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  • I Love What Mother Theresa Said A Few Years ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,220 views

    I love what Mother Theresa said a few years before her death at a press conference in the USA, “If you don’t want your children then give them to me!” Mother Teresa said, "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use violence ...read more

  • An 11 Year Old Boy Called 9-1-1 Because His Mom ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 16, 2008
     | 1,514 views

    An 11 year old boy called 9-1-1 because his mom tried to force him to breathe into the interlock device on her car after she had been drinking. The police caught her and the boy was put in a foster home. Standing up for truth and ...read more

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214 Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 1,998 views

    Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • Do It Anyway  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,873 views

    DO IT ANYWAY While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10). People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. ………Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior ...read more

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214-Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 14, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,729 views

    Jean Nidetch, a 214-pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • David Peterson, Former Pastor At The First ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,206 views

    David Peterson, former pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, told about a time when he was preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. ...read more

  • Jean Nidetch, A 214 Pound Homemaker Desperate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,782 views

    Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and ...read more

  • The Bridal Cup  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    Listen to this insight from Dr. Ray Vander Laan: In the first century, when a young Jewish man reached marrying age and his family selected an appropriate wife for him, the young man and his father would meet the young woman and her father to negotiate the “bride price,” the figurative cost of ...read more

  • One Meaning Of Christmas—what We Have To Look ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,962 views

    One Meaning of Christmas—What We Have To Look Forward To A pastor was in his office preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. In about an hour I can play." She ...read more

  • Just Last Week Two Women Were Arrested At ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
     | 1,706 views

    Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on ...read more

  • Friend Of The Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,948 views

    FRIEND OF THE SON Rick Warren talks about Ron Dunn, a friend of his, who took his young son to a carnival one time for his birthday. His son had picked six boys to go with him, so Ron bought a roll of tickets. Every line he'd come up to, he'd pull off seven tickets and give them to all the kids. ...read more

  • Start With Just One

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
     | 2,082 views

    START WITH JUST ONE Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, tells the story of a 23 year old Sailor that he spent time discipling. He spent many hours with this young man in the Word and the importance of being a witness for the Lord and leading other sailors to Jesus. A month later the ...read more

  • Funny Church Feuds

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2022
     | 2,667 views

    Church feuds are not uncommon, especially among cliques in the congregation. But when the pastor and worship leader get into it, stand aside. In one church, the preacher preached one weekend on commitment, and how you should dedicate yourselves to service. The worship leader then led the choir in ...read more

  • Hold Up The Chem.-Light For Everyone To See And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,165 views

    Hold up the chem.-light for everyone to see and say. Let’s use this chem-light as an example. This chem-light is designed to shine light in a dark area. It consists of a plastic container and we can see a fluid inside but it is not fulfilling its purpose. It is not giving off light. It is only ...read more

  • The Lord's Army

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,334 views

    The Hinsons sang: I’m enlisted as a soldier in this mighty army band, marching out to battle with my weapon in my hand, heard the captain give the orders and they don’t include retreat, We’re crossing o’er the border to a land of no defeat. Now tell me who’s gonna fight and who is gonna win, who’s ...read more

  • 1348 Letting Children Free To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2008
     | 1,449 views

    1348 Letting Children Free to Develop? A gentleman named Coleridge was once talking with a man who told him that he did not believe in giving little children any religious instruction whatsoever. His theory was that the child’s mind should not be prejudiced in any direction, but when he came to ...read more

  • Responsiblity To All Living Creatures

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 18, 2022
     | 897 views

    Genesis 9:1-7 Devotional From Gen. 9:1-3 we note God blessed Noah and his sons. What was the command? – same as for the first man and woman – populate the earth (somewhat of a new beginning) What were given to man in v2? – man was given the responsibility to rule over all other creatures on ...read more

  • Why Are You Weeping?

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 29, 2024
     | 812 views

    Note: – This a small dialogue between God and you. Why are you weeping? Dear ______, Is my grace not sufficient for you? Is my hand is not strong enough to lift you out of your valleys? Is my blanket of love not large enough to envelop you and your family? Are my feathers not enough to keep ...read more

  • Don’t Hide The Light: The Blackberry Pocket Parable

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Feb 20, 2026
    based on 1 rating
     | 108 views

    When I first got my Blackberry (throwback, anyone?), it had an annoying habit of opening up to the camera and taking literally hundreds of pictures of the inside of my pocket with the flash going. The camera was not intended to take pictures of lint covered peppermints or the amount of change I’ve ...read more

  • The Good Samaritan  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 10,006 views

    Luke 10:30-37 John Darley and Daniel Batson are two Princeton University psychologists. Some years ago they decided to conduct a study, inspired by the story of the Good Samaritan. They conducted the study at Princeton Theological Seminary. They met with a group of seminarians and asked each one ...read more