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  • Was That Somebody You?  PRO

    Contributed by Jun Tadena on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,774 views

    "Was That Somebody You?" Tom Carter, the evangelist, told this in one of his messages: While he was holding meetings in a Pennsylvania town, a young man who had formerly lived next door to the parsonage committed a murder. The whole community was stirred. Mr. Carter and the pastor obtained ...read more

  • William Herbert Carruth's Poem, "Dreamer Of ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 25, 2007
     | 3,899 views

    William Herbert Carruth’s poem, “Dreamer of Dreams,” shows how the rise and fall of dreams shapes our lives as well as creating congregational health. We are all of us dreamers of dreams, On visions our childhood is fed; And the heart of the child is unhaunted, it seems, By the ghosts of dreams ...read more

  • A Religion True To Its Nature Must Also Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,281 views

    "A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions. Religion deals with both earth and heaven, both time and eternity. Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with ...read more

  • Taking Him Wherever We Go  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 167 ratings
     | 4,592 views

    TAKING HIM WHEREVER WE GO There are certain things when your in a foreign country that you can’t bring back into the United States. Adrian Rogers tells of a time when he was coming back into this country and he was going thru security. Their was a man in front of Adrian Rogers who had some ...read more

  • Maybe You've Heard The Story About The Rich Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 875 views

    Maybe you’ve heard the story about the rich old lady and the handsome young man she met in a in a restaurant. As the meal ended she came right to the point and asked, "Will you spend the night with me for one million dollars?" He looked her over and the mere thought of sleeping with this woman ...read more

  • 65279; A Person Came To A Minister To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 1,770 views

     A person came to a minister to be counseled one day. He had lost money and said, “I”ve lost everything.” Min: “”Oh I’m sorry to hear you have lost your faith.” Man: “no, I’ve not lost my faith.” Min: “Well then I’m sorry to hear you have lost your character.” Man: “I didn’t say that, I ...read more

  • Bruce Larson Used To Pastor A Church In Seattle ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 2,701 views

    Bruce Larson used to pastor a church in Seattle and he tells a story about a wealthy man who one day came into his office. The wealthy church member told Bruce, “You’ve been talking a lot about tithing. I’m definitely listening and growing as a Christian, but Bruce, I make a ton of money. I ...read more

  • A Colleague Was Invited To Hold A Speech In ...

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
     | 3,355 views

    A colleague was invited to hold a speech in Japan. Aware of his reputation as a very good speaker, he was surprised that his audience did not react at all to any of his perfectly timed jokes and witticisms. In fact, the audience did not react to anything he said. Somewhat put down, he went back to ...read more

  • The Silent Treatment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,020 views

    The Silent Treatment A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the ...read more

  • At A Special Chapel Service In An Ohio ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
     | 1,918 views

    At a special chapel service in an Ohio penitentiary, the governor was to grant freedom to several convicts. The suspense mounted as it came time for the governor to announce the names of those selected. “Reuben Johnson, come forward and receive your pardon!” No one responded. The chaplain ...read more

  • Sadhu Sundar Singh And A Companion Were ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,007 views

    Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were travelling through a pass high in the Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, “We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,771 views

    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • Russ Perman Tells This Story: "Working As A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 1,329 views

    Russ Perman tells this story: "Working as a secretary at an international airport, my sister had an office adjacent to the room where security temporarily holds suspects. One day security officers were questioning a man when they were suddenly called away on another emergency. To the horror of my ...read more

  • I Remember Years Ago A Young Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,056 views

    I remember years ago a young woman who was divorced, then “shacked up” with a man (Can we use the old term, instead of using those sanitized words, “She had an affair”?). When challenged she said, ‘It’s not like I was a virgin.” This woman was brought up in a conservative church yet implied that, ...read more

  • Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Tells About The Time He Was ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 19, 2008
     | 2,008 views

    Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman tells about the time he was conducting a prayer meeting when a man gave this testimony: The man said, "I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a homeless person and for a year I begged on the streets for a living. One day I touched a man on the shoulder and said, 'Mister, ...read more

  • Too Good For Your Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,445 views

    TOO GOOD FOR YOUR CHURCH A good set of clothes makes all the difference. A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don't you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn't have proper clothes. So a member of the congregation took him ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,345 views

    Marriage? Through a scheduling mix-up, a man and a woman who had never met before found themselves in the same sleeping-carriage of a train. It’s late, the train is full, and everyone else is already asleep. After the initial embarrassment, they both manage to get to sleep; the woman on the top ...read more

  • Good Father, Good Worker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,481 views

    GOOD FATHER, GOOD WORKER I had a conversation with a man named Bill Houghton, who was president of a large construction firm. Through the years, he had hired and managed thousands of employees, so I asked him, "When you hire an employee, what do you look for?" He said, "I look primarily at the ...read more

  • Choosing Your Attitude

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024
     | 1,003 views

    In his book Take the Stairs, Roy Vaden tells of visiting Jamaica and complaining to the cab driver about the rain. The cab driver smiled and responded, “In Jamaica, man, we don’t have rain; we only have liquid sunshine.” As they drove through town, Vaden commented on how annoying all the speed ...read more

  • No One Will Know

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
     | 518 views

    No one will know? A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking around with his co-workers. One car gets by him. He misses applying the grease. He knows it will fail inspection. So he puts a ...read more