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  • Walking Through A Supermarket, A Young Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,174 views

    Walking through a supermarket, a young man noticed an old lady following him around. He ignored her for a while, but when he got to the checkout line, she got in front of him. "Pardon me," she said. "I’m sorry if I’ve been staring, but you look just like me son who died recently. "I’m sorry for ...read more

  • One Of The People I Talked To Told Of An ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
     | 1,776 views

    One of the people I talked to told of an interesting incident that happened at a family gathering. She suddenly found herself under attack as some of the other family members decided to bring up everything that she had ever done wrong. They reminded her of things from long ago and accused her of ...read more

  • Mary Was Only 16. After All She Had Her Whole ...

    Contributed by William Ellis on Aug 25, 2005
     | 1,845 views

    Mary was only 16. After all she had her whole life to live. As she stood there outside of the clinic she would never forget what she just did. Tears filled her eyes as she walked back to her car and looked into her own mothers eyes as she closed the door. I know mom said that it would be ok and ...read more

  • Maybe When You Were At Camp Or In The Boy Or Girl ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,716 views

    Maybe when you were at camp or in the boy or girl scouts you sang... "One dark night when we were all in bed, old lady O’Leary lit a lantern in her shed. And when the cow kicked it over, she winked her eye and said, "It’ll be a hot time in the ole town tonight." And we’d yell, "Fire-Fire-Fire." It ...read more

  • Hitting A Ball In Golf

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,189 views

    Hitting a Ball in golf I have a terrible hook or slice. I cant remember which. it’s the one that cuts to the right. If I get all my weight behind a ball I can drive it for about 300-350 yards But it doesn’t help when I cut it to the right I’ve tried everything Slowing down, taking my time Trying ...read more

  • On The 19th Of November 1967, In The Vicinity ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,273 views

    "On the 19th of November 1967, in the vicinity of Dak To, Viet Nam Chaplain Charlie Waters was moving with one of the companies of his Battalion when it engaged a heavily armed enemy battalion. As the battle raged and the casualties mounted, Chaplain Waters, with complete disregard for his safety, ...read more

  • My Family Is Different Than Many Of Yours. My ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,418 views

    My family is different than many of yours. My parents hate my work and hate my relationship with Christ. As long as I never say anything, they will tolerate it but I can’t keep quiet about Christ. Since I became a Christian back around 2000, I have had to live with the fact that I was no longer ...read more

  • It Has Been Interesting To Have A Female Cat In ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
     | 837 views

    It has been interesting to have a female cat in the house because there have been moments, when either real or playing, one of the boys has cried and Hanna (yes that is her name, Hanna) has come running to check them out. She gets in their face and sniffs and by her actions you can tell she is ...read more

  • How To Train An ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
     | 3,334 views

    How To Train An Elephant Have you ever wondered how to train an elephant? The first step is making it believe it can’t run away. Get your elephant—preferably a baby one—and tie it to a strong steel stake in the ground, like you would tie a horse to a hitching post. The baby elephant will try to ...read more

  • What Is The Largest Ancestry In The World? How ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
     | 1,627 views

    WHAT IS THE LARGEST ANCESTRY IN THE WORLD? HOW FAR CAN WE GO BACK? WELL, WIKIPEDIA THE ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA STATES: THE LONGEST FAMILY TREE IN THE WORLD IS THAT OF THE CHINESE PHILOSOPHER AND EDUCATOR CONFUCIUS (551-479 BC). THE TREE SPANS MORE THAN 80 GENERATIONS, AND INCLUDES MORE THAN 2 ...read more

  • Our Family Dog, Happy The Saint Bernard, Is Much ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jul 11, 2008
     | 1,297 views

    Our family dog, Happy the Saint Bernard, is much more active than the book on the breed, and the breeder, had promised. She is calm most of the time but every now and then when she gets worked up over food which is out of her reach, children she wants to play with, or, to quote Elmer Fudd, “a ...read more

  • The Glass Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,897 views

    The Glass Of Water A teacher was explaining stress management to his group of science students. He raised a glass of water and asked “How heavy is this glass of water?” Students answers ranged from 20 grams to 500 grams. The teacher replied “the absolute weight doesn’t matter—it depends on how ...read more

  • John Taylor Recently Invented A Clock Called The ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,493 views

    John Taylor recently invented a clock called the Chronophage. Literally it means time eater. It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, chronos, and the word phageo meaning “to eat”. A monster-looking grasshopper with a mouthful of teeth devours ...read more

  • A Few Minutes Before The Services Started, The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
     | 2,061 views

    A few minutes before the services started, the church people were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from the evil one. Soon ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot On His Sufficient Grace For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 5,879 views

    Elizabeth Elliot on His Sufficient Grace for Discipleship It’s the anticipation of that “glory of victory” that helps us to persevere in the hard times. It’s the assurance of that coming crown that helps us bear our cross today. Just one year after her husband was slain in Ecuador, along with ...read more

  • Customer ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on May 2, 2010
     | 2,328 views

    (ILL: Customer Service) Have you ever had to call a company about a product, and had to deal with customer service? It can be a nightmare, can’t it? I have had to call the IRS a few times in the past. You see, ministers are given some benefits in regard to their taxes, but you have to record the ...read more

  • Father Will Be Angry

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jun 14, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,829 views

    FATHER WILL BE ANGRY The story is told of a young boy was driving a big hayrack down the road and it turned over right in front of a farmer's house. The farmer came out and saw the young boy crying and said, "Son, don't worry about this, we can fix it. Right now dinner's ready. Why don't you come ...read more

  • Ravi Zacharias Is One Of The Most Prominent And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
     | 3,736 views

    Ravi Zacharias is one of the most prominent and effective Christian speakers and writers of our time. Once Ravi was doing a lecture at Ohio State U. As he was being driven to the auditorium, the driver went past the new Wexner Art Center. The driver said, "This is a brand new art building for ...read more

  • I Tithe—he'll Find Me.  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 1, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,420 views

    "I TITHE--HE'LL FIND ME." Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. You can fill in the blanks as to how they got there. So they are on the clichéic deserted island, one palm tree, nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ...read more

  • A Man Once Came To Peter Marshall, Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 13, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,658 views

    A man once came to Peter Marshall, former chaplain of the Unites States Senate, with a concern about tithing. “I have a problem,” he said. “I have been tithing for some time. It wasn’t too bad when I was making $20,000 a year; I could afford to give up $2,000. But now that I am making $500,000, ...read more