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  • It Would Be Nice Of You To Add This To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,361 views

    [It would be nice of you to add this to the general humor section instead of SermonCentralPro because you need some new stuff in that section.] If My Body Were a Car By Anonymous I see newer models rolling down the street, But my own car is growing older and it’s not very neat. I’ve got bumps, ...read more

  • A Fencing Contractor Was Talking With A Rich ...  PRO

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,846 views

    A fencing contractor was talking with a rich property owner about his chances of going to heaven. The rich man believed that God would be pleased with his efforts. He said, “I’ve lived a good life and been hardworking and giving to worthy causes. Sure, I hide some of my income so it doesn’t get ...read more

  • Jon Gordon – America's Energy Coach, Who Was ...

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Nov 2, 2006
     | 1,999 views

    Jon Gordon – America’s Energy Coach, who was recently on CNN, tells how he came to Christ. He says, “I grew up Jewish and followed the new age path for awhile but found it unfulfilling. After becoming a speaker and author I tried to break into speaking in all the non-Christian conferences but was ...read more

  • Let's See What Good Listeners You Are. Each Time ...

    Contributed by Alistair Wearring on Jan 20, 2007
     | 3,317 views

    Let’s see what good listeners you are. Each time I say the name "Samuel," you are to jump up and say, "Here I am!" and then lie back down again. To begin, direct children to lie down and pretend they’re sleeping. Samuel (pause while children jump up and down) was a young person who loved God and ...read more

  • Maggie's Poem

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009
     | 5,384 views

    Dads: I want you to listen to a poem from a teenager in Chicago who expresses how important you are as fathers and fatherly figures: Maggie’s Poem Do you know, do you understand, that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand, that when you treat me with gentleness It raises the ...read more

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,953 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • When God Tells You "No"

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
     | 2,466 views

    WHEN GOD TELLS YOU "NO" Has God ever told me "No"? Yes, many times. Was it easy? Never! The hardest time was a long time ago. My first son, James Daniel, was born with severe heart defects. I knew that God could heal him and prayed daily for my son's healing. A year later, after open heart ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 5,585 views

    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Tozer: Salvation Demands Obedience

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
     | 3,852 views

    TOZER: SALVATION DEMANDS OBEDIENCE A. W. Tozer was a man of God who was troubled with the idea that Christian profession does not demand obedience to Christ. He said: "[Years ago] no one would ever dare to rise in a meeting and say, 'I am a Christian' if he had not surrendered his whole being to ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,121 views

    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • What Occupies Your Heart?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,011 views

    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART? I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center?" She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My ...read more

  • Tonsillitis: Growing With God

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 8, 2011
     | 3,116 views

    TONSILLITIS: GROWING WITH GOD I remember when I was growing up as a small boy I had problems with my tonsils. During the winter months I would get tonsillitis and that would turn into strep throat. Mom and Dad would take me to Dr. Newsom in Pilot Mountain. He would always give me a shot of ...read more

  • Coping With Complaining

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2012
     | 4,433 views

    COPING WITH COMPLAINING How do you cope with complaining, nagging, whine-baby people? Internet discussion board posted this: Why do people complain so much? I know it's a natural thing but it has to be unhealthy. At my job people never stop complaining. Every day it's either too hot or too cold. ...read more

  • Coffee Doesn't Trust Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 25, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,401 views

    My pet finch Coffee runs into a serious problem once in a while. Her claws grow so long she loses the ability to control them. They get stuck in the nest and she can’t get them out. Once we found her nearly dead, hanging for hours upside down with one claw ensnared in her wicker home. Carol rescued ...read more

  • Watch Where You're Going!

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,238 views

    I had just flown back home from attending a class for my Doctorate in Pasadena, CA. The week was filled with long days and short nights. I had an early morning flight and then flew most of the day. By the time I got home, I was exhausted. Yet I didn’t want to miss my workout so I headed to the gym. ...read more

  • Follow The Light

    Contributed by Tim Baker on Jan 5, 2018
     | 5,847 views

    When I flew airplanes regularly landing at night was very different than daylight. I would use the instruments to guide me to the airport over most of the trip, but since I was a VFR pilot I would use my eyes outside of the cockpit to land the plane. In the daylight using your eyes to land was ...read more

  • Who Needs Twitter!

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 20, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,950 views

    We all want our lives to matter, and we believe they only matter if they are noticed by someone. I wonder if this desire for a witness isn't what fuels a lot of blogs, Facebook, and especially Twitter. We want someone, anyone, to take notice … to care about us … to watch us and by their ...read more

  • Good Intentions

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2021
     | 2,113 views

    In our younger days, my husband and I sign up for a “boot camp” fitness class. This class costs $300 per person for ten classes. At the start of the first class, our instructor. Tara, does a quick roll-call. She frowns and comments: “Hmm, Susie isn’t here. That’s a shame; attending the first ...read more

  • An Admission Of Guilt

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 14, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,176 views

    There once was a governor of the state of Texas who received an invitation to speak at one of the penitentiaries in that state. He spoke to the assembled prisoners and afterwards said that he would be around for a while to listen to anything any of the convicts might wish to tell him. He could take ...read more

  • Hope Ain't Hoping

    Contributed by John Bright on May 27, 2023
     | 2,066 views

    I want to give you a shorthand way of remembering the difference between the hope in our Bibles and the hope out in the world. Hope ain’t hoping. Today, folks plan outside events and say, “I sure hope it doesn’t rain.” Every Sunday, some folks may show up here and say, “I sure hope PJ doesn’t ...read more

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