Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
I read a story in a paper this week of Mark Baylis who through quite amazing circumstances was reunited with his birth mother. Adopted at birth and brought up by wonderful parents, yet there was still the longing to know what had happened, was he really loved. The came the moment of reunion,
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 26, 2008
Mark Twain was asked his opinion on the raising of children. With his typical wit Twain offered this homey philosophy: “Things run along pretty smoothly until your kid reaches thirteen. That’s the time you need to stick ‘em in a barrel, hammer the lid down nice and snug, and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 5, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 1,685 views
This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus to a white man. In a 1996 interview she said “she was tired of it all.” My friend, 1 person, a seamstress from Alabama, decided it was time for a change and through her action and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 12, 2005
based on 9 ratings
| 4,163 views
The story goes that Mark Twain loved to go fishing, but he hated to catch fish. The problem was he went fishing to relax, and catching fish ruined his relaxation, since he had to take the fish off the hook and do something with it. When he wanted to relax by doing nothing, people thought he was
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Pat Herlitz on Jul 24, 2001
based on 88 ratings
| 2,083 views
“Slowly, through all the universe the temple of God is being built. And whenever, in any place, a soul by freewilled obedience, catches the fire of God’s likeness, it is set
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Sep 6, 2002
based on 40 ratings
| 1,787 views
- “We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture there without the light giving word, lest we slip with our feet. Each man should use the word of God personally, practically, and habitually, that he may see his way and see
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003
based on 15 ratings
| 3,801 views
BREATHING IN THROUGH A GENTLE ANSWER
On every trip they take, frequent fliers hear these words from the flight attendant: “In an emergency, please make sure your oxygen mask is in place before assisting your child with their mask.”
Have you ever wondered why this instruction is given? Because if
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 17, 2005
based on 13 ratings
| 4,114 views
A redhead is walking through the countryside, when she finds a bottle. She rubs it and, you guessed it, a genie appears.
The genie says, “You are allowed three wishes. But, I must warn you, anything you get, all the blondes in the world get twice as much.”
The woman agrees, “Okay. Give me a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 14, 2007
Halfway through a rehearsal, with trumpets blaring, drums rolling, and violins singing their rich melody, the piccolo player muttered to himself, “What good am I doing? I might as well not be playing. Nobody can hear me anyway.” So he placed his instrument to his lips but made no sound. Within
...read more
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
based on 5 ratings
| 2,358 views
A man was walking through a supermarket with a screaming baby in the shopping cart.
A woman nearby noticed that time and again the man would calmly say: “Keep calm, Albert. Keep calm, Albert.”
Finally, in admiration for the man’s patience as the child continued to wail, the woman walked up to him
...read more
based on 36 ratings
| 10,674 views
LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWS
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
DOES HE SHOW THROUGH?
One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother & said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand."
The mother said, "Oh? What is it?"
The little girl replied, "Well, he said that God is
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central