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  • There's A Guy By The Name Of Harley Whom A Bible ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 20, 2006
     | 1,550 views

    There’s a guy by the name of Harley whom a Bible teacher had met in a Sunday School class. He realized that what the teacher was sharing was not real for him. He wasn’t experiencing Christ as his life. The reason he realized it was he was an unhappy camper when Lee met him. Harley’s married to ...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
     | 2,844 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

  • Men As Role-Models For Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,547 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

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
     | 3,631 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
     | 1,130 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

  • But As We Leave Today I Want You To Forget ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 1,487 views

    But as we leave today I want you to forget everything I said for a minute, and think about this (hold up a bag of coins). I have two dollars in change here and I’m giving it away to the first adult that runs up here and gets it. Hey let’s not trample each other. The majority of the world, 53% of ...read more

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

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Oct 7, 2007
     | 1,664 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

  • Dale Jarrett

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 729 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 Priest And A Rabbi From Local Parishes Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 38,326 views

    A priest and a rabbi from local parishes were standing by the side of the road holding up signs. The rabbi’s read, "The End is Near!" The priest, on the other side of the road, held up a sign which read, "Turn before it’s too late!" They planned to hold up their signs to each passing car. "Get a ...read more

  • Men Aren't Equipped

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,382 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
     | 1,873 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 C Jordan on May 8, 2011
     | 2,843 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

  • A Recent Request For Sick Leave To The U.s.s. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Feb 5, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 3,895 views

    A recent request for sick leave to the U.S.S. Saratoga read: Dear Captain, When I got home I found that my father’s brick silo had been struck by lightning, knocking some of the bricks off at the top. I decided to fix the silo, and so I rigged up a beam, with a pulley and whip at the top of the ...read more

  • My Five Year Old Daughter Was Misbehaving In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 6,680 views

    My five year old daughter was misbehaving in worship one day and had to be taken out for corrective messures. When I ask, "do you know what you are about to get?" She turn her big brown eyes up and said, "A peice of ...read more

  • Let's Say You Were Convicted Of A Serious Crime ...

    Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jun 4, 2007
     | 1,694 views

    Let’s say you were convicted of a serious crime and you were facing anywhere from 10 years to life. It was up to the judge to determine your punishment. If he handed down a 10 year sentence, would you be grateful? ...read more

  • Back When I Was About 12 Years Old, A New "Snack ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 6, 2008
     | 1,473 views

    Back when I was about 12 years old, a new "snack shop" opened up in our neighborhood. It was a hamburger fast food business started by a local resident. The first day the shop was opened, food was on the house -- free. This was a way of getting attention and interesting ...read more

  • Proverbs According To Kids  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,289 views

    Proverbs According To Kids A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each kid in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest. These are great: As You Shall Make Your Bed So Shall You... Mess It Up. Better Be Safe Than... Punch A 5th ...read more

  • When I Was A Struggling New Student Pastor, One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,589 views

    When I was a struggling new student pastor, one night I was too stressed to sleep. I got up and went to watch dairy farmer Hall Phillips milk his dairy herd. There in the barn at 4:30 AM, that brand new Christian gave me help getting through the various crises causing stress in my life. Hall ...read more

  • Perhaps You Are Like Charley Brown  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 18, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,493 views

    PERHAPS YOU ARE LIKE CHARLEY BROWN: In a peanuts comic strip showed a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they ...read more

  • But Preacher, You Say, I've Read The End. This ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Salisbury on Oct 2, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,274 views

    But preacher, you say, I’ve read the end. This old world just gets worse and worse until God burns it up. You’re right. But you know what – you will die someday but you run and work out anyway. Someday something will kill you, but you still watch what you eat. When you get sick, you go see the ...read more