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  • I Wonder If You Have Seen That Great Scene In ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 17, 2008
     | 1,736 views

    I wonder if you have seen that great scene in the the Monty python film where there is a man over indulging himself with food to the disgust of the waiter. As the gentlemen eats he’s get fatter and fatter to the point where he is absolutely full and he cannot eat anymore. His body looks like it ...read more

  • Two Elderly, Excited Southern Women Were Sitting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Apr 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,386 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER!" When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled ...read more

  • Two Questions  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,358 views

    TWO QUESTIONS An elementary school teacher was lecturing to her class on the dangers of not bundling up properly to face the winter cold. She told them a dramatic story about a naughty little boy who disobeyed his mother and went sledding one afternoon without his mittens, cap, and snow suit. ...read more

  • Two Rabbis Disputing The Question Maintained: ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
     | 2,027 views

    Two Rabbis disputing the question maintained: one, that it was not fit to come within a hundred cubits of a leper; the other, within four cubits, when he stood between them and the wind. Another would not eat an egg if laid in a courtyard where a leper was. One, when he saw a leper, assailed him ...read more

  • Come Back To The Plumb Line

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 24, 2008
     | 3,316 views

    Come Back to the Plumb Line Every carpenter will tell you when they start to build a structure, one of the first things they are going to do is hang a plumb off of the first vertical post the install after it has been trued with a balance. So as they continue on in the building project, they can ...read more

  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
     | 4,635 views

    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • When Paul Speaks Of Being Dead To Sin, He's ...

    Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
     | 3,157 views

    When Paul speaks of being dead to sin, he’s using a figure of speech. He is not referring to literal physical death. What does he mean? He means that sin is off limits. How many of you who are married can remember your wedding vows? When you got married did you pledge to “forsake all others”? ...read more

  • Harmonic Convergence

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 18, 2008
     | 1,822 views

    HARMONIC CONVERGENCE On August 16, 1987, a group of people tried to apply this concept (karma) with what they called the Harmonic Convergence. Thousands of people gathered at Mount Tamalpais just north of San Francisco and other designated religious hot spots around the world, such as Stonehenge, ...read more

  • The New Priest Offered His First Sermon To His ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 29, 2008
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    The new priest offered his first sermon to his congregation. As the people left, many stopped and complimented him on his preaching. He thanked them, went through the week and, the next Sunday, noticed a larger congregation. Some of the parishioners looked at each other during the sermon ...read more

  • Tech ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,545 views

    TECH CHURCH People within the Christian community are just as immersed in digital technologies and social networks as those outside. Both evangelicals and born-agains emerged as statistically on-par with national norms when it comes to technological habits. The one exception is access to spiritual ...read more

  • Bigger Person

    Contributed by Floyd John-Keith on Apr 3, 2009
     | 5,659 views

    BIGGER PERSON One day, two men appeared before a judge to have settled a dispute. One argued that the other had moved the boundary marker by five feet and thereby has taken possession of his land. After listening to both arguments and going through some documents the judge could not determine ...read more

  • Self-Destruction

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
     | 3,573 views

    SELF-DESTRUCTION The same way a lot of people have destroyed what the Lord rightly gave to them with their own hands. The case of a governor of one of the states in Nigeria is a very good example. He jumped bail in England and was removed on coming back home. There was also the case of one boy who ...read more

  • Truth

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,591 views

    TRUTH I had a terrible experience with an advert on the television, I woke up and they told me that I can get one type of car for $100 and later they said I can get one house for $1000 but I have to join their group. The membership fee according to them is $99, but if I can call at that minute, ...read more

  • You Don't Have To Go

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Oct 8, 2009
     | 3,234 views

    YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO Calvin Coolidge was vice president of the United States during the years of 1921-1923, under President Warren Harding. He was not a very active vice president, but he took great pleasure in presiding over the Senate. One day, as he was presiding, one senator angrily told ...read more

  • Empty Hands

    Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,873 views

    “Empty Hands” by Martha Nicholson One by one He took them from me, All the things I valued most; Until I was empty-handed, Every glittering toy was lost. And I walked earth’s highways, grieving, In my rage and poverty, Till I heard His voice inviting, “Lift your empty hands to me.” So I held my ...read more

  • Consult ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 7, 2010
     | 1,445 views

    CONSULT GOD A group of engineering students who were given the problem, “How long should a 1 kg beef roast stay in a 160-degree oven for the centre to reach a temperature of 65 degrees?” They had to do these projects at school. One kid did this series of experiments. Another kid went out and ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 8,785 views

    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more

  • Good Doctrine, Good Practice  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,362 views

    GOOD DOCTRINE, GOOD PRACTICE There were two doctors with the same name who lived a few doors apart. One was a Christian and a lay preacher, the other had made no profession of faith. One night a rather sick person, who was also a Christian and wanting help from a fellow believer, knocked ...read more

  • What Does Revelation Mean?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2011
     | 4,962 views

    WHAT DOES REVELATION MEAN? A group of kids were playing basketball in the high school gym. An elderly janitor was reading the Bible while waiting patiently for the game to end. After the game, one of the kids said “What are you reading?” The janitor said “I’m reading the book of Revelation.” ...read more

  • Comfortable In The Presence Of Majesty

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 17, 2011
     | 3,106 views

    COMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAJESTY It isn’t good to be too comfortable in the presence of majesty. There is a story about a man named Lear who was hired to give Queen Victoria art lessons. Things were going well, and Lear started to feel quite at home in the palace. He enjoyed standing in ...read more