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  • Do All The Good You Can", In Other Words, Help ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jan 11, 2007
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     | 3,442 views

    "Do all the good you can", In other words, help thy neighbor. I just got off the phone with our daughter in law to see how she’s feeling with the radiation treatments. She’s tired now and feels sore but her skin is not burned. She told me about our grandson Patrick who is nine years old and what ...read more

  • When Johnny Was 6 Years Old He Was With His ...

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jul 13, 2007
     | 1,384 views

    When Johnny was 6 years old he was with his father when they were stopped for speeding. His father handed the officer a twenty dollar bill along with his drivers license, turned to his son and said “It’s okay son, everybody does it.” When he was 8 he was present at a family counsel lead by his ...read more

  • Comfort In Captivity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,134 views

    COMFORT IN CAPTIVITY We all want our lives to have some semblance of control. We want to feel safe and secure. We want to have victory in our lives over our troubles. Jesus, the triumphant King, has come to enter your life to do just that. You must give up your power and control over your life. ...read more

  • Top Bible Verses About Homosexuality

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 13, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 311 views

    Top Bible Verses about Homosexuality Leviticus 18:22 ~ You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Jude 1:7 ~ Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Time When A Little Child ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 12, 2001
    based on 138 ratings
     | 3,766 views

    The story is told of a time when a little child in an African tribe wandered off into the tall jungle grass and could not be found, although the tribe searched all day. The next day the tribal members all held hands and walked through the grass together. This enabled them to find the child, but due ...read more

  • You And I Were Born Into That Darkness. Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,818 views

    You and I were born into that darkness. Many people don’t believe that. In fact in a Barna poll 74% of Americans said that people were born neither good nor bad (Forward in Christ, Dec. 2002, p. 28). That illustrates how thick the darkness is. We don’t realize how lost and helpless we naturally ...read more

  • My Father-In-Law Came To Visit Us. He Bought Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,761 views

    My father-in-law came to visit us. He bought us a gas grill. It was too large to fit in the trunk of my wife’s car so they decided they would have to put it in the back seat. We had two toddlers and one of the carseats was in the back seat. My wife told her father, "Just take the car seat out and ...read more

  • Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Former ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as "the dark hour of his soul." Eliot’s mother gave him this ...read more

  • A Little Boy Ran Into The Living Room Where His ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jun 25, 2006
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     | 1,597 views

    A little boy ran into the living room where his father was reading. “Dad, where did I come from?” The boy’s mother cleared her throat and excused herself to let the father answer this long-feared question. Father cleared his throat and went through a long, careful explanation of how children are ...read more

  • I Remember When I First Left School At 16 With ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,365 views

    I remember when I first left school at 16 with no qualifications, yet I got a job and earnt a living what could I do with all the extra income I had? My mother told me to take driving lessons. I had 26 lessons in all, it was money well spent it was intense but I devoted myself to passing the test. ...read more

  • Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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     | 1,541 views

    Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), former president of Harvard University, had a birthmark on his face that bothered him greatly. As a young man, he was told that surgeons could do nothing to remove it. Someone described that moment as “the dark hour of his soul.” Eliot’s mother gave him this ...read more

  • Coming Out Of Church, Mrs. Smith Asked Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,564 views

    Coming out of church, Mrs. Smith asked her husband, "Do you think that Johnson girl is tinting her hair?" "I didn’t even see her," admitted Mr. Smith. "And that dress Mrs. Davis was wearing," continued Mrs. Smith, "Really, don’t tell me you think that’s the proper outfit for a mother of two." "I’m ...read more

  • A Small Boy Came Home From School And Went ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 24, 2007
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    A small boy came home from school and went straight to his room to pray. His mother had never seen her son do this, so she listened outside his door. She heard him praying softly and then saying, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo", loudly. She went into his room and asked what he was doing. He responded that he ...read more

  • Statistics: Our Kids Every Day: 1,000 Unwed ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 13, 2007
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     | 845 views

    Statistics: Our kids Every day: 1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers - 1,106 teenage girls get abortions - 4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases - 500 adolescents begin using drugs - 1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol - 135,000 kids bring guns or other weapons to school ...read more

  • He Flies Underneath You

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,325 views

    HE FLIES UNDERNEATH YOU You see, when a mother eagle has her eggs, she sits on them to keep them warm and waits for them to hatch. then she goes back and forth and finds food for them. But there comes a time when she decides these little guys have to learn to fly. So she stirs up the nest and ...read more

  • The Rhino Calf Was Taking A Drinking At The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
     | 1,510 views

    The rhino calf was taking a drink at the water hole. The tiger leaped at it. Soon the calf would have been ripped to shreds. But the mother rhinoceros charges out of the tall grass and drives the tiger away with her horn. "He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant ...read more

  • To Realize The Value Of One Year, Ask A Student ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 26, 2010
     | 2,532 views

    To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the businessman whose flight was delayed an hour. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask the man who had ...read more

  • Why Do You Ask?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,644 views

    WHY DO YOU ASK? A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?" Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?" "No" the lady replied. "You bury treasure but you burn ...read more

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 15, 2011
     | 1,613 views

    YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN... • You hear your favorite song on an elevator. • You watch the Weather Channel. • You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore. • You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any. • When you say something to your ...read more

  • Telling Lies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,476 views

    TELLING LIES A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy. Both of them had been really naughty. But as the time approached for their mother to pick them up, the little girl said to her grandmother, "Are you going to tell Mummy?" The ...read more