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  • I Read A Story About A Church Member Who Had ...

    Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jul 3, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,323 views

    I read a story about a church member who had brought their parents to church with them. While they were waiting for the service to start an usher who was looking for seats for someone noticed that there were two empty seats on their row. He asked "Are those two saved", talking about the seats. ...read more

  • An Ingenious Teenager, Tired Of Reading Bedtime ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,342 views

    An ingenious teenager, tired of reading bedtime stories to his little sister, decided to record several of her favorite stories on tape. He told her, "Now you can hear your stories anytime you want. Isn’t that great?" She looked at the machine for a moment and then replied, "No. It hasn’t got a ...read more

  • A Great Deal Of Our Anxiety To Make Excuses ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,656 views

    "A great deal of our anxiety to make excuses comes from not really believing in the forgiveness of sins, from thinking that God will not take us to Himself again unless He is satisfied that some sort of case can be made out in our favor. But that would not be forgiveness at all. Real forgiveness ...read more

  • I'm Reminded Of A Little Story About A Christian ...

    Contributed by Joseph Byrd on Mar 30, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,636 views

    I’m reminded of a little story about a Christian who dies and goes to heaven. He is met by St. Peter, who takes him on a tour of heaven. As they are going by beautiful golden buildings, he asked St. Peter what they were. St. Peter opened the door to one and there are thousands of beautiful golden ...read more

  • On A Snowy Winter's Day In 1941, Ss Gruppenführer ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 31, 2005
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    On a snowy winter’s day in 1941, SS Gruppenführer Hans Wolf received orders that he was to search the house of his own pastor Martin Kirchschläger. Kirchschläger was a Lutheran pastor closely connected to the Confessing Church. Wolf came to Kirchschläger to tell him that he would be ...read more

  • A General Rode Up To A Gunner Standing By His ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 10, 2005
     | 1,600 views

    A general rode up to a gunner standing by his gun. He took out his field glasses and looked around. "Pierre," he said to the gunner, "you see that little cottage over there. The one near the clump of trees." "Yes, sir," said Pierre turning pale. "There’s a nest of Prussians in there. I want you to ...read more

  • Madonna Said, "Money . . . Sex . . . Food. . . . ...

    Contributed by Brian Oberg on Jul 22, 2005
     | 2,545 views

    Madonna said, "Money . . . sex . . . food. . . . they’re not what’s going to make us happy. They’re not real. They don’t last. There’s only one thing that lasts, and that’s your soul. And if you don’t work on that, and you don’t pay attention to that, then all the money in the world is not ...read more

  • You Likely Have Never Heard Of Jeff Foran, Who ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
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    You likely have never heard of Jeff Foran, who lives in Foreman, Arkansas. Apparently Mr. Foran, aged 38, was drunk – very drunk, it looks like – one night in May and went out for a drive. Well, as he was driving, his cigarette fell out of his fingers and out the window. Not to waste a good ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, The Cartoonist Pictured Charlie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    Some years ago, the cartoonist pictured Charlie Brown bringing out Snoopy’s dinner on Thanksgiving Day, but it was just his usual dog food in a bowl. So, Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, “This isn’t fair. The rest of the world today is eating turkey with all the trimmings and all I ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Heard Talking To Himself As He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Richardson on Jul 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,357 views

    A little boy was heard talking to himself as he walked across the backyard, baseball cap in place, ball and bat in his hands. "I am the greatest hitter in the world," he said. He threw the ball up, swung and missed. "Strike one," he said. But again, he told himself, "I am the greatest hitter ever." ...read more

  • The American Banking Association Once Sponsored A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Aug 17, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,711 views

    The American Banking Association once sponsored a two-week training program to help tellers detect counterfeit bills. The program was unique never during the two-week training did the tellers even look at a counterfeit bill, nor did they listen to any lectures concerning the characteristics of ...read more

  • Sometimes As Pastors We Can Be Susceptible To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 30, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,801 views

    Sometimes as pastors we can be susceptible to rare gaffes. So its no surprise that the story is told about the baptism of a King by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century. Sometime during the ritual, St. Patrick leaned on his sharp-pointed staff and inadvertently stabbed the king’s foot. ...read more

  • Enry Ward Beecher Said Something Truly Helps Us ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 10, 2008
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    enry Ward Beecher said something truly helps us here. “If one should give me a dish of sand and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with my eyes and search for them with my clumsy fingers and be unable to detect them; but let me take a magnet and sweep through it and ...read more

  • Men In Black

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 12, 2008
     | 2,833 views

    Men In Black. Begin video with Will Smith’s character at the training center for Men In Black. He arrives late. He says, “Excuse me, but why are we here?” A marine promptly stands up and says, “We are here because you’re looking for the best of the best sir!” Will Smith laughs and says, “This ...read more

  • Pickpockets On Board

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    PICKPOCKETS ON BOARD Dean Niferatos was riding the Number 22 Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago. The bus brimmed with dozing office workers, restless punkers, and affluent shoppers. At the Clark and Webster stop, two men and a woman climbed in. The driver, a seasoned veteran, immediately ...read more

  • A Story From World War Ii Illustrates This Point. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A story from World War II illustrates this point. An American plane was flying a mission in Africa. Under the cloak of darkness they flew toward their destination of Benghazi in North Africa. A strong tail wind pushed the plane much faster than expected. When the instruments revealed they had ...read more

  • Story: The Legendary Malcolm Muggeridge Was A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    Story: The legendary Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, author , satirist and media personality He was also a Marxist before he found Christ. During the Cold War he travelled to Russia to write a story about the Communist party and the decline of religion in that atheistic regime. ...read more

  • The Arrest

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
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    THE ARREST A police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "But officer," the man began, "I can explain..." "Just be quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back." "But, officer, I just wanted to ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor, Founder Of The China Inland ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, which in the 1960’s became what is today the missions agency OMF International, knew the secret of strength through weakness. Complimented once by a friend on the impact of the mission, Hudson answered, “It seemed to me that God looked over the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Waiting In Line At A Check-Out ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a man waiting in line at a CHECK-OUT STAND. He seemed AGITATED and IMPATIENT and had a very SOLEMN and GLOOMY look on his face. When the CHEERY young woman at the check-out said, “Good morning” the man just GRUNTED. The woman was trying to loosen the man up by JOKING with him, but it was ...read more