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  • Sneaky Snake  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Wood on Dec 11, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,975 views

    SNEAKY SNAKE Sneaky Snake was the meanest animal in the forest. He loved to sneak up on the other animals and bite them with his sharp fangs. He had bitten everybody that had ever tried to be his friend; so, he did not have a single friend in the whole world, not even one. One day, he was ...read more

  • A Fisherman  PRO

    Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,945 views

    A Fisherman During the first and second centuries, the symbol of Christianity was the fish. A present-day Christian decided that a fishhook would be the proper emblem for a soul-winner to use for winning people to Christ, so he had a little golden fishhook made to be worn on the lapel of his coat. ...read more

  • Finally Christmas

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,077 views

    ILL: FINALLY CHRISTMAS Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement. John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North ...read more

  • Floating Pumpkins

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 8, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,308 views

    Satan will use the same type of tactics that hunters use in Africa. The story is told of a certain African tribe that learned an easy way to capture ducks in a river. Catching their agile and wary dinner would be a feat indeed, so these hunters formulated a plan. The tribesmen learned to go ...read more

  • When I Was A Young Marine Sergeant, Stationed In ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 2, 2007
     | 1,557 views

    When I was a young Marine Sergeant, stationed in Yuma Arizona, I worked for a Warrant Officer named, Chris Cox. Now, Warrant officer Cox stood about 6ft 4 inches and weighed just shy of three hundred pounds of solid muscle. At the time I had just started back to college and I was in my first ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Young Preacher That In ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Jun 5, 2007
     | 1,976 views

    There is a story about a young preacher that in 1995, he was in Glasgow Scotland. He wrote: I was living in a Center City Hotel. One morning I got up and decided that I was going to jog over into the south side of the city of Glasgow. I ran across the river Clyde on a bridge, and as I jogged ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,133 views

    ON BACKSLIDING A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians) -- "It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever precipitous. People decline in religion and backslide gradually. Like descending a stairway, they go down step by step." Herman Melville -- "We warn you against little concessions, ...read more

  • Crime Scene Investigation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION It was September 18, 1910 on a Saturday at the Hiller home in Chicago. Clarence Hiller had spent the day painting his house. By early evening everyone was in bed asleep. The Hillers woke up in the early morning and noticed. Clarence went to investigate why a gas light ...read more

  • Remember The Duck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2022
     | 2,301 views

    A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. As he practiced in his Grandma’s backyard, he spied her pet duck. On an impulse, he took aim and let fly. The stone hit, and the duck fell dead. The boy panicked. Desperately he hid the dead duck in the woodpile only to look up ...read more

  • God's Ultimate Protection - Psalm 91

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 26, 2025
     | 392 views

    God's Ultimate Protection - Psalm 91 Judy Anderson grew up as a missionary kid in Zaire. As a little girl, she went to a day-long rally celebrating the 100th anniversary of Christian missionaries coming to that part of the country. After a full day of messages and music, an old man came ...read more

  • Ordinary People For Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
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    ORDINARY PEOPLE FOR CHRIST Bud Villers was a good man. Bud was my neighbor. I grew up beside him until he died when I was in college. Bud helped my dad put a roof on our house, he assisted my dad when they poured concrete sidewalks and porches. My dad helped him put a roof on his patio. When Bud ...read more

  • A Letter Written By Seminary Professor, Dr. R. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,498 views

    A letter written by seminary professor, Dr. R. Scott Clark who teaches at Westminster Seminary California: “Ironically, I warned the students in the doctrine of God class Wednesday and Thursday of last week that they must preach and teach the doctrine of providence to their people before their ...read more

  • The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,465 views

    THE MIRROR Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Dr's Les And Leslie Parrot Say We Need To Fire Up ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 4, 2008
     | 1,147 views

    Dr’s Les and Leslie Parrot say we need to fire up the passion in the Bed room: They state in their book , “The Love List” this: “Fire Up Passion In The Bedroom” (Once a Month), Sarah was in grade school when she heard a number of new words at school from other students. She asked her mother about ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
     | 2,223 views

    The Mirror Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two-week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Where Is God Working?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 21, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,723 views

    Pastor Henry Blackaby, of Faith Baptist Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada began to sense God leading them to an outreach ministry on the college campus. He had never done student work. Their church had never done student work. Their denominational student ministries department recommended ...read more

  • The True Christmas Longing  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,154 views

    THE TRUE CHRISTMAS LONGING C.S. Lewis writes in “Mere Christianity”: “Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want, and want acutely, something that cannot be had in this world. There are all sorts of things in this world that offer to give ...read more

  • In The Last Movie Of The Lord Of The Rings ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Marsh on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,748 views

    In the last movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy “The Return of the King,” there is a scene where a man is dying of his wounds, and his daughter runs to his side. As she places her face over his, he fixes his eyes on her, and in the midst of his shock and pain, his bearded face breaks into a ...read more

  • Implications For Society If Christ Wasn't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 3,146 views

    Implications for Society if Christ wasn’t Born Have you ever imagined how does this world look like if Jesus were not born in that manger in Bethlehem around two thousand years ago? No Churches; and definitely no Christian institution of any kind. Red Cross does not exist; World Vision and World ...read more

  • Bill Hybels: Why People Are Lonely

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,409 views

    BILL HYBELS: WHY PEOPLE ARE LONELY Why do we have a sense of loneliness today? Bill Hybels explains it this way: "It is a "me-first” mind-set. This mind-set says indulge yourself, fulfill your desires, satiate your appetites, pursue pleasure, take off all restraints. As much as we might want to ...read more