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  • Two Old Friends Met One Day After Many Years. ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Buchanan on Mar 27, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,229 views

    Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition. The successful one said, "How has everything been going with you?" "Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my ...read more

  • The Monument  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,033 views

    THE MONUMENT I never dreamed it would be me My name for all eternity Recorded here at this hallowed place Alas, my name, no more my face. "In the line of duty" I hear them say My family now the price will pay My folded flag stained with their tears We only had those few short years The badge no ...read more

  • Let Me Illustrate What I Mean. I've Got Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,733 views

    Let me illustrate what I mean. I’ve got two hammers with me. One is a 16 ounce Stanley, the other is a plastic Fisher Price. Which one do you think will leave the bigger mark on the things it hits? No brainer—the real hammer will do more to leave it’s mark than the toy. Now how many of you ...read more

  • Illustration Of Light And Darkness

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
     | 5,390 views

    Illustration of Light and Darkness Somebody has got to tell the world about Jesus and the worlds eternal fate. Imagine walking into a cave and seeing all of the pit wholes and drop-offs and seeing the danger and possibilities of death and then some one turning off all the lights and imagine the ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Feb 19, 2007
     | 4,029 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Insensitivity To Sin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 3,211 views

    Insensitivity to Sin A little girl in London held up her broken wrist and said, "Look, Mommy, my hand is bent the wrong way!" There were no tears in her eyes. She felt no pain whatever. That was when she was four years old. When she was six, her parents noticed that she was walking with a limp. A ...read more

  • Unlikely Predictions

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
     | 1,716 views

    UNLIKELY PREDICTIONS Toronto Maple Leafs – rough start to their Season. First eight games were loses. Then hope was born... we got Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins! Haven’t won the cup since 1967 – yes, I was only 5 years old. People laugh. Leaf jokes are now hotter than Newfie jokes! Things are ...read more

  • Maskepetoon

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 29, 2011
     | 1,956 views

    MASKEPETOON When the first missionaries came to Alberta, Canada, they were savagely opposed by a young chief of the Cree Indians named Maskepetoon. But he responded to the gospel and accepted Christ. Shortly after ward, a member of the Blackfoot tribe killed his father. Maskepetoon rode into the ...read more

  • Destiny...?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 6, 2013
     | 4,876 views

    DESTINY...? During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt. On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took ...read more

  • Jesus, Money & Stuff

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 15, 2008
     | 1,815 views

    JESUS, MONEY & STUFF I want us to note this: When people came to Jesus, Jesus never, never, gave them money. He never gave them stuff. And yet, what do we ask for? Stuff. How ridiculous. So then, isn’t it obvious? If Jesus never gave anyone money… or stuff, while he was walking the earth in His ...read more

  • Jed Harris, Producer Of Our Town And Other Plays, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
     | 880 views

    Jed Harris, producer of Our Town and other plays, became convinced he was losing his hearing. He went to a specialist, who gave him a thorough checkup. The doctor pulled out a gold watch and asked, "Can you hear this ticking?" Harris said, "Of course." The specialist walked to the door and ...read more

  • Two Old Friends Met One Day After Many Years. ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,970 views

    Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition. The successful one said, “How has everything been going for you?” “Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my finger ...read more

  • Jesus In My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,640 views

    JESUS IN MY HEART A little 9-year-old girl came home from VBS one day. She proudly told her parents and little brother that, "Jesus is living in my heart now!" Mom and Dad were so proud, and made a big deal out of it. Later that day, her little brother said something she didn’t like, and she ...read more

  • Cheating

    Contributed by David Parks on Jan 23, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,354 views

    Cheating now more common Once upon a time in a tiny French village, the townspeople decided to honor their parish priest by each bringing a bottle of wine the following Sunday for the pastor’s empty wine barrel. The pastor was delighted, and he asked all in attendance to join him for a glass of ...read more

  • Actual Answering Machine Answers Recorded And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    Actual answering machine answers recorded and verified by the world-famous International Institute of Answering Machine Answers. ~~~~~ Hi. Now you say something. ~~~~~ Hi, I’m not home right now but my answering machine is, so you can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep. ~~~~~ Hello. I am David’s ...read more

  • Wanted: Movers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,997 views

    WANTED: MOVERS Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store. He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the ...read more

  • Today We Are All Rushing About Working For That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,816 views

    Today we are all rushing about working for that next pay raise. But what is that pay raise really going to profit us? We often can’t see the big picture for striving for something greater. Maybe we should have the attitude of this father. The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a ...read more

  • I Surrender All – Judson W. Van Deventer, 1896

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,948 views

    I Surrender All – Judson W. Van DeVenter, 1896 Van DeVenter beautifully describes the process of absolute surrender in his timeless hymn I Surrender All. If I may impose my perception of this hymn, I would suggest that He reveals the struggle involved in surrendering all that he is to the Lord. ...read more

  • Had God Remained Silent … The Plight Of Mankind ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 30, 2003
     | 1,616 views

    Had God remained silent … the plight of mankind would have been desperate indeed; but now he has spoken his revealing, redeeming, and life ...read more

  • My Lips Opened And I Said I Did. I Meant It. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,828 views

    "My lips opened and I said I did. I meant it. Like a wavering compass needle that points at last to north, that weather-vane soul of mine had ...read more