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  • A Sunday School Class Was Studying The Ten ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,017 views

    A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments. They were ready to discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what it was. Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thous ...read more

  • The Definition For Intimacy Is The Condition Of ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 10, 2008
     | 2,441 views

    The definition for intimacy is the condition of being friends. Basically friendship is related to closeness, companionship, comradeship, fellowship and family. It's about close relationship, being open to one another, taking the guard off your heart and ...read more

  • Remember No Computer Has Seized You Except What ...

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 30, 2009
     | 2,004 views

    Remember no computer has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he has provided a back-button, a delete-key and an off-switch so that you will have a way out. NO book has ever seized you that ...read more

  • Why Worry?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,823 views

    WHY WORRY? Alarm clock didn’t go off, A case of the depressed blues is headed your way You’re late for work, have a flat tire, try to take wife’s car it won’t start she left the lights on, Get the jumper cables jump it off, in a hurry, Blue light special speeding ticket, Boss chews you out, wife ...read more

  • J.s. Whale Has Said That One Of The Greatest ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,896 views

    J.S. Whale has said that one of the greatest dangers that theologians face is that we put a pipe in our mouths and our feet on the mantelpiece and sit down in an armchair to discuss theories of the atonement instead of bowing down before the wounds of Christ, that we scurry round the burning bush ...read more

  • One Day A Farmer's Donkey Fell Down Into ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,096 views

    -ILLUS: One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway , it just wasn’t worth the effort to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his ...read more

  • When I Lived In San Antonio There Was A Lot Of ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007
     | 2,202 views

    When I lived in San Antonio there was a lot of building going on and limestone was used in building a lot. It was everywhere, Dig a hole and chances are – limestone. I had a chance to watch some of the stone masons in action. These guys were very fast in their work. As they built a wall, or a ...read more

  • What This Thing Is About

    Contributed by Randy Stephenson on Jan 15, 2012
     | 1,653 views

    WHAT THIS THING IS ABOUT In "The Green Berets," the crying child mouths those weighty words, "What will happen to me now?" Captain Kirby quickly takes the child’s hand and leads him off, speaking words of ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget When My Bride Appeared At The ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
     | 848 views

    I’ll never forget when my bride appeared at the end of the aisle. I smiled a big smile -- couldn’t help myself! There were a lot of people happy for different reasons that day, but I was happy that I was taking Carrie Leigh Hart to be my wife! The groom’s joy comes because of the bride -- she ...read more

  • The Definition Of A Bbq

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,654 views

    THE DEFINITION OF A BBQ It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion: 1) The woman goes to the store. 2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert. 3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, ...read more

  • Hosea 2: Low-Down Person

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,695 views

    HOSEA 2: LOW-DOWN PERSON I was watching an old movie on television and I heard a line that I’d missed before. The villain of this comedy was talking on the phone and said something like: "Sure, I know what kind of low-down person would sue his own mother, but we’re not talking about me!" It caught ...read more

  • A Missionary In The New Hebrides Watched Some ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 26, 2005
     | 1,685 views

    A missionary in the New Hebrides watched some native killing hogs. These natives cut off the hogs’ tails and put them over in a pile. When the missionary asked the natives why they did this, they replied, “The meat is for us, the tails are for our gods.” Some Christians are just as ...read more

  • What Are You Afraid Of? The Barney Story

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Sep 11, 2012
     | 3,336 views

    WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? THE BARNEY STORY A few years ago, a church in Seattle, Washington was having a big kick-off Sunday. They wanted to do something for their children's programs. So they brought in Barney the Dinosaur. They learned, Kids like Barney when he’s on TV or in a stuffed animal. ...read more

  • David Ireland Wrote A Book Titled Letters To An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,942 views

    David Ireland wrote a book titled Letters to an Unborn Child. Ireland was dying from a crippling neurological disease when he discovered that his wife was pregnant. Knowing that he would never see his own child, he took up his pen to write all that he would never have a chance to say. In those ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Said, "Any Theology That Does Not ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 2, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,457 views

    Tony Campolo said, “Any theology that does not live with a sense of the immediate return of Christ is a theology that takes the edge off the urgency of faith. But any theology that does not cause us to live as though the world will be here for thousands of years is a theology that leads us into ...read more

  • Wilma Rudolph

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,919 views

    Illus.: Wilma Rudolph ● Born prematurely–almost died of pneumonia and scarlet fever ● polio left her left leg crooked and her foot twisted inward ● six years of treatment were required ● determined to take braces ...read more

  • Failure To Disembark

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,477 views

    FAILURE TO DISEMBARK There was an important business executive who boarded the New Orleans to Washington train. He had a very important business engagement and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o'clock in the morning. Since he was a heavy sleeper he found ...read more

  • Run The Race

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 18, 2024
     | 864 views

    Run the Race ”Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy ...read more

  • Maybe You Heard About The Guy Who Fell In Love ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 10, 2001
    based on 274 ratings
     | 6,975 views

    Maybe you heard about the guy who fell in love with an opera singer. He hardly knew her, since his only view of the singer was through binoculars - from the third balcony. He was convinced he could live “happily ever after” married to a voice like that. He scarcely noticed that she was ...read more

  • The Pumpkin

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,696 views

    the pumpkin "What it’s like to be a Christian ? " A lady had recently been baptized. One of her coworkers asked her what it was like to be a Christian. She was caught off guard and didn’t know how to answer. But, when she looked up, she saw a jack-o’-lantern on the desk and answered, "It’s ...read more

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