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  • Three Pastors From Different Congregations Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitch Chapman on Jan 4, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,280 views

    Three pastors from different congregations were having lunch and sharing experiences and ideas to help each other out with their different fellowships. After several minutes of animated conversation, the first one remarks, "Hey, you know, we’ve got a serious problem at our church that I want to ...read more

  • Spiritual Redwoods

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2012
     | 4,546 views

    SPIRITUAL REDWOODS Can you imagine a redwood tree saying, "I’d just rather remain a little bush"? That would seem insane, right? I want to put up on the screen some pictures of redwood trees. They are truly magnificent. My oldest daughter and her husband were married at the foot of redwood that ...read more

  • Richard Wumbrand

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,413 views

    RICHARD WUMBRAND Richard Wumbrand was sent to study Marxism in Moscow, but returned clandestinely the following year. Pursued by Siguranþa Statului (the secret police), he was arrested and held in Doftana prison. Wurmbrand subsequently renounced his political ideals. He started to preach Christ. ...read more

  • Trouble? Joe Was Trouble...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 25, 2023
     | 850 views

    TROUBLE? JOE WAS TROUBLE! SOMEONE IS HURTING! I had taught school in Virginia several years. I was assistant principal. I often observed the kids in the younger classes and thought someday I will teach that child. There was a young boy named Joe. Joe was in the office pretty often in some kind ...read more

  • It's Easy To Live A Long Life, At Least In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,575 views

    It’s easy to live a long life, at least in America. Look at the statistics: Out of every 100,000 persons, 88,361 reach 50 years of age, more than 70,000 make it to 70, and almost 17,000 get to 85 or more. Staying around a long time, however, should not be our primary goal. Rather, we should be ...read more

  • Us Magazines

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,373 views

    Magazines Hit Wall: A National Endowment for the Arts study finds that book reading has increased 10% since ’92 and fewer than 47% read any form of literature in the previous 12 months. The Audit Bureau of Circulations data shows that U.S. magazines grew nicely from 245 million copies in ’70 to ...read more

  • Cross Country

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
     | 1,914 views

    Story – Cross Country. I ran was on the Cross Country team for a year – but being a sprinter, I found it boring. When we would have a meet, we would Line up and go when we heard the Gun. Everyone would take off as fast as they could. Being a sprinter in 10 yards I would have a comfortable ...read more

  • There's An Eating Disorder Called Pica. Over ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
     | 1,389 views

    There’s an eating disorder called pica. Over the years, doctors have reported cases of people with pica eating dirt, chalk, clay, paste, paint chips, paper, cardboard, ice chips, and Styrofoam. In one case, a 22-year-old woman showed up in the emergency room with undigested pieces of socks in her ...read more

  • Michelle Collins Of The Globe & Mail

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 13, 2007
     | 991 views

    Michelle Collins of the Globe & Mail: When 26-year-old Geoff Emery put money down on his first condominium, he started looking forward to moving out of his mother’s house. The move-in date of November 2005 rolled around only to find himself in November 2006 still living with his mom in Markham. He ...read more

  • There Was A Man Named Yates Who Was A ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,686 views

    There was a man named Yates who was a sheepherder. He was very poor and struggled to feed his family but at least he owned his ranch. For years he struggled to survive until one day an oil company came and asked if they could drill for oil on his land. He agreed and the oil company drilled and ...read more

  • Faith Based Initiatives: In An Effort To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,683 views

    Faith Based Initiatives: In an effort to jump-start his Faith-Based Initiatives, President Bush created the $30M Compassion Capital Fund available for faith organizations committed to addressing social issues in our country. This amount could grow to $100M next year. Now, more than ever, ...read more

  • We Have All Heard The Expression, "It's Enough ...

    Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Feb 15, 2008
     | 2,781 views

    We have all heard the expression, “It’s enough to make a preacher cuss”. There’s the story of a boy trying to sell a broken down lawnmower. The local pastor walked up and he was able to persuade him to buy it. The pastor pulled on the rope several times but the mower wouldn’t start. The boy told ...read more

  • Michael Jordan Averaged 32 Points Per Game Over ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Sep 9, 2008
     | 1,273 views

    Michael Jordan averaged 32 points per game over his 15 years in the NBA. A reporter asked him how he was able to maintain such a high average and he replied, "I simplify the matter. It takes only takes eight points per quarter to score 32. I find a way every quarter to simply get those eight ...read more

  • Love And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 1,956 views

    Rabbi David A. Nelson likes to tell the story of two brothers who went to their rabbi to settle a longstanding feud. The rabbi got the two to reconcile their differences and shake hands. As they were about to leave, he asked each one to make a wish for the other in honor of the Jewish New Year. The ...read more

  • Why Doesn't God Answer?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 13, 2022
     | 682 views

    The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her preacher father always paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day she asked him why. The Pastor was so proud that his daughter was so observant of his mesages. He smiled and answered, "Well, honey, ...read more

  • 70 Funerals In One Day

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 24, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,525 views

    70 FUNERALS IN ONE DAY During a forty-year ministry, I would guess that many pastors do seventy or more burials. But this wasn't over the full span of his ministry. In fact, it wasn't even a full year. In one day, Pastor Rinkart did burial rites for up to seventy people and did the same the next ...read more

  • You Can Go From Hero To Zero In A Relatively ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 6, 2000
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,509 views

    You can go from hero to zero in a relatively short time; just ask Wrong Way Riegels. On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran sixty-five yards ...read more

  • When My Wife And I First Got Married, We Moved To ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 23, 2007
     | 1,069 views

    When my wife and I first got married, we moved to St. Louis where I started seminary. It was a stressful time the first year. I started learning Greek and Hebrew and learned the fine art of being married. I had enough time in my schedule to clean the house, do the dishes and do the laundry while ...read more

  • Loose Connections

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
     | 4,132 views

    LOOSE CONNECTIONS In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had ...read more

  • Prayer For Future Generations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,531 views

    PRAYER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren ...read more

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