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  • Once There Was A Father With A Son Who Was Lazy. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 61 ratings
     | 3,996 views

    Once there was a father with a son who was lazy. He tried to convince his son that he should join him in the work on his farm. The son was not convinced. The father was actually worried, how his son would earn his living after his death. Therefore, before his death, the father called his son and ...read more

  • Jesus Infuriated The Jewish Leaders Because He ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,370 views

    Jesus infuriated the Jewish leaders because He claimed to be the “stone which the builders rejected.” This is a reference to the building of Solomon’s Temple. It took 30,000 workmen over seven years to complete the temple. According to I Kings 6 all the stones were quarried far away from the ...read more

  • The Perfect Church  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jun 29, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,292 views

    The Perfect Church Mavis Williams If you should find the perfect church Without one fault or smear, For goodness sake! Don’t join that church; You’d spoil the atmosphere. If you should find the perfect church Where all anxieties cease Then pass it by, lest joining it You’d mar the masterpiece. If ...read more

  • When She Turned 21, Tammy Harris From Roanoke, ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,221 views

    When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to a recent Associated Press story, there ...read more

  • Sarah Was An Active Three-Year Old- Underscore ...

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Nov 12, 2005
     | 2,033 views

    Sarah was an active three-year old- underscore active! She was always busy and always in a hurry because at three years of age, she already realized that there are so many exciting things to do and see and experience in this incredible world God has given us. Sarah interrupted her playtime just ...read more

  • Snake In The House

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 10, 2006
     | 2,311 views

    (a story built on one by A. Stanley) While in college, Dave came home with me for a Winter Break. Unknown to my parents, though, was what Dave brought in his extra large suitcase: a 40 pound python named ‘Squeeze’. I really never liked snakes, but he told me he had no where to keep in during ...read more

  • When She Turned 21, Tammy Harris From Roanoke, ...

    Contributed by David Ward on May 13, 2007
     | 1,387 views

    When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to an Associated Press story, there was one ...read more

  • The Man Who Found The Pearl Had Already ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
     | 1,485 views

    The man who found the Pearl had already Sacrificed … just in his search for the Pearl. Pearl hunting involved immense danger. You don’t just walk along a beach to find them. Oysters generally thrive at a debth of about 40 feet, and it those days there was no scuba gear. Back in Jesus’ day, A ...read more

  • Loneliness And Belonging

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
     | 5,953 views

    LONELINESS AND BELONGING Chip Ingram notes: "In his landmark book Bowling Alone, Robert Putman makes the case that loneliness is America’s new epidemic. People are searching for a place to belong. In the 1970s, it wasn’t uncommon for someone to leave a job that paid well and go off into the woods ...read more

  • The Prayer Police

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
     | 4,640 views

    THE PRAYER POLICE A little over 3 years ago, a group of students at an Alabama high school recited the Lord’s Prayer together in the lunchroom, which prompted a suit by the parents of another student. In response, Judge Ira Dement, on October 29, 1997, termed the action "religiously based ...read more

  • The Guilt Of Their Deaths

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 17, 2011
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    THE GUILT OF THEIR DEATHS The movie "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) is a movie that many of us have seen and is quite a memorable movie because of its portrayal of the D Day invasion of Normandy in World War II. The movie begins and ends with an elderly man visiting the Normandy memorial. The ...read more

  • The Style Of Indiana Jones In Discovering ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 20, 2011
     | 2,234 views

    The style of Indiana Jones in discovering "Biblical treasures"!!! Yes, Indiana Jones stories are juicy and spicy, for they stoke the fires of inherent sense of discovery in all of us. Add to that breathtaking stunts and adventure, you have a heady mix guaranteed to give one some goose bumps. ...read more

  • Historical Impact Of The Word Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
     | 4,300 views

    HISTORICAL IMPACT OF THE WORD OF GOD In every genuine revival among God’s people the revealed word of the Lord has had a large place. It was so in Josiah’s day, and in the awakening under Hezekiah. It has been so throughout the Church period. It was the recovery of the Word that brought about the ...read more

  • So What?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 4,086 views

    "SO WHAT?" SOCIETY When I talk about this it might seem rather funny to you or odd, because people don’t worry or care about such things today. Recent surveys in 2011 sum it up pretty well. • 44% told the 2011 Baylor University Religion Survey they spend no time seeking "eternal wisdom," and 19% ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, A ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,425 views

    Several years ago in Chicago, Joseph Kratzle, a service elevator operator in an apartment house, recovered two checks for $114,000 that had been lost by the tenant in the apartment house where he worked. His reward was a fifteen cent tip and a solicitous offer to put iodine on the cuts on his hands ...read more

  • Stop Looking For Reasons, Rest On The Promises

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 2,813 views

    STOP LOOKING FOR REASONS, REST ON THE PROMISES Pastor and author Warren Wiersbe draws our attention to the 51 references of the writer (psalmist) to himself – his interests, desires, feelings, questions and plans. Wiersbe advises that a healthy antidote to depression is to stop looking at self and ...read more

  • Anne Rice Is One Of The Most Widely Read Authors ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
     | 714 views

    Anne Rice is one of the most widely read authors in the world. Her bestsellers—most notably, her series of gothic books called "The Vampire Chronicles"—have sold over 100 million copies. After spending most of her adult life a self-described atheist, Rice converted back to Christianity in 1996. She ...read more

  • Depression Antidote

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 3,327 views

    DEPRESSION ANTIDOTE Pastor and author Warren Wiersbe draws our attention to the 51 references of the writer (psalmist) to himself, his interests, desires, feelings, questions and plans. Wiersbe advises that a healthy antidote to depression is to stop looking at self and look at God; second, to ...read more

  • Traditions

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,438 views

    TRADITIONS We all have various Christmas traditions. Few of us probably have a tradition quite like the Robynson family’s. In his book Crazy Love, Francis Chan shares their story (their effort to keep Christmas and to exude the true Christmas spirit): This family of five, with three kids under ...read more

  • Unchurched Don't Visit In Person

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,033 views

    UNCHURCHED DON’T VISIT IN PERSON Unchurched adults interested in finding a church home aren’t nearly as likely to visit one in person as a church member who is shopping for a new congregation, claims LifeWay Research. Only 49% of unchurched adults would visit in-person if they were looking for a ...read more