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  • One Summer Evening During A Violent Thunderstorm, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,428 views

    One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was just about to turn off the light when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" His mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, ...read more

  • Return To Roots: Mainline Denominations Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 2,315 views

    Return To Roots: Mainline denominations are casting off generic texts and hymns and reasserting sectarian beliefs to stem declining memberships. Methodists, Presbyterians Lutherans and Episcopalians all too often don’t know their denomination’s historic distinctives. Frequently less than 25% of ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Grandmother That Bought ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2004
     | 949 views

    Did you hear about the grandmother that bought her grandson a book of prayers? The little boy read a prayer every night before he went to sleep. One night he got in bed and had forgotten to read his prayer. The lights were already turned off when he remembered to read a prayer. So the little ...read more

  • I'm Reminded Of The Story Of A Man Who Had Done ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,536 views

    I’m reminded of the story of a man who had done something wonderful and the king called him in and told him he could mark off as much of the kingdom as he wanted and it would be his. The man took his staff and traced a line in the dirt around himself. The king watched as he finished and said, “Is ...read more

  • The Devil Says, "Whatever You Don't Have, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 1,283 views

    The devil says, “Whatever you don’t have, whatever irritates, whoever disappoints, whatever is uncomfortable, whatever is missing, think on these things.” God says, > Philippians 4:8 … whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is ...read more

  • The Seriousness Of Errant Doctrine Can Be ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,976 views

    The seriousness of errant doctrine can be compared to a missile aimed a mere one degree off target. The difference seems slight and negligible at first, yet the results of the error increase dramatically throughout the flight, until the missile totally misses its intended target. So it is with ...read more

  • A Woman Was Working In Her Yard With The Weed ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,923 views

    A woman was working in her yard with the weed whacker, when she accidentally cut off the tail of her cat. She ran screaming into the house, and told her husband, wondering what to do. He replied calmly, "Get the cat, and the tail, and we'll take them to Wal-Mart." She was incredulous. "How could ...read more

  • Americans Waste More Than 2 Hours A Day At Work, ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 10, 2009
     | 1,409 views

    AMERICANS WASTE MORE THAN 2 HOURS A DAY AT WORK, COSTING COMPANIES $759 BILLION A YEAR, ACCORDING TO SALARY.COM AND AMERICA ONLINE SURVEY Top Time-Wasting Activities 1. Surfing Internet (personal use) 44.7% 2. Socializing with co-workers 23.4% 3. ...read more

  • Dad's Alarm

    Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,328 views

    DAD'S ALARM A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone ...read more

  • Pants On The Ground

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jun 6, 2010
     | 3,260 views

    PANTS ON THE GROUND I believe the General, Larry Platt, was right. We are talking about something as simple as "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with yo' pants on the ground, with the gold in yo' mouth, hat turned sideways, pants hit da ground, call yourself a ...read more

  • Jesus Is Unchanging

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 26, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,719 views

    JESUS IS UNCHANGING "But nothing about our Lord Jesus Christ has changed down to this very hour. His love has not changed. It hasn’t cooled off, and it needs no increase because He has already loved us with infinite love and there is no way that infinitude can be increased." Ref: Tozer, A.W. I ...read more

  • Free For The Taking: Grace

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
     | 4,696 views

    Joseph Cooke was a missionary to Thailand a generation ago. He illustrated grace this way. Picture a happily married couple in which both husband and wife are all that either could ever wish the other to be. The husband always respects his wife’s feelings, always treasures her individuality, is ...read more

  • Unkept Promises  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jan 1, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,213 views

    Unkept Promises We live in an era of unkept promises. Nations sign important treaties and then break them at will. And many couples show little regard for their wedding vows. In this kind of society, we who are God¡¦s people should be known for keeping our promises. The brilliant Christian scholar ...read more

  • Walking Through A Supermarket, A Young Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,904 views

    Walking through a supermarket, a young man noticed an old lady following him around. He ignored her for a while, but when he got to the checkout line, she got in front of him. "Pardon me," she said. "I’m sorry if I’ve been staring, but you look just like me son who died recently. "I’m sorry for ...read more

  • Check Out The People You Listen To On The Radio, ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jun 7, 2007
     | 1,202 views

    Check out the people you listen to on the radio, CD’s, the shows you watch, the people we cheer for on the football fields, and the basketball courts, how many of them are anti-Christian in their life, in their lyrics? Yet we put up posters of them, and pay for their CD’s and their DVD’s and watch ...read more

  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,463 views

    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • Fifty-Six Men Signed The Declaration Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,428 views

    Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the ...read more

  • As We Look Today At The Eighth Commandment, "You ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
     | 2,137 views

    As we look today at the eighth commandment, “You shall not steal,” here are a couple of stories to remind us that crime does not pay. A London taxi driver found an ingenious way to keep his cab clean. He would wrap up the leftovers from his lunch together with any other garbage he found in the cab ...read more

  • Holidays Get Interesting Don't They? They Bring ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,359 views

    Holidays get interesting don’t they? They bring out the best in people and they also, unfortunately, bring out the worst in people. I’ll have you determine which is true in the following story. The day before Thanksgiving an elderly man in Phoenix called his son in New York and said to him, "I hate ...read more

  • If They Were Our ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 1,201 views

    IF THEY WERE OUR OWN If you boy or my girl were in darkness – Were groping alone in the night, Soul—weary and helplessly seeking In vain for a glimmer of light, Thro’ the dangerous depths of a forest, Bewildered and frightened and lost, Would I be at home by the fireside Demurring and counting ...read more

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