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  • I Was Talking To A Man On Friday About Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010
     | 2,729 views

    I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my ...read more

  • Graduates From Christian College Heading For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 3,964 views

    Graduates from Christian College Heading for Mission Field Receive Unexpected Gifts Just last May (2009), John Ortberg, pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California, found himself and his family in Azusa, California, because one of his kids was graduating from Azusa ...read more

  • What Are Your Goals?

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 19, 2010
     | 2,225 views

    WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? Not long after I got out of seminary, I decided I needed more training. So, I applied for a pastoral residency position at one of the largest churches in our denomination. It was a church in Prairie Village, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City, Missouri. As it turns out, the ...read more

  • Church Asks Non-Participants To Leave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 4,016 views

    CHURCH ASKS NON-PARTICIPANTS TO LEAVE Just a few years ago, Larknews.com carried the following fictional piece of satire on its website. In the form of a news release, it reported: Julie and Bob Clark were stunned to receive a letter from their church in July asking them to "participate in the ...read more

  • The Basis Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
     | 2,922 views

    THE BASIS OF ACCEPTANCE Oprah Winfrey said, “I discovered I didn’t feel worthy of love unless I was accomplishing something. I suddenly realized I have never felt I could be loved for just being.” Madonna said, “My drive in life is from this horrible fear of being mediocre. That’s always been ...read more

  • Mr Jackson Learns To Love

    Contributed by John Gullick on Oct 22, 2015
     | 4,142 views

    Let me tell you a story. Mr Jackson, everyday, looked angrily towards his neighbours. Fushia and Watt. What kind of names were they? It made him angry. Tattoos, and, she had a nose piercing, and, their dog chased his cat. Mr Jackson sighed. Parties sometimes, well barbeques, cars parked on his ...read more

  • The "Root” Of The Problem

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Apr 22, 2020
     | 3,510 views

    We used to live in a very nice house which had some live plants near the driveway. One of those plants in particular was a “volunteer elm” and we absolutely hated it. Sure enough, we saw that thing getting bigger—but we didn’t want that to happen. It was out of place! Somehow, I obtained a can of ...read more

  • The Mob That Forgets By Tuesday

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026
    based on 1 rating
     | 40 views

    You're scrolling through social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, wherever you waste time pretending you're being productive, and you see it happening. Someone said something. Maybe it was dumb, maybe it was offensive, maybe they just had a bad day and posted the wrong thing. And the ...read more

  • A Young, Single Attorney Worked For A Generous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 2,667 views

    A young, single attorney worked for a generous boss who gave all his employees a turkey each year at Thanksgiving. One year before the birds were handed out, some of his co-workers replaced his real turkey with one made of papier-mâché. To make the bogus bird look and feel genuine, they wrapped ...read more

  • Full Steam Ahead

    Contributed by Paul Davidson on Jan 27, 2021
     | 1,841 views

    I used to work for a railroad. The engineer on a train has a huge responsibility to safely operate and move that train over sometimes difficult terrain and in all kinds of weather. When you have a train roughly a mile (or more) in length, hauling over 10,000 tons of freight, running in excess of ...read more

  • Strange Theories  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,225 views

    STRANGE THEORIES These are the results of a “Creative Scientific Theories Contest” sponsored by Omni magazine: GRAND PRIZE WINNER: When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet. And when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About A Meeting Satan Had With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,274 views

    A story is told about a meeting Satan had with his chief demons. Christianity was spreading rapidly and growing fervently, and they needed to devise a way to undermine the work. The arch deceiver called for suggestions. “We could bring some more hypocrites into the church” said one. “No,” said ...read more

  • The Picture Series Are Frozen Both In Time And In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,798 views

    The picture series are frozen both in time and in memory. The scene unfolds from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Two runners, one American, the other from South Africa, although of British descent. The starter’s pistol fires and around the track the runners race for the finishing line. ...read more

  • Irwin Mcmanus In His Awesome Book ‘the Barbarian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Butch Vernon on Nov 6, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,399 views

    Irwin McManus in his awesome book ‘The Barbarian Way’ speaks of rhinos and their limitations. ‘But my favorite of all is the group designation for rhinos. You see, rhinos can run thirty miles an hour, which is pretty fast when you consider how much weight they’re pulling. They’re actually faster ...read more

  • A Few Believed…  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 26, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,116 views

    3. A FEW BELIEVED… One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from human bodies, so they keep a supply of genetically engineered humans in a ...read more

  • Kenneth Wuest Gives An Accurate And Graphic ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,166 views

    “Kenneth Wuest gives an accurate and graphic translation of these words: “In which the heavens with a rushing noise will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched will be dissolved, and the earth also and the works in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10). Many Bible students believe that Peter ...read more

  • One Of My Favourites Is One Jesus Himself Often ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,775 views

    One of my favourites is one Jesus himself often used; he said God’s kingdom is like a party, a banquet, and a feast. Today God is calling people to leave behind the binge drinking and drugs and join the real party. Leave behind the rat race and workaholism and join his party, leave behind divisive ...read more

  • Two Millennia On It Is Very Much A Similar ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,889 views

    Two millennia on it is very much a similar setting in our world we havent advanced at all, we still find ourselves with a diversity of religions,cults,pagan practices and personal philosophies.Just go down into our major city centres you will find a host of books on alternative spirituality, ...read more

  • A Brief History — The Medal Of Honor - The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 14, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,758 views

    A Brief History — The Medal of Honor - The first formal system for rewarding acts of individual gallantry by the nation’s fighting men was established by General George Washington on August 7, 1782. Designed to recognize "any singularly meritorious action," the award consisted of a purple cloth ...read more

  • I Once Went To A Dentist, And I Don't Remember ...

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,668 views

    I once went to a dentist, and I don’t remember what procedure he was actually doing on my teeth but for some reason he needed to wiggle my jaw. He grabbed my chin and tried to use it to tap my bottom teeth to my top teeth. He commanded me to just relax my jaw muscles. Essentially, he wanted to ...read more