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  • Dale Jarrett

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 687 views

    Dale Jarrett I grew up in a Christian home, my parents made sure that we were in church, but as I grew up I got side tracked and didn’t live my life as I should. But things changed when I started driving for Joe Gibbs, here was and is a man that is very strong in the Lord and his influence on me ...read more

  • A Lad In A Baptist Family Got The Notion That He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,644 views

    A lad in a Baptist family got the notion that he was going to become a preacher. So he would get up on a stump and preach to the chickens or whatever came by. He decided one day that he ought to practice the art of baptism. He looked around for suitable objects for the ceremony. Their old dog ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,200 views

    Men Aren’t Equipped A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. The next week, the man realized that he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight to Chicago. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • Evil Is Still At Work. Not All Actions Are Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 2, 2009
     | 1,784 views

    Evil is still at work. Not all actions are of God. People often use “open door” theology to try to discern God’s will. We are presented with a choice and sometimes wait to see if one door closes. A new job opens up and we apply believing that if God wants me to have it then he will open up that ...read more

  • We Are Different!

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 8, 2011
     | 2,694 views

    WE ARE DIFFERENT! (Taken from Men are Like Waffles; Women are Like Spaghetti, by Bill and Pam Farrel). Because of the differences between men and women, we need God’s wisdom and help! IN THE BATHROOM: A man has six items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, a razor, a bar ...read more

  • In The Early Morning Hours Of September 29, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,322 views

    In the early morning hours of September 29, the storm hit. Hurricane Juan made landfall in Nova Scotia as a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 158 km/h and gusts up to 185 km/h. About three hours later, the storm hit PEI. By then it had weakened to a category 1 hurricane, and was ...read more

  • The Homeless Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,814 views

    THE HOMELESS MAN There is a big church in North Carolina that has classes every summer to help train people in different ministries. During one such period a few years ago, a young man appeared on campus where hundreds of others were. But this young man didn’t take part in any classes. He was ...read more

  • If We Would Only Give, Just Once, The Same ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,379 views

    "If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks vacation, we would be startled at ...read more

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 5,830 views

    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

  • If You Ever Happen To See In The Obituary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,874 views

    "If you ever happen to see in the obituary column that Henrietta Mears has died, dont you believe it This old body may die, but Ill be glad of thatIll have a new body. And what will I do when I get to heaven? Well, I am going to ask the Lord to show me around. Ill want to get in a rocket ship to ...read more

  • Give While You're Still Alive

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 19, 2010
     | 2,205 views

    GIVE WHILE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE I remember a friend of mine suggesting that waiting until after your death to give the people you love something you want them to have is not the best way to do it. If you wait until they get it from your will, in many cases, they must pay an inheritance tax on it. ...read more

  • An Apple Fritter On My Mind

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 2, 2022
     | 774 views

    The last few weeks have been rather hectic, and I’ve struggled to keep up with everything. If it weren’t for The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, I probably would not have gotten where I am today. I don’t know anybody who can plan out a day, week, or month better than her. She has everything ...read more

  • A Small Boy Was In His Sand Box Playing And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,676 views

    A small boy was in his sand box playing and digging in the sand. He finally struck a rock as he dug in deeper. He kept on digging and found it to be a huge rock that he could barely move. He struggled and fought to get the rock out of the box. With one final effort he used all his strength to ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
     | 3,439 views

    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • A Young Ensign, After Nearly Completing His ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
     | 1,090 views

    A young Ensign, after nearly completing his first overseas cruise, was given an opportunity to display his capabilities at getting the ship underway. With a stream of commands he had the decks buzzing with men, and soon his ship was steaming out of the channel en route to the states. His ...read more

  • Men As Role-Models For Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,361 views

    MEN AS ROLE-MODELS FOR CHILDREN I am still struck by a report I heard months ago by an educator studying the needs of the District’s school system. He had found, in studying the children, that up to about the third grade they were bright, ambitious, eager to learn; but that somewhere after that, ...read more

  • For Me I'd Rather Go To The Appropriate Store For ...

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Oct 7, 2007
     | 1,562 views

    For me I’d rather go to the appropriate store for the appropriate item - I prefer BJ’s or Sam’s Club for meat because I can get it cheaper in bulk have the butchers cut it up and package it so that I can freeze it when I get home. For fruits and vegetables I plan to eat within a day I’ll go to ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A Troubled ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,895 views

    One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is looking over ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A ...

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
     | 2,537 views

    Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is ...read more

  • My Body, My Swat

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 6, 2021
     | 866 views

    Usually, I am not easily offended, nor do I easily lose my temper. I did lose my temper when I was six years old but have not been able to find it since. Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is trying to find it but so far, she has not found it. Many people are ticked off by some minor little thing ...read more

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