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  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
     | 4,518 views

    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • What Are Your Spiritual Gifts? What Comes Easy To ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 10, 2009
     | 5,789 views

    What are your spiritual GIFTS? What comes easy to you that is not so easy for others? A man is pulled over by a police officer for a broken headlight. The cop looks in the car and sees a collection of knives on the backseat. "Sir," he says. "Why do you have all those knives?" "They’re for my ...read more

  • A New Young Pastor Was Calling On The Elderly In ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 17, 2009
     | 1,828 views

    A new young pastor was calling on the elderly in his congregation who could no longer go to church. He went to visit Aunt Sally, who was quite old and in a nursing home. He was somewhat nervous and kept eating peanuts from a bowl beside her bed. When he got up to leave, he noticed he had eaten ...read more

  • A $100 Bill, A $20 Bill And A $1 Bill Meet Up At ...

    Contributed by Timothy Craver on Nov 9, 2009
     | 4,632 views

    A $100 bill, a $20 bill and a $1 bill meet up at the shredder at the end of their lives. The 100 says, “I’ve seen the whole world during my lifetime. Why, I’ve been on cruises in the Caribbean, safaris in Africa and vacations in Europe.” The 20 says, “Well, I haven’t done quite as well, but I have ...read more

  • Beer Into Bread

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,551 views

    BEER INTO BREAD There was a young boy in his school class, and his teacher was telling them how foolish the Bible is and the stories written in the Bible. In particular, she pointed out the story where Jesus turned the water into wine. She asked the boy to stand up and said, "Surely you do not ...read more

  • Frances Ridley Havergal Made An Interesting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,732 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

  • Comfortable In The Presence Of Majesty

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 17, 2011
     | 2,995 views

    COMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAJESTY It isn’t good to be too comfortable in the presence of majesty. There is a story about a man named Lear who was hired to give Queen Victoria art lessons. Things were going well, and Lear started to feel quite at home in the palace. He enjoyed standing in ...read more

  • Poor Communication Can Led To All Kinds Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 198 ratings
     | 2,618 views

    Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings; A rather old fashioned lady, was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to ...read more

  • B.c. = Bad Communication

    Contributed by Louis Gibson on Jun 28, 2010
     | 3,960 views

    B.C. = BAD COMMUNICATION Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings. A rather old fashioned lady was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for ...read more

  • Pa, Let's Play David And Goliath.

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 9, 2010
     | 3,889 views

    "Pa, let's play David and Goliath." My grandson and I play all kinds of games ranging from kings and heroes to dinosaurs. At any point in the game my grandson may change from being Petri the Pterodactyl to Spiderman. As my daughter and I walked with her children last night I ranged from being the ...read more

  • Shoot The Moon

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 17, 2011
     | 2,005 views

    SHOOT THE MOON The other day I needed to take my mind off things, so I opened my computer and played a game of hearts. Now, like all card games, no matter how diligent you play, there's time when the unexpected happens, and you're hand turns to disaster. One sneaky move from an opponent and it's ...read more

  • A Pastor And His Wife Decide To Have The Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 3, 2000
    based on 127 ratings
     | 8,046 views

    A pastor and his wife decide to have the church deacons and their wives over for dinner. It was quite an undertaking, but the pastor and his wife want to be "Salt and Light" for the leaders of their church. When it comes time for dinner, everyone is seated and the pastor's wife asks her little four ...read more

  • Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,938 views

    Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda describes his battle with bad habits: "I took a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, stared at it and said, "Who’s stronger, you or me?" The answer was me. I stopped smoking. Then I took a vodka martini and said to it, "Who’s stronger, you or me?" Again the ...read more

  • The Physics Professor Had Just Finished His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,281 views

    The physics professor had just finished his lecture about the pendulum, wherein he had shown the mathematical proof that an untouched pendulum will always swing in ever-decreasing arcs. He then asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this fact by standing against a wall with a pendulum bob against ...read more

  • F. B. Meyer Called On A Poor Woman Who Made Her ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Sep 17, 2005
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     | 1,915 views

    F. B. Meyer called on a poor woman who made her living by taking in washing. When he arrived, she was hanging some clothes on a line. He commended her on how clean and white they looked. Thanking him for the compliment, she invited him in for tea. Time slipped by as they talked about the Lord. ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Tells This Story About One Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,563 views

    Chuck Swindoll tells this story about one of his daughters when she was quite small. One day he came home tired from a long day of ministry. As he sat in his easy chair in front of a relaxing football game, hoping to catch the last half in peace, his young daughter approached him and began ...read more

  • Saving One Saves Many

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 29, 2008
     | 3,763 views

    SAVING ONE SAVES MANY Sir Nicholas Winton was a stockbroker in 1938 when Hitler's troops began to march into Czechoslovakia. In his gut he knew that something evil was underfoot. He quit his job as a stockbroker and began to charter trains, raise money, and transport Jewish children out of ...read more

  • Something Really Cheap

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,832 views

    SOMETHING REALLY CHEAP After being away on business, a man thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift. "How about some perfume?" he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a bottle costing $50.00. "That's a bit much," he said, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.00. ...read more

  • Simple Love

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
     | 4,064 views

    SIMPLE LOVE The great theologian of the last century, Karl Barth, wrote a 10 volume theological work titled "Ethics." When traveling and lecturing throughout the United States at all the important universities and theological schools, it is reported that one young man asked him, "Dr. Barth, you ...read more

  • The Old Cow Gave Good Milk, But She Sure Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,596 views

    The old cow gave good milk, but she sure was dumb. She had a whole field in which to feed, yet no grass seems quite as tasty as those patches outside her own pasture. She often stretches her head through the barb wire fence, while right behind her is everything that she needs --excellent grazing ...read more