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  • The Gas Prank

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
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    THE GAS PRANK According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day, one of ...read more

  • Mark Twain On Heaven And Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 20, 2010
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    MARK TWAIN ON HEAVEN AND HELL Mark Twain gave some interesting quotes during his lifetime. One such amusing statement was, "Go to heaven for the climate, hell for the company." He along with others, do not realize how horrible hell will be. We do not hear much about hell these days from the ...read more

  • He's My Dad.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    "HE'S MY DAD." A group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps, looking for new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty, that its value to science was incalculable. But it lay deep in a ravine with cliffs on both ...read more

  • Catching Up

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    CATCHING UP A woman who had recently moved into a small village in Wiltshire, was in the backyard hanging out the washing on the line when an old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. She could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home. As she walked into the house, the dog ...read more

  • Monument Of The States

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    MONUMENT OF THE STATES In Kissimmee, Florida, there is a monument built of 1,500 stones from the 48 states and from 23 foreign countries. It is called the Monument of the States. Conceived by Dr. Charles D. Bressler-Pettis, the idea for the structure took years to materialize. On a ...read more

  • Buried Chickens, Buried Sin

    Contributed by Aaron Kilbourn on Jan 4, 2011
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    BURIED CHICKENS, BURIED SIN One of our youth, Andrew Plasier, shared this true story about an uncle of his in South Dakota and what happened a few summers ago. His uncle raised chickens, about 1200 of them, year round. In July the fans to the chickenhouse malfunctioned and stopped fanning the ...read more

  • The Gentleman Cat

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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    THE GENTLEMAN CAT Two men sought to prove to their king whether a man had to be "born a gentleman" or could become one by "discipline and training." The one told the other that he would prove his point regarding "training" by showing the king his cat, which he had trained to stand on its back ...read more

  • Who's Watching?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
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    WHO'S WATCHING? I remember the story of that man who wanted to steal a goat. He took his four children and said to them: "You hide there, you hide by my left, you hide at my back, you hide by my right. If you see anybody coming, give me a sign that I will quickly stop whatever I 'm doing." But as ...read more

  • God Can Shake Anyone

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 24, 2011
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    GOD CAN SHAKE ANYONE Yesterday around 2:00 pm I had to take some pain medicine for my shoulder. Being a hypochondriac is no fun!! About two minutes after I took the medicine my chair started to shake. I felt my pulse, thinking maybe the medicine was causing some weird reaction. I know I’m weird. ...read more

  • Truman's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 28, 2011
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    TRUMAN'S FAITHFULNESS A number of years ago, the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO made public 1,300 letters that the late President wrote to his wife, Bess, over the course of a half-century. Mr. Truman had a lifelong rule of writing to his wife every day they were apart. He followed ...read more

  • When Prayer Isn't All You Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    WHEN PRAYER ISN’T ALL YOU NEED Tim Hansel, Holy Sweat, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 63. In my late twenties, a bunch of my friends and I decided to sail around the world. I have to admit, though, at the time I was a bit worried. I hadn’t even sailed before. I was uneasy and anxious. So I spent a ...read more

  • M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2014
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    M51 Whirlpool Galaxy -- Source: www.hubblesite.org The Hubble Telescope has been orbiting the earth since 1990 taking pictures into deep space. On June 8, 1992 it took a picture of the center of the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy which is 23 million light years from our galaxy. The picture of the core ...read more

  • When God Speaks

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 7, 2016
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    WHEN GOD SPEAKS Did you hear about the old golfer who was standing in front of the first tee, a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, and wondering if he should use his new golf ball? Deciding that the hole was too dangerous, he chose an old ball that he could afford to lose and placed ...read more

  • Telemarketer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 6, 2017
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    Here’s a story from a telemarketer: “The other day I called a house and a real nice lady answered the phone, she was really helpful and friendly, she was the type of lady that helps a telemarketer get through a long day. After some pleasantries I asked if Mr. Smith was in, “I’m sorry”, she ...read more

  • The Snake With A Flat Head

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
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    Main Idea: Jesus defeated the devil and all the devil’s power is gone. Verse: “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you” (Luke 10:19 NKJV). Illustration: A snake came into my living room. ...read more

  • Woman Returns Stolen Money

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Aug 7, 2018
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    An Arkansas woman's stolen cash was turned over to police with a letter of apology from the thief who took it from her wallet. Susan McNabb said she left her wallet, and the $160 cash it contained, behind at the Walmart store in Clinton, and when she returned a short time later, the wallet was ...read more

  • Living By Gods Word.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
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    My Division Officer in the Navy was also a Naval aviator. On his way home from a mission over Afghanistan he got vertigo (a dizzy confused state of mind caused by the inner ear). His senses were confused. The biggest was his sense of flight. Which can be deadly when landing on an aircraft carrier ...read more

  • Back In The Early 1980's, A Young Man Was Found ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
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    Back in the early 1980’s, a young man was found GUILTY of ROBBING a CONVENIENCE store. He told the COURT that he had LOST his JOB months before and had been unable to MAKE enough MONEY working at ODD JOBS to SUPPORT his FAMILY and PAY his BILLS. “I know it was WRONG to ROB the STORE,” he pleaded. ...read more

  • Two Old Men Were Sitting On A Park Bench. One Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Two old men were sitting on a park bench. One of the men said, “You know as I get older I can’t remember things the way I used to.” The other man said, “I used to have that problem too until I took this memory course. It’s a very simple technique, based on associating words with names, places and ...read more

  • A Wealthy Businessman From Texas Was In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A wealthy businessman from Texas was in the habit of giving his dad unique gifts on his birthday. As his business travels took him around the world, he would always search to find something truly remarkable to give to his dad. But this past year he felt he had outdone himself. He discovered a ...read more