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  • A Little Boy Asked His Mother Where He Came From, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,320 views

    A little boy asked his mother where he came from, and also where she had come from as a baby. His mother gave him a tall tale about a beautiful white-feathered bird. The boy asked his grandmother the same question and received a variation on the bird story. Outside to his playmate he said, "You ...read more

  • Follow The Money The National Geographic Society ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,294 views

    Follow The Money The National Geographic Society (NGS) garnered front-page coverage when they recently unveiled a restored version of The Gospel of Judas--which asserts that Judas was Jesus’ closest friend rather than a traitor, and that he only did what Jesus asked of him: NGS has invested over $1 ...read more

  • Matthew, In Recording A Section Of The Lord's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,630 views

    Matthew, in recording a section of the Lord’s Prayer, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors,” used the word ‘aphiemi’ for ‘forgive’. It means to “send away”. This is the same word used in Luke 4:39 when Jesus rebuked the fever in Peter’s mother-in-law. That is the kind of forgiveness ...read more

  • Follow The Money The National Geographic Society ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,482 views

    Follow The Money The National Geographic Society (NGS) garnered front-page coverage when they recently unveiled a restored version of The Gospel of Judas--which asserts that Judas was Jesus’ closest friend rather than a traitor, and that he only did what Jesus asked of him: NGS has invested over $1 ...read more

  • A Burning In My Bosom

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 988 views

    Story. A burning in my bosom. One day at Princeton Theological Seminary. We had an outside Speaker. Had a philosophy that directly, plainly contradicted several Scriptures. Yes, the speaker realized this (Claimed to be Christian by the way). Question was asked – how do you justify this, How ...read more

  • Sometime In The 1200's A Theologian Named John ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 13, 2006
     | 1,973 views

    Sometime in the 1200’s a theologian named John Duns Scotus “and the Pope walked through the Vatican Gold Chambers. As the story goes, the Pope turned to the theologian and said, ‘Dr. Scotus, no longer can the church say ‘silver and gold have I none.’’ To which Scotus reportedly replied, ;And no ...read more

  • Pop-Cork Gun

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 20, 2009
     | 2,108 views

    POP-CORK GUN Although we are the clay when compared to God’s power, we are not passive. We cannot successfully wage a war against God, but God leaves us with a choice. Remember the story of Peter and the Wolf, how he tries to hunt a wolf with a pop-cork gun? The wolf corners him, but he is ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Was Comfortable As The Senior ...

    Contributed by Dr. Mark Eckart on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,815 views

    A friend of mine was comfortable as the senior pastor in a local church in the Midwest. The church paid well, took great care of his family, and he was positioned to advance in his denominational movement. However, one night he attended a camp service and was listening to a missionary speaker and ...read more

  • One Cannot Escape Any Number Of Jokes And ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 3,468 views

    One cannot escape any number of jokes and misunderstandings when it comes to the concept of prayer. Most of us have heard about the child who believed God’s name was Harold because each week they prayed, "Our Father who art in heaven, Harold be thy name". Likewise, there is the story of the ...read more

  • Only A Visitor Here

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Nov 6, 2010
     | 2,341 views

    ONLY A VISITOR HERE The story is told of an American tourist who paid the 19th century Polish rabbi Hofetz Chaim a visit. Astonished to see that the rabbi's home was only a simple room with a few books, a table and a bench, the tourist asked, "Rabbi, where is your furniture?" "Where is yours?" ...read more

  • Protected From The Puck

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 11, 2011
     | 2,122 views

    PROTECTED FROM THE PUCK When Daniel was a little boy, his favorite movie was The Mighty Ducks, which was the story of a pee wee hockey team. Their goalie, whose name was Goldberg, was afraid of the puck and anytime it would come at him he would run away. So the coach duct taped him to the goal and ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,704 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • David Seamands: I Heard A Sermon Based On The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
     | 2,729 views

    David Seamands: I heard a sermon based on the New Testament story of the Rich Young Ruler. You recall how the young man refused Jesus’ challenge to give away his possessions, take up his cross, and follow Jesus. The preacher accurately called him a millionaire, and then commented, "The poor fool! ...read more

  • Life After Death  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 8, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,379 views

    LIFE AFTER DEATH It's good to remember what stories you have told so that they don't come back to haunt you. A young man's boss asked him, "Boy, do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," the young man answered. The boss said, "Well that's good, because about a ...read more

  • Into Jesus Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
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    INTO JESUS HANDS Billy Graham tells the story of the death of his grandmother in his book, Death and the Life After (pg. 169). He writes, “When my grandmother was dying she sat up in bed, smiled, and said, “I see Jesus, and he has his hand outstretched to me. And there’s Ben and he has both of his ...read more

  • During His Term As President Of The U.s., ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,549 views

    "During his term as President of the U.S., Lyndon Johnson was somewhat overweight. One day his wife challenged him with this blunt assertion: "You can’t run the country if you can’t run yourself." Respecting Mrs. Johnson’s wise observation, the President lost 23 pounds." And yet this story not only ...read more

  • Lately It Seems That Everyone Is Focusing On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,179 views

    Lately it seems that everyone is focusing on the state of marriage. Well, all one needs to do is study the scriptures and discover what Jesus has to say about marriage. Which reminds me of the story of a small boy who was being given a quiz on the New Testament and one of the questions he was asked ...read more

  • When You Talk About Forgotten, I Believe Joseph ...

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Sep 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,932 views

    When you talk about forgotten, I believe Joseph was one of God’s faithful servant that would shines above all. From the coat of many colours to the dusty road towards Egypt. From Potiphar’s house to the dungeon where the two servant of the Pharaoh met him and then forgot about him. God was NEVER ...read more

  • A Column Entitled "Lite Fare" That Appeared In ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 24, 2008
     | 1,605 views

    A column entitled “Lite Fare” that appeared in The Christian Reader shares this story by Sherrie Murphree of Odessa, Texas: “My husband has an almost boundless appetite for ice cream, and it was obvious at a Sunday school party where he helped himself to a good sample of every flavor available. ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,519 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more