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  • False Prophets Talk Much About The Love Of God ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
     | 2,554 views

    False prophets talk much about the love of God but nothing of His holiness, much about people who are deprived but nothing about those who are depraved, much about God’s universal fatherhood of every human being but nothing about His unique fatherhood only of those who are His children through ...read more

  • Woman Took Her Husband To The Doctor's Office. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 2,716 views

    Woman took her husband to the doctor’s office. After his checkup the doctor said, ‘Your husband is suffering from a very serious illness’. The husband was hard of hearing and said, ‘What did he say?’ ‘He says you are sick’. The doctored continued, ‘But there is hope. You just need to reduce his ...read more

  • Even The Toe Is Important

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
     | 2,499 views

    EVEN THE TOE IS IMPORTANT How important do you think that your toes are? They are just little calloused, smelly appendages right? Wrong. Dizzy Dean was one of the greatest pitchers of the 1930s and is honored in the Hall of Fame. But in the 1937 All-Star Game, Earl Averill lined a pitch off Dizzy ...read more

  • Mere Human Reason

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 17, 2008
     | 2,462 views

    Martin Luther said to Erasmus: "Mere human reason can never comprehend how God is good and merciful; and therefore you make yourself a god of your own fancy, who hardens nobody, condemns nobody, pities everybody. You cannot comprehend how a just God can condemn those who are born in sin, and ...read more

  • 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 "Behold, I Shew You A ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Dec 26, 2008
     | 3,527 views

    1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” A farmer takes his family to ...read more

  • Two Old Friends Met One Day After Many Years. ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,979 views

    Two old friends met one day after many years. One attended college, and now was very successful. The other had not attended college and never had much ambition. The successful one said, “How has everything been going for you?” “Well, one day I opened the Bible at random, and dropped my finger ...read more

  • Too Much Evidence For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,395 views

    TOO MUCH EVIDENCE FOR ATHEISM Patrick Glynn, a former arms-control negotiator for the Regan Administration, began his journey to atheism in grade school when he encountered evolution and became a confirmed atheist by the time he received his doctorate from Harvard University in the 1970’s. After ...read more

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 1,695 views

    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

  • A Visiting Minister Was Very Long-Winded. Worse, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 20, 2009
     | 2,180 views

    A visiting minister was very long-winded. Worse, every time he would make a good point during his sermon and a member of the congregation responded with "Amen" or "That’s right, preacher" he would get wound up even more and launch into another lengthy discourse. Finally, the host pastor started ...read more

  • Clark's Gloom Of Grace

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 29, 2009
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    CLARK'S GLOOM OF GRACE Lord Kenneth Clark, internationally known for his television series Civilization, lived and died without faith in Jesus Christ. He admitted in his autobiography that, while visiting a beautiful church, he had what he believed to be an overwhelming religious experience. "My ...read more

  • There Was A Tyrannical Husband Who Demanded That ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 31, 2010
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    There was a tyrannical husband who demanded that his wife conform to rigid standards of his own choosing. She was to do certain things for him as wife, mother, and homemaker. In time she came to hate him as much as she hated his list of rules. He died and in time she came to love another man whom ...read more

  • Keep Your Fire Hot  PRO

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 8, 2010
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     | 4,907 views

    Keep Your Fire Hot A pastor went to visit a man who had been absent from church for some time. When the pastor arrived at the house of his wayward parishioner he found him sitting by a fire of glowing coals. The man fully expected his pastor to rebuke him for his tardy attendance at services. But ...read more

  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,312 views

    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more

  • God Calls Busy People  PRO

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 13,141 views

    GOD CALLS BUSY PEOPLE In the Bible, God never goes to the lazy or the idle when He needs men (or women) for His service. He goes to those who are already at work — the busy person: — Moses was busy with his flock at Horeb. — Gideon was busy threshing wheat by the winepress. — Saul was busy ...read more

  • You Think You Can Do Better?

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 4, 2011
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    YOU THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER? A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him. They were far too behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. He kept talking about it, for many weeks. One day his father put an end to the discussion by saying, "If ...read more

  • Don't Ever Trust Anyone...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE... "There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the back porch. He then went down, stood on the lawn, and encouraged the little fellow to jump into his arms. 'I'll catch you,' the father said confidently. After a lot of ...read more

  • Doing What We're Supposed To Be Doing

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 15, 2012
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    DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A high school teen came home from school to find his mother in the kitchen making supper. She asked what was new in school today. He said that a lot of the teens in his class were saying that the world was going to end that night and I was wondering what you ...read more

  • The Lawyer's Invitation

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 1, 2013
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    THE LAWYER'S INVITATION A pastor told the true story of one of his church members, an attorney, who after meditating on several scriptures, decided to cancel the debts of all his clients that had owed him money for more than six months. He drafted a letter explaining his decision and its biblical ...read more

  • Not Much Help

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
     | 6,496 views

    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

  • The Dead Rat

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,980 views

    A boy ran into his house to tell his mom something. He had a dead rat in his hand. But he didn't notice that the pastor of their church was talking to his mom. The boy said, “Mom, you'll never guess what! I was out behind the garage and there was this rat. I picked up a rock and threw it and hit ...read more