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  • A Mother Who Was Preparing Pancakes For Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 18, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,280 views

    A mother who was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake... Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first ...read more

  • I Read Of A Minister Who Was Visiting One Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
    based on 278 ratings
     | 9,913 views

    I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential way of it as "the Word of God". Her young son interrupted the ...read more

  • Take Courage And Have Faith, God Is With Us, Is ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
     | 2,408 views

    Take courage and have faith, God is with us, is in control, he might shake the nations and bring disasters, but God is God, the silver is his, the gold is his and all the glory is his, rejoice and trust. Remember God loves us and whatever we do that will not change, he is there arms wide open ...read more

  • A Mother Sought From Napoleon The Pardon Of Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,752 views

    A mother sought from Napoleon the pardon of her son. The emperor said it was the man’s second offence, and justice demanded his death. “I don’t ask for justice,” said the mother. “I plead for mercy.” “But,” said the emperor, “he does not deserve mercy.” “Sir,” cried the mother, “it ...read more

  • Golf...is A Trifling Thing Beside The Privilege ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,690 views

    "Golf...is a trifling thing beside the privilege of taking a small son to the zoo and letting him see his first lion, his first tiger and, best of all, his first elephant. Probably he will think that they are part of your own handiwork turned out for his pleasure...Cortez on his ...read more

  • The Authority Of The Body

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 3,249 views

    THE AUTHORITY OF THE BODY When Preacher John Wesley was a student at Oxford Unversity, he was shocked by the amount of drinking done by the students. (Wonder what he would think about college students today?) After writing to his mother, Susanna Wesley, for her counsel, he received the following ...read more

  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
     | 4,357 views

    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more

  • A Confusing Directive Was Recently Issued By A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 24, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 2,998 views

    A confusing directive was recently issued by a British Admiral. It read: “It is necessary for technical reasons, that these warheads be stored bottom-side-up, that is, with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top. That there be no doubt which is the bottom, and which is the top, each ...read more

  • Eyes And Toes

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,396 views

    EYES AND TOES There is a terrific story I once heard in a taped message from a marvelous Baptist pastor named Ron Dunn. Dunn's parable suggested that once upon a time there was a body where the eyes convinced all of the other parts of the body that the gift of SIGHT was the only important gift. ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Recounted The Story Of A Group ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,938 views

    Charles Spurgeon recounted the story of a group of missionaries who went in the early 1700’s to Greenland desiring to convert the indigenous people there. He quoted them as going with this determination on their tongues, “These people are in such darkness that it cannot be of any use to preach ...read more

  • What We Are Called From And Called To  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,728 views

    What we are called from and called to: I. Called from labor to rest (Matt. 11:28) II. Called from death to life (1 John 3:14) III. Called from bondage to liberty (Gal 5:13) IV. Called out of darkness into light (1 Pet. 2:9) V. Called from bondage to peace (1 Cor. 7:15 VI. Called to the ...read more

  • Almost A Year Ago, I Went To One Of My ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,284 views

    Almost a year ago, I went to one of my grandparents’ old home places. It is amazing what happens to homes when they become vacant. The yards go to seed and weeds take over. In fact, their old home-place was surrounded by weeds that were almost chest high. No longer a smooth green lawn but ...read more

  • The Missionary Decided To Give The Goat To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,933 views

    The missionary decided to give the goat to the tribal leader as a gesture of kindness to build the trust needed to share the love of God. In return, the tribal leader gave the missionary his walking stick. Without the goat milk, the missionary became weaker and weaker over the next couple of ...read more

  • A Young Teenage Boy Had Just Gotten His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Heartsill on Oct 25, 2000
    based on 256 ratings
     | 6,090 views

    A young teenage boy had just gotten his driver’s license. When he got home, he asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss the use of the car. His father took him into his study and said to the boy, "I’ll make a deal with you. If you bring up your grades, study your Bible a little, ...read more

  • We Are Called

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,539 views

    What we are called from and called to: I. Called from labor to rest (Matt. 11:28) II. Called from death to life (1 John 3:14) III. Called from bondage to liberty (Gal 5:13) IV. Called from darkness into light (1 Pet. 2:9) V. Called from bondage to peace (1 Cor. 7:15) VI. Called to the ...read more

  • I Watched Another Movie Where A ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 20, 2008
     | 2,060 views

    Illustration: I watched another movie where a teenage delinquent let his life spiral out of control because of drugs and bad friends. It tore his family apart. His parents were on the verge of divorce, his younger brother was experimenting with drugs, his sister had gone from honor role to ...read more

  • Baptist Kittens

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 5, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,417 views

    A Church of Christ minister walked past a street corner stand that was full of kittens for sale by a little boy in his neighborhood. The sign over the kittens read, "Church of Christ kittens for sale, one week old.....$5.00 each". The minister smiled and said, "My son, you are ...read more

  • The Fear Nots Of The Christmas Story

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,325 views

    The "fear nots" used in the biblical narratives of the birth of Christ: The "fear not" of SALVATION: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings...which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a ...read more

  • He Keeps Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 5,405 views

    HE KEEPS ME SINGING A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges, was born in 1884, he married Sarah Veatch and three lovely sons were born. Pastor Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in the year 1910, so he left his family in the care of his father-in-law ...read more

  • Do You Know Him?

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 1, 2009
     | 2,960 views

    DO YOU KNOW HIM? Do you know Jesus? I’m not asking if you know about Jesus. Some people know Jesus about as well as they know Stephen Harper (PM of Canada), Rick Warren (Pastor and best-selling author), Sara Palin (Governor of Alaska who ran for Vice President for Republican John McCain), or Carl ...read more