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  • No Hay Dios (Translation Follows)

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,879 views

    NO HAY DIOS (Translation follows) El sistema escolar le dice a los niños: “No hay Dios” * El humanismo es un sistema de pensamiento que se centra en los seres humanos, en sus valores y capacidades, además de su “habilidad” de poder vivir apartado de Dios. El Humanismo defiende constantemente ...read more

  • We Become Vulnerable When We Love People And Go ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,954 views

    "We become vulnerable when we love people and go out of our way to help them." That’s what the wealthy industrialist Charles Schwab declared after going to court and winning a nuisance suit at age 70. Given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: ...read more

  • It Was April 1742 When George Fredrick Handel ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,171 views

    It was April 1742 when George Fredrick Handel premiered his oratorio THE MESSIAH in Dublin. The next year several performances were given in London, and King George II was present on one such occasion. When the King first heard “The Hallelujah Chorus,” he was so overwhelmed and inspired that in ...read more

  • An Employee Of A Department Store Once Told This ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Apr 16, 2008
     | 2,381 views

    An employee of a department store once told this story. He was working as a store clerk in Sporting Goods one day when a manager came in. She proceeded to tell each employee what they were doing wrong and how they should change. The next day she came in again and was upset that none of her ...read more

  • Put Something In First

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Sep 11, 2009
     | 3,612 views

    PUT SOMETHING IN FIRST After we came here in US, I discovered that everybody around me were using something named "credit card" to buy things… We said, oh good, let’s go to a bank and asked them for tis wonder card… ziiip and pay for your gas, or for your church suit. I went with one coworker, I ...read more

  • The Murder Of Willie Stokes Jr. A Young Gambler ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 17, 2010
     | 1,524 views

    The murder of Willie Stokes Jr. a young gambler on the south side of Chicago attracted local attention when the family had an auto-body shop outfit his coffin as a Cadillac Seville, complete with trunk and front grille, windshield and dashboard, silver spoke wheels, working headlights and tail ...read more

  • Man Vs. Milkshake

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 27, 2011
     | 1,304 views

    MAN VS. MILKSHAKE James Dobson author, psychologist, and founder of Focus on the Family tells the story of a friend of his during their days in medical school. One day this man was walking across campus laden with books and briefcase. He passed by a fast food stand, and ordered something to eat ...read more

  • Godly Counsel

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 7, 2016
     | 5,287 views

    GODLY COUNSEL Proverbs 11:14 is a timely verse for the United States of America. It declares, “A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.” God has placed godly men and women around you in the Body of Christ. Use their wisdom, experience and ...read more

  • Christian In Name Only

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
     | 1,527 views

    As a result of poor planning, a man needed some same-day dry cleaning before he left on a trip. He remembered one store with a huge sign, "One-Hour Dry Cleaners," on the other side of town, so he drove out of his way to drop off a suit. After filling out the tag, he told the clerk, ...read more

  • Making Service A Joy

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 2, 2011
     | 5,843 views

    MAKING SERVICE A JOY An amusing story was told to me by the manager of a New York hotel. The great Paderewski occupied a suite there a number of years ago during one of his seasons at Carnegie Hall. It was the master’s custom to practice for a couple of hours every morning on the magnificent ...read more

  • Is Venom In Our Veins

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Oct 5, 2018
     | 4,068 views

    Describing the new movie, Venom, Greg Morse writes: He was a journalist once. Eddie Brock investigated corruption, fought on behalf of the oppressed, and tried to make a difference in the world. He was trying to take down evil - until he was "taken" by it. An alien, a symbiote, a hungry beast ...read more

  • You Can't Come In...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,341 views

    "YOU CAN'T COME IN..." There was once a town drunk who gave his heart to Jesus Christ. He immediately stopped drinking and began to look for a church and had purposed in his heart that he would attend the first church he found. Determined to turn his life around he found a church and went in. He ...read more

  • When The Preacher's Car Broke Down On A Country ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,302 views

    When the preacher’s car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar. “What happened to you, Frank?” asked the good reverend. “You used to be rich.” Frank ...read more

  • When The Preacher's Car Broke Down On A Country ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,804 views

    When the preacher’s car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar. "What happened to you, Frank?" asked the good reverend. "You used to be rich." Frank told a ...read more

  • Deuce (I Pointed The To A Member Of Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,585 views

    Deuce (I pointed the to a member of our congregation who had loaned me the helmet and suit) is race car enthusiast and an engine mechanic. But he’s not just any old engine mechanic. In the past, people have hired him to come and work on the engines of their race cars. He’s been all over the United ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Man Who Was On His Way To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 25, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,003 views

    The story is told of a man who was on his way to attend a costume ball one Sunday evening. He was wearing a red suit with a tail and a skintight mask with horns. He looked like Satan, or rather the false but widely accepted picture of the devil. As he hurried along, he was caught in a sudden ...read more

  • Let's Be Like God

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 30, 2008
     | 2,520 views

    LET'S BE LIKE GOD There’s a fable of a couple living in poor circumstances who were given the opportunity to make four wishes, guaranteed to come true. They could ask for whatever they wanted and they would have them! It seemed too good to be true. They were rather modest at first and asked for ...read more

  • The Prayer Police

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
     | 4,851 views

    THE PRAYER POLICE A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action "religiously based ...read more

  • Jumping Jehoshaphat

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 9, 2022
     | 2,370 views

    Where does the expression “jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” come from? A reader wrote in to ask, and I had a lovely time trying to figure it out. No one is sure how Jehoshaphat’s name ended up in this interjection, or why he’s jumping, but there are several interesting possibilities. This mild oath first ...read more

  • The Key … After 29 Floors

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,572 views

    5411 The Key … After 29 Floors Three men, John Newton, Louis Weatherford, and Samuel Preston, were out to find the best that this life had to offer. Willing to try anything, they were now on their way to New York City to “to the Ambassador Hotel, a twenty-nine floor building. Upon entering the ...read more