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  • Bag Of Candy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,489 views

    BAG OF CANDY A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to ...read more

  • There Was A Mother That Was Trying To Calm Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,388 views

    There was a mother that was trying to calm her daughter down and she said, "Now, Sarah, your brother said he was sorry he broke your doll so I hope that you'll forgive him." "All right, " Sarah said ...read more

  • How Much Is Enough?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,540 views

    HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Each week Kevin Tunell was required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for just $936, to be paid a dollar at a time. The family expected the payment each Friday so Tunell would not forget what happened on the first Friday ...read more

  • A Glass Of Water

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Aug 12, 2008
     | 5,100 views

    OBJECT TALK: 1. Use a clear glass of clean water to signify the soul of the person cleansed by God. 2. Pour a little dirt into the glass to signify the nature of the World, if we allow it to find a place in us. Make the point, that a little dirt little doesn’t distort the view. 3. Add a lot ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,786 views

    Bag of Candy A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to say ...read more

  • All In The Closet

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
     | 1,727 views

    Robert C. Tuttle told this: Some years ago, after a vigorous brotherly and sisterly disagreement, our three children retired only to be aroused at two o'clock in the morning by a terrific thunderstorm. Hearing an unusual noise upstairs I called in to find out ...read more

  • Washing In The Bible

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
     | 3,409 views

    Washing in the Bible A worship station is set up. There are two but they are the same thing. Water is a powerful cleansing agent and symbol. In the temple, the priests washed their hands and their feet every time they led worship to symbolize their initial baptism when they were set apart for ...read more

  • Matthew Sprained His Ankle Playing Football. The ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 21, 2008
     | 1,913 views

    Matthew sprained his ankle playing football. The doctor told him to get off his crutches as soon as possible, because the injury would develop scar tissue if he did not walk on it. If an injury develops scar tissue, later on it can be worse and more painful and you lose mobility. Some people ...read more

  • Peanuts Cartoon (Lucy Goes Up To Charlie Brown ...

    Contributed by Christine Forehand on Oct 22, 2008
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    Peanuts cartoon (Lucy goes up to Charlie Brown with a paper and pen and says, “Here, sign this. It absolves me from all blame.” Then she goes to Shroeder with the same paper and says, “Here, sign this. It absolves me from all blame.” Finally she comes to Linus and says, “Here, sign this. It ...read more

  • Did You Read About The Pope's Passing ...

    Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
     | 1,993 views

    Did you read about the Pope's passing forgiveness on John Lennon’s famous statement when the Beatles were climbing the ladder of popularity and success in the 60s? He forgave John for claiming that one day the Beatles would be more popular and famous than Jesus Christ. Well, the Pope may have ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody, The 19th Century American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 1,194 views

    Dwight L. Moody, the 19th century American evangelist, once said, "Forgiveness is not to say, "I will forgive, but not forget." It is not to bury the hatchet with the handle sticking out of the ground, so you can grasp it the ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody, The 19th Century American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,142 views

    Dwight L. Moody, the 19th century American evangelist, once said, "Forgiveness is not to say, 'I will forgive, but not forget.' It is not to bury the hatchet with the handle sticking out of the ground, so you can grasp it the minute ...read more

  • Unforgiveness Has Been Framed As A Stress ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 2,955 views

    Unforgiveness has been framed as a stress reaction (Worthington & Scherer,2004). The negative health consequences of chronic stress and the physiological wear and tear of a hyper-aroused stress response have been observed in traumatized populations and in people who have endured extreme and/or ...read more

  • God's Great Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,950 views

    GOD'S GREAT FAITHFULNESS You can find hope in your darkest hour through the faithfulness of God. Harry Teuchert knows this is true. For years Harry had been a successful publisher of materials for churches. Everything in his life seemed to be perfect: A lovely home, a family, a solid future; but ...read more

  • Unlock Your Antlers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,352 views

    UNLOCK YOUR ANTLERS In an old monastery in Germany, I'm told you can see two racks of ancient deer antlers permanently interlocked. Apparently the animals had been fighting fiercely, and their horns became so tangled that they could not be disengaged. As a result, both of them died of hunger. ...read more

  • Twin Brothers And A Dollar

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    TWIN BROTHERS AND A DOLLAR In his book, The Preaching Event, John Claypool tells a poignant story about identical twin brothers who never married because they enjoyed each other’s company so much. When their father died, they took over his store and ran it together in a joyful collaboration. But ...read more

  • Redemptive Love Changes People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
     | 3,918 views

    REDEMPTIVE LOVE CHANGES PEOPLE John Ed Mathison, former pastor of Frazier Memorial UMC, tells the story of Tommy Waite, an African-American man serving time in jail and converted through Frazier’s Prison Ministry. They didn’t stop there though. They discipled him and even helped him to get his ...read more

  • Forgiven, Forgiven, Forgiven...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,230 views

    FORGIVEN, FORGIVEN, FORGIVEN... I once read a marvelous story about a country doctor in Scotland who had a very poor practice. Although his patients would pay him in eggs, chickens, vegetables at harvest, and meat at slaughtering time, his huge ledger book would contain many names, symptoms, ...read more

  • Marked Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 4,460 views

    MARKED MEN There is a professor at Howard University Divinity School, a teacher and scholar, with an unusual name. A name that tells this very story. The distinguished professor of New Testament, the author of the book Troubling Biblical Waters, is named Cain Hope Felder. Dr. Felder tells his ...read more

  • Prisoner 4664 Nelson Mandela

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2021
     | 1,795 views

    46664… PRISONER 46664… 1 Corinthians 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: There are times it seems our hurt and wounds are our testing zones and we are put on display for others to mock. It is like the spectacle at the end ...read more