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  • The Husband Who Was Told By The Marriage ...  PRO

    Contributed by Everette Pafford on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 2,895 views

    The husband who was told by the marriage counselor to try and be more considerate of his wife. One day he comes home from work. He’s dressed up in a suit, he has cologne on, and he has a bouquet of flowers and a box of candy in his hands. He rings the doorbell and he’s standing there as she opens ...read more

  • Common Lies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,315 views

    Common Lies The check is in the mail. I'll start my diet tomorrow. We service what we sell. Give me your number and the doctor will call you right back. Money cheerfully refunded. One size fits all. This offer limited to the first 100 people who call in. Your luggage isn't lost, it's only ...read more

  • Stolen Billfold  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 21, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,211 views

    Stolen Billfold John was driving home late one night when he picked up a hitchhiker. As they rode along, he began to be suspicious of his passenger. John checked to see if his wallet was safe in the pocket of his coat that was on the seat between them, but it wasn’t there! So he slammed on the ...read more

  • A Man Went Into A Restaurant And Ordered 2 Full ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,149 views

    A man went into a restaurant and ordered 2 full meals, the waitress said, “You must be hungry” He said, “no one’s for my brother,” and he pulled out of his pocket this little guy about 5 inches tall. She said, “Is he real?” “Sure” “Can he walk?” He said, “Hey Jake go get me that ...read more

  • Sin Breaks Fellowship With God. A Little Girl ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,696 views

    "Sin breaks fellowship with God. A little girl committed a certain offense, and when her mother discovered it she began to question her daughter. Immediately the child lost her smile and a cloud darkened her face as she said, "Mother, I do not feel like talking." So it is when our fellowship ...read more

  • On February 15, 2003, The Exploits River ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 4, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,539 views

    On February 15, 2003, the Exploits River overflowed its banks and flooded the town of Badger, Newfoundland. The temperature quickly dropped to –30C, -22F, and encased much of the town, twisting and buckling walls and foundations. All of the town’s 906 residents were evacuated. And many people, ...read more

  • A Husband Was Told By The Marriage Counselor To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Henning on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,985 views

    A husband was told by the marriage counselor to try and be more considerate of his wife. One day he comes home from work. He’s dressed up in a suit, he has cologne on, and he has a bouquet of flowers and a box of candy in his hands. He rings the doorbell and he’s standing there as she opens the ...read more

  • George Moore Tells The True Story Of Irish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,117 views

    George Moore tells the true story of Irish peasants in the depression era that were hired by a wealthy benefactor to build some roads. When they started the job the men worked well, they sang their Irish songs and put their total energies into the job. They were so glad to be back to work again. ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Teacher Tells About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 7,482 views

    The story is told of a teacher tells about taking a 2nd grader to the library to help her learn to read. The book she choose for the girl only had pictures. So the teacher sat down with the child and said, "Why don’t you identify the pictures for me?" She started: "That’s a house, that’s a man, ...read more

  • An Ancient Chassidic Parable Tells The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Aug 21, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,282 views

    An ancient Chassidic parable tells the story of Yechiel, the young grandson of a Chassidic rabbi, who once played hide-and-seek with a friend. When it was his turn to hide, he found a great hiding place where he waited, somewhat impatiently, for his friend to find him. He waited and waited; it ...read more

  • Peter Parker, A.k.a., Spiderman Has Reached A ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 25, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,280 views

    Peter Parker, a.k.a., Spiderman has reached a crisis. It seems that his life is falling apart, nothing seems to be going right. He’s been fired from work, he’s failing at school and even struggling in his relationships. Worst of all, as Spiderman, he’s losing his powers. In an attempt to find ...read more

  • The Bible Teaches That God Is Awesome, He Is ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
     | 2,222 views

    The Bible teaches that God is awesome, He is higher, greater and majestic than we can ever imagine. In fact no one can even look upon God and live. Why, even Indiana Jones understood that. When his arch enemy and Nazi,Rene Belloq, not only finds the sacred Ark of the Covenant, which in the ...read more

  • Last Sunday We Held 3 Christingle Services In The ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 9, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,493 views

    Last Sunday we held 3 Christingle Services in the church building and about 250 people came here to worship Jesus. There were some oranges left over and some of those were used when I visited Fair Infant School & Happy Days pre-school this week to talk about Jesus, ‘the light of the world’ (Jn ...read more

  • An Extremely Proud Young Man Walked Into A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Dascoli on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,192 views

    An extremely proud young man walked into a restaurant looking for his friend. Immediately he noticed two beautiful young ladies near the door who appeared to be checking him out. Just then they both looked at each other and at the same time said, “NINE”! and began to giggle. The prideful young ...read more

  • Royt Blount, Quoted By Karin Winegar In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,438 views

    Royt Blount, quoted by Karin Winegar in Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune When Ralph Houk was manager of the New York Yankees, baseball schedules were even more exacting than they are now, with double-headers almost every week. Occasionally a player would get sick of the grind and approach Houk, ...read more

  • And These Ungodly Men Did Not Stop There. In The ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
     | 1,547 views

    And these ungodly men did not stop there. In the true response of a mob.. Vs:67- they “..hit him with their fists. And some slapped Him, saying, `Prophecy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?’” He must have been blindfolded at that time. But here is judge, jury, bailiffs, all abusing the ...read more

  • Generation Y Wants To Be Engaged, But It Does ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,971 views

    Generation Y wants to be engaged, but it does not give marketers much time to do so. “So many are multi-tasking that the concept of time loses meaning with Gen-Y,” says Simmons Research Co-CEO Bill Engel.” They seem to squeeze 31 hours of time into one day. Their whole life is built on a multitude ...read more

  • Dale Jarrett

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 804 views

    Dale Jarrett I grew up in a Christian home, my parents made sure that we were in church, but as I grew up I got side tracked and didn’t live my life as I should. But things changed when I started driving for Joe Gibbs, here was and is a man that is very strong in the Lord and his influence on me ...read more

  • Barn Handles

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,661 views

    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • E. One Time While Doing Training At Fort Riley, ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 22, 2007
     | 833 views

    e. One time while doing training at Fort Riley, I got out of my vehicle. There was no moon light and it was very cloudy. I figured I could find the remainder of my vehicles because I could hear them running. I started walking towards the next vehicle when all four of my vehicles shut off. I ...read more