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  • A Man Went To An Asylum For The Criminally ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 10, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    A man went to an asylum for the criminally insane. He was a bit surprised to find that there were three guards to take care of a hundred inmates. He said to one of the guards, "Aren’t you afraid that the inmates will unite, overcome you, and escape?" The guard said, "Lunatics never unite." ...read more

  • Henry Blackaby Tells A Story In His Book Called ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,445 views

    Henry Blackaby tells a story in his book called “The Man God Uses” about his son Tom. Tom was called to lead a youth Bible study in a small town. Over time, God added more responsibility as a student council member and then as student council president. Soon, he was called to a two year mission ...read more

  • Costa Rican Tomato Frog

    Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,212 views

    Costa Rican Tomato Frog Deep in the Costa Rican jungle lives the small tomato frog. Red in color like a tomato, he has a unique defense against predators. Once he’s attacked, he emits a deadly, milky white poison all over his skin. As the attacking animal bites into a tomato frog, it ...read more

  • A Minister Was Filling In For A Vacationing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,708 views

    A minister was filling in for a vacationing teacher of the pre-teen class. The minister was telling them about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy happiness, genuine laughter and it can’t buy love.” Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your ...read more

  • At Sagamore Hill, After An Evening Of Talk, ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 20, 2005
     | 1,498 views

    At Sagamore Hill, after an evening of talk, Roosevelt and a friend would go out on the lawn and search the skies for a certain spot of star-like light near the lower left-hand comer of the Great Square of Pegasus. Then Roosevelt would recite: "That is the Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda. It is as ...read more

  • It Was Absolutely Amazing. I Was In West ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,467 views

    It was absolutely amazing. I was in West Africa—Timbuktu to be exact—and the missionaries were telling me that in that culture the larger the women were the more beautiful they were thought to be. In fact, a young missionary who had a small, trim wife said that the nationals had told him she was a ...read more

  • Because The Younger Children At Our Parochial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,614 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

  • Pastor's Bible Preference: A Poll Of Pastors ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,664 views

    Pastor’s Bible Preference: A poll of pastors conducted by Ellison Research, finds 31% prefer the NIV, 23% --KJV, 14%--NRSV, 13%--NKJV, and 10%--NASV. Pastors of small churches, over age 60 and in the South tend to favor the KJV. The NIV is strongest in the Midwest and West, while the NRSV scored ...read more

  • A Minister Was Speaking About All The Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,724 views

    A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the ...read more

  • Emotion Is Always More Persuasive Than Logic. Yet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,245 views

    Emotion is always more persuasive than logic. Yet it is even truer for older consumers, says Matt Thornhill President of the Boomer Project. “When you’re young and you’re making a purchase decision, you have to go through a reasoned thought process. But by the time you’re 55, you’ve done that about ...read more

  • I Am More And More Convinced That Man Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,880 views

    I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and, like the grave, cries, “Give, give!” The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as ...read more

  • The Lord's Peace Fills The Soul That Delights In ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 13, 2006
     | 2,682 views

    The Lord’s peace fills the soul that delights in Him, and its hunger is blessed with instant satisfaction. Envision this…a soul freed from a hundred distractions and desires by One Masterful attraction! While all the world is scrambling to explore the thousands of small rivulets, streams and ...read more

  • The Hunter And The Lion - From Many Sided ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,598 views

    The Hunter and the Lion - from Many Sided Messages on the Book of Jonah by Neighbor. P. 165 There is a legend of a hunter who entered a forest in search of game. All the animals fled in fear except the lion, who shook his shaggy form and roared in defiance. The hunter let fly an arrow that struck ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, A Painting Was Shown In A London ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,324 views

    Some years ago, a painting was shown in a London art gallery. As you viewed it from a distance, it seemed to be a monk with head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. But, upon close inspection, you would see a monk that is squeezing an orange over a small glass as he looks down upon it. Could that ...read more

  • Billy Graham Has Said He Would Be Happy If 5% Of ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,182 views

    Billy Graham has said he would be happy if 5% of those that have made a profession of faith at his crusades were truly saved According to U.S. News and World Report 78% of people believe in heaven and that they are going there Only 60% believed in Hell, and only 4% believed they were going there If ...read more

  • It Is A Fearful Thing To Lead This Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,994 views

    "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our heartsfor ...read more

  • Tongue Is Like A Fire

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 9, 2011
     | 4,234 views

    TONGUE IS LIKE A FIRE When we were children, my brother and started a small fire in the field across from our home. We just wanted to burn off some briars and things so that we could clear the field to play. Wow, did we ever clear that field. The wind picked up and before long the fire was ...read more

  • Hey, Do You Ever Wonder Why God Gave Wings To ...

    Contributed by Ed Lu on Oct 22, 2011
     | 3,607 views

    Hey, do you ever wonder why God gave wings to chicken? Can’t fly. Can’t float. God gave chicken wings for people! In fact, chicken wings are the most expensive part of the chicken. Wings cost almost as much as the whole chicken nowadays. Ever feel like a wing on a chicken? Don’t think you can do ...read more

  • My Kids Were Lost And I Didn't Even Know It." ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Sep 16, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,865 views

    “My kids were lost and I didn’t even know it.” ... When I was in school in Dallas my 2 kids 6 & 9, spent the afternoon with a pastor friend of mine Garris Baggett and his wife. Janet and I were at work and didn’t even know the kids had wandered off until we got home late that night. Evidently the ...read more

  • Reluctant Fasting  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,642 views

    RELUCTANT FASTING I ran across an article a few months back in Discipleship Journal called "Confessions of a Reluctant Faster." The author mentioned how God impressed upon her the need to pray and fast for a woman in her small group deeply involved in New Age. She didn't like the idea of fasting, ...read more

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