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  • A Motorist Was Driving In The Country When He Saw ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
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    A motorist was driving in the country when he saw some men who had come from an ecumenical meeting: a Baptist Pastor, a Catholic Priest, an Anglican Vicar, and a Jewish Rabbi. They were standing on the shoulder of the road, fishing. Next to them was a sign that read "Turn Around. The End Is Near." ...read more

  • A Pastor Tells The Story Of Traveling Home From ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 10, 2008
     | 1,826 views

    A pastor tells the story of traveling home from his student church in Tennessee on a Sunday night. As he neared his home the car in front of him swerved and plunged down the bank. He stopped and rushed over to the car, which was overturned. He thought everyone had been killed. But the doors ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Lady That Was Bitten By A ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    Did you hear about the lady that was bitten by a skunk with rabies? The doctor came into her room and informed her: "Yes, the skunk had a bad case of rabies, and rabies is a highly contagious disease. You are now infected with rabies." The doctor told her that rabies was deadly, and there was no ...read more

  • A Young Man Once Fell In Love With A Girl And Saw ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 1,424 views

    A young man once fell in love with a girl and saw the starlight in her eyes when he proposed. He bought a ring to give her but he was poor, and it wasn’t a very big diamond. He said to her apologetically, "It is not a very big stone." But she replied, "It is as big as we make it." If you are ...read more

  • Robert Cook, President Of King's College Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    Robert Cook, President of King’s College once related a true story from the early years of his ministry. Evidently at that time, he had been receiving some rather pointed criticism. In fact, it had become of such great concern to him that he sought the counsel of a friend, the beloved Bible ...read more

  • Don't Tell Me I'm Cranky!!!!

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,280 views

    Don't Tell Me I'm Cranky!!!! Medications can have some unintended emotional side effects. Whether they are necessary prescribed meds or maybe just cold medicine, they can alter your mood sometimes without even us realizing it. For me, certain allergy and OTC cold meds have the effect of lowering ...read more

  • True Peace And Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 5,955 views

    True Peace and Joy As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times ...read more

  • The Jews Of Paul's Time, By And Large, Rejected ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 11, 2008
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    The Jews of Paul’s time, by and large, rejected the Son of God, and the covenant of faith. That’s why they revolted over and over against the Romans, who ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and scattered them all over the world. Here, Paul gets really cutting. He lumps the Jews who reject Christ ...read more

  • Noah's Message From The Steps Going Up To The Ark ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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    Noah’s message from the steps going up to the Ark was not, “Something good is going to happen to you!” Amos was not confronted by the high priest of Israel for proclaiming, “Confession is possession!” Jeremiah was not put into the pit for preaching, “I’m O.K.; you’re O.K.!” Daniel was not put ...read more

  • A Young Lady Was Soaking Up The Sun's Rays On A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
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    A young lady was soaking up the sun's rays on a Florida beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked her, "Do you believe in God?" She was surprised by the question but she replied, "Why, yes, I do." Then he asked her: "Do you go to church every ...read more

  • H.a. Ironside Wrote: "Have You Noticed That A ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 26, 2008
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    H.A. Ironside wrote: “Have you noticed that a man’s use of his money is often the acid test of his character? . . . If you are afraid that perhaps the love of money is getting a grip upon you just try giving away some of it, and if you feel more cheerful and happy than before, then love of money ...read more

  • For Israel There Were The Canaanite Baals, Those ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2008
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    For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy trinity constituting one god: self), and the other enslaving trio, Pleasure, ...read more

  • Last Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 23 ratings
     | 6,134 views

    LAST CHANCE When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. Ingersoll ...read more

  • William Carey: When God Pleases

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    WILLIAM CAREY: WHEN GOD PLEASES In 1786 William Carey, a shoemaker/pastor from Northamptonshire, was burdened by the needs of the worlds people. He stood before a counsel of representatives at a ministerial meeting in Northampton. He explained his burden to share the gospel, the good news of Jesus ...read more

  • Too Short

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    TOO SHORT Here's all you need to know about the different relationships a guy has with his wife and his mother. I bought two ceiling fans, one for our home and one for my parents. While installing our fan, I had to stand on a chair on my tiptoes. As she watched me struggle, my wife let me know the ...read more

  • Sibling Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
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     | 5,479 views

    SIBLING REVENGE The desire to "get even" seems to be a part of the human psyche. It is like the story of a mother who heard her seven-year-old son screaming. She runs into the next room to see what is wrong, and discovers her two-year-old daughter is pulling the hair of her brother. The ...read more

  • The Balanced Life Is A Myth

    Contributed by Dan Boyce on Aug 23, 2011
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    THE BALANCED LIFE IS A MYTH Some social commentators have suggested that the answer to the divided life is a balanced life. Although they have some valuable things to say, I find that the balanced life is finally a myth; it can't be done. In a balanced life, I try to stay in control of my life and ...read more

  • What Would You Like To Hear?  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 27, 2011
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     | 1,696 views

    WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR? Four friends were talking about death. One of them asked the other three, "When you are in your casket and people are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?" The first man said, "I'd like to hear them say that I was a fine physician in my time ...read more

  • The Miser

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 9, 2011
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    THE MISER A man calls up this very rich man in the community and says, "Our records shows that you have never given to our charity and we were wondering if you would like to donate?" The rich man replied, "Does your record show I have a elderly mother who was left penniless when my father died, ...read more

  • Sin Like A Mushroom

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
     | 2,565 views

    SIN LIKE A MUSHROOM In Oregon's Malheur National Forest, a fungus spreads through tree roots across 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism ever found. Popularly known as the honey mushroom, the Armillaria Ostoyae started from a single microscopic spore. Yet it's been weaving its black ...read more