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  • Do You Remember When The Berlin Wall Came Down? ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Do you remember when the Berlin Wall came down? I still remember the speech President Reagan gave while he was in West Berlin: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Come here to this gate Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate Mr. ...read more

  • Isa 57:20-21 "…the Wicked Are Like The Tossing ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jun 28, 2007
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    Isa 57:20-21 “…the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest… God says, ‘There is no peace for the wicked.’" After a family dinner one Sunday afternoon my dad and uncles were sitting around the living room talking politics. Uncle Walter kept dozing off and dad would tickle his ear with ...read more

  • Worried That She'll Stop Clapping

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 3, 2009
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    WORRIED THAT SHE'LL STOP CLAPPING David Buttrick tells of a baby who claps her hands over most anything. "Shove breakfast cereal in the front of her, you’ll get a hand clap. Sit her in a circle of toys, and she’ll break into applause. Her parents took her to the seashore to watch the waves roll ...read more

  • William Wilberforce

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 16, 2025
     | 341 views

    One example of living for Christ in the midst of suffering is William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833). There is a wonderful movie about him that came out in 2006 – “Amazing Grace.” You can watch is for free on Youtube. The movie opens in the year 1797 with Wilberforce suffering and feeling very ...read more

  • Falling Out Of Bed  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 123 ratings
     | 6,115 views

    Illus.: “Falling Out of Bed” A little boy constantly fell out of bed. No matter what his parents did, the boy couldn’t sleep without rolling out of bed. An uncle came to visit and in the middle of the night the usual thump and cry was heard. In the morning the uncle teased the boy and asked ...read more

  • Telling Everyone  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Sep 5, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
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    TELLING EVERYONE In a Rolling Stone interview, Tanya Donelly, lead singer of Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Belly, notes, "For some reason, God is embarrassing to people. It doesn’t embarrass somebody to talk about how they got completely bombed the night before and puked all over ...read more

  • All In My Head!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,008 views

    ALL IN MY HEAD! On Halloween night my three-year-old grandson, Brian, couldn’t sleep because he was convinced ghosts were in his room. "It’s all in your head," his mother reassured him. "Now go to sleep." Before she got down the stairs, his voice called out again. "Mom, the ghosts have left my ...read more

  • Two Little Boys Got Into A Fight. But The Next ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
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    Two little boys got into a fight. But the next morning Johnny took his cap and headed for Bobby’s house again. Surprised, an older member of the family said teasingly, "What! Going to play with him again? I thought you had a fight last night and was never going to have anything more to do with ...read more

  • In A Native Village, It Was Discovered That There ...

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on Feb 11, 2005
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    In a native village, it was discovered that there was a thief in thier midst. The chief decreed that whoever was caught stealing in the village would be punished with 15 lashes. Late one night, the chief was awakened and told that the thief had been caught. To his horror, the chief discovered ...read more

  • Finding Detroit  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
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    FINDING DETROIT Mary Brumbaugh’s husband, an airline pilot, often has difficulty locating items around the house. One day he asked Mary where the salt was. Annoyed, she responded, "How on earth can you find Detroit at night in a blizzard, but you can’t find the salt in your own kitchen?" "Well, ...read more

  • One Pleasant Surprise While In Mexico Last Month ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 10, 2004
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    One pleasant surprise while in Mexico last month was seeing a total lunar eclipse. It would have been nice to have had Rick’s telescope down there but most nights there was just too much light from the area to really see many stars. Yet, as the moon took on its orange glow from the shadow of the ...read more

  • There Was A Girl Named Maria Who Had Broken Up ...

    Contributed by Pastor Steve Zimmerman on Aug 28, 2010
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    There was a girl named Maria who had broken up with Jimmy. She told him she simply didn’t want to be with him anymore. But after about a year of being broken up, she wrote Jimmy a letter. She said, “Jimmy, I miss you bad. I think of you all day and all night long. You dominate my mind and I ...read more

  • In 1859 John G. Paton Arrived In The New Hebrides ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 13, 2007
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    In 1859 John G. Paton arrived in the New Hebrides islands as a missionary. A short time later his wife died in childbirth. Paton had to bury the bodies of his wife and newborn child in unmarked graves in the middle of the night to keep them from cannibals. He wrote of that heart-wrenching ...read more

  • Eileen Guder, Author Of God, But I'm Bored:  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 28, 2008
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    Eileen Guder, author of God, But I’m Bored: “You can live on bland food so as to avoid an ulcer; drink no tea or coffee or other stimulants, in the name of health; go to bed early and stay away from night life; avoid all controversial subjects so as never to give offense; mind your own business ...read more

  • God And Grandma

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
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    GOD AND GRANDMA Two boys were spending the night at Grandma's house. At bedtime, the two boys were saying their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs: "I PRAY FOR A THOMAS THE TRAIN SET! I PRAY FOR AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER! I PRAY FOR A NEW SPIDERMAN ACTION FIGURE!!!" His ...read more

  • Now We Can Start Over

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
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    "NOW WE CAN START OVER" Thomas Edison’s manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December 1914. Edison lost almost $1 million worth of equipment and the record of much of his work. The next morning, walking about the charred embers of his hopes and ...read more

  • Just Good Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    III. THIRD–YOU CAN’T RUMBLE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES BECOME LUKEWARM. A. VERSE 16, IS NOT A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON LOSING THEIR SALVATION, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PERSON TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...read more

  • There Is A Story Told About A Faithful Old Deacon ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 31, 2009
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    There is a story told about a faithful old deacon whose oft repeated prayer expression was, "O Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger." One prayer meeting night he was leading in prayer when as he intoned this petition, as he so often did, he abruptly stopped praying. Supposing he had been ...read more

  • Accountability

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 10, 2023
    based on 1 rating
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    Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands. When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. “You’re running around with other women,” she charged. “You’re being unreasonable,” Adam responded. “You’re the only woman on earth.” The quarrel continued until Adam fell ...read more

  • A Preacher In The Midwest Tells About A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
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    A preacher in the Midwest tells about a young couple in his church who boasted to all their friends & neighbors that they were flying to New York City. They were only going to be able to spend one day there, but the highlight of their trip would be to go & see the Broadway play, “My Fair Lady.” ...read more