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  • Held Hostage In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,514 views

    HELD HOSTAGE IN THE NEW YEAR The new year started off rather uniquely for a "nameless" woman in Laingsburg, Michigan. She heard "angry, accented voices" coming from her living room. Fearing her husband was being held hostage by terrorists, she hid in a bathroom closet and whispered to the police ...read more

  • Telemarketer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 6, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,373 views

    Here’s a story from a telemarketer: “The other day I called a house and a real nice lady answered the phone, she was really helpful and friendly, she was the type of lady that helps a telemarketer get through a long day. After some pleasantries I asked if Mr. Smith was in, “I’m sorry”, she ...read more

  • Run Your Race Tjbts

    Contributed by Blake Henson on Jun 6, 2023
     | 1,254 views

    Run Your Race shows how silly it would be for someone to stop short of home in a game, but it is the same in our Christian life when we are not Christians all the time. We must realize the need to be active serving Christians 24/7 in our lives. URL: https://youtu.be/Ai6qZPECLiw SUMMARY In this ...read more

  • High Anxiety: 19 Million Americans Suffer From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,824 views

    High Anxiety: 19 million Americans suffer from severe anxiety, finds a recent survey by Anxiety Disorders Assoc. of America. The afflicted individuals often shun others (49%), don’t answer the phone (41%) and ...read more

  • Driving The Wrong Way

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,705 views

    DRIVING THE WRONG WAY An older gentleman was driving home from work when his cell phone rang. His wife was on the line in a panic and said, "Honey, be careful driving. I just saw on the TV that some maniac is driving the wrong ...read more

  • Costly Interruptions From Emails, Instant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,777 views

    Costly Interruptions from emails, instant messages, the Web, and phone are decreasing U.S. business productivity by $588 billion annually finds a Basix study. Interruptions to workflow can cost the average knowledge worker ...read more

  • The Kids Are Coming  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 123 ratings
     | 5,259 views

    THE KIDS ARE COMING The day before Thanksgiving an elderly man in Phoenix called his son in New York and said to him, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough. We’re sick of each other, and so you call your sister in ...read more

  • Our Task Is To Be Like The Father Of A Seminary ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,014 views

    Our task is to be like the father of a seminary student. He and his father, an inner-city pastor, were jogging in their neighborhood when they decided to have a pizza delivered to their home. On their way to the pay phone a homeless man asked them for change. Without a second thought the father ...read more

  • Submission Is A Two-Way Street

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 4,688 views

    SUBMISSION IS A TWO-WAY STREET Several years ago, while ministering in Florida, I was about to speak in chapel for our Church’s preschool, and my wife was supposed to lead singing. But it was time to start and Deb was on the phone, and I became impatient. So, when I went out to the auditorium, our ...read more

  • The Devil Never Takes A Day Off

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 7, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,023 views

    Not long ago, ... a minister shared... a conversation ...he had ... with one of his ...parishioners. He said that one day ... a church member ... called him up on the telephone, ... and angrily said ... I phoned you Saturday, ... but I could not get you. The pastor explained that it was his day ...read more

  • Receiving Signal  PRO

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,682 views

    Receiving Signal Prop: A cell phone In our church we have a 5-minute kid story in the big church before we take the kids over to the Junior Church so I’ll tell you how I did it and you can adapt it to your needs. Good morning boys and girls today I’m going to teach you an important lesson. (I ...read more

  • Secure In My Pocket

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jul 28, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,796 views

    My phone was secure. I had it shoved far down into my pants pocket. There was no way it could fall out; no way could I lose it. I denied it at the time but I saw the signs. They read “Please put any items that you do not want to lose in the bins or lockers before getting on the ride.” I chose to ...read more

  • The Coolest Dad In The Universe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,402 views

    THE COOLEST DAD IN THE UNIVERSE He was 50 years old when I was born, and a "Mr. Mom" long before anyone had a name for it. I didn’t know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their dad around. I considered myself very lucky. Dad did so many things ...read more

  • Danny Was Born With No Ears. He Could Hear All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 2,569 views

    Danny was born with no ears. He could hear all right, but he didn’t have ears like normal people. All his life, Danny endured ridicule and rejection because of his deformity. But he learned to live with it. Thankfully, he had loving parents and a strong family to sustain him. When Danny was in high ...read more

  • A Question During Crisis  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,015 views

    A QUESTION DURING CRISIS I just saw an interesting cartoon. A man was phoning his pastor during a crisis. With a fraught look, the man asks the minister: "My wife has left me, my kids are on drugs, and my life is falling apart. Can you explain to me the difference between ...read more

  • Info Hunger: According To A Recent Ball State ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,032 views

    Info Hunger: According to a recent Ball State University poll, average Americans spend more time online, on the phone, punching the remote, the radio and the game console than they do sleeping—9 hours a day. Much of that time they are using ...read more

  • People Today Have More Ways To Connect Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,951 views

    People today have more ways to connect than ever, but are disconnected more than ever. We have cell phones, texting, internet, My Space, Facebook, Instant Messaging, but we are disconnected from the people in the room with us. Families need spiritual unity. ...read more

  • I Almost Lost The That Which Is Most Precious To ...

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 4, 2002
     | 864 views

    I almost lost the that which is most precious to me almost 3 years ago. I was here doing some interviews for Day Camp Staff when the phone rang. It was a friend of my wife, Joanne, who called to say that Joanne had just been loaded into an ambulance and was being taken to the U of A hospital. ...read more

  • Most Children And Many Adults Have A Mobile. ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 21, 2006
     | 830 views

    Most children and many adults have a mobile. It’s a valuable tool of communication, not only as a portable phone, but also in word messages known as ‘texting’. We were on holiday in Canada and found it so useful to keep in touch with our family by sending and receiving text messages as we ...read more

  • He's Just Like Jeff  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,002 views

    The phone rang. “It’s Jimmy. I’m really sick. I’ve got a fever. Can you help me?” Jimmy was one man that the Love In Action ministry helped. He was dying from AIDS. Jeff was angry. He had already put in sixty hours and didn’t want to hear about Jimmy. However, Jeff promised to go right over ...read more