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  • Isn't It True That So Many Of Us Fear Death – ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2007
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    Isn’t it true that so many of us fear death – life is to be enjoyed and lived out, death appears to bring things to an abrupt end . ( That’s because death was never meant to be) yet we are even trying to humanly combat death, in the USA they have come up with something called Cryonics where ...read more

  • There Was A Preacher Who Was Interviewing With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,328 views

    There was a preacher who was interviewing with a church search committee. An English teacher headed the committee, and was very concerned that the future pastor spoke properly. "When the hen is on the nest, does she sit or set?" he asked the candidate. The hopeful preacher was frustrated. He didn’t ...read more

  • In 1875, An Agnostic Named William Ernest Henley ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,461 views

    In 1875, an agnostic named William Ernest Henley published a poem that sums up that kind of attitude. It’s called Invictus: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have ...read more

  • The Old Cow Gave Good Milk, But She Sure Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,505 views

    The old cow gave good milk, but she sure was dumb. She had a whole field in which to feed, yet no grass seems quite as tasty as those patches outside her own pasture. She often stretches her head through the barb wire fence, while right behind her is everything that she needs --excellent grazing ...read more

  • Dr. H.a. Ironside Told The True Story About An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dr. H.A. Ironside told the true story about an old Scot who lay suffering and actually heading into the shadows of physical death. He had been told by a doctor who was a real friend that “his moments on this earth are but few.” Another friend came by and said, “They tell me you will not be with us ...read more

  • Maybe You Have Been Hit With So Much Adversity ...

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,098 views

    • Maybe you have been hit with so much adversity you feel like the little girl who was riding along on her bike when she bumped her head on the low hanging branch of a tree. • She ran into the house hollering, "Mom, Joey hit me!" • Her Mom looked up from what she was doing and said, "Sissy, Joey ...read more

  • Why Did The Philistines Allow Samson's Hair Go ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,727 views

    Why did the Philistines allow Samson’s hair go grow back when they knew it was the key to his great strength? Was it because they blinded his eyes? No, for even a blind but strong Samson could cause severe havoc. Why then did they allow his hair to grown back? Because the ...read more

  • In The French Revolution, A Young Man Was ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2008
     | 1,216 views

    In the French revolution, a young man was condemned to the guillotine and shut up in one of the prisons. He was greatly loved by many, but there was someone who loved him more than all the others put together. That one was his own father, and the love he bore his son was proved in this way: when ...read more

  • Christians, We Have No Right To Look Down Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 12, 2008
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     | 2,900 views

    Christians, we have no right to look down our noses with disdain on unsaved people. We can and should be offended at sin, but not personally offended – offended for God and His holiness. But if we can get it in our heads and in our hearts that when we were dead He gave us life, when we were ...read more

  • Always Look Skyward

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 12, 2008
     | 1,505 views

    ALWAYS LOOK SKYWARD "A man in the prairie observed an eagle fatally wounded by a gunshot. He writes: "With his eyes gleaming...he slowly turned his head, giving one last...longing look towards the sky. He’d often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings...the sky was the home of his ...read more

  • Lay Down The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    LAY DOWN THE LOAD The army of Alexander the Great was advancing on Persia. At one critical point, it appeared that his troops might be defeated. The soldiers had taken so much plunder from their previous campaigns that they had become weighted down and were losing their effectiveness in ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Gave His Class An ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 1, 2009
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    A Sunday school teacher gave his class an assignment to learn the 23rd Psalm by next Sunday because each was going to recite it to the whole church. A little boy named Bobby, just couldn’t get it all in his head, he struggled all week long. Finally Sunday comes and the church is packed out, ...read more

  • No One Stopped To Help  PRO

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP This past week in DC, a frightening thing happened. In a bad neighborhood where drunkenness and drugs are wide spread. Three men got into an argument, probably about a bottle of beer. One man was punched. They called it a "sucker punch." The man fell backwards and hit ...read more

  • Justice Or Mercy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2009
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    JUSTICE OR MERCY A young lady who occasionally walked through the park after work, stopped to have her picture taken by a photographer on this particular day. She was very excited about her picture being taken. As she walked out of the park, she looked at the Polaroid picture in total amazement. ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more

  • I Sold Life Insurance For Many Years, And Since ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2010
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    I sold life insurance for many years, and since that time I have presided at many funerals. Few of those souls knew when they were going to die. The elderly grandmother didn’t know that her grandson was going to kill her for some drug money. The three boys I gave diplomas to didn’t know that ...read more

  • The Spirit Told Me To

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 9, 2010
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    THE SPIRIT TOLD ME TO A young man went on a week's silent retreat. Midway through the week, in the early afternoon on the Wednesday, he was feeling hungry, and so he decided to sneak down to the shops when he thought no one was looking. Unfortunately, as he started to go out of the gate of the ...read more

  • The Acorn And The Marrow

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 9, 2011
     | 2,458 views

    THE ACORN AND THE MARROW An atheist was sitting under a tree one day smugly thinking: "God, I know you don't exist - but it you did - you must really be stupid. You created a huge oak tree to carry this little acorn and such a puny plant to carry a marrow. Now, if I had been you, I'd have ...read more

  • Caught In Lies

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 1, 2022
     | 1,764 views

    Two friends run into each other while walking their dogs. One suggests lunch. The other says, They wont let us in a restaurant with pets. Undeterred, the first guy and his German shepherd head into the restaurant. The maître d stops them, saying, Sir, you cant bring your dog in here. But ...read more

  • Backhanded Compliments

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 931 views

    Soon after our last child left home for college, my husband was resting next to me on the couch with his head in my lap. I carefully removed his glasses. "You know, honey," I said sweetly, "without your glasses, you look like the same handsome young man I married." Her husband ...read more