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  • Because The Younger Children At Our Parochial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,627 views

    Because the younger children at our parochial school often forgot their sins when they entered my confessional, I suggested that teachers have the students make lists. The next week when one child came to confession, I could hear him unfolding paper. The youngster began, “I lied to my parents. I ...read more

  • Coming Change: 56% Of Technology Experts Agree ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,930 views

    Coming Change: 56% of technology experts agree that as telecommuting and home-schooling expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish and family dynamics will change. There is notable agreement among the experts that in the next 10 years the internet will be more deeply integrated in ...read more

  • Teach Creationism: 64% Of Americans Say That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,319 views

    Teach Creationism: 64% of Americans say that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in public schools according to a new Pew Forum on Religion poll. 38% favor replacing evolution with creationism. The poll found that 42% hold strict creationist views (living things have existed in their ...read more

  • When We Were In Canada The Rechargeable Battery ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 21, 2006
     | 1,028 views

    When we were in Canada the rechargeable battery of our mobile ran down and unfortunately the charger we use in the UK didn’t work there but a kind shopkeeper charged it up. This reminded me that we need help from others in our lives – our parents, friends in church, our minister and Sunday School ...read more

  • Six Hundred Teenagers Found In New England's ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
     | 1,148 views

    Six hundred teenagers found in New England’s prisons gave these startling facts as to why they were there:  Six out of ten had fathers who drank to excess.  Many had mothers in the same condition.  Three out of four were permitted by parents to come and go as they pleased. ...read more

  • What God Looks Like

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 16, 2009
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     | 3,239 views

    WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE A preacher once asked the preschoolers in Sunday school to draw pictures of God. He intended to use them as an illustration for his Sunday sermon. Toward the end of class the children were excited to show him their work. They came up with rainbows and men with big hands. ...read more

  • I Am One Of Those Fingers

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,557 views

    I AM ONE OF THOSE FINGERS There once was a Sunday School teacher and a little girl. They had just finished a lesson on our security in Christ. The teacher asked the little girl; "What if you slipped away?" The little girl replied "I can't slip away for he has me in my hand." The teacher teasing ...read more

  • Voice Of Authority

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2011
     | 3,073 views

    VOICE OF AUTHORITY When I was serving with YWAM in the summer of 1982, we played a concert at a school in Amsterdam. As the concert ended, the students began to come up to us and talking with us, and believe it or not, some even asked for our autographs. At that moment a tall, thin, man with a ...read more

  • Birthdays ...

    Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Jun 10, 2018
     | 8,853 views

    While talking to one of the little ones that came forward during children's hour, I was trying to determine if they were old enough for Vacation Bible School (they were four). So I said, "You are four now, when will you be five?" He looked up with complete confidence and seemed amazed I would ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Little Boy Who Was Scared ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,710 views

    The story is told of a little boy who was scared to go to church one Sunday. He cried and cried and his mother couldn’t find out what was wrong with him. He loved to go to Sunday school and church. She kept questioning him and finally he blurted out, “I’m afraid of the zeal.” “What zeal?” she ...read more

  • I Like To Watch The Old Westerns On Tv. The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 15, 2007
     | 1,447 views

    I like to watch the old westerns on TV. The battle usually centered on the cowboys and Indians. We would even go out a play cowboys and Indians after school or on Saturday after watching an episode on TV. One thing that was in every movie was the rescue. The cowboys would be surrounded by ...read more

  • The Planting Story : A Little 8 Year Old Boy Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
     | 1,133 views

    The planting story : A little 8 year old boy was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinates in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days ...read more

  • The Oprah Winfrey Show

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 19, 2008
     | 2,309 views

    Ranai Carlton said: During Sunday school I was trying to teach the children that we all need God’s forgiveness. After the Bible story I asked on of the girls, "Lisa, when is a time you might need God’s forgiveness?" Her blank stare prompted a response from my son. "It’s okay, Lisa. You don’t have ...read more

  • Ignorance Is Bliss! Maybe I Should Say Innocence ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,757 views

    Ignorance is bliss! Maybe I should say innocence is bliss. A world of rich possibilities and dreams carry many young people from high school graduation to attend college and eventually a career. These innocent minds leave home and if they aren’t already, they are seduced into allowing their ...read more

  • Dear Abby Recorded A Powerful Story. A Young Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ernest Canell on Jan 2, 2001
    based on 250 ratings
     | 4,898 views

    Dear Abby recorded a powerful story. A young man from a wealthy family was about to graduate from high school. It was a custom in their affluent community for parents to give their graduating children a new car, and the boy and his dad had spent weeks visiting one dealership after another. The week ...read more

  • In The Best Selling Book "She Said Yes!" Missy ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 111 ratings
     | 3,060 views

    In the best selling book "She said Yes!" Missy Bernall tells the story of her daughter Cassie, one of the students killed at Columbine High School. Cassie grew up in church, she came from a nice family, had friends and a nice life. Then it all changed. When Cassie entered high school (not ...read more

  • A Modern Fable  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 914 views

    A Modern Fable Once upon a time there was a little boy. When he was three weeks old his parents turned him over to a baby-sitter. When he was two, they dressed him up like a cowboy and gave him a toy gun. When he was three, everybody said, “How cute as he went about singing a beer ...read more

  • Relatively Blessed, Deeply Responsible  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,580 views

    RELATIVELY BLESSED, DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE An assistant professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School, Amy Laura Hall, makes the following observation about Thanksgiving: "Saying grace before the Thanksgiving meal is a tradition for many Americans, but too few remember to be ...read more

  • At My Ordination Service, My Friend Pastor Don ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 24, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,660 views

    At my ordination service, my friend Pastor Don Bradley gave the ordination sermon. In it, he urged me to “Remember Dorothy.” It’s all right, I didn’t know what he was talking about either. He told us a story about a woman who was in nursing school. One day the Prof. came in and said those 7 words ...read more

  • Boys In Crises: It May Still Be A Man's World. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,372 views

    Boys In Crises: It may still be a man’s world. But it is no longer a boy’s. From his first days in school, an average boy is already developmentally 2 years behind girls in reading and writing. Yet he’s often expected to learn the same things in the same way in the same amount of time. While every ...read more

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