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  • Do You Really Want To Turn It Off?

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 5, 2010
     | 2,205 views

    DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TURN IT OFF? Too often when Julie and I watch a movie, I am forced to turn it off or over because of the coarse nature of the movie, particularly relating to the sex scenes. It is taken for granted that sex is a necessary part of most movies. I disagree! I don’t need to watch ...read more

  • My Dad's Testimony  PRO

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 4, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,501 views

    MY DAD'S TESTIMONY My Dad died of cancer in a nursing home. He was in a partial coma when I visited him before that day came. We had come down from Queensland to Wagga Wagga, his birthplace. I was wondering where he was in terms of his relationship with Christ. And yes, the thought crossed my mind ...read more

  • A Man Was Lost In The Arizona ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 13, 2010
     | 1,948 views

    A man was lost in the Arizona desert. The sun was high and he was very thirsty - when he stumbled upon an old hut where no one lived. The hut had only part of a roof left and the doors were almost off the hinges. So he staggered in and sat down to rest. In the corner of the hut, he saw an ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,972 views

    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • Love As A Token

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
     | 4,125 views

    LOVE AS A TOKEN Woodrow Wilson was on a train. He was in Billings, Montana. He was making whistle stops. He was the President of the United States. He was on that last coach. He was on that platform there out behind. You have seen pictures of them. His wife was next to him. There were important ...read more

  • Cheap Purchase—high Price  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,680 views

    CHEAP PURCHASE--HIGH PRICE In Decision magazine some time ago, Karen Morerod wrote about shopping in a store for a sweater. She was looking for one at minimal cost, so she went to the clearance rack. As she flipped through the sweaters, one caught her eye. It was the right color and the right ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • What Occupies Your Heart?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,274 views

    WHAT OCCUPIES YOUR HEART? I squirmed a bit as I forced myself to listen to my friend cataloging her problems. After three hours, I interrupted her gently to ask, "If you were to draw a circle to represent your life, what would be in the center?" She thought a moment, then said, "My problems." My ...read more

  • Please Come Home.

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 5, 2012
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     | 3,783 views

    "PLEASE COME HOME." There was a girl named Christina, who lived in a dusty village of Brazil. In her late teens she was upset with her parents because she thought she was restricted. She had this dream of going to Rio De Janeiro, but her mother knew that she will not be able to take care of ...read more

  • Faith Of A Child

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 16, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,979 views

    How do we find rest through the chaotic mess the accuser continually throws at society? By coming, believing and trusting with the faith of a child! By trusting in our God given measure of faith and realizing everything is going to be alright, because God says it will and that’s enough! Growing ...read more

  • The Choices We Make  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
    based on 97 ratings
     | 6,075 views

    THE CHOICES WE MAKE Every single day we make choices that show whether we are courageous or cowardly. We choose between the right thing and the convenient thing, sticking to a conviction or caving in for the sake of comfort, greed or approval. We choose either to take a carefully thought-out ...read more

  • Larry Walters Bought 45 Helium Filled Weather ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Richards on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 42 ratings
     | 3,329 views

    Larry Walters bought 45 helium filled weather balloons and tied them to a lawn chair. With parachute, sandwich, and B.B. gun he was intent on flying (a couple hundred feet he thought). Before he was ready, the rope broke or came loose from his jeep to which he was tied. He rocketed into the sky, ...read more

  • The Story Is Told That In The Latter 1800's, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 2,060 views

    The story is told that in the latter 1800’s, Alfred Lord Tennyson invited a Russian nobleman to his estate. And early one morning this nobleman took off with dogs & guns & servants to go hunting. At mid-day he returned & Lord Tennyson asked him how he did. He answered, "Not very well. I shot ...read more

  • As A Result Of Poor Planning A Texas Man Needed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Biolsi on Nov 24, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,306 views

    As a result of poor planning a Texas man needed some same-day dry cleaning before he left on a trip. He remembered one store with a huge sign, “One-Hour Dry Cleaners,” on the other side of town, so he drove out of his way to drop off his suit. After filling out the tag, he told the clerk, “I need ...read more

  • The Most Important Obligation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,426 views

    THE MOST IMPORTANT OBLIGATION As important as your obligation as a doctor, a lawyer or a business leader may be, your human connections with your spouse, your children and your friends are the most important investment you will ever make. At the end of your life, you will never regret not having ...read more

  • Trouble Hearing  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jan 30, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,707 views

    TROUBLE HEARING One evening while we were dining in a restaurant, a waiter strode through our section asking, "Does anyone here drive a red New Yorker?" We assumed its headlights had been left on. "Yes!" an elderly gentleman in a neighbouring booth responded emphatically. His wife reacted ...read more

  • Some Years Back As You Traveled Along I-10 In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 1,696 views

    Some years back as you traveled along I-10 in Louisiana there was a large billboard which would catch your eye. It stood high above the city just as you started up the Mississippi River bridge. On it was a picture of Jesus Christ hanging on the cross of Calvary, head bowed. The caption underneath ...read more

  • Dl Moody, A Great Evangelist Of Another ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,829 views

    DL Moody, a great evangelist of another generation told the story of an English lady who confront him after he said to the congregation to which she belonged: “None in this congregation will be saved until they stop trying to save themselves.” The lady said, “You have made me perfectly miserable.” ...read more

  • But I Just Have To Give!  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,037 views

    BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE! Eric Hulstrand writes in Leadership magazine: "While I was preaching one Sunday, an elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head on the end of the pew. Immediately, an EMT in the congregation called an ambulance. As they strapped her to a stretcher and got ready to ...read more

  • Betty Maxfield Survived The 9/11 Tragedy At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 26, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,439 views

    Betty Maxfield survived the 9/11 tragedy at the Pentagon. In the Chicago Tribune, she said, “I should’ve been dead. We were all, for some reason, saved. My question now is, what am I supposed to do with it? I just can’t go waste it. I thought I was living my life well before, but obviously there’s ...read more