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  • Balloons

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,077 views

    BALLOONS One Sunday afternoon in late February, my family and I went out to brunch after the morning’s worship services. Upon leaving, my girls asked the hosts if they could have a balloon. Certainly they said – what color? So, my two youngest were each given a balloon, a huge ...read more

  • 91% Of All Americans Confessed That They ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,682 views

    91% of all Americans confessed that they regularly lied. 79% had given out false phone numbers or invented new identities when meeting strangers on airplanes. 20% said they couldn’t get through even one day without going along with a previously manufactured lie. Now here’s what I found most ...read more

  • It Happened In The Jungle One Day. A Lion With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,172 views

    It happened in the jungle one day. A lion with a big ego went around asking the other animals who the king of the jungle was. “Who’s the king of the jungle?” the lion roared at a monkey. “Why you are, Mr. Lion,” said the monkey with fear in his voice. The lion went on and found a zebra. “Who’s the ...read more

  • I Didn't Know Her.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,578 views

    "I DIDN’T KNOW HER." A few years ago, a man named David Cash and a friend and his friend Jeremy Strohmeyer were in Las Vegas. Strohmeyer followed a young girl into a bathroom and began to physically assault her. Cash came upon the scene, made a half-hearted attempt to intervene, and then left the ...read more

  • You Can't Turn Off Time

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 17, 2011
     | 3,615 views

    YOU CAN'T TURN OFF TIME James W. Moore says, "One of the greatest comedy acts in the history of show business was the beloved husband and wife team of George Burns and Gracie Allen. In real life, Gracie Allen was a bright, wise businesswoman, but she always played the part of a naive, off-the-wall ...read more

  • It Happened In The Jungle One Day. A Lion With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,886 views

    It happened in the jungle one day. A lion with a big ego went around asking the other animals who the king of the jungle was. “Who’s the king of the jungle?” the lion roared at a monkey. “Why you are, Mr. Lion,” said the monkey with fear in his voice. The lion went on and found a zebra. “Who’s ...read more

  • An Old Lady Found Herself Hungry With No Food, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,996 views

    An old lady found herself hungry with no food, no money and nobody to care for her. So she fell down on her knees and cried out to God, “O Lord, please send me a piece of ham and some collard greens.” All day long she prayed “O Lord, please send me a piece of ham and some collard greens.” The ...read more

  • President Andrew Jackson Is Going To Hell

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2025
     | 68 views

    There was a fiery old revival preacher named Peter Cartwright who was famous for telling it like it is. He was preaching near Washington D.C. And the people of the church heard that President Andrew Jackson was coming to visit them. So, they pulled Cartwright aside and said: "Listen Peter, ...read more

  • Enthusiastic Worship, Citation: Per Nilsen, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,721 views

    Enthusiastic Worship, Citation: Per Nilsen, Burnsville, Minnesota] Per Nilson tells the story of Nisswa, Minnesota, where they hold the popular Nisswa Turtle Races. Every Wednesday evening in the summer months, the people of Nisswa and the surrounding communities gather at a designated parking ...read more

  • Once On A Ship Liner On A Journey Through The ...

    Contributed by Steven W on Mar 26, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,818 views

    Once on a ship liner on a journey through the Atlantic Ocean, the apostle Smith Wigglesworth was in the Great Banquet Hall where all the guests and ship staff gathered together to have a gala time. And everyone was having a jolly good time getting drunk and making merry. (Sounds like our present ...read more

  • One Year A Sunday School Was Putting On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 15, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,699 views

    One year a Sunday School was putting on a Christmas pageant. One little boy really wanted the part of Joseph. However, when the parts were handed out, the part of Joseph was given to a boy he detested. Instead, he was assigned to play the inn-keeper instead. The little boy was pretty upset ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,457 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • Yanking And Pulling.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 2,076 views

    A woman that had boarded a plane to visit family struggled to wedge her suitcase into the tight overhead bin. Eventually triumphantly closing the door and taking her seat. When the plane landed, she got up opened the bin and found her suitcase was struck so she began yanking and tugging. The ...read more

  • Resilience When Faced With Insurmountable Problems

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 2,349 views

    A woman that had boarded a plane to visit family struggled to wedge her suitcase into the tight overhead bin. Eventually triumphantly closing the door and taking her seat. When the plane landed, she got up opened the bin and found her suitcase was struck so she began yanking and tugging. The ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About A Woman In An Airport. She ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,020 views

    A story is told about a woman in an airport. She had a “red-eye” flight and it was around midnight. She was tired, but also hungry so she bought a box of cookies. She sat down and opened her hand bag, searching for a book to read. A man sat down next to her and the next thing she knew, he opened ...read more

  • It's Amazing What You Can Get Away With These ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,366 views

    It’s amazing what you can get away with these days, especially if you’ve got a good lawyer: Have you heard of a lawyer Dubbed "Mr Loophole" owing to his talent for finding unusual technical defenses, Mr. Freeman has represented celebrities from footballer David Beckham to snooker player Ronnie ...read more

  • Peter Johnson Related This Story In The April 14, ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 5, 2008
     | 2,911 views

    Peter Johnson related this story in the April 14, 1988, issue of USA TODAY. “Have you ever noticed that sometimes we get angry and remain bitter with people and actually forget why we’re so upset? Take, for example, the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud. “It hit newspaper front pages in the 1880’s, ...read more

  • When I Think Of The Idea Of Antichrist, I Think ...

    Contributed by Benjamin Karner on Mar 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,092 views

    When I think of the idea of antichrist, I think of the Pillsbury Doughboy, no not really, I think of Judas. Judas was named as one of Jesus’ disciples, but yet he was really never one of them because he did not stay true to Jesus’ teachings. There is one occasion recorded in John 12 where Jesus ...read more

  • A Sunday School Was Putting On A Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,351 views

    A Sunday school was putting on a Christmas pageant which included the story of Mary and Joseph coming to the inn. One boy wanted very much to be Joseph. But when the parts were handed out, a boy he didn’t like was given the part, and he was assigned to be the inn-keeper instead. He was pretty upset ...read more

  • Max Lucado And God's Grace

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
     | 6,435 views

    MAX LUCADO AND GOD'S GRACE Max Lucado - Despite having sold 15 million books, a one-minute radio show in 900 markets, and a church of over 3,000 in weekly attendance, Lucado has not always been so "angelic." From his sophomore to senior year in high school, in his words, he "walked the path of the ...read more