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  • True Friends?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,515 views

    True Friends? Two little boys were the best of friends. As they grew up, their friendship only deepened. One became a preacher and the other a priest. And they would meet each week for coffee at the local Starbucks, no matter what else might be happening. After one such meeting, they shook hands ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln And Perseverance

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
     | 5,852 views

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND PERSEVERANCE Consider this: There was a man whose life was characterized by failure. At the age of 22, his business failed. At 23, he ran for Legislature but was defeated. So he turned to another business, which failed when he was 24. At 25, things started to turn around ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Grandmother, A Mother And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,898 views

    The story is told of a grandmother, a mother and a little boy--three generations--who went into a restaurant and sat down to order. The waitress took the grandmother’s order, the mother’s order, then turned to the little boy and said, "What would you like?" The mother immediately said, "Oh, I’ll ...read more

  • Which House Would You Rather Live In?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
     | 4,886 views

    WHICH HOUSE WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN? On October 19, 2010, a test was conducted at the Institute for Business and Home Safety in Richburg, South Carolina. Researchers constructed two 1,300-square-foot houses inside a $40 million laboratory and then observed how a simulated hurricane would impact ...read more

  • God's Doing Something

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,460 views

    GOD IS DOING SOMETHING Gas Station Business Card A few years ago, I was impressed of God to design a business card that had a picture of hell on the front with the words “GET OUT OF HELL FREE” on the back I placed Salvation Scriptures. I was driving to work early one morning and nearing my exit, ...read more

  • Jerusalem Police

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,514 views

    Story – Jerusalem Police. Who is the most arrested person in the city of Jerusalem? Moses. Jesus is second most arrested. Jerusalem police arrest, everyday, on average 11 people claiming to ...read more

  • Mercy Shown In Love And With Great Expectation ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 3,334 views

    Mercy shown in love and with great expectation can be life transforming. It is the essence of the Fathers forgiveness through the person of Jesus. What is our response to this gift of mercy? Is there someone in ...read more

  • Elton Trueblood, The Quaker Scholar, Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 1,301 views

    Elton Trueblood, the Quaker scholar, once compared evangelism to fire. Evangelism occurs, he said, when Christians are so ignited by their contact with Christ that they in turn set other fires. It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not ...read more

  • Lois A. Cheney: Feeling  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,336 views

    Lois A. Cheney writes, “Feeling blue? Buy some clothes. Feeling lonely? Turn on the radio. Feeling despondent? Read a funny book. Feeling bored? Watch TV. Feeling empty? Eat a sundae. Feeling worthless? Clean the house. Feeling sad? Tell a joke. Ain’t this modern age ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,639 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a ...read more

  • There Are Five Billion People On Earth, And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,166 views

    "There are five billion people on Earth, and I should guess that at any given moment one or two billion of us are speaking. And I should further guess that virtually nothing anyone says is memorable....There are times, however, when someone turns a phrase that seems so clever or so apt or so ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,527 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a dozen ...read more

  • Sell Your Soul?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
     | 2,621 views

    A bored student at the University of Washington used an Internet auction site to sell his soul to the highest bidder. As it turned out, the top offer was only $400. Since the soul is immaterial, it can’t be extracted from a body like a physical organ such as a heart. The student had to admit, “I ...read more

  • The Lion And The Book

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 20, 2011
     | 2,806 views

    THE LION AND THE BOOK Two explorers were on a jungle safari when suddenly a ferocious lion jumped in front of them. "Keep calm," the first explorer whispered. "Remember what we read in that book on wild animals? If you stand perfectly still and look the lion in the eye, he will turn and ...read more

  • Something Somewhere

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 2, 2025
     | 96 views

    I once read a novel about a father and son wandering through a burned, ashen world. Everything alive was gone. They survived on scraps, dodging others who had turned to cannibalism just to stay alive. When they finally reached the sea, the boy looked out over the gray horizon and asked, “What’s ...read more

  • Perfection Achieved  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Dec 4, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,781 views

    Then Jesus concluded with this commandment. “But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) Wow, now that is a tough one. Be perfect. I am not like Noah, a righteous man. Wait a minute. He was a drunk. Okay like Abraham. He was a liar. How about Moses, short ...read more

  • Run The Race

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 18, 2024
     | 1,845 views

    Run the Race ”Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy ...read more

  • One Sunday After Church A Pastor Noticed That One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 95 ratings
     | 2,515 views

    One Sunday after church a pastor noticed that one of the men was wearing a lapel pin that had a bulldog on it. He was wearing it because he worked for Mack Truck and the bulldog is their logo, but the pastor didn’t know that. So when he asked, "Frank, why are you wearing a pin of a bulldog?" Frank ...read more

  • When I Was Growing Up, I Lived In A House That ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 19, 2007
     | 1,844 views

    When I was growing up, I lived in a house that had a brick patio in the backyard. The people that owned the house previously had put the bricks in place. They had not done a very good job. They had not made it level. This was bad enough but the part that really infuriated my father was the fact ...read more

  • I Like The Story Of A Man Who Walked Into A Gift ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    I like the story of a man who walked into a gift shop that sold religious items. Near the cash register he saw a display of caps with "WWJD" printed on all of them. He was puzzled over what the letters could mean, so he asked the clerk. The clerk replied that the letters stood for "What Would Jesus ...read more