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  • Numerous Christian Titles Made Publishers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,339 views

    Numerous Christian Titles made Publishers Weekly’s 2007 list of top-selling books. 4 of the top 20 Hardcover Non-fiction books came from Christian publishers, including Become a Better You, Joel Osteen (Free Press); Quiet Strength, Tony Dungy (Tyndale); Reposition Yourself, T.D. Jakes (Atria ...read more

  • Two Elderly, Excited Southern Women Were Sitting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Apr 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER!" When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,217 views

    BAG OF CANDY A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to ...read more

  • A Little Girl Went To Visit Her Grandmother For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,588 views

    A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little girls do. Her grandmother ...read more

  • Frances Ridley Havergal Made An Interesting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,638 views

    Frances Ridley Havergal made an interesting comment on this rest: Begin at once, before you venture away from this quiet moment, ask your King to take you wholly into his service, and place all the hours of this day quite simply at his disposal, and ask him to make and keep you ready to do just ...read more

  • John Maxwell, A Famous Author And Writer Of Many ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 25, 2012
     | 3,736 views

    John Maxwell, a famous author and writer of many books on leadership, shared that once he was visiting his parents and needed to make a conference call. He needed a quiet place and his father let him use his office. As he sat at his desk, he noticed a card next to the phone with these words ...read more

  • Jackie Robinson

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024
     | 394 views

    Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. While breaking baseball’s “color barrier,” he faced jeering crowds in every stadium. While playing one day in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he committed an error. His own fans began to ridicule him. He stood at second base, ...read more

  • The Touch Of God At Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,446 views

    THE TOUCH OF GOD AT CHRISTMAS This is from a 60 Minutes broadcast from a few years ago. It’s an excerpt of what Harry Reasoner said around Christmas time that I want you to hear. Listen carefully – he said: Eleven years ago I did a little Christmas piece and it seemed like a good idea to repeat ...read more

  • Jackie Robinson Was The First African American To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 29, 2000
    based on 224 ratings
     | 9,010 views

    JACKIE ROBINSON was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues. Breaking baseball’s color barrier, he faced hostile crowds in every stadium. While playing one day in his home stadium of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, he committed an error. The fans began to jeer him. He stood ...read more

  • Ronald Meridith Described In Hurryin' Big For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,052 views

    Ronald Meridith described in Hurryin’ Big for Little Reasons a quiet evening when he heard the sound of wild geese approaching in flight. He noticed the tame geese on his pond. “They heard the wild call they had once known. The honking… sent little arrows of prompting deep into their wild ...read more

  • True Peace And Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 5,324 views

    True Peace and Joy As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times ...read more

  • A Little Gift Is On The Way  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Swift on Dec 2, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,633 views

    A LITTLE GIFT IS ON THE WAY A lady waited until the last minute to send her Christmas cards. She rushed into a store and bought a package of 50 cards without really looking at them. She rushed home, signed and addressed 49 of them without really looking at them. On Christmas Day when things had ...read more

  • Poem: Within The Gates  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,001 views

    I love to step inside a church, To rest, and think, and pray; The quiet, calm, and holy place Can drive all cares away. I feel that from these simple walls There breathes a moving sound Of sacred music, murmured prayers, Caught in the endless round. Of all that makes our human life; Birth, ...read more

  • A Funny Thing Happened In Darlington, Maryland, ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 12, 2006
     | 7,123 views

    A funny thing happened in Darlington, Maryland, several years ago. Edith, a mother of eight, was coming home from a neighbor’s house one Saturday afternoon. Things seemed too quiet as she walked across her front yard. Curious, she peered through the screen door and saw five of her youngest children ...read more

  • The Ring Vs. The Shire  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,422 views

    The Ring vs. The Shire Frodo is a Hobbit of the Shire, where the rule of life could be taken directly from 1 Thessalonians 4:11 – "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you," But he carries the ring of power and all it’s ...read more

  • His Forgiveness Won Him

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
     | 1,692 views

    “His Forgiveness Won Him” In the home of Dr.Goheen, a missionary in India, a native was dusting the furniture and carelessly upset a beautiful vase, which fell to the floor, breaking in many pieces. The frightened native dropped on his knees before Dr. Doheen, begging for mercy. The doctor ...read more

  • In A Wycliffe Bible Translators Publication, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,909 views

    IN A WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS PUBLICATION, THERE WAS A RECENT STORY ABOUT A WOMAN WHO SERVED AS A HOUSE-PARENT FOR MISSIONARIES’ CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES. SHE LOVED BOOKS. THOUGH SHE LOANED OUT SOME, OTHERS SHE TREASURED IN A FOOTLOCKER. ONCE, IN THE QUIET OF THE NIGHT, SADIE HEARD A FAINT ...read more

  • Joyless Christians

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,610 views

    JOYLESS CHRISTIANS A little girl once went to visit her grandmother in the country. Things were fine until Sunday. This lady went to a very old-fashioned church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, ...read more

  • Phoebe Brown Was A Lady Who Knew How Important ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,886 views

    Phoebe Brown was a lady who knew how important worship is, and how beneficial it can be. Phoebe was a farmer’s wife and she and her husband had several children. So, naturally her days were full of hard work. By the end of the day her body was tired, her nerves were on edge, and her spirit was low. ...read more

  • Works Vs. Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,729 views

    WORKS VS. FRUIT A machine in a factory works and turns out a product, but it could never manufacture "fruit." Fruit must grow out of life, and, in the case of the believer, it is the life of the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). When you think of "works," you think of effort, labor, strain, and toil; when you ...read more

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