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  • 5-Year Old Johnny Was In The Kitchen As His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 12, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 10,977 views

    5-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go in alone. "It’s dark in there and I’m scared." She asked again, and he persisted. Finally she said, "It’s OK--Jesus will be in there with ...read more

  • Stay In There!!  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,899 views

    STAY IN THERE!! I don’t usually begin a sermon on a sad note like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "The Hokey Pokey", died at age 83. I’m ...read more

  • Imagine That The American Economy Was Going To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,599 views

    Imagine that the American economy was going to be changed entirely to Euros – and the day the switch came, dollars would be worthless And you didn’t know when the change would happen. The smartest thing to do would be to start changing your dollars into Euros, keeping just enough to live on. Then ...read more

  • There Are Two Kinds Of People: Those Who Say To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,434 views

    “There are two kinds of people: those who say to God ’Thy will be done’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then have it your way.’ Tragically, many people will have to endure eternity without God because they chose to live without him here on earth.” Warren adds “When you fully comprehend that ...read more

  • In Physics, The Law Of Entropy Says That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,722 views

    • In physics, the law of entropy says that all systems, left unattended, will run down. Unless new energy is pumped in, the organism will disintegrate. Entropy is at work in many areas other than physics. I see it, for instance, when I work with couples whose marriages are in trouble. A ...read more

  • I Read A Story About A Church Member Who Had ...

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jul 3, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,380 views

    I read a story about a church member who had brought their parents to church with them. While they were waiting for the service to start an usher who was looking for seats for someone noticed that there were two empty seats on their row. He asked "Are those two saved", talking about the seats. ...read more

  • A Few Resolutions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,918 views

    A FEW RESOLUTIONS Here are a few less-serious resolutions: “I have resolved not to do drugs anymore, because I get the same effect just standing up really fast.” “I have resolved to live in my own little world, because at least they know me here.” “I have resolved to stay married, because ...read more

  • Your Son, Your Apprentice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,625 views

    YOUR SON, YOUR APPRENTICE "Consider your son to be your apprentice in life. That’s the way it used to be. The son was always with the father, either in the shop or in the field. So he learned from a very early age what being a man and a father was all about. Now we place more emphasis on our ...read more

  • Some Time Ago A Man Was Staying In A Cottage In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,530 views

    Some time ago a man was staying in a cottage in the Swiss Alps. Early one morning he heard what sounded like an earthquake. Hurriedly he got out of bed and ran to the front desk and asked if there was something wrong, if the mountains were breaking up? He was scared. The man at the front desk ...read more

  • Consider Charles Colson, The Aide To Richard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,242 views

    Consider Charles Colson, the aide to Richard Nixon who was sent to jail for Watergate. As a result of his experience as a convicted felon, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, now the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship has more than 50,000 volunteers ...read more

  • Last October, The Dalai Lama, The Exiled Tibetan ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
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    Last October, the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk, visited Canada. He started his tour in Ottawa to a crowd of 5,000 people and Parliament gave him an honorary Canadian citizenship. Wherever he has travelled, thousands have congregated to hear his words. What people want is a key to ...read more

  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
     | 2,438 views

    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

  • The Gay, Lesbian And Straight Education Network ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,874 views

    The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has organized over 400 Gay-Straight Alliances in US. Director Kate Frankfurt says, "Gays are tired of riding in the back of the bus. The issue [of gay rights] is now being joined, and the schools are a very important battleground." Gay activist and ...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

  • Five]-Year Old Johnny Was In The Kitchen As His ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
     | 1,374 views

    [Five]-year old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go in alone. “It’s dark in there and I’m scared.” She asked again, and he persisted. Finally she said, “It’s OK—Jesus will be in there ...read more

  • The Spirit Told Me To

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 9, 2010
     | 4,430 views

    THE SPIRIT TOLD ME TO A young man went on a week's silent retreat. Midway through the week, in the early afternoon on the Wednesday, he was feeling hungry, and so he decided to sneak down to the shops when he thought no one was looking. Unfortunately, as he started to go out of the gate of the ...read more

  • Seeing The Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 9, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,257 views

    SEEING THE HEART When everyone starts filing into work today what if you could just see the inward appearance? You would not see who is the nicest dressed or nicest looking. All you would see would be the same spirit of everyone BUT in that spirit you would see their heart. Their heart would ...read more

  • Sin Like A Mushroom

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
     | 2,535 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

  • Three Turtles Decided To Go On A Picnic. They ...

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012
     | 3,667 views

    Three turtles decided to go on a picnic. They were the best of friends. Before long it started to rain, they decided that one of them should go back and get some umbrellas. One turtle agreed to go but only if the other two promised not to begin eating until he returned. They promised. He headed ...read more

  • Anger: Strength In Your Claws

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,965 views

    ANGER: STRENGTH IN YOUR CLAWS The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12.25 kg) with claws tough enough to snap a man's arm, was released back into the ocean on Thursday after being trapped in a shrimp net last week, marine officials said. The 40-inch (one-meter) male crustacean, ...read more