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  • After Five Years Of Therapy The Psychiatrist Told ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kerry Tilley on Feb 15, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,160 views

    After five years of therapy the psychiatrist told his patient that they seldom used the term “cure,” but he was please to pronounce her completely cured. To his surprise the patient became obviously disappointed. The doctor asked, “What’s wrong? I thought you would be thrilled to know that your ...read more

  • The True Nature Of Spiritual Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,366 views

    THE TRUE NATURE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE Christian spirituality isn’t about sitting at the feet of some guru for a seminar at a retreat. It isn’t about having a nice comfortable, safe dose of spirituality in your life to make you feel good whenever your thoughts run deep about ultimate questions and ...read more

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

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
     | 5,104 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

  • I Read A Story Involving The Butterball Turkey ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
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    I read a story involving the Butterball Turkey company, which set up a hotline to answer consumers’ questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to ask about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years. The operator told her it might be safe if the freezer had been ...read more

  • Harry Emerson Fosdick Once Told How As A Child, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,666 views

    Harry Emerson Fosdick once told how as a child, his mother sent him to pick a quart of raspberries. Reluctantly he dragged himself to the berrypatch. His afternoon was ruined for sure. Then a thought hit him. He would surprise his mother and pick two quarts of raspberries instead of one. Rather ...read more

  • Marijuana: The Average Age Of First-Time ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,183 views

    Marijuana: The average age of first-time marijuana users in the U.S has dropped from 19 to 13. A recent Gallup poll indicates 34% of Americans favor legalization, the greatest support since ‘69. In ‘01, 50,000 people were sentenced to prison for marijuana violations. In some states with ...read more

  • A Wealthy Woman Who Was Traveling Overseas Saw A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,599 views

    A wealthy woman who was traveling overseas saw a bracelet she thought was irresistible, so she sent her husband this cable: "Have found wonderful bracelet. Price $75,000. May I buy it?" Her husband promptly wired back this response: "No, price too high." But the cable operator omitted the comma, so ...read more

  • One Day A Little Girl Was Sitting And Watching ...

    Contributed by David Gant on Oct 22, 2006
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    One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, ...read more

  • Someone I Know Who Is Really Struggling With His ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 29, 2006
     | 1,743 views

    Someone I know who is really struggling with his faith stately boldly the other day that he had come to understand that the universe is God and it was clear he thought that was a stunning revelation, a great new and important truth. One of the first things that happens when we go away from the ...read more

  • Sarah

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 7, 2006
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    Sarah. An elderly lady, a resident in the county nursing home, attended my weekly Bible class. I asked how they thought they would react if present when Jesus raised this widow’s son. Sarah answered, “I would be scared and run away.” She was a devout person, so I probed a little, “What if it were ...read more

  • Allure Of Lust And Greed

    Contributed by David Baeder on Jun 10, 2009
     | 3,144 views

    ALLURE OF LUST AND GREED Last night they had another one of those Dateline stings. In the sting, an undercover agent poses as a 13-15 year old on the internet, in one of those on-line chat rooms. Almost every man who came to a house to meet an underage girl for immoral purposes had seen previous ...read more

  • The Setting Is The Front Of A Small Church. The ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Aug 3, 2009
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    The setting is the front of a small church. The pastor says from the pulpit, ‘I’ve misplaced my sermon notes, so I’m just going to read from this devotional—if I can find it here. While I look, maybe the choir can lead us in a hymn’. He glances at the choir which has one person. The choir ...read more

  • That No One Except God Is Perfect But We Don't ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 6, 2009
     | 1,734 views

    That no one except God is perfect but we don’t want people to think we are “that bad.” We pose. We pretend. We put on our plastic masks. We go to “church.” I saw a commercial recently about a new type of veneer for your teeth that is supposed to be the best yet. What I thought was incredibly ...read more

  • The Only One Pulling  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,706 views

    THE ONLY ONE PULLING A guy drives into a ditch, but luckily, a farmer is there to help. He hitches his horse, Buddy, up to the car and yells, "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy doesn’t move. "Pull, Buster, pull!" Buddy doesn’t budge. "Pull, Coco, pull!" Nothing. Then the farmer says, "Pull, Buddy, ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • Process-Oriented God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010
     | 2,147 views

    The following thoughts are from Sy Rogers: God is event and process oriented – Most Christians are only event orientated. But the development of a baby is a process caused by one passionate event in the bedroom. Birth is an event but there is a process of growth and maturity. God will not zap a ...read more

  • Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 16, 2010
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    Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers (Newfoundland comedy group) feature a song on one of their albums called “Only 19”. It is the story of a young man who married what he thought was his young bride until they got ready for their first night together. She removed her cork leg, make-up that’s ...read more

  • Is There Any Hope?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,921 views

    IS THERE ANY HOPE? Years ago an S-4 submarine was rammed by a ship off the coast of Massachusetts. It sank immediately. The entire crew was trapped in a prison house of death. Every effort was made to rescue the crew, but all ultimately failed. Near the end of the ordeal, a deep sea diver, who ...read more

  • The Job's Too Small

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,052 views

    THE JOB'S TOO SMALL There was a missionary in China whose talents and abilities were so outstanding that one of the American companies tried to hire him. They offered him an attractive job with a salary to match, but he turned it down. He told them that God had sent him to China as a missionary. ...read more

  • Select The Greatest Gift

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 11, 2011
     | 5,346 views

    SELECT THE GREATEST GIFT Even people of this world know the value of a thoughtful gift. When Pastor John Bisagno was working as chaplain to the Houston Oilers, the players gave him an autographed football which every player had signed inscribed with a Scripture from the Bible. Whenever he looks ...read more