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  • Stressed Santa

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 3,149 views

    STRESSED OUT SANTA A shopping mall Santa Claus in California had a meltdown after refusing to cuddle a bawling toddler, calling the mother evil and ripping off his beard and costume in front of startled children. Kelly Fornatoro, 33, said she told Santa her 19 month old son, Brian, would stop ...read more

  • A Supermarket In The Midwest Could Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,515 views

    A supermarket in the Midwest could not understand why at a certain time every winter there sales plummeted. They studied their product line and interviewed customers. They did everything possible to uncover the mystery. Finally someone made a remarkable discovery that changed everything. It seemed ...read more

  • Forgive Us Our Christmases

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,243 views

    FORGIVE US OUR CHRISTMASES Have you ever stopped to watch the Christmas rush go by? Christmas struggles are humorous because they touch at the very center of where we live. A little girl was pushing the limits of her mother's very last nerve. Mom was nearing the end of a hectic season of ...read more

  • Full Of Hypocrites

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
     | 139 views

    Story: When was the last time you overheard a conversation like this? “Mary, how come you never shop at Asda.” And Mary answers, “Well, I used to. But the last time I was there the place was just full of hypocrites. So I’ll never go back there again.” You’ve never heard such a conversation ...read more

  • Love Is Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 174 ratings
     | 8,466 views

    LOVE IS ACTION In his book, Dad, The Family Coach, Dave Simmons tells of an act of sacrificial love that occurred in a shopping mall. One day he took his eight year old Helen and five year old Brandon to the Cloverdale Mall. He needed to buy some tools in Sears. When they pulled into ...read more

  • I Want You To Imagine A Couple Sitting In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Lucas on Jul 30, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,854 views

    I want you to imagine a couple sitting in a coffee shop. And you are one table over. Have you ever done this? You just kind of eavesdrop. You know, those coffee shops are small enough; you can hear almost every conversation in the room. You know, just have your laptop open so they don’t know you ...read more

  • A Man Went To A Barbershop To Have His Hair Cut ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 27, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,750 views

    A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don’t believe that God ...read more

  • Sins Will Find You ( Billy Bob)

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 18, 2019
     | 2,728 views

    Billy Bob –South Pittsburg My friend Billy Bob Johnson lived in South Pittsburg, Tennessee when he was a young whipper snapper. By our standards South Pittsburg Would be considered out in the sticks at that time, but they had a soda shop at the local drug store. That is where all the young ...read more

  • Thief Gets The Bird  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,884 views

    THIEF GETS THE BIRD A man in Ontario, Canada returned home one evening to find his more valuable and easily-fenced goodies stacked neatly beside the door. When the homeowner saw the living room was also spattered with blood, he feared the worst for his beloved house pet, a large African parrot. The ...read more

  • There's A Story Told - And I Take It To Be A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 141 ratings
     | 7,276 views

    There’s a story told - and I take it to be a parable because I hope it’s not true - of a country church which had a creeper - perhaps an ivy plant - growing up by the porch doorway. Over the doorway was a text carved in stone, "We preach Christ crucified". Over the years the plant grew steadily ...read more

  • A True Story - A Woman Entered A Haagen-Dazs ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 355 ratings
     | 3,011 views

    A true story - a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store on the Kansas City Plaza for an ice-cream cone. After making her selection, she turned and found herself face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming the movie Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Newman’s blue eyes caused her knees to ...read more

  • There Was A Girl That Grew Up In Jerusalem. One ...

    Contributed by Nate Barbour on Jan 29, 2003
     | 2,375 views

    There was a girl that grew up in Jerusalem. One day, she and her father went shopping in the marketplace. She was holding tight to her daddy’s hand. Well, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a shiny, new baby doll. She longed for it so bad. She let her Father’s hand slip out ...read more

  • Who Came Up With This?  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
    based on 43 ratings
     | 3,202 views

    WHO CAME UP WITH THIS? A woman was in the mall doing her Christmas shopping. She was tired of walking through every aisle of every store to find just the right present. She was stressed out by the mounting debt on her credit card. She was tired of fighting the crowds and standing in lines for the ...read more

  • A Young Son's Attempt At Full ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 9, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,241 views

    A young son’s attempt at full forgiveness…(Illustrations Unlimited) A pastor’s son and his mom had been to a shopping and the boy had not behaved himself. As they were driving home, he could sense her displeasure and said, “When we ask God to forgive us when we are bad. He does, doesn’t he?” His ...read more

  • A Few Days Ago I Was Driving My Kids To School ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
     | 2,308 views

    A few days ago i was driving my kids to school and as a treat we went through the drive through donut shop and got donut holes for them. Healthy i know... i figured a sugar rush for the teachers would be fun... i gave the kids their bag of holes, each having 12 very important sugary holes in ...read more

  • In A Biography Of Dwight L. Moody An Incident Is ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
     | 1,418 views

    In a biography of Dwight L. Moody an incident is recorded from the life of President Woodrow Wilson in which he describes his one and only contact with that famous preacher. "I was in a barbershop," Wilson said, "when I became conscious that someone unusual had entered the room. A man had come in ...read more

  • Hoping More People Do The Right Thing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2010
     | 1,358 views

    HOPING MORE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING A recent (March 2010) AFP article hit the presses this week: CHICAGO (AFP) – People fell onto a bag of cash like a pack of hungry piranhas after more than $100,000 tumbled out the back of an armored truck onto an Ohio street, local media reported. The bag ...read more

  • One Day As My Two Year Old Daughter And I Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,455 views

    One day as my two year old daughter and I had finished our shopping at the mall, I was walking ahead of her continually asking her to "hurry up." I wanted to get home, but she was enjoying all the sights and sounds. As she walked right behind me, I looked back to see my daughter had stopped to ...read more

  • Reader's Digest Told Of A Factory Worker Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,036 views

    Reader’s Digest told of a factory worker who refused to sign up for group insurance. The problem was no policy could be issued until all employees signed up. Yet he held out stubbornly. The foreman begged him to sign; the shop foreman pleaded with him; the plant superintendent and general manager ...read more

  • Valuable Necklace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,290 views

    Valuable Necklace An American tourist in Paris, who purchased an inexpensive amber necklace in a trinket shop, was shocked when he had to pay quite a high duty on it to clear customs in New York. This aroused his curiosity, so he had it appraised. After looking at the object under a magnifying ...read more