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  • A Little Boy Always Went Next Door To Play Even ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 11, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,409 views

    A little boy always went next door to play even though his mom had warned him against doing so. This worried his mom so badly that she asked him why he was so disobedient. He replied that Satan tempted him so bad and he did not know what to do. ? ? His mom then advised him to say ’get ...read more

  • A Vow To Cherish

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
     | 3,139 views

    A VOW TO CHERISH In the movie A Vow to Cherish a husband struggles with his wife’s Alzheimer's. The most difficult thing is the fact that she doesn’t know him and he is a complete stranger to her. He kneels in front of her and pledges he will love her till the day they die. He recites the vows ...read more

  • No Tolerance Of False Teaching "Viruses"  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,374 views

    NO TOLERANCE OF FALSE TEACHING "VIRUSES" I remember hearing about computer viruses. Could a computer catch a germ? I then learned that computer viruses were often malicious programs, developed by evil-doers, to destroy computers. They are often downloaded stealthily, without you knowing it. ...read more

  • I Had A Hospice Chaplain Call Me And Ask,

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 5, 2010
     | 930 views

    I had a hospice chaplain call me and ask, "Are you still looking for a car?" I said Yes. I asked him, "How much does the car cost?" He said, "It's free." I said, "Where are you, I"m coming as fast as I can?!" I went there and it turns out that a hospice patient wanted to give his car to ...read more

  • Gen. Macarthur: Understanding Einstein

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 1,943 views

    GEN. MACARTHUR: UNDERSTANDING EINSTEIN When General Douglas MacArthur was at Army training college, he tells this story: "The first section was studying the time-space relationship later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. The text was complex and, being unable to comprehend it, I ...read more

  • As A Very Young Man, My Mother Sent Me This Poem ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,347 views

    AS A VERY YOUNG MAN, MY MOTHER SENT ME THIS POEM WHICH SHE CLIPPED FROM THE SUNDAY PAPER AND I HOPE IT EFFECTS YOU, AS IT HAS ME FOR SOME FORTY YEARS NOW: "LORD, HELP ME TO LIVE FROM DAY TO DAY IN SUCH A SELF-FORGETFUL WAY THAT EVEN WHEN I KNEEL TO PRAY MY PRAYER SHALL BE FOR OTHERS. HELP ME IN ...read more

  • A Little Child Is Watching Me

    Contributed by David Parks on Nov 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,879 views

    A Little Child is Watching Me A little child is watching me Knows every move I make, Hears every word I utter, Sees every step I take. Is conscious of my attitude, Is wise to all my flaws, Is witness when I am unkind, Or angry without cause. She silently observes me As I go from day to ...read more

  • Dwight Moody Was A Great Evangelist. However, ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 30, 2008
     | 2,209 views

    Dwight Moody was a great evangelist. However, his grammar was very poor. Moody had planned to speak at Cambridge University in England. Most in this University were outraged that a backwoods American preacher would dare to appear and speak in the center of the culture of the English world. When ...read more

  • A Holy Nation – 1 Peter 1:9

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,879 views

    A HOLY NATION – 1 Peter 1:9 You, with other believers, are God’s representatives on earth. A local church, living out together the life of Christ within them, is God’s strategy to change a lost world. I am a holy nation, I need to show Christianity to the World Some people wonder whether we really ...read more

  • There Was Excitement All Through The Orphanage, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,684 views

    There was excitement all through the orphanage, for a lady had come to take little Jane home with her. The girl was sort of nervous about the thought of becoming the kind ladies child, "Do you want to go with me and be my child?" the lady asked her in a gentle tone. The little girl said,” I don’t ...read more

  • Prison Doors Open From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 4,395 views

    PRISON DOORS OPEN FROM OUTSIDE Dietrich Bonhoeffer, imprisoned by Hitler during World War II, writes to his fiancé about one of the many lessons he learned from life in prison: “A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, does various unessential things, and is completely dependent on the fact ...read more

  • Giving, Greed And Salvation

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,268 views

    GIVING, GREED AND SALVATION A very old rich skinflint in declining health finally gets serious about his eternal state. He goes to the local pastor and asks what he can do to account for the fact that he’s never given God much time or given the church a dime. The pastor just looks at him with that ...read more

  • The Church Is Not Selfish - President Kennedy Quote

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 9, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 189 views

    Our society ... the world in which we live ... is a self-first ... a self-oriented society. The big question ... often asks by those in the world is ... "What's in it for me?" or "How will I benefit from this?" However, ... we as followers of the Christ ... are a new ...read more

  • Like A Child

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
     | 3,432 views

    LIKE A CHILD Yo-Yo Ma, one of the most famous cellists in our day, once said, "When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them that the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner. In order to become a professional," he says, "you need to go through ...read more

  • As If I Really Could

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 24, 2023
     | 627 views

    Have you ever had the feeling that you've been hoodwinked? You can't point out the specifics, but something deep inside suggests you have been. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I had a wonderful vacation at St. Augustine, one of our favorite places to go. Something happened ...read more

  • I Was Waiting For My Test Results From A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 66 ratings
     | 4,539 views

    I was waiting for my test results from a Christian Education class at the Bible Colllege where I attended. I knew I had every answer right and I was anticipating an A as my grade, but to my disappointment I received a C. The teacher admitted I had every answer right, but I had failed to follow ...read more

  • I Have Every Faith In My Calculator's Ability To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Chandler on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,501 views

    I have every faith in my calculator’s ability to solve any math problem. However, no matter how strong my faith is, I will never get the answer until I put my faith into action and press the buttons on the calculator. (Presenters note: If you feel comfortabe using props in your presentation, bring ...read more

  • Don't Try To Stop Me

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 28, 2011
     | 3,604 views

    "DON'T TRY TO STOP ME" A teenage boy told his parents he was going to run away from home. "Listen," he said, "I'm leaving home. There is nothing you can do to stop me. I want excitement, adventure, beautiful women, money, and fun. I'll never find it here, so I'm leaving. Just don't try to stop ...read more

  • God Doesn't Give Trip-Tiks

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
     | 1,273 views

    GOD DOESN'T GIVE TRIP-TIKS You remember the AAA Trip-Tiks? You flip page by page and it showed every mile, every hotel you were going to stay at, and every sight you would see. I remember sitting in the back of my parents' car just watching mile after mile go by. And even though I knew what was ...read more

  • An Old Civil War Veteran Used To Wander Around ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,173 views

    An old civil war veteran used to wander around begging for food and a place to stay. He would always talk about his good friend, ‘Mr. Lincoln’. He had been hurt in the war and was unable to hold a regular job but had pride in a letter from the president which he was not even able to read. ‘You ...read more