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  • All Lambert's Fault

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
     | 3,063 views

    ALL LAMBERT'S FAULT Have you ever been to Lamberts Cafe? If not, I highly recommend it. The waiters wear suspenders and bow ties, the meals are served on metal skillets. The drinks come in the largest plastic cup you will ever see, and there are peanuts on the floor. It is the home of the throwd ...read more

  • Healing House: "I Thought You Were Dead."  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,902 views

    HEALING HOUSE: "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD." Healing House is in Kansas City, Ks. It's a home for drug addicts started by a woman named Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo had been walking the streets for many years but then someone cared enough to share the Gospel with her and she was born again. At the same time, ...read more

  • The Daffodil Story.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,853 views

    The Daffodil Story. Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised a little reluctantly on her third call. Next ...read more

  • The Blame Game  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,838 views

    Already, get ready to play the "Blame Game": You are driving 100 mph in a 45 mph zone, you lose control, flip your car on a sharp curve, and critically injure yourself, who is at fault? No, not you, the Dept. of Transportation for not making the degree of banking on the curve great enough to keep ...read more

  • He Was A Stranger And I Took Him In  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,558 views

    He Was A Stranger and I Took him In The story is told of a Kansan who owned a general store. He was a well-intending man who made a habit of offering a verse of Scripture whenever anyone purchased something from him. The group of people who sat around the store in this rural area enjoyed the ...read more

  • How An Animal Migrates Is Significant In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 1,370 views

    How an animal migrates is significant in determining how much energy is needed as well as how much must be stored in the body. Flying, for example, is more physically intensive than walking or swimming, so migratory birds must build up large energy stores before they set off. Just before spring and ...read more

  • We Had A Lady In Our Church In San Antonio – ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 17, 2006
     | 975 views

    We had a lady in our church in San Antonio – Betty. Betty is a woman in command. Betty is a woman that would get things done.She would call the downtown shelter every year and ask how many coats were needed. Yes it does get cold in San Antonio. She would go to a local store. Find some very nice ...read more

  • The Graduates Vs. The Aclu  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,970 views

    The Graduates vs. the ACLU This story took place in Calvert County, Maryland, where a senior named Julie Schenk was asked to lead a prayer at her high-school graduation. Of course, it’s perfectly legal for students, as opposed to school administrators, to lead classmates in prayer. But all too ...read more

  • Recently Julie Expressed Her Desire To Go On Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
     | 1,338 views

    Recently Julie expressed her desire to go on our Church missions trip to Cambodia. She was excited because we expected that the Government’s stimulus package of $900.00 for each person would cover the cost. All we had to do was put in our tax returns. My $900.00 came as expected, so we had more ...read more

  • A Man On Vacation Was Strolling Along Outside ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 140 ratings
     | 2,339 views

    A man on vacation was strolling along outside his hotel in Acapulco, enjoying the sunny Mexican weather. Suddenly, he was attracted by the screams of a woman kneeling in front of a child. The man knew enough Spanish to determine that the boy had swallowed a coin. Seizing the child by the heels, the ...read more

  • The Captain Of An Aircraft Carrier Had Ordered A ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,223 views

    The captain of an aircraft carrier had ordered a total blackout on the ship. They were in enemy waters in the North Atlantic Sea. He was ensuring the safety of the ship and crew. The leading plane radioed to the ship asking for the lights to be turned on, so they could land safetly. The radio ...read more

  • Broken Already  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Houston on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,811 views

    BROKEN ALREADY At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great commotion started. One of the teachers was complaining. "Why weren’t my resolutions ...read more

  • Three Men Applied For A Job Driving A Truck Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,672 views

    Three men applied for a job driving a truck over a mountain route. The first guy said, "I’m such a good driver, I can come within one foot of the edge without losing control." The second guy said, "Oh yah, well I can come within six inches of the edge and not lose control." The man doing the hiring ...read more

  • At A Presbyterian Church In Omaha. People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    "...at a Presbyterian church in Omaha. People were given helium filled balloons and told to release them at some point in the service when they felt like expressing the joy in their hearts. Since they were Presbyterians, they weren’t free to say "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord." All through the ...read more

  • Scaling Back: A Small But Growing Number Of Men ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,363 views

    Scaling Back: A small but growing number of men are scaling back their work in spite of the soft job market. 10% of human resource executives say they are seeing a growing number of high-potential men leave their companies or decline a promotion because of work-life demands. 40% of working fathers ...read more

  • A Group Of Educators And Scholars, Alarmed At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,893 views

    A group of educators and scholars, alarmed at soaring rates of teenage homicides, suicides and out-of-wedlock births, attacked what it called the "timidity" of schools in instilling good character traits in the young. The 27 academics warned that "schools in general are not doing enough to counter ...read more

  • As The Union Pacific Railroad Was Being ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the ...read more

  • A Book That Has Changed My Life Is What's So ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,172 views

    A book that has changed my life is What’s So Amazing About Grace? In it the author, Philip Yancey quotes Mark Twain. Apparently Twain used to say he put a dog and a cat in a cage together as an experiment, to see if they could get along. They did, so he put in a bird, pig and goat. They, too, got ...read more

  • To Accept People Is To Be For Them. It Is To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Oct 7, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,280 views

    “To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them. It does not, of course mean to approve of everything they do. It means to continue to want what is best for their souls no matter what they do.” AND – ...read more

  • One Of The Most Popular Aquarium Fish Is The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,551 views

    One of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. If you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium. Sharks can be six inches long yet fully matured. But if you turn them loose in the ocean, they grow to their normal length of eight feet. That can also ...read more