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  • Some Years Ago, The Cartoonist Pictured Charlie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,099 views

    Some years ago, the cartoonist pictured Charlie Brown bringing out Snoopy’s dinner on Thanksgiving Day, but it was just his usual dog food in a bowl. So, Snoopy took one look at the dog food and said, “This isn’t fair. The rest of the world today is eating turkey with all the trimmings and all I ...read more

  • Be Rich Toward God  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,192 views

    Be rich toward God. Grandparents are often accused of spoiling the grandchildren Why? The children see grandpa sitting on the floor playing with his toddler grandchildren. The son or daughter is shocked and jealous: "Dad, I’m surprised. You never got down on the floor and played with ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
     | 1,782 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • Sometimes There Things That I React So Strongly ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 17, 2007
     | 1,461 views

    Sometimes there things that I react so strongly to not because there is a tendency in me but because I have strong emotional connection to the issue. The biggest example for me personally is sexual abuse of children. My parents were social workers in the child welfare system and even though I was ...read more

  • Just Believe By Joel Vicente

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,992 views

    JUST BELIEVE by Joel Vicente THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS ...read more

  • Sometimes As Pastors We Can Be Susceptible To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 30, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,769 views

    Sometimes as pastors we can be susceptible to rare gaffes. So its no surprise that the story is told about the baptism of a King by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century. Sometime during the ritual, St. Patrick leaned on his sharp-pointed staff and inadvertently stabbed the king’s foot. ...read more

  • What God Thinks Of Us Is More Important Than What ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 17, 2007
     | 955 views

    What God thinks of us is more important than what we think of ourselves or what others think of us. Repeat that with me. What God thinks of us is more important than what we think of ourselves or what others think of us. Say it again. This might be something you need to repeat to yourself over ...read more

  • Do You Really Know God?

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 24, 2008
     | 4,659 views

    Do you really know God? Two friends were discussing this question: If Jesus asked why you should get into heaven, how would you answer? One friend said, "I have been a good person and always try to do the right thing." But that was not the right answer. The other friend said, "Because I went to ...read more

  • Always Remember There Will Be Consequences To ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 3,498 views

    always remember there will be consequences to sexual sin. I thought it was interesting to learn that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports that more than 17,000 deer die each year after being struck by motorists on state highways. And according to Paul Shelton, state wildlife ...read more

  • The Antiquated Train On A Branch Line Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,587 views

    The antiquated train on a branch line was creeping slowly through the countryside when suddenly it came to a dead stop. The only passenger in the car, a hurried salesman riding the line for the first time, asked the conductor why they had stopped. The conductor said, "Nothing to worry about, sir. ...read more

  • The Valuable Bible

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 12, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    The Valuable Bible A story was told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. “I couldn’t read it,” the friend explained. “Somebody named Guten-something had printed it.” “Not ...read more

  • From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 18, 2008
     | 1,918 views

    From Reader’s Digest: After booking my 90-year-old mother on a flight from Florida to Nevada, I called the airline to go over her needs. The woman representative listened patiently as I requested a wheelchair and an attendant for my mother because of her arthritis and impaired vision. I also ...read more

  • The Jews Of Paul's Time, By And Large, Rejected ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 11, 2008
     | 3,297 views

    The Jews of Paul’s time, by and large, rejected the Son of God, and the covenant of faith. That’s why they revolted over and over against the Romans, who ultimately destroyed Jerusalem and scattered them all over the world. Here, Paul gets really cutting. He lumps the Jews who reject Christ ...read more

  • A Young Lady Was Soaking Up The Sun's Rays On A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,376 views

    A young lady was soaking up the sun's rays on a Florida beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked her, "Do you believe in God?" She was surprised by the question but she replied, "Why, yes, I do." Then he asked her: "Do you go to church every ...read more

  • No Faith = No Power

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,306 views

    No Faith = No Power One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded, as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more

  • A Glimpse Of Easter

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 11, 2023
     | 1,859 views

    On a hill, He is crying! On the cross, He is dying… Oh, see Him in agony! Behold Him in cruel pain! Listen to Him cry out again, “Father, why hast thou forsaken me?” For us, He is crucified! For us, He suffered and died, Taking our place at Calvary! He died the world to save! He was buried in a ...read more

  • Seed Corn Parable

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
     | 1,422 views

    The kingdom of God is like a farmer who shared his award winning seed corn with his neighbors. One year a newspaper reporter asked him. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked. “Why ...read more

  • Hap By Thomas Hardy

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
     | 693 views

    If but some vengeful god would call to me From up the sky, and laugh: “Thou suffering thing, Know that thy sorrow is my ecstasy, That thy love's loss is my hate's profiting!” Then would I bear it, clench myself, and die, Steeled by the sense of ire unmerited; Half-eased in that a ...read more

  • We Don't Have Enough Bait, So You Better Go To Church!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 12, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 508 views

    A boy came late to Sunday School late. Knowing he was usually very prompt, his teacher asked, “Johnny, is there anything wrong?” “No, ma’am, not really,” he said,” I was going to go fishing, but my daddy told me that I needed to get on up and go to church.” The teacher was very impressed and ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 21, 2025
     | 136 views

    Story: A friend of mine, Alun Morris was a pastor in a Swiss Pentecostal Church for many years. One day, he went to a funeral and saw a man who he knew to be an atheist come into church and bow his head for about a minute in front of the altar as he came in. It seemed to Alun that the man was ...read more