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  • C.s. Lewis On Judging Others

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,446 views

    C.S. LEWIS ON JUDGING OTHERS C.S. Lewis wrote about this in Mere Christianity. He said, "One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual Christian may see fit to give ...read more

  • An Extremely Proud Young Man Walked Into A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Dascoli on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,237 views

    An extremely proud young man walked into a restaurant looking for his friend. Immediately he noticed two beautiful young ladies near the door who appeared to be checking him out. Just then they both looked at each other and at the same time said, “NINE”! and began to giggle. The prideful young ...read more

  • Hezekiah Exalted Himself Instead Of Exalting ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008
     | 2,750 views

    Hezekiah exalted himself instead of exalting God. These seekers of truth came to see God’s healthy healed prophet and instead he showed them his gold and his silver and his treasures and his defenses. He showed gold to the Babylonians superpower! Is like I got Bill Gates for Bible study and instead ...read more

  • Praising God In Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Karen Wheat on Feb 8, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,007 views

    Illustration About Praising God in Worship There’s the story of a church in an old town that was very sophisticated, dignified, and quiet. One day a visitor showed up in worship. When the preacher began to preach and say something like God is a good God, the visitor would shout, “Praise the Lord,” ...read more

  • When Lincoln's Body Was Brought From Washington ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,477 views

    When Lincoln’s body was brought from Washington to Illinois, it passed through Albany and it was carried through the street. They say a black woman stood upon the curb and lifted her little son as far as she could reach above the heads of the crowd and was heard to say to him, "Take a long look, ...read more

  • How Many Of You Saw The Movie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,419 views

    Illustration: How many of you saw the movie Garfield? Well before Garfield hit the big screen, he was in the Newspaper. In one particular strip Garfield is lying in his box and his owner, Jon, walks up and says, "Are you Depressed, Garfield? Garfield, doesn’t answer him, he just gives him one of ...read more

  • When Lincoln's Body Was Brought From Washington ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 6, 2007
     | 1,542 views

    When Lincoln’s body was brought from Washington to Illinois, it passed through Albany and it was carried through the street. They say a black woman stood upon the curb and lifted her little son as far as she could reach above the heads of the crowd and was heard to say to him, “Take a long look, ...read more

  • Remember The Movie, The Field Of Dreams. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,000 views

    Remember the movie, The Field of Dreams. A farmer made a baseball field in a Iowa cornfield. And one of the scenes of the movie shows cars lined up coming to the field. Isaiah picture people from every nation streaming to the Light of Israel, which is Jesus Christ. The Lord address spiritual ...read more

  • The Yugo And The Rolls-Royce

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
     | 2,317 views

    The Yugo and the Rolls-Royce A man was driving his Yugo when he pulled up next to a Rolls-Royce at a stoplight. The driver of the Yugo rolled down his window and shouted to the driver of the Rolls, "Hey, that’s a nice car. Do you have a phone in your Rolls? I’ve got a phone in my Yugo!" The driver ...read more

  • The Miser And His Gold  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,917 views

    THE MISER AND HIS GOLD Once upon a time there was a Miser who used to hide his gold at the foot of a tree in his garden. but every week he used to go and dig it up and gloat over his gains. A robber, who had noticed this, went and dug up the gold and ran away with it. When the Miser next came to ...read more

  • Base Camps  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,066 views

    BASE CAMPS When people are climbing Mount Everest, there are at least four camps that people stop at on the way up. They have to stop because of the physical limitations of their bodies. They need time to rest. They need time to acclimatized to the atmosphere. They need time to be prepared to ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Israeli Woman That Wanted ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
     | 1,125 views

    Did you hear about the Israeli woman that wanted to do something very nice for her mother? She bought her mother a brand new mattress and threw out the old one. The problem was her mother had hidden her entire life savings in the old mattress. It was approximately $1million! When the daughter ...read more

  • There Was A Poor Family In This Little Town. ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 17, 2009
     | 2,859 views

    There was a poor family in this little town. Brought to the attention of the Baptist minister who got the word to his congregation and provided appropriate clothing to the family asking them to come to church the next Sunday. They agreed. When Sunday came they didn’t show up at the Baptist ...read more

  • A Defendant Was On Trial For Murder In Oklahoma. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 22, 2001
    based on 232 ratings
     | 4,111 views

    A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you ...read more

  • A Defendant Was On Trial For Murder In Oklahoma. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,329 views

    A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you ...read more

  • Learn To Speak The Language

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,486 views

    LEARN TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn’t understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but he eventually got back on track and found the place. ...read more

  • Is Your Church On Fire?

    Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
     | 4,711 views

    IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE? In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen ...read more

  • The Light That Some Christians Give Off Is Like ...

    Contributed by W F on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,662 views

    The light that some Christians give off is like the moon – it gives light, but it’s pretty dim. So dim in fact that you can look directly at the moon without it effecting you. You can’t look at the sun like that. But this is the kind of light that is needed. The sun light’s up everything; nothing ...read more

  • The Bible Leaf

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009
     | 4,348 views

    THE BIBLE LEAF A little boy opened the big family Bible at home. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it closely. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mamma, ...read more

  • Oh, Those Alluring Lizardly Eyes

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 4, 2020
     | 2,110 views

    After months of planning and rearranging our schedule, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage finally organized a little vacation time for Christmas. It takes an awful lot of work for her and, I let her work as hard as she wants to work. That’s the kinda husband I am. She scheduled us to stay for ...read more