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  • Americans Spend $50 Million A Year On Subliminal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,783 views

    Americans spend $50 million a year on subliminal message tapes designed to help them do everything from improve their self-image to stop smoking. But there’s no hidden message in the National Research Council’s verdict on such techniques. The Council’s report, released in September 1992, concludes ...read more

  • Video Clip - "Little Nicky" Start: Chp. 3 - 9:16 ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 10, 2006
     | 1,929 views

    Video Clip - “Little Nicky” Start: Chp. 3 - 9:16 - Stop: Chp. 3 - 10:15 = :55 I. THE PLACE: What is hell? That clip and that movie, like a lot of movies, comedians and even some Christians, deals with the subject of Hell and Satan, very lightly. I think that’s because in some people’s minds ...read more

  • Sleeping In Church

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,718 views

    Sleeping in Church A Minister, while preaching, noted most of his congregation was asleep. He stopped the sermon and asked a deacon to pass the offering plate. The deacon woke up red-faced and reminded him the offering had already been taken. His response; “Never mind, take up another one. I ...read more

  • We Heard The Story Of A Man Who Asked For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 2,385 views

    We heard the story of a man who asked for a Gideon Bible …He said the paper is very fine and perfect for rolling his cigarettes. The Gideon gave him the Bible on the condition that he before using the pages that he read them front and back. The man proceeded to smoke his way through Matthew, ...read more

  • A Tourist Was Driving Through West Texas And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 24, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,208 views

    A tourist was driving through West Texas and stopped at a gas station. He observed a small piece of rope hanging from the porch under which was a sign reading ’weather forecaster’. ‘How does this work’, he asked. ‘When it swings it is windy. When it is wet it means rain. When it is ...read more

  • Prime Minister Tony Blair, A Confessed Christian ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,673 views

    Prime Minister Tony Blair, a confessed Christian wanted to end a televised address to the nation with the words “God bless you!” but he was stopped by his media director, spin-doctor, Alistair Campbell, a convinced atheist, in a celebrated remark, “We don’t do God!” Well that’s not what Micah had ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, A Letter Appeared In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 15, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
     | 5,995 views

    A few years ago, a letter appeared in the national news that was sent to a deceased person by the Indiana Department of Social Services. It read as follows: Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply ...read more

  • Prayer Meeting Week After Week With A Woman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    Prayer meeting week after week with a woman praying every week this prayer: "Lord, please get rid of the cobwebs in my life." Every week, the same prayer, without fail. Over and over again. Finally, one of the men in the prayer meeting got so fed up, he offered up his own ...read more

  • The Hamster

    Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
     | 2,302 views

    THE HAMSTER Most of us are more like the story I heard about a hamster and its owner. Each morning Sam hit the wheel, stopping only to snatch a bite to eat. He was driven by some ingrained belief that all his efforts were getting him somewhere. Trudge, trudge, trudge, nibble, nibble, ...read more

  • Simplicity Brings Clarity To Our Lives And ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
     | 1,660 views

    Simplicity brings clarity to our lives and hearts. Worry begins to drop away because we stop worrying about things that cause us worry and focus on accomplishing God’s purposes in us. (Think: loving God and neighbor and helping others become disciples.) Simplicity narrows our focus from many ...read more

  • The Perfect Church

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 19, 2022
     | 1,997 views

    If you should find the perfect church Without one spot or sore For goodness sake! Don’t join that church! For it won’t be perfect anymore. If you should find the perfect church Where all anxieties cease. Then pass it by, lest you join it, And mar the masterpiece. But since no perfect church ...read more

  • Land Of The Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,909 views

    LAND OF THE DYING When John Owen, the great Puritan, lay on his deathbed his secretary wrote (in his name) to a friend, "I am still in the land of the living." "Stop," said Owen. "Change that and say, 'I am yet in the land of the dying, but I hope soon to be in the land of the living.'" ...read more

  • A Short While Ago, Comic-Book Creator, Stan Lee ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Maskell on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,364 views

    A short while ago, comic-book creator, Stan Lee and company created a 6-week reality-based television series entitled, "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" As a part of their initial search, they sent out nationwide notices stating that they were looking for folks who have never lost that inner drive to ...read more

  • Poem: I Am Just A Raindrop  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,558 views

    POEM: “I Am Just a Raindrop” The following poem was heard on Paul Harvey’s broadcast in 2004: I AM JUST A RAINDROP I am just a raindrop I was born in the sky and settled into a hillside there to dance in the sun and sparkle And nourish green and growing things But there are other raindrops on the ...read more

  • Margaret's Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,941 views

    MARGARET’S STORY A young woman named Margaret had spent decades battling depression and anxiety that were traced back to a horrible day in school when a Teacher, frustrated with her tardiness, made her stand in front of the room and invited all the students to come up to the board and write ...read more

  • A Study In Compassion

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,004 views

    A STUDY IN COMPASSION John Darley and Daniel Batson decided to replicate the story of the Good Samaritan with seminary students. A few variables were introduced. The seminarians were interviewed and asked why they wanted to go into ministry. There were a variety of responses, but the vast majority ...read more

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

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,263 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
     | 2,431 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

  • Two Boys Were Playing In The Snow One Day, When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 2, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
     | 2,022 views

    Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his eyes on a tree, and walked along without taking his eyes off the object selected. ...read more

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

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,002 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