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  • Money Money Money  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,308 views

    MONEY MONEY MONEY Money magazine declared money was the number one obsession of Americans. Newsweek reports there is a new plane of consciousness called "transcendental acquisition." Its cover story of 8/27/01 tells of a woman saddled with debt who charged a diving trip to French East Indies. ...read more

  • Same Old Story...?  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Nichols on Apr 17, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,239 views

    SAME OLD STORY...? The little boy was not exactly happy about going to church on Easter Sunday morning. His new shoes were to tight, his tie pinched his neck and the weather outside was just too beautiful to be cooped up inside...so as he sulked in the pew his parents heard him mutter to no one in ...read more

  • Remember Who Your Daddy Is

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009
     | 3,117 views

    REMEMBER WHO YOUR DADDY IS George Foreman is famous for many things: boxing champion, pitchman, grill guru, television celebrity, and, he named all five of his sons, George. When asked why he gave all his sons the same name, he usually quips something like, "If you’d been hit in the head as many ...read more

  • The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 7,244 views

    THE POWER OF GOD Hudson Taylor: "Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with ...read more

  • God's Jealous Nature Illustrated

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 21, 2009
     | 2,025 views

    GOD'S JEALOUS NATURE ILLUSTRATED Let’s say you come home one day to find a stranger in your living room talking to your teenage daughter. He informs you that he has been chatting with your daughter online and says that he and your fourteen year-old are madly in love. He looks to be about forty. He ...read more

  • A Bus Carrying Only Ugly People That Crashed Into ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Dec 21, 2009
     | 2,579 views

    A bus carrying only ugly people that crashed into an oncoming truck, and everyone inside dies. As they stand at the Pearly Gates waiting to enter Paradise and meet their maker, God decides to grant each person one wish because of the grief they have experienced. They’re all lined up, and God asks ...read more

  • Themistocles Harnesses The Wind To Help Win The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
     | 3,681 views

    Themistocles harnesses the wind to help win the Greek naval battle at Salamis They shall mount up with wings as eagles.”] Themistocles, who led the Greeks in the famous naval battle of Salamis, for some reason unknown to his troops, delayed the engagement. It was expected that he would avail ...read more

  • Un Amigo

    Contributed by Rolando Delgado on Sep 22, 2010
     | 1,309 views

    Un amigo (Translation follows) Un amigo nos es dado, un amigo incomparable que siempre esta a nuestro lado, con amor insuperable El comprende nuestras penas, Alivia nuestro dolor Y nos hace estar felices con la fuerza del amor Amigo frase sencilla que involucra sentimientos No de los que ...read more

  • Stop "Supposing"

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 21, 2011
     | 2,098 views

    STOP "SUPPOSING" I remember reading the story of a faithful but fairly poor Christian woman. She was always cheerful and smiling and excited about life. But she was so cheerful that a friend of hers decided she was too cheerful. She needed a dose of "reality" and perspective. So the friend said ...read more

  • Christmas Quotations

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2012
     | 3,319 views

    CHRISTMAS QUOTATIONS "Christmas is the harvest time of love. Souls are drawn to other souls. All that we have read and thought and hoped comes to fruition at this happy time. Our spirits are astir. We feel within us a strong desire to serve. A strange, subtle force, a new kindness animates man and ...read more

  • The Right Use Of The Eyes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,490 views

    THE RIGHT USE OF THE EYES A bishop of the early church, who was a remarkable example of the virtue of contentment, was asked his secret. The venerable old man replied: "It consists in nothing more than making a right use of my eyes. In whatever state I am, I first of all look up to heaven and ...read more

  • Never Satisfied

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,703 views

    NEVER SATISFIED Some people are never happy. A Jewish lady's grandson is playing in the water, she is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is wading. The water recedes and ...read more

  • Lost & Found

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 29, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,775 views

    Melissa Highsmith was kidnapped by a babysitter in 1971 at the tender age of 22 months. Over the next 51 years, Highsmith's family and the police searched for her without success. Finally, with the use of DNA technology, her identity was confirmed and she was reunited with her family. Melissa ...read more

  • Here's Your Thanksgiving Joke!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 15, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,299 views

    In Budapest, a man goes to the rabbi and complains, "Life is unbearable. There are nine of us living in one small apartment. What can I do?" The rabbi answers, "Take your goat into the apartment with you." The man is totally upset when he hears this, but the rabbi insists. ...read more

  • He Still Brings The Dead Back To Life

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Apr 20, 2025
     | 253 views

    A friend shared this story with me on Resurrection Sunday, it happened on the same day 20 years earlier. Proof God is still bringing the dead back to life - I wanted to share a resurrection Sunday testimony from around 20 years ago, I bought a very used small pickup and the seller claimed the AC ...read more

  • During The American Civil War Fought Between The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 142 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    During the American Civil War fought between the years 1861 - 1865, over 600,000 soldiers from the South died, but a heartfelt prayer that survived was the Prayer of the Unknown Confederate Soldier, a soldier¡¦s unrequited but unsurpassed prayer: I asked God for strength, that I might achieve, I ...read more

  • Most Of You Are Familiar With The Calvin & Hobbes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 126 ratings
     | 1,549 views

    Most of you are familiar with the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins ...read more

  • Little Children Can Come Up With Some Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 198 ratings
     | 5,977 views

    Little children can come up with some very interesting ideas. Listen to what some children wrote to their mothers for Mother’s Day. Angie, 8 years old, wrote: "Dear Mother, I’m going to make dinner for you on Mother’s Day. It’s going to be a surprise. P.S. I hope you like pizza & ...read more

  • There Was A Young Man Named David Who Killed Six ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
    based on 53 ratings
     | 1,727 views

    There was a young man named David who killed six innocent people in New York. He was finally caught and sent to prison for life. One day a fellow inmate began to tell David that God loved him, and was ready to forgive him for all his sins, even the murders he had committed. It took a while, but ...read more

  • One Family Habitually Prayed, "Come Lord Jesus Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,544 views

    One family habitually prayed, "Come Lord Jesus be our guest and let this food to us be blessed. Amen" One day the smallest boy in the family looked up at his Dad and said, "Dad, every evening we ask Jesus to come and be our guest, but He never comes. His Father said, "We can only wait for Him to ...read more