Franklin told me not to worry ...read more

  • Anxiety Is A Dud

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 3,753 views

    ANXIETY IS A DUD What's worse than being trapped behind prison bars? Trying to live while avoiding capture. Sergei was a Latvian prison convict with ten months left to serve on his seven-year burglary sentence, when he decided to escape. But even after years of freedom, the escapee couldn't ...read more

  • Stay Focused

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 29, 2010
     | 5,848 views

    STAY FOCUSED God's Word. That's what focuses our hearts so that we watch continuously, ready for Jesus. In a way, you might say, God's Word is like my glasses. Without my glasses, I couldn't even begin to catch a football. I wouldn't see it coming. But even with my glasses on, I still need to ...read more

  • Lost Alasdair

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 10, 2011
     | 2,645 views

    LOST ALASDAIR In October 1984 my brother-in-law Alasdair got lost. As a family they had visited Venice – long before I knew them – Sandy and Valerie my in-Laws, Moira my wife who was 14 at the time, and Alasdair who was 11. They were at St. Mark’s square, Venice – at the same time as Queen ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Thought I Was Going Out Of My ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,071 views

    “A few weeks ago I thought I was going out of my mind. At the time I didn’t realize I was experiencing a form of an "Anxiety Attack." My heart raced with fear as thoughts came to my mind of all the things I hadn’t accomplished that day. And the fear of failing the people around me made me want to ...read more

  • In Addition To Being Wanderers, It Is Nearly ...

    Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008
     | 1,685 views

    In addition to being wanderers, it is nearly impossible to get sheep to “lie down.” The only way a sheep will lie down in green pastures is if it is FREE FROM ALL ANXIETIES – including a freedom from fear, freedom from friction with the other sheep, free from pests, and freedom from hunger. Sheep ...read more

  • William Bathurst: O For A Faith!

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 24, 2003
     | 4,586 views

    William Bathurst once said, “O for a faith that will not shrink, Tho pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God; A faith that shines more ...read more

  • In The Prison Fellowship Newsletter, Jubilee, ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 19, 2004
     | 3,652 views

    In the Prison Fellowship newsletter, Jubilee, Charles Colson told of a young boy who became excessively fearful during the great New York blackout of 1977. When his parents questioned their son, he confessed that at the exact moment the lights went out, he had kicked a ...read more

  • The Idea Of A Substitutionary Christ Accepted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 2,856 views

    "The idea of a substitutionary Christ accepted as an outward covering or refuge, instead of the power of "an endless life," is a cheat of the devil, and has been the ruin of thousands of souls. I fear this view of Christ, so persistently preached in the present day, encourages thousands in a false ...read more