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  • Rosanna P. Smith Said, After Picking Up Our ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
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    Rosanna P. Smith said, After picking up our three-year-old on her first day of nursery school, my husband left the following message on my voice mail at work: "Hi, honey. The good news is that Amanda got through her first day at school. The bad news is the teacher wants to meet with us. "The good ...read more

  • Man Was Given A Tour Of The Devil's Workshop. ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
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    Man was given a tour of the Devil’s workshop. Had all his tools he used to deceive Christians. There was hatred, jealously, deceit, lying, and pride--all well worn. But over to the side of the yard on display was a tool more obviously worn than any of the other tools. The tool was labeled ...read more

  • Go To Sleep

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,479 views

    GO TO SLEEP A mother and her little four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was afraid of the dark, and the mother, on this occasion alone with the child, felt fearful also. When the light was out, the child caught a glimpse of the moon outside the window. ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Good Lighting

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
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    THE PURPOSE OF GOOD LIGHTING To convince the people of Philadelphia of the advantage of street lighting, Benjamin Franklin decided to show his neighbors be placing one in front of his house. He purchased an attractive lantern, polished the glass, and placed it on an extended pole in front of his ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Songs Right Now Is A Song By A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
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    One of my favorite songs right now is a song by a man named Jeremy Camp. It’s entitled "There will be a Day." I want to share the first verse and chorus with you in closing today. It goes like this: I try to hold on to this world with everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings, ...read more

  • Don't Listen To Her

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
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    DON'T LISTEN TO HER A car tooling down the country road sputtered to a complete stop near a field filled with cows. The driver, getting out to see what was the matter, noticed a cow looking at him. "I believe it’s your radiator," said the cow. The startled man ran to the nearest farmhouse and ...read more

  • Elderly Woman Bitter For 50 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
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    Elderly Woman Bitter for 50 Years Ray Stedman- A woman in her 80’s told me that, fifty years before, her aunt had said something insulting to her, and this woman had never forgiven her. 50 years later she could recount the event to the precise detail, and she felt all the same bitterness, anger, ...read more

  • This Week On The Today Show (November 2009) There ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 7, 2009
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    This week on the Today Show (November 2009) there was a young mother whose face had been disfigured in a plane crash and she was in the midst of many needed operations. Her little girl was asked how it all affected her and she said, “Mommy is nicer now.” This mother had received the blessing nobody ...read more

  • Start Of The Human Race  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on May 13, 2010
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    START OF THE HUMAN RACE A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race start?" The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so all mankind was made." Two days later, the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, "Many years ago, there were ...read more

  • In One Community -- The Village Atheist Was Not ...

    Contributed by Karl Popke on May 28, 2010
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    In one community -- the Village atheist was not a bad man. He just didn’t believe. He wasn’t interested in church…and there was only one in the area. And this church was,-- well, mostly a social club. Heartlessly and spiritually dead—no conversions or decisions for Christ had been made for some ...read more

  • The Sabbath Serves Us

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 27, 2010
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    THE SABBATH SERVES US A story is told of a wagon train of Christians traveling from St. Louis to Oregon. They observed the Sabbath day by stopping to rest and not traveling. But as winter approached some in the group began to panic that they would not reach Oregon before the snow fell. So they ...read more

  • The Ship

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Oct 21, 2010
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    Anybody like doing pub quizes? Well here’s a piece of pub trivia for you. The posh name for bit of the church you are sitting in is “the nave” - and that means the “ship”. Why on earth does anybody call the bit of the church you are sitting in “the ship”? It doesn’t look like a ship does it? ...read more

  • Starbucks Society

    Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 12, 2011
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    STARBUCKS SOCIETY Sometimes people describe today as the culture of "Starbucks" or the "iPod" society? We have been taught to look at ourselves as individuals, and the preferences of the individual are more important than the group. At Starbucks you can stand behind somebody and they can rattle I ...read more

  • How To Be Liked By Your Peers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
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    HOW TO BE LIKED BY YOUR PEERS ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2010) — People who pursue happiness through material possessions are liked less by their peers than people who pursue happiness through life experiences, according to a new study...The "take home" message in his most recent study, which appears ...read more

  • Compromise

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 20, 2012
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    COMPROMISE A hunter went out into the forest to shoot a bear. With winter fast approaching he planned to make a warm coat out of the bearskin. Soon he saw a bear coming toward him, he raised his gun and took aim. "Wait," said the bear, "why do you want to shoot me?" The hunter replied: ...read more

  • Water! Water!  PRO

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Oct 5, 2012
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    "WATER! WATER!" After one of the great battles in the Civil War we were coming down the Tennessee River with a company of wounded men. It was in the spring of the year, and the water was not clear. You know that the cry of a wounded man is, "Water! Water!" especially in a hot country. I remember ...read more

  • Spurgeon On The Gospel's Power  PRO

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 9, 2013
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     | 4,281 views

    The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon once said, "The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher otherwise men would be converters of souls. Nor does it lie in the preacher’s ...read more

  • Miss America And Elephants

    Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Feb 1, 2014
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    Matt 24:24-25 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. Back years ago, I heard a well known salesman that regularly competed with the number one company in his industry. Those ...read more

  • Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh

    Contributed by Gerald Manning on Dec 21, 2015
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    The little boy was no more than seven years old. It was time for Church, and he wanted to take his teddy bear, whom he had always called Frank. His parents protested, but he insisted that he had to take Frank, today, and they finally relented. When the offering plates were passed, he put the ...read more

  • Being Self

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,588 views

    A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like ...read more