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  • Happy To Be Alive  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,794 views

    HAPPY TO BE ALIVE Bob Leland is a man who really encouraged me several years ago. You may have seen him on television. He has a healthy dose of enthusiasm for life. You may remember, he ran the New York marathon in 98 hours, 47 minutes, and 17 seconds. That’s not bad for someone who has no ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been Looking For Someone In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,804 views

    Have you ever been looking for someone in a crowd? Perhaps you’ve been to pick someone up at the airport, or been met yourself when you’ve gone to visit someone you haven’t seen for a long time. Think of the moment when you finally make eye contact with the person you are looking for. Suddenly, out ...read more

  • An Old Woman Dearly Loved Her Lord. Often Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,963 views

    An old woman dearly loved her Lord. Often her cup of joy overflowed. A favourite expression of hers was, "Praise the Lord!" Often, in God’s house, when the minister preached, she would say, "Praise the Lord!" Sometimes, however, the minister was disturbed by this, and he would lose his line of ...read more

  • An Old Scotsman Operated A Little Rowboat For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Craig West on Dec 10, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,916 views

    An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day one of the passengers noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith," and on the other oar "Works." Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man being a well-balanced Christian and glad ...read more

  • Today I Am A Horse, Dear God, Did You Have To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 12, 2000
    based on 71 ratings
     | 5,351 views

    "Today I am a horse, Dear God, did you have to make my poor old horse lose his shoe just before the Sabbath? That wasn't nice. It's enough you pick on me, Tevye, bless me with 5 daughters, a life of poverty. What have You got against my horse? Sometimes I think when things are too quiet up there, ...read more

  • A Young Man Goes Into A Drug Store To Buy 3 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 201 ratings
     | 3,235 views

    A young man goes into a drug store to buy 3 boxes of chocolate. The pharmacist says what size small medium or large "Well," he said, "I’ve been seeing this girl for a while and she’s really Beautiful. I want the chocolate because I think tonight’s "the" night. We’re having dinner with her parents, ...read more

  • There Are Those Christians Who Boast That They ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,515 views

    There are those Christians who boast that they never miss Sunday services while on the other hand fail to attend midweek services or evening fellowships. That is not enough! You are only lying to yourself since we don’t attend church to please the lay leaders or the pastor but to have communion ...read more

  • Ron Mehl: Love Found A Way

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,047 views

    QUOTE: By Ron Mehl (Love Found a Way). “Some people think I get a little carried away with Christmas. No, they don’t actually say anything (who wants to offend the pastor?). But I can tell. I’ve caught them rolling their eyes or changing the subject. I know that they’re thinking. They think I’m too ...read more

  • Andrew Murray Was Going Through A Personal Trial. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,418 views

    Andrew Murray was going through a personal trial. One morning while he was eating breakfast, his hostess told him there was a woman downstairs that was going through a great trial and wanted to know if he had any advice for her. Murray handed her a piece of paper he had been writing on and said, ...read more

  • An Old Scotsman Operated A Little Rowboat For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,645 views

    An old Scotsman operated a little rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the old man had carved on one oar the word “faith” and on the other oar the word “works.” Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man, being a well balanced Christian and glad of ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,191 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • Everyone Needs This List To ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
     | 2,214 views

    Everyone Needs this List to Live. * The most destructive habit: Worry, * The greatest Joy: Giving, * The greatest loss: Loss of self-respect, * The most satisfying work: Helping others, * The ugliest personality trait: Selfishness, * The most endangered species: Dedicated ...read more

  • Be Found Doing Your Duty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,450 views

    BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY The time was the 19th of May, 1780. The place was Hartford, Connecticut. The day has gone down in New England history as a terrible foretaste of Judgment Day. For at noon the skies turned from blue to gray and by mid-afternoon had blackened over so densely that, in that ...read more

  • River Of God

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 5, 2011
     | 1,792 views

    RIVER OF GOD Ever since moving to the valley, my eyes have been drawn to the mountains and the river. There’s days in the summer months when I ride my bike to the river, and gaze at the its powerful flow. It’s fascinating for me to watch the river at different stages. Sometimes it looks ...read more

  • They Refused To Be Rescued  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,812 views

    THEY REFUSED TO BE RESCUED On August 30, 2005 Coast Guard Lieutenant Iain McConnell was ordered to fly his H46 helicopter to New Orleans and to keep that machine flying around the clock for what would turn out to be a heroic rescue effort. None of his crew were prepared for what they were about to ...read more

  • History Of Israel Stands As A Witness...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 27, 2011
     | 2,546 views

    History of Israel stands as a witness... About 300 years ago, the King of Sweden was having personal doubts about God’s existence and the Bible's divine nature. He called for Count Von Zinzendorf, who was the bishop of the Moravian Church, to provide evidence about God’s existence and Divine ...read more

  • Invitation To Drink Poison

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 17, 2012
     | 3,978 views

    INVITATION TO DRINK POISON David Timms said: "Skeptics, atheists, cynics, and unbelievers often cast Christianity as a legalistic burden, a lifestyle of bondage or a crutch for the weak to lean on. Well, perhaps it's time for those same voices to look around and see the fruit of recklessness. ...read more

  • New Church Treasurer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2022
     | 1,177 views

    The day the old church treasurer resigned, the church asked the local grain elevator manager to take the position. He agreed under 2 conditions: 1. No treasurer’s report would be given for the first year 2. No questions be asked about finances during that year The people were surprised but finally ...read more

  • Couldn't You Endure Him?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
     | 2,402 views

    Couldn't You Endure Him? According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave ...read more

  • Everybody Smells Us  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,744 views

    EVERYBODY SMELLS US You ever met someone that had no sense of smell? I have, and actually, an estimated 2.7 million people in the United States have an impaired or absent sense of smell. It's known as chronic olfactory dysfunction. Most people I know can smell when there is a certain powerful ...read more

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