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  • Pray Till You Get Cookies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 6,142 views

    PRAY TILL YOU GET COOKIES We should be like the 3-year-old boy (that Paul Harvey told about) who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart ...read more

  • What A Contagious Christian Looks Like  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,440 views

    WHAT A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE Bill Hybels, Becoming a Contagious Christian: "Recently, I saw a letter written by a relatively new Christian to the person whose life had influenced hers so greatly. She actually lists about a dozen qualities she found contagious in the life of this older ...read more

  • We Should Be Like The 3-Year-Old Boy (That Paul ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 5, 2008
     | 2,214 views

    We should be like the 3-year-old boy (that Paul Harvey told about) who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart & he sat in the little ...read more

  • Following Jesus Is Not Easy. Being Faithful Is ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 23, 2009
     | 4,523 views

    Following Jesus is not easy. Being faithful is not easy. Giving and sacrificing. Generosity. Showing kindness and love. Being faithful and consistent. Offering praises and worship even when you don’t feel like it can be a huge sacrifice. You will most likely be rejected at some point. You might ...read more

  • Bertoldo De Giovanni Is A Name Even The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,803 views

    Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo, ...read more

  • An Industrial Titan Remembered His Farm Boyhood. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 23, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,924 views

    An industrial titan remembered his farm boyhood. It was his chore to go to the barn in the dark to secure the farm animals before the family bedtime. He dreaded what lurked in the shadows on the way to the distant barn. His father gave him unforgettable advice. The lantern from the farmhouse ...read more

  • A Dish Of Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2006
     | 3,104 views

    J. Whitcomb Brougher tells this story: A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove despair, cheer the ...read more

  • Over The Almost Past Half Century My Wife And I ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 23, 2006
     | 851 views

    Over the almost past half century my wife and I have ministered in over 125 countries seeing many thousands of people from every walk of life come to receive Christ. I have yet to meet one person who has been saved by the Grace of God say that they were sorry they became a Christian. That the day ...read more

  • A Young Woman, Eight Months Heavy With Child, ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 27, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 1,193 views

    “A young woman, eight months heavy with child, waddles into her mother’s house. Flops on the sofa. Kicks off her tennis shoes. Props her puffy feet on the coffee table. And groans, “I don’t think I can make it.” Wise from the years, the mother picks up the photo album and sits beside her ...read more

  • Another Movie I Saw Recently Was The Fellowship ...  PRO

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 3, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,774 views

    Another movie I saw recently was the Fellowship of the Ring. It too is about the use of power, in particular a magic ring that gives its wearer the power to control all living things. “One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” ...read more

  • A Husband And His Wife Woke Up One Sunday Morning ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Umbehagen on Aug 23, 2001
    based on 263 ratings
     | 3,176 views

    A husband and his wife woke up one Sunday morning and the wife dressed for church. It was just about time for the service when she noticed her husband hadn’t moved a finger toward getting dressed. Perplexed, she asked, “Why aren’t you getting dressed for church?” He said, “Cause I don’t want to ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,132 views

    Calvin Coolidge I was reading the other day. ‘Once, President Calvin Coolidge invited some folks from his hometown to dinner at the White house. Since none of them knew what proper etiquette should be on a state occasion, they thought the best policy would be to do whatever the President did. ...read more

  • Under Or Above ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,161 views

    Under Or Above Circumstances There is a story of a lady who was severely depressed by a series of disheartening events. When asked how she was weathering the storm of adversity, she answered, “Quite well, under the circumstances.” “Sister,” he replied kindly yet firmly, “you’ll never make it that ...read more

  • A Few Words

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
     | 4,245 views

    A FEW WORDS Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the ...read more

  • Missed Opportunity

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,583 views

    MISSED OPPORTUNITY In 1269 Kublai Khan sent a request from Peking to Rome for "a hundred wise men of the Christian religion...And so I shall be baptized, and when I shall be baptized all my baron and great men will be baptized, and their subjects baptized, and so there will be more Christians here ...read more

  • Because I'm A Gentleman  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,111 views

    BECAUSE I'M A GENTLEMAN A middle-aged business executive once approached the front entrance of the office building in which he worked. A young feminist came up at the same moment, so he stepped back and held the door open for her to pass on through. She looked at him and said with annoyance, ...read more

  • The Danger Of Spiritual Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,437 views

    THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL PROCRASTINATION There is a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt and to ruin men. The first said, "I will tell them that ...read more

  • Samuel Chadwick: Guiding His Life By The Bible

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2011
     | 3,958 views

    SAMUEL CHADWICK: GUIDING HIS LIFE BY THE BIBLE Let me conclude by sharing something written many years ago by Samuel Chadwick. "I have guided my life by the Bible for more than sixty years, and I tell you there is no book like it. It is a miracle of literature, a perennial spring of wisdom, a ...read more

  • Blind Man Climbs Everest

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 3, 2012
     | 3,463 views

    Erik Weihenmeyer has led a remarkable life. He is the first blind person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest (2001). In 2008, he climbed his seventh summit highest peak on each continent). He has written books and produced a film of some of his accomplishments entitled, “Farther Than the Eye Can ...read more

  • Value And Service = Design

    Contributed by Michael Dean on Jan 26, 2013
     | 1,930 views

    VALUE AND SERVICE = DESIGN "For there are those who, giving the name of atoms to certain imperishable and most minute bodies that are supposed to be infinite in number, allege that these atoms, as they were carried along by chance in the void, all clashed fortuitously against each other in an ...read more

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