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  • I Am Reminder Here Of A Church Nursery, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,967 views

    I am reminder here of a Church nursery, The Church had a speaker located in the nursery so the ladies could hear the preachers sermon, as they worked with the children. Often during the sermon, the preacher would raise his voice in a loud tone in order to get his message point across. In the ...read more

  • Some Of Us Are Like The Preacher Who Was On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 3, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,472 views

    Some of us are like the preacher who was on a diet and prayed as he drove to work- "Now, Lord if it is your Will for me not to have any donuts this morning You make sure there are no parking places in front of the donut shop." And he later said, "I ate the donuts because there were two places right ...read more

  • Honesty Does Not Come From Out Of Nowhere. It Is ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 25, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,049 views

    Honesty does not come from out of nowhere. It is a product of your moral convictions. But what do you do when your convictions are challenged? It is faith that gives you the strength to go on believing. Though I am a Christian, I respect the religions of others, and I think that they play a vital ...read more

  • Never Really Connected  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,912 views

    NEVER REALLY CONNECTED One night I saw my 7 year old daughter walking around with a cell phone. She was talking away. She would ask questions, wait for a reply, and give answers to apparent questions: "Yes...no...maybe...I’ll have to check on that..." and so on. Finally, worried about the bill ...read more

  • What If Porcupines Could Dance? They Are God's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 2, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,381 views

    What if porcupines could dance? They are God’s idea of the animal kingdom’s version of a cactus. Imagine a cactus gliding, twirling around the ballroom as the orchestra plays a waltz. Or look at that cactus in an embrace of the tango - striding, dipping, heads bobbing to the music. Cheek-to-cheek. ...read more

  • Growing Up Too Fast Youth Are Maturing At An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,659 views

    Growing Up Too Fast Youth are maturing at an accelerated pace. Preschoolers are playing with toys that would have been considered suitable for an 11-year-old a decade ago. A Sesame Street Parents survey finds moms with kids under 12 are more afraid of exposing kids to pop media-dictated pop-culture ...read more

  • Research Psychologists Have ...

    Contributed by Craige Lebreton on Feb 22, 2006
     | 2,127 views

    Illustration: Research psychologists have found there are at least three situations when we do not act like ourselves. First, the average person puts on airs when he visits the lobby of a fancy hotel. Next, the typical Jane Doe will try to hide her emotions and bamboozle the salesman when she ...read more

  • Jim Lopardo Tells This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 3,151 views

    Jim Lopardo tells this story: I was a percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes. "When you’re too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, put you in the back and ...read more

  • Why Would The Angel Talk To You?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
     | 2,627 views

    There's conversation in the Peanuts comic strip between Peppermint Patty and her friend Marcie. They are walking to school and Peppermint Patty says, "I'm going to ask the teacher if I can be Mary in the Christmas play this year." Marcie answers, "She already asked me, sir." Patty continues, ...read more

  • Dr. Pierce Harris, A Pastor From Atlanta, ...

    Contributed by Sharon Stonestreet on Dec 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,209 views

    Dr. Pierce Harris, a pastor from Atlanta, Georgia, preached to some prisoners. One of the prisoners got up and introduced him th the others with these words: “Several years ago, two boys lived in a town in north Georgia. They went to the same school, played together and attended the same Sunday ...read more

  • A New York Times Examination Of Lottery ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,008 views

    A New York Times examination of lottery documents, as well as interviews with lottery administrators and analysts, finds that lotteries accounted for less than 1% to 5% of the total revenue for K-12 education last year in the 23 states that use lottery money for schools. Most of the money raised by ...read more

  • Alone On Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Dec 14, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,356 views

    ALONE ON CHRISTMAS George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. Instead he ...read more

  • Alone On ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
     | 2,633 views

    ALONE ON CHRISTMAS George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. Instead he ...read more

  • The Man Who Missed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 4,371 views

    The Man Who Missed Christmas George Mason’s life was centered in his business. He lived alone and refused all invitations to socialize. His brother’s family had urged him to visit but the children always made too much noise. Besides, he didn’t want to buy presents for his nephews and nieces. ...read more

  • Bitter And Resentful

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 6,878 views

    "Bitterness is like taking poison, and waiting for the other person to die." - Malachy McCourt I once knew a woman whose heart had been broken by disappointing relationships. She became very sarcastic towards the opposite sex and could often be overheard making disparaging remarks about ...read more

  • A Family In The East Was Planning A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,999 views

    Illus: A family in the East was planning a month’s vacation to the West Coast. At the last minute the father’s work responsibilities prevented him from going, but Mom insisted that she was capable of driving and that she and the kids would go ahead. Dad got out the maps and planned the route and ...read more

  • A Group Of Frogs Were Traveling Through The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 21, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,603 views

    A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two fallen frogs that they were as good as dead. The two fallen frogs ignored their comments and tried to jump up ...read more

  • Hero In Black  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,431 views

    HERO IN BLACK Victor Yap tells this story: A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely about to turn the corner into the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses and ...read more

  • One Such Story Happened In 1968. A Whole Village ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,260 views

    One such story happened in 1968. A whole village in South Vietnam experienced a miracle of Divine intervention and protection. Under cover of darkness a Viet Cong soldier, one of a battalion of over one thousand in the area came to the village and warned, “Tomorrow is your day. So if you need to ...read more

  • I Have Come To The Conclusion That It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,430 views

    I have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God, because without it everything rapidly comes down to "me," and "me" alone is meaningless. Today Americans have stopped acting in terms of their own moral, ethical and religious beliefs and ...read more