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  • My Mother And My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
     | 3,594 views

    MY MOTHER AND MY FRIENDS (Excerpted from Simple Treasures - Garnet Hunt White. Stories for a Woman’s Heart, p. 187.) The Prov. 31 woman has grateful children – “Her children stand and bless her” (Prov. 31:28 NLT). Mother accepted my friends as they were, and they loved her for it. They liked the ...read more

  • This Past Christmas, Jade Did Something That ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,220 views

    This past Christmas, Jade did something that re-awakened a part of my heart that should never have been allowed to doze off. It was late in the evening; my parents had dropped by for a short visit. Jade was overly tired and out of sorts. Looking for some trouble, she wadded up a piece of ...read more

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

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Mar 29, 2001
    based on 140 ratings
     | 2,387 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
     | 2,313 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
     | 5,997 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
     | 2,784 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
     | 2,171 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

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

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
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    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
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     | 4,437 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
     | 5,767 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

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,445 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
     | 1,973 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
     | 2,194 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

  • Revivals Are Born After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 4,213 views

    REVIVALS ARE BORN AFTER MIDNIGHT A. W. Tozer: "There is considerable truth in the idea that revivals are born after midnight, for revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough. It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as ...read more

  • A ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 18, 2009
     | 1,438 views

    A SERMON I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day. I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil, and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear. So I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do; It is not ...read more

  • As The Union Pacific Railroad Was Being ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 14, 2010
     | 2,050 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

  • God's Wood And God's Iron

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010
     | 4,445 views

    GOD'S WOOD AND GOD'S IRON Famed evangelist, Billy Kelly, received a donation of some Jack Daniel's aging barrels. He used them to make lemonade at his Greer Baptist Camp Meeting. He quipped that he didn't know if where from the Spirit or the spirits, but that they sure had enjoyed wonderful ...read more

  • So Hungry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,875 views

    SO HUNGRY The silence of the congregation partaking of the Lord’s Supper was suddenly broken by a loud exclamation. A 5-year-old girl was watching that passing out of the bread and juice and asked her mother is she could take some. Her mother said that she was not old enough to take some. With ...read more

  • The Need For Evangelism

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013
     | 4,698 views

    THE NEED FOR EVANGELISM A few years ago George Barna reported some amazing facts. Most Americans, including profession Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as possible. a). 38% believe that it doesn’t matter what religious ...read more

  • Yuri Gagarin Did Not See God.

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 9, 2020
     | 5,019 views

    Do you know the name of Yuri Gagarin?? The year was 1961 and this Russian cosmonaut was the first human to travel into space. After circling the earth, the atheistic astronaut came back and declared that he looked outside his capsule and didn’t see God anywhere. To which Dr. W. A. Criswell ...read more