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  • Advice

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,732 views

    ADVICE A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and how to correct it. ...read more

  • Michelle Collins Of The Globe & Mail

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 13, 2007
     | 1,155 views

    Michelle Collins of the Globe & Mail: When 26-year-old Geoff Emery put money down on his first condominium, he started looking forward to moving out of his mother’s house. The move-in date of November 2005 rolled around only to find himself in November 2006 still living with his mom in Markham. He ...read more

  • A Little Over 3 Months Ago, Little Matthew (Well, ...

    Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,546 views

    A little over 3 months ago, little Matthew (well, not exactly little) came into our family. My niece left him with my elderly parents to care for since she could not. When I heard what had happened, I traveled back to Oklahoma to assess the situation Seeing my 80 year old parents care for this BIG ...read more

  • An Extreme Case Here Is An Extreme Case Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,579 views

    AN EXTREME CASE Here is an extreme case of a human being so convicted of doing right that he helped criminals. The father of the famous German philosopher, Emanuel Kant, was and old man and was traveling on a perilous journey through the forests of Poland. On his way the encountered a band of ...read more

  • The Candy Cane  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Ross on Dec 26, 2000
    based on 203 ratings
     | 6,316 views

    The CandyCane A Candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would help us remember who Christmas is really about. So he made a Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to ...read more

  • Foot And Mouth  PRO

    Contributed by Graham John on Apr 2, 2001
    based on 139 ratings
     | 3,343 views

    Foot and Mouth The most recent attack on the foot and mouth disease that is ravaging farms in the U.K. has been the sad slaughter of thousands and thousands of unaffected cows & sheep, together with their newborn spring lambs. This is to create a “firebreak” between the infected and the uninfected ...read more

  • The Mineola Messenger Printed An Article Entitled ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Limiero on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,246 views

    The Mineola Messenger printed an article entitled "Children and Their Changing Attitude Towards Their Parents." Let me read it to you: Age 4: "My parents can do anything" Age 8: "There might be one or two things they don’t know." Age 12: "Naturally, my parents don’t understand." Age 14: "I ...read more

  • An Elderly Lady Was Asleep In Her Bed One Night, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2001
    based on 166 ratings
     | 7,435 views

    An elderly lady was asleep in her bed one night, when she was awakened by a strange noise from the living room. Cautiously, she walked in and discovered a burglar in the process of stealing the stereo. Overcome with fear, she whispered a desparate prayer, "Help me Jesus!" The burglar heard her and ...read more

  • The Bell Ringer  PRO

    Contributed by David Fox on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 165 ratings
     | 3,327 views

    <<ILL>> A 200-year-old church was being readied for an anniversary celebration when calamity struck: the bell ringer was called out of town. The priest immediately advertised for another. When the replacement arrived, the priest took him to the steps leading to the bell tower, some 150 feet ...read more

  • May The Forks Be With You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,334 views

    MAY THE FORKS BE WITH YOU Luke and Obi-Wan are in a Chinese restaurant having a meal. Skillfully using his chopsticks, Obi-Wan deftly dishes himself a large portion of noodles into his bowl, then tops it off with some chicken and cashew nuts. All this is done with consummate ease you’d expect ...read more

  • Bible Confusion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,170 views

    BIBLE CONFUSION The little girl was sitting with her grandmother, who had presented her with her first little children’s Bible, in an easy-to-read translation, when she was very young. Now, a decade or so later, the elderly lady was ready to spend a few sweet moments handing down the big old ...read more

  • Respect Your Elders  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,309 views

    RESPECT YOUR ELDERS At age twenty-six, Pat Moore performed an unbelievable experiment. An industrial designer, Moore wanted a better understanding of senior adults, so for three years she frequently disguised herself as an eighty-five-year-old woman. From 1979 to 1981, she utilized the skills of a ...read more

  • We Are In Contact With A Retired Pastor Who Has A ...

    Contributed by Michael Raisbeck on Jul 4, 2003
     | 1,674 views

    We are in contact with a retired pastor who has a successful Christian newsletter who is now about 80 years old. His name is Papalou(1). He wrote in one of his ezines the following which to me displays an excellent attitude, ? Some have sent some "nasty" emails when they unsubscribe. I will not ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,205 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • After My Conversion, We Moved To Vernon, British ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,591 views

    After my conversion, we moved to Vernon, British Columbia. Desiring to attend Sunday School, my six-year-old sister and I ventured out to find the church, which we were told, was only three blocks away. However, we soon discovered that we were lost and on the main street of the city. I remember ...read more

  • A Young Boy Was Part Of A Group Of Young People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,835 views

    A young boy was part of a group of young people from his church who, as a service ministry, took the Lord’s Supper to homebound or hospitalized members of the church. He and his friends visited one elderly gentleman in particular who was in the hospital--nothing serious, just a minor illness--and ...read more

  • Without Me, You Can Do Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,838 views

    WITHOUT ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING A do-it-yourselfer who went into a hardware store early one morning and asked for a saw. The salesman took a chain saw from the shelf and commented that it was their “newest model, with the latest in technology, guaranteed to cut ten cords of firewood a day.” The ...read more

  • One Rainy Day A Young Mother And Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,275 views

    One rainy day a young mother and her seven-year-old boy were driving through one of the main streets of their town. Little Matthew seemed to be pondering something as he stared at the windshield wipers doing their repetitious work. “Mom,” Matthew said. “I’ve been thinking about something.” ...read more

  • Just A Little Silver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,149 views

    JUST A LITTLE SILVER There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," ...read more

  • Twenty Years Later Rembrandt Painted Another ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 15, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,114 views

    Twenty years later Rembrandt painted another picture of himself. As a young man he determined to deny himself no pleasure. He, therefore, sought out every delight and followed his appetite. Hence, one by one the torches of his life went out. Having been untrue to himself, he lost faith in others. ...read more