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  • Snakes

    Contributed by David Goering on Nov 2, 2019
     | 2,977 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Gospel Tract Society, Inc., Independence MO -Snakes in an Atheist's Grave - Last September, while engaged in a Defenders Conference in Idaho, a gentleman by the name of Mr. C. M. Crew came to me with one of the strangest stories I had ever heard, about an atheist in Ohio who was ...read more

  • Who Is Best Among ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,978 views

    WHO IS BEST AMONG YOU A Baptist minister was continually bragging to his other minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Baptists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the ...read more

  • Poem

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,226 views

    POEM ‘Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem. Life is real Life is earnest And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust ...read more

  • Poem: Living Fully In The Shadow Of Death

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 29, 2006
     | 1,974 views

    Poem: Light and dark. Sweet or sour Big and small Each alone But only understood together Life and death- When one begins Each begins. The baby’s first cry Echoes tears of the ...read more

  • No Wonder The Scripture's Say That Hell Enlarges ...

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Oct 18, 2007
     | 1,417 views

    No wonder the scripture’s say that hell enlarges itself it says in Isaiah 5:14 Therefore the grave (KJV renders this word Hell) enlarges its appetite and opens its mouth without limit; into it will descend their nobles and masses ...read more

  • Not In Vain

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Apr 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,370 views

    NOT IN VAIN In Washington, a Sunday school class was disrupted by a boy who wouldn’t behave. He also kept the other children from paying attention. The faithful teacher became discouraged and felt that his efforts were in vain. The mischievous youngster grew to manhood and travelled west, where he ...read more

  • In Order To Be A Winner We Must Always Remain ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,787 views

    In order to be a winner we must always remain faithful. Illustration: Annie Armstrong, the lady for whom the Southern Baptist Home Mission offering is named, died in 1938. I am told they printed the words "She has done what she could" on her ...read more

  • An Old Lady Went To A Tombstone-Cutter's Office ...

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
     | 2,188 views

    An old lady went to a tombstone-cutter's office to order a stone for her husband's grave. After explaining that all she wanted was a small one with no frills, she told him to put the words, "To My Husband" in a suitable place. When the stone was ...read more

  • Freedom Isn't Free  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,861 views

    I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young Marine saluted it, and then He stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He’d stand out in any crowd. I thought, how many men like him Had fallen through the ...read more

  • During World War I A Protestant Chaplain With The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,546 views

    During World War I a Protestant chaplain with the American troops in Italy became a friend of a local Roman Catholic priest. In time, the chaplain who moved on with his unit was killed. The priest heard of his death and asked military authorities if the chaplain could be buried in the cemetery ...read more

  • Should Spiritual Beliefs Impact Work Life? 45% ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 2,018 views

    Should Spiritual Beliefs Impact Work Life? 45% of American adults think they should, but only 1/3 of that group actually practice it. This is according to recent research by Life @ Work, a company formed by Tom Addington and Stephen Graves to help people understand how ...read more

  • The Uppertaker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,272 views

    THE UPPERTAKER Alexander MacLaren said, "The primitive church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death or about heaven. The early Christians were not looking for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory. They were watching not for ...read more

  • There Was A Law In Tokyo Around The Year 1900 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 2,168 views

    There was a law in Tokyo around the year 1900 that no foreigner could take up residence there unless he had a "substitute." There were natives who hired themselves out for this purpose. If the foreigner broke any law, the substitute suffered the penalty for it, even if the penalty was death. ...read more

  • A Texan Was In A Bar Bragging. Some Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,135 views

    A Texan was in a bar bragging. Some of his friends were tired of hearing it and asked the bartender to fix him. The bartender slipped some knock out drugs in his drink and he passed out. Some of these “friends” hauled him out and put him in an open grave. Later he woke up and looked ...read more

  • Let Me Close An Excerpt From Sharon Jaynes' Book, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 1,866 views

    Let me close an excerpt from Sharon Jaynes’ book, Celebrating a Christ-centered Christmas: An African boy listened carefully as his teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas day. "The gift is an expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our friendship for ...read more

  • Let Me Close With An Excerpt From Sharon Jaynes' ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,700 views

    Let me close with an excerpt from Sharon Jaynes’ book, “Celebrating a Christ-centered Christmas”: An African boy listened carefully as his teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas day. "The gift is an expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our friendship ...read more

  • Don Fuller, 67 Years Old,a Good Friend Of Mine, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,532 views

    Don Fuller, 67 years old,a good friend of mine, just had a 4 by-pass heart surgery about 4 months ago. My wife and I visited him at the hospital in Indianapolis. I greeted Don in my usual fashion, “How ya doin’, Brother?”, and he replied as he always did; “Sittin’ on top of the mountain looking ...read more

  • Your Death And My Death Are Mainly Of ...

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,283 views

    "Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us, and those who ...read more

  • I Heard Of A Group Of People Who Visited A Zoo. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,567 views

    I heard of a group of people who visited a zoo. As they passed the elephant pen they noticed one of the attendants sitting and crying. One of the visitors asked another attendant what was wrong. The attendant replied “The elephant has died.” The visitor said “Oh, he must have been fond of the ...read more

  • There Is A True Story Of A Boy Who Suffered Under ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,646 views

    There is a true story of a boy who suffered under the Nazis during WWII. This Jewish boy was living in a small Polish village when he and all the other Jews in the vicinity where rounded up by Nazi SS troops and sentenced to death. This boy joined his neighbors in digging a shallow ditch for ...read more

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