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  • The Value Of The Necklace  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,218 views

    An American tourist in Paris, who purchased an inexpensive amber necklace in a trinket ship, was shocked when he had to pay quite a high duty on it to clear customs in New York. This aroused his curiosity, so he had it appraised. After looking at the object under a magnifying glass, the jeweler ...read more

  • A Small Child Is Someone Who Can Wash His Hands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 1,396 views

    A small child is someone who can wash his hands without getting the soap wet. The trouble with children is that when they’re not being a lump in your throat, they’re being a pain in your neck. Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. A child is a person who can’t ...read more

  • What Makes A Good Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Al Edmonds on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,749 views

    "WHAT MAKES A GOOD CHURCH?" If all the lazy folks will get up, And all the sleeping folks will wake up, And all the discouraged folks will cheer up, And all gossiping folks will shut up, And all the dishonest folks will confess up, And all the estranged folks will make up, And all the ...read more

  • Trust Counts: 13% Of Employees Distrust Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,418 views

    Trust Counts: 13% of employees distrust their employers to be fair and honest. Virtually no combination of perks and benefits counts for much, unless the worker can feels he can trust his employer. Dennis and Michelle Reina, authors of Trust & Betrayal in the Workplace, say it’s the small gestures ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Tells A Story Of When He And His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,138 views

    Charles Swindoll tells a story of when he and his sister would go fishing with their dad and grandfather. There was a man who sat on the pier with the last name of Kutasch. As the story goes, he was a very unusual man and fished accordingly. With the slightest bobble of his cork, he would jerk ...read more

  • Church Signs From Beliefnet.com  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,997 views

    Church Signs from beliefnet.com "Beat the Christmas rush, come to church this Sunday!" "Don’t wait for the hearse to take you to church." "Don’t give up. Moses was once a basket case." "Life has many choices. Eternity has two. What’s yours?" "Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is ...read more

  • Charles Mccarry Can Claim A Varied Career. In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,702 views

    Charles McCarry can claim a varied career. In addition to being the author of The Tears of Autumn and The Last Supper, he served as assistant to the Secretary of Labor in the Eisenhower cabinet and has done two stints in the CIA. But he almost wasn’t born. Says McCarry, "My mother became pregnant ...read more

  • Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,922 views

    Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior, Turned away God’s wrath forever; By His better grief and woe He saved us from the evil foe. Christ says: ’Come, all ye that labor, And receive My grace and favor’; They who feel no want nor ill Need no physician’s help nor skill. As His pledge of love ...read more

  • An Arab Chief Tells A Story Of A Spy Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,915 views

    An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door. As the moment for execution drew near, the spy was brought ...read more

  • Sick Of My Church

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Sep 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,416 views

    Sez I to myself, as I grumbled and growled, Im sick of my church, and then how I scowled. The members unfriendly, the sermons too long; In fact, it seems that everything’s wrong. I don’t like the singing; the church a disgrace For signs of neglect are all over the place. I’ll quit going there, and ...read more

  • Nice People  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 7, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,372 views

    Listen to this quote from Ray Stedman – “….notice that a major point of this parable is to give us a clue to the way that the enemy works most successfully. It is by imitation, by counterfeit. How simple it would be if evil people would only look evil. Wouldn’t that help a lot? If hypocrites ...read more

  • First Thing They Tell You In The Military. As You ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Oct 30, 2006
     | 1,437 views

    First thing they tell you in the military. As you stand at attention and they scream into your face the way they are going go change your life, the first thing they say is, “ It is time to separate the Men from the boys” Why? Because before you were just running around with your little cap gun in ...read more

  • A Little Girl Had Been Taught The Verse: Let ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,952 views

    A little girl had been taught the verse: Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to our Father who is in heaven. Her mom explained to her, "Well, it means that when you’re good and kind and thoughtful and obedient, you’re letting Christ’s light shine in ...read more

  • A Farmer Went Into His Banker And Announced That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,566 views

    A farmer went into his banker and announced that he had bad news and good news. "First, the bad news...""Well," said the farmer, "I can’t make my mortgage payments. And that crop loan I’ve taken out for the past 10 years -- I can’t pay that off, either. Not only that, I won’t be able to pay you ...read more

  • He Chose The Nails By Max Lucado (Dust Jacket)  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,827 views

    He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado (Dust Jacket) Much has been said about the gift of the cross itself, but what of the other gifts? What of the nails, the crown of thorns? What about the garment taken? What about the garments given? Have you taken the time to open these gifts? He didn’t have ...read more

  • A Man Distributed Tracts For Many Years On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 1,279 views

    A man distributed tracts for many years on a street corner. Finally, seeing no visible results, he gave up. When he returned to the same spot two years later, he saw another individual handing out Gospel leaflets as he had done. Striking up a conversation, he discovered that the man had become a ...read more

  • The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Runs Over ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 15, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,128 views

    · The Iditarod trail sled dog race runs over 1,100 miles from Anchorage in south central Alaska to Nome along the Bearing Sea. It takes from 10 to 15 days to complete what has been called the “last great race on earth.” The Iditarod is not an easy race; it is run in sub-zero temperatures with ...read more

  • Years After The Death Of President Calvin ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 11, 2003
     | 1,922 views

    Years after the death of President Calvin Coolidge, this story came to light. In the early days of his presidency, Coolidge awoke one morning in his hotel room to find a cat burglar going through his pockets. Coolidge spoke up, asking the burglar not to take his watch chain because it contained an ...read more

  • A Group Of Bible Scholars Have Unanimously ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,964 views

    A group of Bible scholars have unanimously agreed that Jesus had a human father, but they are uncertain who it was. Thus, according to these scholars, Jesus was not born of a virgin, was not conceived by the Holy Spirit, was and is not literally the Son of God, but is in the same category with ...read more

  • Why Do Kids Hide When They Are Doing Something ...

    Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 16, 2003
     | 2,290 views

    Why do kids hide when they are doing something wrong? Let me give you an example. My son Luke is a year old and one day when my wife and I were in the living room, Luke found himself into the kitchen trash. He quietly exited the kitchen and came into the living room, behind a couch where he ...read more