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  • Trading Places

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 7, 2014
     | 5,237 views

    Several years ago, a Baptist camp in Texas was having the annual softball game between counselors and campers on the last day of church camp. The teams divided up and went at each other. After the game started, a teenager in center field chased a long fly ball and hurt his ankle. His pastor was ...read more

  • Wife Died

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2015
     | 4,471 views

    Booth-Tucker preached in Chicago one day, and out from the throng a burdened laborer came and said to him, before all the audience, "You can talk like that about how Christ is dear to you, and helps you; but if your wife was dead, as my wife is, and you had some babies crying for their mother who ...read more

  • Car Keys

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Sep 7, 2017
     | 3,810 views

    “You shall not steal,” the Seventh Commandment. Not only do we not take what is not ours, we actually help to improve and protect the possessions and income of other people. I had this done to me a few weeks. I was finishing up something at home on a Friday, and Dawn came to pick me up in the ...read more

  • Staying By The Stuff

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,208 views

    STAYING BY THE STUFF. A. MY GRAND MOTHER USED TO TELL US BOYS ABOUT AN OLD PERSIAN LEGEND, B. THAT TALKS ABOUT A KING WHO NEEDED A FAITHFUL SERVANT AND HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE. C. HE TOOK BOTH, AT FIXED WAGES, AND TOLD THEM TO FILL A BASKET WITH WATER FROM A NEARBY ...read more

  • This Week I Came Across This Tongue Firmly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,836 views

    This week I came across this tongue firmly implanted in cheek article titled “Pastor Quits Sports”. Here is why this pastor quit going to sporting events: 1. Every time I went they asked me for money. 2. The people with whom I had to sit didn’t seem very friendly. 3. The seats were too hard and ...read more

  • Learn From The Past And Live Your Future ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,595 views

    Learn from the past and live your future differently I was reading the other day. Once, two men went moose hunting in Canada for a week. A bush pilot dropped them off at their camp and arranged to pick them up in one week. They both shot a moose. When the pilot returned he looked at their two ...read more

  • Bill Bright, Founder And President, Campus ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,623 views

    Bill Bright, founder and president, Campus Crusade for Christ - I know two law partners who used to hate each other. When one became a Christian, he asked me, "Now that I’m a Christian, what should I do?" I said, "Why not ask him to forgive you and tell him you love him?" "I could never do that" he ...read more

  • A Curious Fellow Died One Day And Found Himself ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,882 views

    A curious fellow died one day and found himself waiting in the long line of judgment. As he stood there he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the pearly gates into heaven. Others, though, were led over to Satan who threw them into the burning pit. But every so often, ...read more

  • Pauline Just Returned To The States After Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,679 views

    Pauline just returned to the States after being in Portugal for 4 months. She told my wife the other day that while she was there she felt like God wanted her to teach a ladies’ bible study on Wednesday mornings. So she did but after a while she felt God was telling her that on Wednesday mornings ...read more

  • Here's How Several Elementary School Students ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 22, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,262 views

    Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? • He used ...read more

  • Business Is Always Good

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 29, 2008
     | 2,052 views

    BUSINESS IS ALWAYS GOOD I had a man in my last congregation who was in the snack business. He was part of a small company which supplied chips and pretzels and the like to mini markets and various retail outlets. One afternoon I asked Albert how business was, good or bad, up or down. He looked at ...read more

  • Pickup In The Rain

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 16, 2008
     | 2,823 views

    PICKUP IN THE RAIN One night in the 1960s, at 11:30 p.m., an older African-American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a windy rain storm which was accompanied by lightning. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to ...read more

  • A. How Many Of You Have Ever Built A ...

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,897 views

    A. How many of you have ever built a model? 1. There are all kinds: a. Cars & Trucks b. Military vehicles & Trains c. Planes & boats 2. At present I am working on a ship, the HMS Bounty. a. There are many reasons a ship can become famous, usually because of a great battle or ...read more

  • N India This Week (Early Oct., 2008), Here Is The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 15, 2008
     | 1,315 views

    n India this week (early Oct., 2008), here is the latest: "Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. In Kandhamal, the destruction has continued for more than a month. Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people ...read more

  • What Changed At Easter?  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,555 views

    What Changed at Easter? Quest Study Bible notes this about the question, "What changed at Easter, this pivotal point in history?" "The resurrection vindicated Jesus' claims about himself, that he was the Son of God in the flesh, the fulfillment of God’s dealings with humankind. No longer would ...read more

  • Faith Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,588 views

    FAITH IS AN ADVENTURE Some people feel as if living by faith is foolish. The truth is, it is a marvelous adventure. I was telling someone the other day about a Godly lady who was a member of a church I once served. This ladies husband had died leaving her with four small children. This happened ...read more

  • But That’s Not What Peace Is. That’s Just A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,644 views

    But that’s not what peace is. That’s just a truce. General McArthur said "A truce just says you don’t shoot for awhile. Peace comes when the truth is known, the issue is settled, & the parties embrace each other." Peacemakers don’t just try to stop conflict. They’re doing something far ...read more

  • A Preacher's Little Girl Went To Bed Sick One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,201 views

    A preacher's little girl went to bed sick one evening. A few minutes later she got up and said to her mother, "Mama, I must see daddy right now." Her mama replied, "Honey, you can't talk to daddy right now. He's working on his sermon." She said, "Mother! I'm a sick woman and I must see my ...read more

  • Six-Word Memoirs  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,640 views

    Six-Word Memoirs One of the surprising best-selling books of 2008 is "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." Notice that the main title is only six words: "Not Quite What I Was Planning." People were asked to succinctly sum up their life in six ...read more

  • John Mackie Was The President Of The Church Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,163 views

    John Mackie was the president of the Church of Scotland after WWII. He traveled to a remote parts of the Balkan Peninsula to check on missionaries that they supported. On one trip he was accompanied by two ministers from a severe and pietistic denomination that supported the same ...read more