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  • Distracted  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,128 views

    DISTRACTED One morning a farmer told his wife that he was going out to pluck the ripe fruits from his field. He got off to an early start so he could warm up the truck. He needed more petrol, so he went to the store to get it. On the way to the store he noticed the pigs weren’t fed. So he ...read more

  • Why Do You Do That?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 2, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,901 views

    WHY DO YOU DO THAT? I’m thinking of a small-town church in upstate New York. They’d had a rector in that church for over thirty-five years. He was loved by the church and the community. After he retired, he was replaced by a young priest. It was his first church; he had a great desire to do ...read more

  • They Will Give You Up  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,056 views

    THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP Donald Grey Barnhouse led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ended. The day came when one of the ...read more

  • When You Get A Flu Shot Your Getting Injected ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 156 ratings
     | 1,804 views

    When you get a flu shot your getting injected with a very small amount of the sickness. So small that it shouldn’t make you sick and should keep you from getting very sick. Many people in the Church just want flu shoot Christianity. Not too ...read more

  • We Get Closer To God As We Get More Intimately ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,723 views

    We get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly acquainted with the things He has created. I know of nothing more ...read more

  • Let Me Get A Fry?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,228 views

    Once upon a time, last week, I picked up my son after football and he was hungry. So he and I stop at Burger King to pick up a snack. Well, I bought my son two of his basic food groups, Chicken Nuggets, and French Fries. After going through the drive-through, and tossing the bag of food in the ...read more

  • Former Giants Pitcher Dave Drevecky Was To Speak ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,169 views

    Former Giants pitcher Dave Drevecky was to speak one night at a church. Dave really didn’t feel like speaking, but he had agreed and so he went anyways. Dave was still struggling over the loss of his pitching arm to cancer. "I felt lousy that night" he recalled. "I felt so unworthy to be standing ...read more

  • Go Get Your Own

    Contributed by Louis Pantelis on May 21, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,224 views

    GO GET YOUR OWN One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come along way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said "God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you; We’re ...read more

  • Who Should Get The Credit?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
     | 3,579 views

    WHO SHOULD GET THE CREDIT? I had the pleasure of coaching Little League for about 5 years and did so during the time my 3 boys played, so I coached the team they played on. On one occasion we were two runs behind in the final inning with a runner on 2nd. And who was coming to bat? Brian. Brian was ...read more

  • We Get A Whole Bunch

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,187 views

    We Get a Whole Bunch Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, "For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but ...read more

  • Practice Makes Perfect Tjbts

    Contributed by Blake Henson on Jun 6, 2023
     | 509 views

    Practice makes perfect shows that without good practice you can't expect to succeed in sports, but the same is true in your Christian life also. You can't just half prepare and expect to be a successful Christian. URL: https://youtu.be/eI92sWLcDIo SUMMARY In this video we see two teams. ...read more

  • Oh, To Be Crazy And Get Paid For It

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 26, 2020
     | 945 views

    I usually don't complain a lot. When I do I get caught in some dilemma that I can’t talk my way out. You think I would learn my lesson, but I'm still in the learning curve. It was a long week, and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I had a busy schedule. She went her way, I went my ...read more

  • Polish Things Up  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,885 views

    POLISH THINGS UP If you can’t see the bright side, then polish the dull ...read more

  • Which Way Is Up?

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,198 views

    Which Way Is Up? Some years ago I read about a speedboat driver who had recently survived a racing accident. He said that he had been at near top speeds when his boat veered slightly and hit a wave at a dangerous angle. The combined force of his speed and the size and angle of the wave sent the ...read more

  • Airport Pick Up

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 606 views

    Story – Airport Pick up. Dallas. Saw car circling, over and over. Where’s my ride I thought? Saw me talking with another pastor. Pulled up – You’re Peter? You looked so ...read more

  • Ups Cookie Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,328 views

    Story – UPS Cookie man. Took his own money and made awesome chocolate chip cookies. folks in the office could have the first one free, After that – memorize a bible verse. Boss – you must stop. So he went in to talk with the boss.... With a plate of cookies, Wow ...read more

  • Hold Up The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,217 views

    Illustration: Hold Up the Light The famous Eddystone lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England, was first built in a fanciful way, by the learned and eccentric Winstanley. On its sides he put various boastful inscriptions. He was very proud of his structure, and from his lofty balcony used ...read more

  • What's Up With Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,532 views

    WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more

  • Love That Looks Up Is ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,467 views

    "Love that looks up is adoration. Love that looks across is affection. Love that ...read more

  • Armor That Holds Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,620 views

    ARMOR THAT HOLDS UP I came across what I thought was a rather interesting story this week as I was preparing for this message. It was a story detailing a class action law suit aimed at a company called Second Chance Body Armor. Second Chance manufactures bullet proof vests for police officers and ...read more

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