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  • Fatherless America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,710 views

    FATHERLESS AMERICA Tonight, 40% of all American children will go to sleep in a house in which their fathers do not live. Before the age of eighteen, more than 50% of our children will spend a significant portion of their childhood living apart from their fathers. A generation ago, an ...read more

  • A Game To Rest  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,286 views

    A GAME TO REST A father had three very active boys. One summer evening, he was playing cops and robbers in the back yard after dinner. One of the boys "shot" his father and yelled, "Bang! You’re dead!" He slumped to the ground and when he didn’t get up right away, a neighbor ran over to see if ...read more

  • A Man Was Packing A Shipment Of Food ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 20, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,502 views

    "A man was packing a shipment of food contributed by a school for the poor people of Appalachia. He was separating beans from powdered milk, and canned vegetables from canned meats. Reaching into a box filled with various cans, he pulled out a little brown paper sack. Apparently one of the ...read more

  • A Good Cup Of Coffee  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,696 views

    A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE This little grandmother was surprised by her 7 year old grandson one morning. He had made her coffee. She drank what was the worst cup of coffee in her life. When she got to the bottom there were three of those little green army men in the cup. She said, "Honey, what are the ...read more

  • After Spending 3-1/2 Hours Enduring Long Lines, ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,029 views

    After spending 3-1/2 hours enduring long lines, rude clerks and insane regulations at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Glenn Vaughan stopped at a toy store to pick up a gift for his son. “I brought my selection - a baseball bat - to the cash register,” he said. "Cash or charge?" the clerk asked. ...read more

  • Letting People Drown?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,661 views

    LETTING PEOPLE DROWN? The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool. The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200 ...read more

  • A Small Storeowner Was Being Pressured To Sell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 32,824 views

    A small storeowner was being pressured to sell his store to the owners of a large department store who had bought every building on the block, except his. Frustrated by the man’s refusal to sell, they eventually opened their huge store on either side of the small one, with a big banner running ...read more

  • Have You Been Good?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 3,023 views

    My pastor friend, Danny Moss, recent- ly told about the time he ’played Santa’ in a mall in Meridian, MS. Danny said he had children come through with up to thirty things on their ’want list.’ But one small boy really got his attention. Danny said, "I asked him if he’d been a good boy?" It’s a ...read more

  • I Am Reminder Here Of A Church Nursery, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,993 views

    I am reminder here of a Church nursery, The Church had a speaker located in the nursery so the ladies could hear the preachers sermon, as they worked with the children. Often during the sermon, the preacher would raise his voice in a loud tone in order to get his message point across. In the ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About A Famous Preacher Long Ago ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donald Smith on Apr 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,294 views

    A story is told about a famous preacher long ago who pastored a church that was filled every Sunday by people who traveled miles on foot just to hear his messages. One day, as the church was emptying, a passerby asked one of the people in the church why this preacher’s messages were so compelling. ...read more

  • Legal Definition Of Marriage

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 21, 2003
     | 1,940 views

    CNN reported on President Bush¡¦s statement: He stated, "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and I believe we ought to codify that one way or the other and we have lawyers looking at the best way to do that." His response was due to the latest Supreme Court ruling overturning a ...read more

  • A Black Man And A White Man Were Driving Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,344 views

    A black man and a white man were driving down the road, debating the topic of whether Jesus was black or white. On and on they went. Back and forth. "He was white" says the white guy, "because he was jewish, and the shroud confirms, that he was caucasian. "No he was black." says the black man. ...read more

  • Now, What Areas Is The Holy Spirit Fully Engaged ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,998 views

    Now, what areas is the Holy Spirit fully engaged in? Each person is concerned about one or several issues in life: (a) Everyone wants to be loved. (b) Everyone wants his or her life to count. (c) Life is empty without Jesus Christ. (d) Many sitting here today are loaded down with guilt. (e) ...read more

  • Some Of The Old Painters Had A Way Of Putting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 15, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,939 views

    . Some of the old painters had a way of putting themselves into their pictures. The Dutch painter Rembrandt painted his own face on the soldier driving the nails through the hands of Jesus. I do not know what kind of a picture you can conjure up as you paint the picture of the crucifixion of ...read more

  • In The United States, You Can Be Fined $5000 And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,280 views

    In the United States, you can be fined $5000 and imprisoned for up to a year for breaking an eagle’s egg, you can be imprisoned and fined for stealing a sea turtle egg, and yet our babies are being killed daily with little outcry. It is time we contact our legislators and tell them there must be a ...read more

  • A Number Of White Children Had Been Recaptured, ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,833 views

    A number of white children had been recaptured, who had been so long with the Indians, that they could give no account of themselves. A mother who had lost two children years before went to seek her lost ones among them. The children were drawn up in line for inspection; but she could not recognize ...read more

  • Becoming Young  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,824 views

    BECOMING YOUNG In an exhibit hall in Cannes Hundreds of Picasso’s paintings were in chronological display from what he had painted as an adolescent all the way up to his experiments as an 85 year old master. During the exhibit one lady approached Picasso and told him she did not understand. His ...read more

  • Honesty Does Not Come From Out Of Nowhere. It Is ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 25, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,079 views

    Honesty does not come from out of nowhere. It is a product of your moral convictions. But what do you do when your convictions are challenged? It is faith that gives you the strength to go on believing. Though I am a Christian, I respect the religions of others, and I think that they play a vital ...read more

  • I Read A Story Involving The Butterball Turkey ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 17,158 views

    I read a story involving the Butterball Turkey company, which set up a hotline to answer consumers’ questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to ask about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years. The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been ...read more

  • Never Really Connected  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,984 views

    NEVER REALLY CONNECTED One night I saw my 7 year old daughter walking around with a cell phone. She was talking away. She would ask questions, wait for a reply, and give answers to apparent questions: "Yes...no...maybe...I’ll have to check on that..." and so on. Finally, worried about the bill ...read more