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  • Christian Writer And Pastor Warren Wiersbe ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
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    CHRISTIAN WRITER AND PASTOR WARREN WIERSBE TELLS ABOUT A TOWN WHERE A HORSE BOLTED AND RAN AWAY WITH A WAGON CARRYING A LITTLE BOY. SEEING THE CHILD IN DANGER, A YOUNG MAN RISKED HIS LIFE TO CATCH THE HORSE AND STOP THE WAGON. THE CHILD WHO WAS SAVED GREW UP TO BECOME A LAWLESS MAN, AND ONE DAY ...read more

  • The Perfect ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,304 views

    THE PERFECT STORY The story is told about a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect. Then one stormy, Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding road when they noticed someone on ...read more

  • Drunk Asks Priest About The Cause Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
     | 6,698 views

    Drunk Asks Priest About the Cause of Arthritis Sometimes our words can get us into trouble. A man who smelled like a brewery flopped on a seat at a bus stop next to a priest. The man’s shirt was stained, clothes messy, and a half empty bottle of wine was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He ...read more

  • Swimming With The Sharks

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,490 views

    A millionaire decides to throw a massive party for his fiftieth birthday. During the party he grabs the mic and he announces to his guests that down in the garden of his mansion he has a swimming pool with two great white sharks in it. “The man who dares to swim across that pool gets 1 MILLION ...read more

  • What You Believe About Jesus Mattters

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 1, 2026
    based on 1 rating
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    Does it matter WHAT You Believe about Jesus? C.S. Lewis very wisely wrote, “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing that we must ...read more

  • There Was A Professor Who Told His Class That ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
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    There was a professor who told his class that man is only a meaningless piece of protoplasm. He dismissed class early because of grief over his young daughter, whose life would be scarred because she had run off with an older man. A Christian student asked, “How can ...read more

  • Now What Do You Think Of That? Shocking Want To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,950 views

    NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? Shocking Want to know what happened? I was told that young preacher went into the pulpit and called for an immediate congregational meeting. He told the congregation what the man had just said to him and he asked for dismissal for that man from the board and from ...read more

  • I Asked An Elderly Woman Once, "If I Go To Church ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
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    I asked an elderly woman once, “If I go to church and the preacher says nothing worth hearing, is it any use for me to go?” “Of course not,” she replied curtly. But a young man overhearing our conversation intruded, “I don’t see why a man, ...read more

  • Tame The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    TAME THE TONGUE Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the Midwest, a young woman was training the employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her ...read more

  • Ashamed Of Myself

    Contributed by Robert Drake on Feb 21, 2009
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    ASHAMED OF MYSELF A young man got up to give his testimony for Christ at a tent meeting. He was not very accustomed to speaking in public, and he stumbled over his words quite a bit. An atheist in the back of the crowd yelled, "You should be ashamed of yourself, standing up there and ...read more

  • Weaken My Conscience

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 15, 2010
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    WEAKEN MY CONSCIENCE A man was talking to his psychiatrist. He said, "I've been misbehaving and my conscience is bothering me." The doctor responded, "And you want something that will strengthen your will power?" The man replied, "Actually I was thinking of something that would weaken my ...read more

  • Jesus’ Love Is Not A Pampering Love; It Is ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 8, 2010
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    Jesus’ love is not a pampering love; it is a perfecting love. It is not a love motivated by man’s will, but by the Father’s plan. Why did Jesus delay going to Bethany? Why does He ever seem to delay in answering any prayer? Why does He seem to delay His coming on the clouds of ...read more

  • Heart Of ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Heart of Temptation “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God… does [not] tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives ...read more

  • Got It Comin'  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    GOT IT COMIN' Clint Eastwood Westerns are great movies. One of his later movies is titled “Unforgiven.” In the movie, Eastwood plays the part of an aging gunfighter who lost his taste for killing many years before. He and his old partner, played by Morgan Freeman, are lured by the rumor of a ...read more

  • Four Men Used To Meet Together Each Week In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
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    Four men used to meet together each week in Memphis. One man was a service station owner, one man was a salesman for a wholesale appliance company, one man was assistant treasurer of a large corporation, and one man was a teacher. These men shared with each other their longings, desires, and ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
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    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • God's Grace Shown To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,188 views

    "God’s Grace Shown To Us" The Enemy of the world, Satan, was on the side of life’s road with a very large cage. The man coming towards him noticed that it was crammed full of people of every kind, young, old, from every race and nation." Where did you get these people?" the man asked. "Oh, ...read more

  • Dumb Crooks

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008
     | 2,549 views

    DUMB CROOKS 1.) A Circle-K convenience store was patronized by man requesting change for a twenty dollar bill. As soon as the register drawer was opened, the man pulled a gun and demanded it contents. He fled with all dollars of it, but left his original twenty lying on the counter. 2.) A guy ...read more

  • The Right Thing To Do

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,694 views

    THE RIGHT THING TO DO HOW ABOUT INTEGRITY IN AMERICA? One man wrote: "A package arrived in our mailbox recently. My wife opened the package because it had our address on the package and she believed it could be one of the many sample products that she had signed up for. Inside the package was a ...read more

  • Prayer For Future Generations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,973 views

    PRAYER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren ...read more