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  • There Is Much Misunderstanding About What ...

    Contributed by David Scudder on Jul 19, 2007
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    There is much misunderstanding about what forgiveness really means. Like the story about a pastor who visited a man who had been active in the church, but, due to a dispute with a fellow member, he had stopped coming to church. He reasoned with him at length about the need for forgiveness and ...read more

  • The Knowledge Of Our Wives Must Extend Beyond ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,523 views

    The knowledge of our wives must extend beyond the everyday. Yet there are days when all a man has to do is open his mouth and he takes his life in his own hands. There is a story of a couple who was attending a marriage seminar on communication and the instructor told them that is was essential ...read more

  • In October Of 1991, The "Andrea Gail" Left ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
     | 1,463 views

    In October of 1991, the "Andrea Gail" left Gloucester, Mass. and headed for the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. Two weeks later, an event took place that had never occurred in recorded history. A storm stronger than any in recorded history hit the coast off of Gloucester, Massachusetts. ...read more

  • Heart Buried In Africa

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,486 views

    Illustration: Heart Buried in Africa There is a story of the great missionary David Livingstone. The body of David Livingstone was buried in England where he was born, but his heart was buried in the Africa he loved. At the foot of a tall tree in a small African village the natives dug a hole and ...read more

  • Did You Ask?

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 13, 2008
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    DID YOU ASK? There is an old story about how the University of Chicago received a million-dollar grant from the heiress of a major department store. She had been a student at Northwest. So, administrators of Northwest went to visit her and asked why she had not made such a gift to her alma mater. ...read more

  • Ask Jonah!  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,955 views

    ASK JONAH! A new believer was on a plane with an intellectual (a man educated beyond his intelligence). He sneered at her reading the Bible and asked if she believed it? "Yes." "Jonah and the whale story?" (A great fish) "Yes." "How did it happen?" "Don't know, but I'll find out when I get to ...read more

  • Don't Quit Skating

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
     | 4,303 views

    Don't Quit Skating I heard the story of a boy trying to learn how to ice-skate. He had fallen so many times that his face was cut, and the blood and tears ran together. Out of sympathy, a man skated over to the boy, picked him up and said, "Son, why don't you quit before you kill yourself?" He ...read more

  • Looking In The Wrong Place  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 10, 2008
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    LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE Billy Graham tells the story of a man looking for his wallet on the street. Someone asked him what he was looking for. He said, "I lost my wallet." The other person said, "Where did you lose it?" He replied, "About half a block up the street." The other person ...read more

  • Don't Ignore The Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    DON'T IGNORE THE CHILD Recently, I read the story of a traveler in China who remarked on the fact that all the time he was there, some two and a half years, he never saw a single monument or tombstone marking the grave of a child. This is very remarkable, remembering the people's ancestor and ...read more

  • The Oakland Police Force Recently Unveiled Its ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 2, 2009
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    The Oakland police force recently unveiled its first lowrider police car. The vehicle has the standard logo, lights and siren, but also includes chrome wheels, hydraulic lift, and a 500-watt sound system. The car was put on the force to help officers build better relationship with inner-city ...read more

  • What's In A Name, Anyway?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 16, 2019
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    I cannot express how ecstatic I was when someone gave me a coupon for a free donut. Normally, I am not overly excited about “free.” All I had to do was fill out a little survey online and they would send me a code that would guarantee me a free donut. In my “daily diary diet,” I have a whole ...read more

  • Where Oh Where Is My Hair?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 10, 2021
     | 1,443 views

    I must confess I sometimes get so busy that certain things have slipped my mind. I don't do this intentionally, but I try to prioritize things in my life. With so many things going on, it is tough to keep up-to-date with everything, even personal items. This is not true with the Gracious ...read more

  • Is That My Grandfather’s Hand?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 26, 2025
     | 370 views

    This past week, I thought of my maternal grandfather. I haven't thought of him for a long time because he died over 50 years ago. I'm not sure what inspired me to think about my old grandpa. As a youngster, I used to spend summers with him on his farm. He owned a farm up in the mountains ...read more

  • Jail-Time Repentance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2012
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    JAIL-TIME REPENTANCE I want to share with you a small auto-biographical story that I believe illustrates the type of repentant heart needed to continue in getting rid of guilt. She had always been a good girl so finding herself in this place was unimaginable to her. How was she going to survive ...read more

  • Ron Mehl: Love Found A Way

    Contributed by N A on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    QUOTE: By Ron Mehl (Love Found a Way). “Some people think I get a little carried away with Christmas. No, they don’t actually say anything (who wants to offend the pastor?). But I can tell. I’ve caught them rolling their eyes or changing the subject. I know that they’re thinking. They think I’m too ...read more

  • Dr. Barnhouse Used This Illustration To Portray ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
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    Dr. Barnhouse used this illustration to portray this simple truth to his congregation and I would like to share it with you. A young man, suffering from amnesia, lived a new life amid his old surroundings; he could remember nothing that had happened before he fell off a haywagon. As he fell, ...read more

  • 88 Reasons  PRO

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
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    88 REASONS You might remember a man by the name of Edgar Whisenant. He was a NASA engineer who used his mathematical skills to set a date for the return of Jesus. He wrote a book called, "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Take Place in 1988" The book caused a real buzz in the Christian ...read more

  • We Have Bought Into The Idea That The Busier You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
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    We have bought into the idea that the busier you are, the more important your life is. A recent book, Time for Life (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), surveyed ten thousand people and found that, after tracking their true working hours, they actually worked fewer hours than they thought. ...read more

  • Culture Has Moral Confusion About Families  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,718 views

    Culture Has Moral Confusion about Families In a recent column, commentator Dennis Prager observes that he was recently asked to write an article defending the traditional two-parent family. He wonders what has happened to our society that such a concept even needs to be defended? He notes: "In ...read more

  • Three Monkeys

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,432 views

    “THREE MONKEYS” Author unknown “Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree, discussing things that are said to be. Said one to the others, ‘Now listen, you two, there’s a certain rumor that can’t be true; That man descended from our noble race. Why, the very idea is a disgrace! No monkey ever deserted ...read more