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  • What Happened On Easter?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 11,642 views

    WHAT HAPPENED ON EASTER? A Sunday School teacher asked her class on the Sunday before Easter if they knew what happened on Easter and why it was so important. One little girl spoke up saying: "Easter is when the whole family gets together, and you eat turkey and sing about the pilgrims and all ...read more

  • The Cold Within  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 24, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,732 views

    THE COLD WITHIN Six humans trapped by happenstance in bleak and bitter cold, Each one possessed a stick of wood, or so the story goes. Their dying fire in need of logs, the first man held his back, for on the faces around the fire he noticed one was black. The next man looking across the way saw ...read more

  • Is That Superman Or ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,573 views

    IS THAT SUPERMAN OR ... Remember some years ago when you used to hear on TV, "Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s Superman"? On our televisions, we would watch a super human perform amazing feats as the people stood in awe. The third book of the best selling series, "Left ...read more

  • Professor And Speaker Tony Campolo Writes These ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2004
     | 1,734 views

    Professor and speaker Tony Campolo writes these challenging words: In December of 1987, I had the wonderful opportunity of speaking at the great Urbana missionary conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In the course of my address to the more than eighteen thousand collegians ...read more

  • Alternative Church: In A Typical Week, 22% Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,018 views

    Alternative Church: In a typical week, 22% of American adults engage in spiritual encounters outside the traditional church, 9% participate in a house church while more than 10% turn to the Internet as their foundation for interactive faith experience (Most in tandem with another form). Revolution, ...read more

  • In 1996, The Chicago Tribune Ran A Story On Buddy ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 735 views

    In 1996, the Chicago Tribune ran a story on Buddy Post, a lottery winner who is “living proof that money can’t buy happiness.” In 1988, he won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery. Since then, he has been convicted “of assault, his sixth wife left him, his brother was convicted of trying to ...read more

  • The Year Was 1968. As A Young Mp I Was Sent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,644 views

    The year was 1968. As a young MP I was sent to Korea that November. Most people have forgotten what happened earlier that year in Korea. The North Koreans captured one of our ships. It was called the “Pueblo Incident. After the U.S.S. Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans, the eighty-two ...read more

  • There Were Two Armies... One Twice As Strong As ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,657 views

    There were two armies... one twice as strong as the other. The commander of the larger army sent an envisage to other asking for surrender. The commander of the smaller army called up three men. To the first he said. "Fall on your sword." The man immediately stuck the hilt of his sword into the ...read more

  • Picked From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
     | 3,794 views

    Picked From the Fire John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family’s old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he had ...read more

  • Repeat After Me

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 3,822 views

    REPEAT AFTER ME A pilot was flying a plane-load of passengers to their destination when suddenly the rudder malfunctioned. He radioed the control tower in panic, and shouted, "The RUDDER has malfunctioned! What shall I DO?" The air traffic controller radioed back, "Keep calm, Captain. Just ...read more

  • Always More To Follow

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 1,553 views

    ALWAYS MORE TO FOLLOW C. H. Spurgeon had an illustration he would use to depict ‘grace’. A large sum of money was given to a man called Rowland Hill; His job was to distribute the money to a particular Christian pastor. Thinking that the amount was too much to send all at once, Hill forwarded ...read more

  • What Will Your Grandchildren Say?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
     | 1,977 views

    WHAT WILL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN SAY? Max Lucado shared this in Outlive Your Life: A few years back, three questions rocked my world. They came from different people in the span of a month. Question 1: Had you been a German Christian during World War II, would you have taken a stand against ...read more

  • Not Much Of A Man...?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011
     | 3,030 views

    NOT MUCH OF A MAN...? A weary truck driver who pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop late one summer evening in Broken Bow, NE. He was tired and hungry. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather-jacketed bikers of the Hell's Angels type decided to give him a hard ...read more

  • Which House Would You Rather Live In?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
     | 4,788 views

    WHICH HOUSE WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN? On October 19, 2010, a test was conducted at the Institute for Business and Home Safety in Richburg, South Carolina. Researchers constructed two 1,300-square-foot houses inside a $40 million laboratory and then observed how a simulated hurricane would impact ...read more

  • Fixing The Fence At The White House  PRO

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,619 views

    FIXING THE FENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Three contractors were on a tour of the White House. One is from Minnesota, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Chicago. As they are walking through they notice a broken fence and ask if it would be possible to submit a bid to fix it. They are ...read more

  • Pushing The Outhouse  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 10, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,776 views

    PUSHING THE OUTHOUSE A young boy lived in the country. His family had to use an outhouse, which the young boy hated. It was hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and always smelly. The outhouse was located near the creek so the boy decided that he would push it into the water. After a spring ...read more

  • In 1929, The Berlin Municipal Council Recognized ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,912 views

    In 1929, the Berlin Municipal Council recognized Dr. Einstein’s 50th birthday by awarding him a country villa with a lake view. But on visiting the house, his wife found it already occupied and the occupants unwilling to move. An embarrassed Council discovered it had previously given the ...read more

  • Sophie And Shirley, Two Elderly Widows In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,920 views

    Sophie and Shirley, two elderly widows in a Florida adult community, are curious about the latest arrival in their building -- a quiet, nice looking gentleman who keeps to himself. Shirley says, "Sophie, you know I’m shy. Why don’t you go over to him at the pool and find out a little about him. He ...read more

  • A Father's Influence To The World  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Thomas Norton on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,511 views

    A father’s influence to the world Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany’ The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business ...read more

  • Slide 9) The First Conviction Is ‘there Are ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2008
     | 1,283 views

    (Slide 9) The first conviction is ‘there are things that are better than money.’ He names ‘good health, a cultivated intelligence, a clear conscience, and a sympathetic heart.’ He goes on to say, ‘There are some things that we can do without, and one of these is wealth. But there are some things we ...read more