Contributed by Dan Yaw on Jan 26, 2001
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May 23, 1498 The great preacher and missionary of Florence, Italy: Savonarola. As he was about to be hanged and his body burned because of his faith he proclaimed: "You may kill me if you
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CONNECTED TO GOD'S LOVE
A water pipe was designed to carry water. I have learned that when you hook the pipe to the water, and turn on the water, the water flows through the pipe and out of the other end.
When
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Contributed by Kris Young on Feb 15, 2001
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A fellow who had been reared in the city bought a farm and several milk cows. In the feed store one day he complained his best cow had gone dry. "Aren’t you feeding her right?" asked the store owner. "I’m feeding her what you’ve been selling me," said the man. "Are you milking her every day?"
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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"It’s a powerful idea, grace. It really is," the U2 lead
singer Bono tells Launch.com. "And, you know, we hear so much of
karma and so little of grace. Every religion teaches us
about karma and, well, what you put out you will receive.
And even Christianity, which is
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Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Aug 23, 2002
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Old John was a man of God and loved his village chapel. One day he was stopped by an acquaintance, who, by the way, was an ardent angler. "I say, John," said the angler, "I have often wondered what attraction there is up at the village chapel. You go week after week to the same old chapel, see the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 24, 2002
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We know how telephone conversations are; we usually hear only one side of the conversation. A young boy was talking and his father was listening, "Hello, sir, I was calling you to see if you could use a lawn boy to do your yard work!" "Oh, I see you already have one!" "Well, is he doing your
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 19, 2001
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Two men who lived in a small village got into a terrible dispute that they could not resolve. So they decided to talk to the town sage. The first man went to the sage’s home and told his version of what happened. When he finished, the sage said, "You’re absolutely right." The next night, the second
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
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King Henry III grew tired of court life and the pressures of being the king so he applied to a monastery to be accepted for a life of contemplation. The religious superior said to him, “Your Majesty, do you understand that the pledge here is one of obedience? That will be hard because you have
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Adventist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 7, 2003
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When I was in South Africa, a fine, handsome Dutchman came into my service, and God laid his hand on him and convicted him of sin. The next morning he went to the beautiful home of another Dutchman and said to him, “Do you recognize that old watch?”
“Why, yes,” answered the other. “Those are
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Contributed by Mike Leiter on Sep 2, 2003
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Motives are critical!
An elderly man on the beach found a magic lamp. He picked it up and a genie
appeared. "Because you have freed me," the genie said, "I will grant you a
wish." The man thought for a moment and then responded, "My brother and I had
a fight 30 years ago and he hasn’t spoken to
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Vineyard
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 15, 2003
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It seems there was a pretzel stand out front of an office building in New York. One day, a man came out of the building, plunked down a quarter, and then went on his way without taking a pretzel. This happened every day for three weeks. Finally, the old lady running the stand spoke up: "Sir, excuse
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