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  • Great Things About Moms  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,797 views

    GREAT THINGS ABOUT MOMS They rarely refuse to take their kids to the emergency room. She understands that you’re not ready to quit sucking your thumb. She understands that you can’t give up your blankie yet. It’s not cheating if she helps you write your paper. Only mothers can get all the ...read more

  • There Were Once Two Newlyweds On Their Honeymoon. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Parisi on Dec 8, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,571 views

    There were once two newlyweds on their honeymoon. They were taking a train ride cross country. The bride was becoming a little self conscious about all the fanfare of being a new married couple. She just wanted some quite time alone with her new husband, So she came up with a plan. She said to ...read more

  • Some Children Were Asked What Love Is. The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Eggers on Dec 6, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,034 views

    Some children were asked what love is. The responses were quite interesting and instructive for us adults. One said, "Love is when my mommy makes a cup of coffee for my daddy and takes a little taste before she gives it to him to make sure it tastes okay." Another said, "Love is when your puppy ...read more

  • The 5th Grade Bible School Class Was Reading ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,771 views

    The 5th grade Bible School class was reading about the tremendous crowds that followed Jesus during his earthly ministry. “Why do you think so many people wanted to be around Jesus?” the teacher asked. One boys hand shot up- “Because Jesus had money?” “No,” the teacher replied, “in fact Jesus was ...read more

  • One Of The Greatest Spokesmen For The Cause Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 15, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,547 views

    One of the greatest spokesmen for the cause of Christ today is Chuck Swindoll, host of the national radio broadcast "Insight for Living," for many years a pastor and now president of Dallas Theological Seminary. Howard Hendricks, who was one of Chuck’s teachers while he was in seminary, remembers ...read more

  • Ed Young Jr. Grew Up With One Passion: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 30, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,798 views

    Ed Young Jr. grew up with one passion: basketball. He dreamed of being a basketball player. After graduating from high school, he was given a full athletic scholarship to Florida State University. During his freshman year he discovered that God’s plan for his life was quite different than his own ...read more

  • A Man Called A Pastor's Office At A Church One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,604 views

    A man called a pastor’s office at a church one day to inquire into membership in the church. He stated that he would not be able to get involved or anything, but he felt it was important to have some religious affiliation. The pastor advised this man that the church he pastored might not be the ...read more

  • See The Words Spoken "Follow Me And I Will Make ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 10, 2006
     | 2,049 views

    See the words spoken “Follow me and I will MAKE YOU...” Spurgeon explains it this way in his introduction to his sermon on this text, “When Christ calls us by His grace we ought not only remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what He can make us. It is, ‘Follow Me, and I will make ...read more

  • Two Hunters Got A Pilot To Fly Them Into The Far ...

    Contributed by Stephen Boldin on Dec 29, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,216 views

    Two hunters got a pilot to fly them into the far north for elk hunting. They were quite successful in their venture and bagged six big bucks. The pilot came back, as arranged, to pick them up. They started loading their gear into the plane, including the six elk. But the pilot objected and he said, ...read more

  • A Runner And His Daughter

    Contributed by David Rumley on Jan 4, 2007
     | 2,064 views

    A runner and his daughter: • A daughter asked her father, who ran on a consistent basis… After one cold morning like today… the daughter asked… • Dad, do you determine how far you will run each time, or do you go as far as you feel like it? • I find if I am running and think about how I am ...read more

  • The Importance Of Preaching

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,108 views

    Several years ago “The British Weekly” published this provocative letter: Dear Sir: It seems ministers feel their sermons are very important and spend a great deal of time preparing them. I have been attending church quite regularly for thirty years, and I have probably heard 3,000 of them. To my ...read more

  • We Should Also Note That Single Mothers Are ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
     | 2,124 views

    We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida ...read more

  • A Young Fellow By The Name Of Sammy Liked To Hang ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 875 views

    A young fellow by the name of Sammy liked to hang out at Mom and Pop’s Grocery Store. Pop didn’t know what Sammy’s problem was, but the other boys would tease him all the time, calling him "Slow Sammy", and punching him on the shoulder as they passed. To mock him for being slow, they would offer ...read more

  • Ill- The Fable Of The Jealous Eagle (Taken From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Oct 27, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,440 views

    Ill- The Fable of the Jealous eagle (Taken from an old "Our Daily Bread") The Great Evangelist DL Moody once told a fable of an eagle who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day the bird saw a sportsman with a bow and arrow and said to him “I wish you ...read more

  • The Authority Of Jesus

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,917 views

    The Authority of Jesus Years ago I was on a trip to Israel with my seminary. We were taking a tour of Jerusalem and the church of the Holy Sepulcher. As we walked through the section controlled by the Ethiopian Orthodox, the monks ignored us, it was as if we didn’t exist. Then our professor told ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Makes This Observation About Our ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 4, 2007
     | 933 views

    Chuck Swindoll makes this observation about our chapter 7 of Ecc.: The man is describing life under the sun-ragged-edge reality, without God. Thus far in his journey, that has been his mindset, and it continues to be. But from here on, something begins to come into focus-the wisdom that has been ...read more

  • Life Is Like The Batting Cages .the Balls Keep ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Mar 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,474 views

    Life is like the batting cages .The balls keep coming and coming and sometimes we hit home runs and sometimes we hit some fouls and some times we just strike out, but no matter how miserably we fail the balls will continue to come and we either choose to swing on or to step aside and just watch the ...read more

  • Clinker Bricks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,518 views

    CLINKER BRICKS Although at times it seems as though the church is in ruin and rubble, God sees it as a beautiful building. Clinker bricks are bricks that did not quite make it. For some reason or another, they come out of the kiln misshapen or deformed. I read about a Presbyterian Church in New ...read more

  • Satan As Amusing

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,048 views

    SATAN AS AMUSING One of Satan's characteristic strategems is to give those who believe that he does exist an entirely wrong concept of what his true nature and character really are. In the Middle Ages, when there were no radios, no magazines, no newspapers, no movies, no telephones, and none of ...read more

  • Close, But...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011
     | 2,844 views

    CLOSE, BUT... A high school senior was asking his father's advice on how to woo the girl of his dreams. And his dad said "Well son, when you take her out for pizza tonight and you're sitting across the table from her, take her hand in yours, gaze longingly into her eyes and softly say 'Wow, you ...read more

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