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  • An Elderly Couple Had Dinner At Another Couple's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,149 views

    An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, & after eating, the wives left the table & went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, & Albert said, "Last night we went out to a new restaurant & it was really great. I would recommend it very highly." Ben said, "What is the name ...read more

  • Better Than Shopping  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,424 views

    BETTER THAN SHOPPING It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a ...read more

  • In 1955 Her First Husband Died And Left Her With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,860 views

    In 1955 her first husband died and left her with two small boys to raise. Not an easy task in the 1950’s when most wives did not work outside the home. She married again. She and her husband Les were granted a son. In his 7th grade year he was tragically shot and killed. In 1994 her second husband ...read more

  • Kids Have A Unique Way Of Telling Stories. Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,340 views

    Kids have a unique way of telling stories. Their heart is in it, but their mouths don’t always spit out the right words. Here are a few of my favorite headliner Bible stories stated by kids: *The first three books of the Bible are Genesis, Exodus, and Laxatives. *Noah’s wife was called Joan of ...read more

  • Love Her!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,410 views

    LOVE HER! I recently heard a preacher speaking of his efforts to counsel a man who was having marital trouble. He said to the man, "The Bible says husbands love your wives." "But I do not love her anymore," he replied. "Then love her as your sister in the Lord." "But I don't think she is ...read more

  • Maddy And I Moved To Frisby From New Romney At ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 3, 2009
     | 870 views

    Maddy and I moved to Frisby from New Romney at the end of 2007 As we were taking the bedroom apart, I was surprised to find a small basket underneath our bed with three eggs and £1000. I was a bit puzzled and so I called Maddy and asked her what this was all about. She said: “Well I have to be ...read more

  • In 1879 The Greatest Annual Loss Of Life In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,527 views

    In 1879 The greatest annual loss of life in the New England fisheries occurred, with 29 vessels and 249 fishermen lost at sea. During that year many women found themselves on lonely widow walks with and eye on the horizon hoping for the return of their loved one. A widow’s walk (or roofwalk) is ...read more

  • In Case You Haven't Heard It Well Known Former ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
     | 1,544 views

    In case you haven’t heard it well known former football coach and present day broadcaster, John Madden, is being inducted in the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. I saw part of an interview with him this week. He talked about how as a coach he used to work 18 hour days and travel 6 months each year. Then ...read more

  • People Sometimes Ask Why The Bible Is Not More ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,015 views

    People sometimes ask why the Bible is not more definite about the right to remarry after divorce for adultery. The answer is simple. In the Bible the right to divorce carries with it the right to remarry. The Fourth Century Latin Fathers tried to make this separation from bed and board. However, ...read more

  • Old-School Church Discipline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 4,197 views

    OLD-SCHOOL CHURCH DISCIPLINE The Amish practice shunning – ignoring, turning away from, avoiding. When a person is disciplined by the community, relationships are severed between parents and children, or brother and sister, or even husbands and wives. Because the Amish are so isolated from those ...read more

  • Make The First Move

    Contributed by Dr. Zachary Sizemore on May 17, 2011
     | 2,682 views

    MAKE THE FIRST MOVE Many years ago I was preaching in a little mountain church in a close community. There was a division between two men in the church over a cow. Their families had been at odds, and they had brought the argument into the church. One of the men bought a cow and the other man ...read more

  • Could Be Worse  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,425 views

    COULD BE WORSE It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door to each other opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a ...read more

  • A Different View  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Dec 9, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,429 views

    A DIFFERENT VIEW It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. While the men were out in their sailboat, a storm arose. The sea became very angry and the men had great difficulty keeping the boat under ...read more

  • Do You Know Who I Am?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 9, 2011
     | 3,713 views

    DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? At an evening social for army officers and their wives, the commanding general of the base had been given a special award and proceeded to drone on in a long speech of thanks. A lieutenant mumbled to the woman at his side, "Why they would award him a prize is beyond me. He's ...read more

  • Don't Divorce Your Unsaved Husband Or Wife. Why? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Sep 11, 2004
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     | 2,967 views

    Don’t divorce your unsaved husband or wife. Why? Paul gives this reason: The believer may have a positive, spiritual influence on their unbelieving mate. The unbeliever may get saved due to the believing spouse’s example and lifestyle. 1 Corinthians 7:14: “For the unbelieving husband has been ...read more

  • A Movement To Jesus Within Islam

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,560 views

    A MOVEMENT TO JESUS WITHIN ISLAM In an article entitled, "A Movement to Jesus Within Islam" this story is told: There was a Muslim holy man, a Sufi master, named Isaac. He lived in a remote region of a Muslim country, where he had a large following. Several thousand people looked to him for ...read more

  • Dr. Ruth Barbee, A Well-Known Family-Relations ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 26, 2004
     | 2,118 views

    Dr. Ruth Barbee, a well-known family-relations expert, once said that about 90 percent of so-called "naughtiness" in small children is simply their way of getting "noticed." When they cannot get the attention they want any other way, they do something guaranteed to drive their parents up the wall. ...read more

  • Woodpeckers Grounding The Shuttle Discovery ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
     | 2,767 views

    Woodpeckers Grounding the Shuttle Discovery Likened to Problems in Marriage The space shuttle Discovery was grounded recently--not by technical difficulties or lack of government funding, but by woodpeckers. Yellow-shafted flicker woodpeckers found the insulating foam on the shuttle’s external fuel ...read more

  • Liz Curtis Higgs Was One Of The Best-Known Disc ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,894 views

    Liz Curtis Higgs was one of the best-known disc jockeys in America, and she lived quite a…wild lifestyle without God. In fact, Howard Stern was the A.M. show, and Liz Curtis Higgs was the P.M. show. And one day Howard Stern said to Liz, “You know, you need to clean up your act.” Now, that really ...read more

  • The Native Groups In The Peruvian Amazon Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Harold Miller on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 82 ratings
     | 3,949 views

    The native groups in the Peruvian Amazon have only known Christ for one generation. Just one generation ago they were fearful, aggressive, and animistic; all their contacts with outsiders were marked by violence. But now there are transformed. One missionary writes that since embracing faith in ...read more