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  • A Man Purchased A White Mouse To Use As Food ...

    Contributed by George Rhodes on Apr 19, 2006
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     | 2,446 views

    : A man purchased a white mouse to use as food for his pet snake. He dropped the unsuspecting mouse into the snake’s glass cage, where the snake was sleeping in a bed of sawdust. The tiny mouse had a serious problem on his hands. At any moment he could be swallowed alive. Obviously, the mouse ...read more

  • A Couple Years Ago, Someone Emailed Me A Series ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
     | 725 views

    A couple years ago, someone Emailed me a series of photos from a hunting trip in NM. The trip was on mule back, along with dogs, and there was a mountain lion stalking the hunting party. At some point, it attacked, and a mule proceeded to beat the stuffings out of that cougar. That was pretty ...read more

  • Hard Places Cannot Be Mended

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Sep 30, 2010
     | 2,636 views

    HARD PLACES CANNOT BE MENDED How many of you have read the Pilgrim’s Progress? This is a classic allegory of the Christian journey. The main character, Christian, is on a journey from the city of Destruction to the Celestial City, and along the way him and all the other pilgrims come across ...read more

  • It Wasn’t Long After Arriving At This ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
     | 1,141 views

    It wasn’t long after arriving at this church that I discovered unbeknownst to the leadership that the church had been running a $12,000 a month deficit the two years after Katrina which was supplemented by donations received from across the country which were not dedicated to relief. Then we ...read more

  • Liberation Treatment

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 15, 2011
     | 2,076 views

    LIBERATION TREATMENT Liberation Treatments are becoming commonly known treatments for people suffering with Multiple Sclerosis. The condition known as Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCVI), according to Dr. Paolo Zamboni, Italian founder of the Liberation Treatment, is a condition ...read more

  • Church As A Spectator Sport

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
     | 6,705 views

    CHURCH AS A SPECTATOR SPORT A British pastor and author made this observation a few years ago. I think it’s still accurate. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, "Men and women no longer...exercise in sport as they used to. Instead, people tend to sit in crowds and just watch other people play. ...And I ...read more

  • Feasts In The Bible

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 11, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,115 views

    There are seven feasts in the Bible and they help us to tell the time. In fact, the Hebrew word for "feast" is moadim, used 223 times in Scripture and means "appointed times". The feasts represent the calendar of God’s plan for the ages. Four of the feasts were historically fulfilled in Christ’s ...read more

  • A Man Purchased A White Mouse To Use As Food For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,171 views

    A man purchased a white mouse to use as food for his pet snake. He dropped the unsuspecting mouse into the snake’s glass cage, where the snake was sleeping in a bed of sawdust. The tiny mouse had a serious problem on his hands. At any moment he could be swallowed alive. The mouse needed to come up ...read more

  • When The Blacksmith Strikes His Hammer Repeatedly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,310 views

    When the blacksmith strikes his hammer repeatedly on the anvil it is said that the same anvil will wear out many hammers. Those who strike Christians are creating boldness in the body of Christ. When Christians are persecuted there is more courage. Tell about the workers at Youth for Christ in Shri ...read more

  • Thou Wast A Bond-Man

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2009
     | 2,530 views

    Thou Wast a Bond-Man John Newton, the former slave-ship captain, was so grateful for God’s gracious dealings with him that when the vicarage at Olney was refurbished he had two sentences from Isaiah 43:4 and Deuteronomy 15:15 painted over the fireplace of his study: ’Since thou wast precious in my ...read more

  • Wherever They Are I Will Find Them

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 12, 2022
     | 724 views

    Recently, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and her spouse took a short vacation that was long overdue. Vacations are very hard to organize and schedule when you have a busy life. But, thanks to the ingenuity of my wife, we were able to plan out a vacation. The motel we stay in is owned by ...read more

  • The First

    Contributed by Robert Kelley on May 16, 2008
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    The first "customer" of the day came into heaven’s gates & St.Peter met him. "Where’s Jesus" I just want to praise Jesus!" Peter greeted him, " That’s great but first you must take a test." The newby proclaimed, "Anything, just to see Jesus." "Ok, said Pete, " Spell God". " g - o- d, no Capital G ...read more

  • Crime Scene Investigation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 3,017 views

    CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION It was September 18, 1910 on a Saturday at the Hiller home in Chicago. Clarence Hiller had spent the day painting his house. By early evening everyone was in bed asleep. The Hillers woke up in the early morning and noticed. Clarence went to investigate why a gas light ...read more

  • Bishop Fulton Sheen In His Autobiography, ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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     | 2,406 views

    Bishop Fulton Sheen in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching, "I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then asked, "What are you going to ...read more

  • Five Loaves And Two Fishes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 4,829 views

    Five Loaves and Two Fishes God uses what you have to fill a need which you never could have filled. God uses where you are to take you where you never could have gone. God uses what you can do to accomplish what you never could have done. God uses who you are to let you become ...read more

  • Gehenna

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
     | 1,518 views

    GEHENNA Ben-Hinnon is also known as Gehenna, a word Jesus used for hell. At the time of Jesus, it was a garbage dump, where a fire constantly burned, consuming the relentless supply of garbage from a large city like Jerusalem. Gehenna is a place on earth which communicates the nature of hell. ...read more

  • Hope And A Grateful Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,612 views

    HOPE AND A GRATEFUL HEART There is an old legend of a man who found the barn where Satan kept his seeds ready to be sown in the human heart. On finding the seeds of discouragement more numerous than others, he learned that those seeds could be made to grow almost anywhere. When questioned, Satan ...read more

  • Open Your Eyes

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 27, 2010
     | 1,906 views

    OPEN YOUR EYES My granddaughter was here yesterday. She is two years old. I pointed out some pelicans sitting on a pole, but for a long time she could not see them. She didn't know where to look. I should talk. I ask my wife sometimes "Where are the car keys?" She says "Have a girl look and ...read more

  • Dry Truth Or Dynamic Lies?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 26, 2010
     | 2,239 views

    DRY TRUTH OR DYNAMIC LIES? During my first year of ministry here, I asked a hypothetical question: If you had the choice of attending a church where the pastor believed and taught the Bible but was dry and not a very good speaker, or a church where the pastor believed that the Bible contained many ...read more

  • Gratitude - The Greatest Virtue

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 21, 2019
     | 3,489 views

    Thankfulness leaves no room for DISCOURAGEMENT. There is a legend of a man who found the barn where Satan supposedly kept his seeds ready to be sown into the human heart. On finding these seeds of discouragement more numerous than the other seeds, he learned that those seeds could be made to grow ...read more