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  • Someone Described Hell As A Place Where People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on May 14, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,423 views

    Someone described hell as a place where people are holding 10-foot long spoons trying to feed themselves. And they starve to death because of their selfishness. But in heaven, people are holding 10-foot long spoons feeding each other. And they not only have full stomachs but also live happy ...read more

  • Both Glad And Sad  PRO

    Contributed by Dixon Olu. David on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,828 views

    Illustration: Both Glad and Sad. We were told of an old legend about three men crossing a desert on horseback at night. Approaching a dried-up pond bed, they heard a voice commanding them to stop and dismount, pick up some pebbles, put them in their pockets, and not look at them until the morning. ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, A Day Was Dawning On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 6, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,430 views

    Many years ago, a day was dawning on a battlefield in northern France, through a fog so thick that no one could see more than a few yards from the trenches. In the night the Germans had drawn back their lines a little and the French had gone forward. But between the two positions a lonely ...read more

  • I've Heard The Story Of A Young Boy Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Slone on Sep 7, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,990 views

    I’ve heard the story of a young boy who was experiencing his first funeral. He looked around and normally happy and jovial aunts and uncles were now crying. Uncles usually quick with a joke and word, stare wide eyed at a casket. He felt fear and amazing confusion. And why not, what other ...read more

  • A National Omnibus Survey Commissioned By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,609 views

    A national Omnibus survey commissioned by spirituality.com in September 2003 focused on gratitude. The random national sample of more than 1,000 adults gives details on how grateful America feels today, and how Americans express that gratitude. Through that survey here are some of the benefits that ...read more

  • By The Time Rockefeller Was Fifty-Three His Life ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
     | 1,263 views

    By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.” He was the richest man in the world and yet he was miserable in every sense of ...read more

  • One Way Baptism Becomes A Source Of Division, Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,840 views

    One way baptism becomes a source of division, is when preachers emphasize it so much that they neglect the condition of the heart. It leads to people being baptized for the wrong reasons. {Video Clip: My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Start Chp.10:50:10 - End: Chp.10:52:27 = 2:17} Now being ...read more

  • Sick Of My Church

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Sep 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,388 views

    Sez I to myself, as I grumbled and growled, Im sick of my church, and then how I scowled. The members unfriendly, the sermons too long; In fact, it seems that everything’s wrong. I don’t like the singing; the church a disgrace For signs of neglect are all over the place. I’ll quit going there, and ...read more

  • A Dish Of Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2006
     | 3,468 views

    J. Whitcomb Brougher tells this story: A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove despair, cheer the ...read more

  • There Was A Tyrannical Husband Who Demanded That ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 31, 2010
     | 2,424 views

    There was a tyrannical husband who demanded that his wife conform to rigid standards of his own choosing. She was to do certain things for him as wife, mother, and homemaker. In time she came to hate him as much as she hated his list of rules. He died and in time she came to love another man whom ...read more

  • Buy Less, Love More

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 1,460 views

    BUY LESS, LOVE MORE Shane Claiborne writes: I am incredibly hopeful this Advent, because there are so many signs of Christians who are longing for new ways to celebrate our Savior that are not cluttered with the noise of shopping and infected with the myth that happiness must be purchased. On the ...read more

  • Be Careful What You Wish For  PRO

    Contributed by Anonymous Contributor on Apr 22, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,110 views

    BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR There was this man and a woman who got married. But they shared the same birthday and they decided to get married on the same day. So they got married, had a few kids, and lived the lives they dreamed. But 20 years passed. They were celebrating their 40th anniversary ...read more

  • If Crumbs Of Joy Now, What Next?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
     | 4,690 views

    IF CRUMBS OF JOY NOW, WHAT NEXT? A widely respected man known as "Uncle Johnson" died in Michigan at the incredible age of 120. Perhaps his advanced years could be credited in part to the cheerful outlook that characterized his life. One day while at work in his garden, he was singing songs of ...read more

  • Clean Conscience

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jul 24, 2017
     | 6,238 views

    Xaviera Hollander wrote a book with a title: The Happy Hooker. Hollander, a prostitute, sought to silence the people who believe that no prostitute could find joy in what she was doing. In her book, Hollander celebrates the joy that she experienced in her profession, saying that she never felt ...read more

  • God Hears Everything We Say

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Nov 20, 2020
     | 4,116 views

    There was a man who had a habit of grumbling at the food his wife placed before him at family meals. Then he would pray a blessing to the Lord. One day after his usual combination of complaint and prayer, his little girl asked, “Daddy, does God hear us when we pray?” “Why, of course,” he replied. ...read more

  • What Is The Bible?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,970 views

    What is the Bible? "THIS BOOK contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be ...read more

  • Marriage Insight

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 15, 2021
     | 1,224 views

    Destructive to marriage is the self fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and the family are primarily institutions of personal fulfillment, necessary for us to become whole or happy. The assumption is that there is someone just right for us to marry and that if we look closely enough we will ...read more

  • A Woman And Her Young Daughter Were Attending ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,639 views

    A woman and her young daughter were attending the wedding of a relative. This was the first time the little girl had ever seen a wedding ceremony. She was in awe by the pomp and beauty of everything; the music, the formal atmosphere, the decorations, the bride and groom and their attendants in fine ...read more

  • A Jewish Father Had Only One Child, A Little ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 8, 2007
     | 1,516 views

    A Jewish father had only one child, a little girl. He was very fond of her. She was the one the death angel would kill if the blood was not put on the door. Before going to sleep she asked her father if the blood had been sprinkled on the door posts. He said that it had been and she fell asleep. ...read more

  • After Hearing And Reading All The Health Warnings ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,482 views

    After hearing and reading all the health warnings the media consistently blesses us with, someone wrote this tongue-in-cheek observation. "Brace yourself. Somewhere, they’re plotting the scare of the week. Air is polluted; water is too. Fish that swim in it are not good for you. Fresh fruits and ...read more