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  • The Little Boy Was Innocently Talking To The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
     | 3,835 views

    The little boy was innocently talking to the arrogant pastor. "Today my dad taught me all about Babylon." Really? replied the pastor. And how did he explain Babylon? He ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,731 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • Someone Once Asked Jay Kesler, Former President ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 14, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,636 views

    Someone once asked Jay Kesler, former president of Youth for Christ International, if he believed that God could make a fish big enough to swallow a man. As a college president and above average in intelligence, in a world in which we have learned to split the atom and go to the moon and send ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Cartoon Strips Is "Frank And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,098 views

    One of my favorite cartoon strips is “Frank and Earnest.” Frank is in the courtroom standing before the judge who says to him, “It’s ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty.’ You can’t plead ‘I gotta be me.’” The cartoon is humorous because it touches a reality in our culture which places the need for ...read more

  • Temptation Can Really Play Havoc With Our Lives. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2005
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    Temptation can really play havoc with our lives. There was a humorous "Cathy" cartoon strip sometime back. Cathy is struggling with her diet. See if this progression is familiar: Frame 1: I will take a drive, but won’t go near the grocery store. Frame 2: I will drive by the grocery store, but will ...read more

  • By The Time Rockefeller Was Fifty-Three His Life ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
     | 1,259 views

    By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck. Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.” He was the richest man in the world and yet he was miserable in every sense of ...read more

  • A Professional Carpet-Layer Stepped Back To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 1,976 views

    A professional carpet-layer stepped back to survey a newly installed carpet. Reaching into his shirt pocket for a cigarette, he realized the pack was missing. At the same time he noticed a lump under the carpet in the middle of the room, about the size of the missing cigarette pack. There was no ...read more

  • British Children's Answers To Church School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    British Children’s Answers To Church School Questions: Noah’s wife was called Joan of Ark. The fifth commandment is Humor thy father and mother. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day, and a ball of fire at night. When Mary heard she was to be the mother of Jesus, she went off and sang the ...read more

  • The Only Prayer I Know  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2006
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     | 2,676 views

    Humor: “The Only Prayer I Know” Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an enraged bull coming straight toward them. Instantly they darted toward the nearest fence. The raging bull followed in hot pursuit and it was soon apparent they wouldn’t make the fence in time to ...read more

  • Works Thy Hands Have Made, Pt. 2

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    WORKS THY HANDS HAVE MADE, PT. 2 You ever wondered about some of the works His hand have made? Ever seen a picture of a platypus? Strand creature these things are. They live on the east coast of Australia. The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first ...read more

  • The Importance Of Relationships

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS I recently read some interesting statistics that show how IMPORTANT relationships are in our lives. The American Institute of Stress conducted research on 232 patients who had undergone cardiac surgery. Of those patients, 21 died within six months. Here are two ...read more

  • Oxen, Nuts And Shells  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,228 views

    OXEN, NUTS AND SHELLS All of us, at one time or another, have heard humorous stories of people who in a moment of frightful crisis will make extravagant promises to Almighty God, to other people; or, to themselves! Then, when the crisis is over or has subsided, they reduce the levels of their ...read more

  • Gas ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 29, 2010
     | 1,581 views

    Gas Mileage According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day one of ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, In My High School Chemistry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago, in my high school chemistry class, a little poem was often quoted. Its effort at humor may have been lacking but the consequences of an erroneous belief were certainly well depicted. It goes “Alas for little Willie, We’ll ne’er see Willie more, For what he thought was H2O, Was H2 ...read more

  • Not Much Help

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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    In his Peanuts strip, Charles Schulz had an amazing talent for communicating truths like this in humorous, memorable ways. In one strip Charlie Brown rests his head in his hands while leaning on the wall and looking miserable. His friend, Lucy, approaches. “Discouraged again, eh, Charlie Brown?” ...read more

  • Jingle Bells  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,042 views

    JINGLE BELLS The two of them were best friends in seminary, studying together, helping each other financially when one or the other got in a pinch, they stood by each other through thick and thin. When they graduated from seminary both coincidentally received a church call within the same state: ...read more

  • You Do Not Have To Travel Very Far In Any ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Jul 24, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,900 views

    You do not have to travel very far in any direction before you come across somebody who is away from the influence and authority of the Father. I can remember two such incidents. I was once visiting a church pastor in Kings Cross, Central London. As I made my farewell I stepped out onto the ...read more

  • Suffering For The Right Reasons

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
     | 3,115 views

    SUFFERING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS Richard Wurmbrand is the founder of a ministry called "Voice of the Martyrs." Some of you receive their publication. Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian Pastor who was imprisoned by the Russians and tortured for his faith in Christ. In May of 1966 Pastor Wurmbrand ...read more

  • Let's Kiss  PRO

    Contributed by Juan Lane on May 15, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,791 views

    “Let’s Kiss” There was a pastor who had a parrot. All the parrot would say was, “Let’s pray, let’s pray.” The pastor tried to teach him to say other things but to no avail. He learned that one of his deacons had a parrot. Thet parrot would only say, “Let’s kiss. Let’s kiss.” So the pastor decided ...read more

  • Amen, Pharaoh

    Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Oct 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,739 views

    AMEN, PHARAOH A pastor was invited at another church to preach. When he began his sermon, there was enthusiasm. The more the congregation responded loud to his sermon, the longer he went on. Finally, he noticed that the host pastor had started responding to his sermon by saying "Amen, ...read more