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  • It Would Be Nice Of You To Add This To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,635 views

    [It would be nice of you to add this to the general humor section instead of SermonCentralPro because you need some new stuff in that section.] If My Body Were a Car By Anonymous I see newer models rolling down the street, But my own car is growing older and it’s not very neat. I’ve got bumps, ...read more

  • A Fencing Contractor Was Talking With A Rich ...  PRO

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,289 views

    A fencing contractor was talking with a rich property owner about his chances of going to heaven. The rich man believed that God would be pleased with his efforts. He said, “I’ve lived a good life and been hardworking and giving to worthy causes. Sure, I hide some of my income so it doesn’t get ...read more

  • Jon Gordon – America's Energy Coach, Who Was ...

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Nov 2, 2006
     | 2,341 views

    Jon Gordon – America’s Energy Coach, who was recently on CNN, tells how he came to Christ. He says, “I grew up Jewish and followed the new age path for awhile but found it unfulfilling. After becoming a speaker and author I tried to break into speaking in all the non-Christian conferences but was ...read more

  • Let's See What Good Listeners You Are. Each Time ...

    Contributed by Alistair Wearring on Jan 20, 2007
     | 3,758 views

    Let’s see what good listeners you are. Each time I say the name "Samuel," you are to jump up and say, "Here I am!" and then lie back down again. To begin, direct children to lie down and pretend they’re sleeping. Samuel (pause while children jump up and down) was a young person who loved God and ...read more

  • No Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 14,497 views

    Apart from God, there is no _HOPE_ Those of you who know me well, may know that before I was married, my closest and dearest friends were my parents and my brothers. As a result, some of the most painful times I have endured were when I went away to seminary. Living alone in a trailer in Arkansas, ...read more

  • Maggie's Poem

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 24, 2009
     | 5,922 views

    Dads: I want you to listen to a poem from a teenager in Chicago who expresses how important you are as fathers and fatherly figures: Maggie’s Poem Do you know, do you understand, that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand, that when you treat me with gentleness It raises the ...read more

  • Touching The Untouchable

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 4,780 views

    TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE I have served as a volunteer Chaplain for the Havelock Police Dept for many years. Still, I will never forget my first night out with them. I was completely green and had no idea how to act. I was trying to follow the lead of the other officers. We were called to the ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 6,352 views

    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Tozer: Salvation Demands Obedience

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
     | 4,357 views

    TOZER: SALVATION DEMANDS OBEDIENCE A. W. Tozer was a man of God who was troubled with the idea that Christian profession does not demand obedience to Christ. He said: "[Years ago] no one would ever dare to rise in a meeting and say, 'I am a Christian' if he had not surrendered his whole being to ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,030 views

    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • What Occupies Your Heart?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,475 views

    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART? I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center?" She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My ...read more

  • Tonsillitis: Growing With God

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 8, 2011
     | 3,726 views

    TONSILLITIS: GROWING WITH GOD I remember when I was growing up as a small boy I had problems with my tonsils. During the winter months I would get tonsillitis and that would turn into strep throat. Mom and Dad would take me to Dr. Newsom in Pilot Mountain. He would always give me a shot of ...read more

  • Coffee Doesn't Trust Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 25, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,908 views

    My pet finch Coffee runs into a serious problem once in a while. Her claws grow so long she loses the ability to control them. They get stuck in the nest and she can’t get them out. Once we found her nearly dead, hanging for hours upside down with one claw ensnared in her wicker home. Carol rescued ...read more

  • Watch Where You're Going!

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,773 views

    I had just flown back home from attending a class for my Doctorate in Pasadena, CA. The week was filled with long days and short nights. I had an early morning flight and then flew most of the day. By the time I got home, I was exhausted. Yet I didn’t want to miss my workout so I headed to the gym. ...read more

  • Follow The Light

    Contributed by Tim Baker on Jan 5, 2018
     | 8,462 views

    When I flew airplanes regularly landing at night was very different than daylight. I would use the instruments to guide me to the airport over most of the trip, but since I was a VFR pilot I would use my eyes outside of the cockpit to land the plane. In the daylight using your eyes to land was ...read more

  • Good Intentions

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2021
     | 2,675 views

    In our younger days, my husband and I sign up for a “boot camp” fitness class. This class costs $300 per person for ten classes. At the start of the first class, our instructor. Tara, does a quick roll-call. She frowns and comments: “Hmm, Susie isn’t here. That’s a shame; attending the first ...read more

  • An Admission Of Guilt

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 14, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,754 views

    There once was a governor of the state of Texas who received an invitation to speak at one of the penitentiaries in that state. He spoke to the assembled prisoners and afterwards said that he would be around for a while to listen to anything any of the convicts might wish to tell him. He could take ...read more

  • Hope Ain't Hoping

    Contributed by John Bright on May 27, 2023
     | 3,390 views

    I want to give you a shorthand way of remembering the difference between the hope in our Bibles and the hope out in the world. Hope ain’t hoping. Today, folks plan outside events and say, “I sure hope it doesn’t rain.” Every Sunday, some folks may show up here and say, “I sure hope PJ doesn’t ...read more

  • Mistaken For Jesus

    Contributed by Grant Macdonald on Nov 14, 2011
     | 3,391 views

    MISTAKEN FOR JESUS Jeff Walling tells the story of Darrel. Darrel was a forty year-old youth worker. One service a month, the youth in his church went to Hokem Manor, which was an old age home. The old people would be wheeled in for the service. Some of them were aware, and others of them weren't. ...read more

  • French Writer Alexis De Tocqueville, After ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 139 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    : French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, ...read more