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  • I'm Not A Scuba Diver, But Scuba Has Always ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jan 17, 2003
    based on 51 ratings
     | 2,202 views

    I’m not a SCUBA diver, but SCUBA has always fascinated me. When you take up SCUBA, one of the things that they will teach you is that your bubbles are always right. when you’re deep underwater, you’re surrounded by an aura of light and it is very difficult to tell which way is up. The water ...read more

  • Praising Him With Lifted Hands

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,429 views

    PRAISING HIM WITH LIFTED HANDS I attended a Conference in Overland Park, KS. The host pastor stood up before the opening worship service and said, he grew up in a controlled, dignified and domesticated worship service. He said no one in that church raised their hands in praise. But then when he ...read more

  • Some Years Ago Someone Sent Me An E-Mail ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,601 views

    Some years ago someone sent me an e-mail entitled “Shake it off and step up.” It perfectly illustrates the concept of dealing with disappointment. A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘braying’. After carefully ...read more

  • There Used To Be An Egg Farm About 5 Miles From ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
     | 925 views

    There used to be an egg farm about 5 miles from here, out on Reed Ellis Road. From time to time, when I was growing up, we used to take one of our 2 ton trucks down there to the chicken farm and pick up a couple of loads of chicken manure to put on our pastures to help the grass grow. I remember ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,559 views

    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • I'm Sort Of Surprised About The Timetable For ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 22, 2009
     | 1,977 views

    I’m sort of surprised about the timetable for Philip’s journey. God commands him to get up and depart about noon. It reminds me of Robbie O’ Connell, an Irish musician who lives in the U.S., when he went back to Ireland to chase down some authentic folk songs that hadn’t yet been recorded. Since ...read more

  • A Headline On The Front Page Of The Newspaper ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 1,262 views

    A headline on the front page of the newspaper once read, “Signing Up For Eternity.” It was an article about people who were putting their signature on cards, sending them on a rocket to circle Saturn for the next 100 years. ...read more

  • Years Ago We Discovered The Exact Point, The Dead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
     | 1,305 views

    Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. Franklin Pierce Adams ...read more

  • A Man Is Walking Past The Field Of A Farmer With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,203 views

    A man is walking past the field of a farmer with a cow on a roap. The farmer says, "Hey mister, where ya goin with thet there cow?’ The man replies, "I’m takin it to town to sell it." The farmer says, " You mean if it’s the Lords will you are." The man says , "Well it’s my cow and I recon I can do ...read more

  • A 12 Year Old Girl In Rural Ethiopia Was Kidnaped ...

    Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,139 views

    A 12 year old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnaped from her family . Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her 7 day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder Who knows what kind of situation she would have ended up in if that ...read more

  • There Was A Man Walking With His Son Down A ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,712 views

    There was a man walking with his son down a country road. On the left was a beautiful country ESTATE. A big black LIMOUSINE pulled onto the circular DRIVEWAY. Out of the automobile stepped a FINELY DRESSED and WELL-GROOMED gentleman, who NODDED to the man and the boy and then went into his ...read more

  • Our Religion Has Become Ineffective In The World. ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,503 views

    Our religion has become ineffective in the world. We are being rejected more each day. The world wants us to take our little god and go somewhere else. Our religion has become powerless because we believe in a powerless god. Our religion is weak because our god is weak. Our faith is weak because we ...read more

  • The Girl And The Lions

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 9, 2008
     | 2,122 views

    THE GIRL AND THE LIONS A 12-year-old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnapped from her family. Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her seven-day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder; who knows what kind of situation she would ...read more

  • If You Are Lucky, Sooner Or Later There Will Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,325 views

    "If you are lucky, sooner or later there will be a swirl or a double swirl where the trout strikes and misses and strikes again, and then the old, deathless thrill of the plunge of the rod and the irregular plunging, circling, cutting up stream and ...read more

  • Pres. Teddy Roosevelt Once Told Of A Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 1,563 views

    Pres. Teddy Roosevelt once told of a very interesting incident in his own life. He wrote, "On the beautiful little island of Islamorada, there are several hundred homes that belong to people who come to stay for the summer. I fell in love with that island & spent 4 summers up there." "I had ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Lost Inside A Busy Shopping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 1,916 views

    A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and dimes and quarters to try to cheer him up. Finally a ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,143 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept ...read more

  • 24 Year Old Danny Simpson Was Sentenced To 6 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 422 views

    24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,281 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept on ...read more

  • Whitening Fast

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
     | 3,123 views

    WHITENING FAST When Dr. Rees was waiting to preach, a friend commended to him, "You sure are whitening fast!" He got up and said this from the pulpit: "There is a little white flower that comes up through the earth at this season of the year - sometimes it comes up through the snow and frost; but ...read more

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