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  • Love For A Woman Will Cause A Man To Do Just ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 4, 2005
     | 1,391 views

    Love for a woman will cause a man to do just about anything. So will love for a man by a woman. Aleida Huissen, 78 of Rotterdam, Netherlands, had been smoking for 50 years. And for all that time she had been trying to give up the habit. But something happened that changed all that. She has now ...read more

  • Six Hundred Teenagers Found In New England's ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
     | 1,140 views

    Six hundred teenagers found in New England’s prisons gave these startling facts as to why they were there:  Six out of ten had fathers who drank to excess.  Many had mothers in the same condition.  Three out of four were permitted by parents to come and go as they pleased. ...read more

  • Sometimes Some Of The Guys Try To Push Me Around ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
     | 1,040 views

    Sometimes some of the guys try to push me around a little, all in good fun. It is a way of showing affection in Australia. In the friendly banter, I may say "Hey, I belong to God! I am annointed! Don’t touch the Lord’s annointed! Back off!" Although I am only joking I am also serious about ...read more

  • Today It A Wonderful Day For Many Of Us Here In ...

    Contributed by Vonnie Elisha James on Mar 21, 2010
     | 1,576 views

    Today is a wonderful day for many of us here in Grenada and elsewhere in the world, while many over are suffering and are going through trials and time of testing. We look at the Haiti situation where just a some time ago, that 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the Capital, city Port-Aux-Prince, ...read more

  • A Letter For Joe

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
     | 2,538 views

    A LETTER FOR JOE Joseph Parker was a popular preacher in London, England in the late 1800's. He was the pastor of the large City Temple. One Sunday as he was going to the pulpit a woman in the balcony tossed a piece of paper on the platform before him. He picked it up and read it. It contained ...read more

  • How To Gather A Crowd To Preach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,023 views

    How to gather a crowd to preach to A cattle rancher got saved and surrendered to preach. He went to a Bible conference which was all about how to build a crowd. Asked about it later, he said, "It was strange. In all my years as a cattle rancher, I never had to go to a conference to learn how to get ...read more

  • The Fearless Lion Tamer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 6,628 views

    THE FEARLESS LION TAMER A 1st grader stood in front of his classroom to make a speech about "What I want to be when I grow up." He said, "I'm going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I'll walk into the cage and they will roar." He paused for a moment, thinking through what he had ...read more

  • Home Is Just Beyond

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
     | 1,519 views

    HOME IS JUST BEYOND The story is told of a little girl who lived near a cemetery. Even though she had to pass through it after the sun was set she never seemed to be apprehensive. Someone finally said to her: "Aren't you afraid to go through the cemetery?" "Ah, no," she replied, "I am not afraid, ...read more

  • Grant's Focus

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 8, 2011
     | 4,775 views

    GRANT'S FOCUS One of the great personalities to come out of the American Civil War was Ulysses S. Grant. One of his strong qualities was his ability to focus. One story is told about him doing some paper work in his tent, and a document he needed was on the other side of tent. So he waddled across ...read more

  • The Arrogant Skeptic Is Condescending. I Remember ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
     | 1,980 views

    The arrogant skeptic is condescending. I remember a young man who grew up in a Christian church but was going through a period of doubts. He berated his mild-mannered girl friend regarding her faith by saying, “You don’t believe that for yourself. You’re just repeating what somebody else told ...read more

  • The Mother Of Seven-Year-Old Karen Was Startled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,905 views

    The mother of seven-year-old Karen was startled to find her going through a new Bible storybook and circling the word "God" wherever it appeared on the page. Stifling her urge to reprimand the child for defacing the book, the mother quietly asked, ’Why are you doing that?" Karen answered ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Recounts That, When He First Started ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,725 views

    C. S. Lewis recounts that, when he first started going to church he disliked the hymns, which he considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as he continued, he said, "I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and ...read more

  • A Little Girl Had Been Baptized Following The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,393 views

    A little girl had been baptized following the morning message. She went home and the family had a huge get-together. The little girl was so happy and joyful and skipping around the house. She came by her grandfather and he snapped at her for being so joyful. The little girl, saddened by her ...read more

  • A Woman Of Wealth In Boston Was Somewhat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,361 views

    A woman of wealth in Boston was somewhat overwhelmed when a complete stranger approached her on the street and talked to her about Christ and invited her to accept Him as Savior. When she got home she told her husband what happened and he replied, “Well, if I had been there, I would have told him ...read more

  • S. I. Mcmillen, In His Book "None Of These ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Aug 22, 2007
     | 2,536 views

    S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the blank application that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and returned the ...read more

  • Men Did You Know That Because A Woman's Vocal ...

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Aug 24, 2007
     | 1,476 views

    Men did you know that because a woman’s vocal cords are shorter than a man’s she can actually speak with less effort than you can. Shorter vocal cords not only cause a woman’s voice to be more highly pitched, but also require less air to become agitated, making it possible for her to talk more with ...read more

  • I Like To Watch The Old Westerns On Tv. The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 15, 2007
     | 1,440 views

    I like to watch the old westerns on TV. The battle usually centered on the cowboys and Indians. We would even go out a play cowboys and Indians after school or on Saturday after watching an episode on TV. One thing that was in every movie was the rescue. The cowboys would be surrounded by ...read more

  • Eileen Guder, Author Of God, But I'm Bored:  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,846 views

    Eileen Guder, author of God, But I’m Bored: “You can live on bland food so as to avoid an ulcer; drink no tea or coffee or other stimulants, in the name of health; go to bed early and stay away from night life; avoid all controversial subjects so as never to give offense; mind your own business ...read more

  • Last January Our Family Went To Disney World. The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,011 views

    Last January our family went to Disney World. The kids loved it until we took them on one particular ride. Jordan was a little apprehensive when he read the name, “The Tower of Terror”. But I said to him, “Just go inside and see what happens.” He went inside and his attitude about Disney was ...read more

  • Individual Workers, Not It Organizations, Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,117 views

    Individual workers, not IT organizations, are driving the next wave of technology adoption, notes a Forrester Research report. There is a movement toward user control and individual empowerment in the workplace. Once an isolated minority, these unhappy consumers have entered the mainstream of work ...read more

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