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  • Preachers Who Make You Throw Up!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    A Pastor was doing his Children's Church sermon where all the kids come down to the front & hear a story. The Pastor was discussing the story of Jonah. He quoted the Scripture from Jonah: "The Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land." When the Pastor ...read more

  • Melody Is Standing At The Pulpit, With Her Head ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,895 views

    Melody is standing at the pulpit, with her head bowed as she is praying. (This script is in front of her.) The pastor is in the back of the sanctuary, with a microphone. - - - - - - - - BEGINNING OF SKIT - - - - - - - Melody: Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Pastor: Yes? Melody: (looking around ...read more

  • Just Like Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,383 views

    JUST LIKE ME John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Television May Be Responsible For Doubling Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,757 views

    Television may be responsible for doubling our crime rate in the United States, suggests Brandon Centerwall, psychiatrist at the University of Washington, in a recent study reported in the June 1992 Journal of the American Medical Association. Centerwall analyzed crime statistics both before and ...read more

  • There Is An Organization Near Chicago With ...

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,242 views

    There is an organization near Chicago with approximately 12,000 members It requires each one of its members to give up one day’s earnings every week which averages out to about $110 per person equaling about $1.3 mil a week to further their cause. When a person joins this organization they must ...read more

  • He Became Like Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,492 views

    HE BECAME LIKE US John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Rich Landowner Learns That God Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,529 views

    Rich Landowner Learns that God Owns Everything The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. ...read more

  • Eugene Peterson, From His Intro To Proverbs In ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on May 1, 2011
     | 4,040 views

    Eugene Peterson, from his intro to Proverbs in The Message Bible: "Wisdom has to do with becoming skillful in honoring our parents and raising our children, handling our money and conducting our sexual lives, going to work and exercising leadership, using words well and treating friends kindly, ...read more

  • A Friend Was In Front Of Me Coming Out Of Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,375 views

    “A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is ready to shake hands. The Pastor grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I’m already in ...read more

  • Army Of The Lord

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,018 views

    ARMY OF THE LORD A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend replied, "I'm ...read more

  • Top Ten Preachers  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 7, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,521 views

    TOP TEN PREACHERS A man wrote to a pastor of a large Church saying, "I am visiting your city and I would like to preach in your Church." The pastor wrote back saying, "Thank you for the offer but we are already sorted for in this area." The man wrote again saying, "I feel I ought to preach ...read more

  • A Time Better Served on January 9, 1985, A...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 25, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,483 views

    A TIME BETTER SERVED On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just like I am right now. It was a crime because the week before the village committee had appointed a new pastor. The secular ...read more

  • Charlie's Thanksgiving List

    Contributed by Perry Hancock on Nov 22, 2022
     | 1,317 views

    Charlie’s Thanksgiving List The pastor at the downtown men’s shelter was ready to begin the Thanksgiving service. Everyone was ready for him to begin and finish since the service was before the meal. After a few hymns were sung, it was time for the pastor’s Thanksgiving sermon. This year he had ...read more

  • A Church For 57 Cents

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008
     | 2,810 views

    A CHURCH FOR 57 CENTS It was 1938 when a little girl went to church for the first time. She was found sobbing loudly by the pastor and he asked her what the problem was. She said, "I can't go in the class because there's no more room." Pastor Larry picked the little shabby dressed, unkepted girl ...read more

  • The Tablecloth  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,902 views

    THE TABLECLOTH The brand new pastor and his wife were assigned to their first church in Brooklyn and were to reopen it. They arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw the church, it was run down and needed a lot of work. They set a goal to have everything done in ...read more

  • A Man Came To The Lutheran Church And Asked To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Fakes on Nov 10, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    A man came to the Lutheran Church and asked to see the pastor. “Pastor,” he said, “My dog died and I would like a Christian burial for him.” The Pastor said, “I’m sorry to hear about your dog, but we Lutherans don’t do funerals for dogs. You might try the Baptist church down the street. ...read more

  • Best Christmas Illustration Ever!  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,685 views

    The brand new pastor and his wife were assigned to their first church in Brooklyn and were to reopen it. They arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw the church, it was run down and needed a lot of work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their ...read more

  • A Cartoon By Joe Mckeever...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Householder on Sep 30, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,069 views

    A cartoon by Joe McKeever... A smiling woman greeting a surprised pastor as she leaves church says, "All my life I heard pastors say they were ...read more

  • The Top Book Title Owned By Libraries Worldwide ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,431 views

    The Top Book Title owned by libraries worldwide is the U.S. Census. The Bible is second, according to USA Today Snapshots. Mother Goose is third. ...read more

  • Call Sin Something Else, Please?

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jul 1, 2012
     | 2,223 views

    CALL SIN SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE? There is a story about a Methodist preacher who often spoke on the subject of sin. He defined sin as that abominable thing that God hates. One day some of the leading laymen came to urge their pastor to stop using the word sin. The laymen told their pastor that ...read more