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  • There Were Six Major Miracles In Elijah Life And ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,900 views

    There were six major miracles in Elijah life and eleven in Elisha’s. The 12th took place in (2 Ki 13:20 KJV) And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.(2 Ki 13:21 KJV) And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, ...read more

  • Just Next To Me

    Contributed by David Parks on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,498 views

    Just Next To Me Our preacher sure did pour it on, But he just let me be. He took the starch all out of them That sat just next to me. You should have heard the things he said; It was true as it could be; He burned the seat from under them That sat just next to me. He hit the nail square ...read more

  • From The Power Of One Another By Bob Russell, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,712 views

    From The Power of One Another by Bob Russell, pg. 11- A young woman was talking to some friends when she pointed out that she believed the lifestyle of a certain Hollywood actress was “wrong.” Her friends reprimanded her for daring to judge someone else’s behavior, even though the actress has ...read more

  • The Wrong One

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 5, 2009
     | 2,561 views

    THE WRONG ONE A conscientious wife tried hard to please her critical husband, but failed regularly. Jack was especially disagreeable at breakfast. If Jill prepared scrambled eggs, he wanted poached; if she poached eggs, he wanted scrambled. One morning Jill poached one egg and scrambled the other ...read more

  • Media Specialist James Caan, Was Offering Advice ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 22, 2009
     | 969 views

    Media specialist James Caan, was offering advice to one who struggled to break into the industry. His advice will serve us well in persistent attitudes. Caan said, “There’s no secret to securing the break that you seek – persistence, persistence, persistence. It’s not unusual to hear of people ...read more

  • Holy Spirit: Object Lesson

    Contributed by David Ward on Apr 1, 2010
     | 10,439 views

    HOLY SPIRIT: OBJECT LESSON To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that we allow him to occupy and control every area of our lives. How much of you does the Holy Spirit have? [Produce two glasses of water and two packets of Alka-Seltzer. Open one packet and empty into one glass; drop the other ...read more

  • Too Short

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,224 views

    TOO SHORT Here's all you need to know about the different relationships a guy has with his wife and his mother. I bought two ceiling fans, one for our home and one for my parents. While installing our fan, I had to stand on a chair on my tiptoes. As she watched me struggle, my wife let me know the ...read more

  • Beware Of Attachments

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,900 views

    BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS Felipe Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore in September 2008. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead, the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the hose, he had lost so much time that he finished ...read more

  • Pharisees Don't Care

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 8, 2020
     | 1,511 views

    The corrupt heart of the zealous devotion of the Pharisees is illustrated by a group of modern day Orthodox Jews (early, 1992), who let three apartments in an Orthodox neighborhood in Israel burn to the ground while they asked a rabbi whether a telephone call to the fire department on the Sabbath ...read more

  • Power In Agreement  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,792 views

    How much power can people in agreement have? The answer: the power of life and death. During the brutal reign of Joseph Stalin, who murdered 30 million Russians and bought godless communism to Russia, Stalin, let it be known that he planned to murder the Jews of Russia. When the believers in ...read more

  • Glamour Is Not Greatness

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,118 views

    Quote: Glamour is not Greatness James R. Sizoo said: Let it never be forgotten that glamour is not greatness; applause is not fame; prominence is not eminence. The man of the hour is not apt to be the man of the ages. A stone may sparkle, but that does not make it a diamond; people may have money, ...read more

  • I Once Had An Appointment With A Certain ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007
     | 1,436 views

    I once had an appointment with a certain director of an international organization in which I wanted to exchange some research materials with. I had no official appointment document except for the formal letters which we have been exchanging in communication. It was not easy for a person to get ...read more

  • A Six-Year-Old Boy Came Home With A Note From ...

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,358 views

    • A six-year-old boy came home with a note from his teacher in which it was suggested that he be taken out of school, as he was “too stupid to learn.” That boy was Thomas A. Edison. • Alfred Tennyson’s grandfather gave him 10 shillings for writing a eulogy for his grandmother. Handing it to the ...read more

  • Me And My Father-In-Law Used To Have A Project We ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 947 views

    Me and my father-in-law used to have a project we liked to work on together. It was with chickens. On several occasions we incubated some eggs. He had an incubator and I would care for it while the eggs were “cooking.” One of the key elements in hatching those eggs was temperature control If the ...read more

  • Where Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
     | 2,090 views

    WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING? A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so, let me take a ...read more

  • Last Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 23 ratings
     | 5,611 views

    LAST CHANCE When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of "O, Little Town of Bethlehem," was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. Ingersoll ...read more

  • Caught In Lies

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 1, 2022
     | 1,307 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

  • We Are His Hands And Feet.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 871 views

    After World War II, a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild an English cathedral that had been severely damaged by German bombs. As work progressed, they became concerned about a large statue of Jesus, whose arms were out-stretched and beneath which was the inscription: “Come unto ...read more

  • In May 1897 The Demise Of Author Mark Twain Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,611 views

    In May 1897 the demise of author Mark Twain was reported a bit too early. When the news reached Mr. Twain he was reported to have said, “The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated.” Had someone thought to go to Mark Twain himself they would have know he was ...read more

  • Jim Berg Wrote, "There Is Debate In Christian ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2005
     | 1,572 views

    Jim Berg wrote, “There is debate in Christian circles about whether we are supposed to concentrate on being a certain kind of person or doing certain kind of things. The truth embraces both. You are always going to be some kind of a person or another, and you are always going to be doing one ...read more

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