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  • Sometimes When The Offender Cannot Be Confronted ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 12, 2007
     | 1,834 views

    Sometimes when the offender cannot be confronted directly, it is helpful to write out your feelings in a letter which you can either send to him or might decide to just throw away. This allows you to verbalize your feelings, but in written form, which takes the potentially destructive energy out of ...read more

  • Traveling To Heaven

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 29, 2024
     | 1,012 views

    Throughout my life I had always wanted to go to Germany. It wasn’t until my son moved over there and got married that we finally were able to do so. The trip wasn’t always easy, as we were stranded in New Jersey for a night after a flight was canceled. We were tired from the journey. But once ...read more

  • Changing Our Lives Due To The Harshness Of This ...

    Contributed by Michael Hahn on Apr 14, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,734 views

    Changing our lives due to the harshness of this world - Coming or going: leaving or staying? Which one will we be happy doing? The psalmist wrote: "Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour ...read more

  • Before The Stones Cry Out

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 15, 2025
     | 537 views

    But Jesus answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19: 40 What if Jesus literally meant it. Stones have a voice and are waiting to burst forth into praise. Before the stones cry out and praise God, let we start praising ...read more

  • H. B. London On Mysteries That Stretch Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 2,376 views

    [H. B. London on Mysteries That Stretch Our Faith, Citation: H. B. London, from They Call Me Pastor (Regal, 2000), pp. 23-30] Four doctors in surgical greens stood before Dave and Jana at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. I stood by helplessly as one doctor spoke. "Your baby has died ...read more

  • Prayer Customer Service  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
    based on 217 ratings
     | 3,688 views

    Good afternoon, I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Pleae remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box. It will ...read more

  • Brendon Manning Tells About Hearing The 5 Step Of ...

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,464 views

    Brendon Manning tells about hearing the 5 step of an alchohic and then getting a note from that same person the next day. It read: Dear Jesus, in thankgiving for what You have done for me, I will make known to my brothers and sisters how kind You are toward sinners, and that Your mercy prevails ...read more

  • That's Not My God

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Aug 27, 2007
     | 1,232 views

    THAT’S NOT MY GOD Years ago I lead this bible study for a group of men, it was a great to study with these guys. We had this one guy who every time he saw something in a passage that did not correspond to his philosophy of life he would say, “That’s not my god, he would never do that, my god would ...read more

  • Whatever You Are From Nature, Keep To It; Never ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 823 views

    "Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, ...read more

  • I Received A Letter From A Single Mother Who Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,698 views

    I received a letter from a single mother who had raised a son who was about to become a dad. Since he had no recollection of his own father, her question to me was "What do I tell him a father does?" When my dad died in my ninth year, I, too, was raised by my mother, giving rise to the same ...read more

  • No Green Bananas

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013
     | 2,051 views

    NO GREEN BANANAS Approaching 85 years of age, Mrs. Wells finally decided it was time to give up her home in North Carolina and move to Miami. She was given the name of a Florida realtor, who enthusiastically drove her all over Miami, extolling the virtues of every apartment they looked at. ...read more

  • Glynn Wolfe Lived 88 Years; He Was ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,969 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Glynn Wolfe lived 88 years; he was born July 25th 1908 and died June 10th 1997. He died alone in a nursing home in Redlands, California where no one visited him and no one came to claim the body. Wolfe died with $430 to his name which was used to give him a pauper’s funeral. What ...read more

  • Return Good For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,190 views

    RETURN GOOD FOR EVIL Let me share with you the story of a lesser known man, Rev. John Perkins. He was a black minister in the South "lived through the worst nightmares of the civil rights movement." Perkins started a church, then a Bible Institute, a radio program, followed by a health clinic, a ...read more

  • Questions About Moms  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,261 views

    QUESTIONS ABOUT MOMS What’s the difference between moms and dads? ~ Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just got to work at work. ~ Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them. ~ Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power ’cause that’s who you gotta ask ...read more

  • I Remember One Winter My Dad Needed Firewood, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,493 views

    I remember one winter my dad needed firewood, and he found a dead tree and sawed it down. In the spring, to his dismay, new shoots sprouted around the trunk. He said, “I thought sure it was dead. The leaves had all dropped in the wintertime. It was so cold that twigs snapped as if there were no ...read more

  • Do You Know Who I Am?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 22, 2011
     | 3,835 views

    DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? A student sat through an exam. The teacher supervising said time up but still the student carried on. The teacher said; "Hand your exam paper in now or I'm not going to accept it." Still the student carried on. Thirty minutes later the student got up and stood before the ...read more

  • A Man Named John Came Home From Work One Day And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Evans on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,650 views

    (A man named John came home from work one day and rushing through the door tells his wife of a man who lied to him at work. He said, there was a guy at work who stole my tools and I saw him from a distance. When I confronted him he down and out lied to me. He lied straight through his teeth even ...read more

  • A Well-Known Speaker Started Off His Seminar By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Jul 31, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,713 views

    A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar bill up. He then ...read more

  • A Gentleman From My Church Told A Story About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Dec 19, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,096 views

    A gentleman from my church told a story about his family. Each day as he came home from work, he stopped on his way into his house to pet his dog, and give it some affection. One day as he came in the house, his wife said with a little frustration, "Why is it that every day you always pet the dog ...read more

  • A Well-Known Speaker Started Off His Seminar By ...

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Aug 8, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,414 views

    "A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar bill up. He then ...read more