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  • A Man Working In The Produce Department Was Asked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,468 views

    A man working in the produce department was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, "Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that’s how we sell them!" "You mean," she persisted, "that after all the years I’ve shopped here, you won’t sell me ...read more

  • Heart Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,473 views

    “HEART OF WORSHIP” There’s a recent song that was written by a young man who lead the worship at church. He was an extremely talented singer, but the preacher there took him aside and told him that he could not lead the singing at church until things changed because he saw that he was more ...read more

  • Pornography Addiction — Did You Know?  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,271 views

    Pornography Addiction - Did you know? a. ...that pornography consumption can be as mood altering and as addictive as narcotics? (Richard Drake, assistant professor at Brigham Young University College of Nursing) In fact, some studies have indicated that pornography can have the same effect on the ...read more

  • Pastor Ray Stedman Told The Story Of Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Aug 15, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 21,312 views

    Pastor Ray Stedman told the story of some Americans who were stationed in Korea during the Korean War. While there, they rented a home and hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. These Americans were a bunch of jokesters, and they soon began to take advantage of the young boy’s naiveté. ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget In 1945, As A Student In ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 12, 2006
     | 1,484 views

    I will never forget in 1945, as a student in Baylor University, I took a course in “The Life and Writings of the Apostle Paul”. When the professor came to the Romans 7:14-25 passage, he paused and asked “How many of you, starting from the time you were saved, can live without ever sinning against ...read more

  • I Will Die – Let My Baby ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
     | 1,434 views

    “I Will Die – Let My Baby Live!” I knew him as a brilliant young member of a noted family. He was studying in one of the great universities. His physical development was well-nigh perfect. Tall, broad-shouldered, brawny, graceful in bearing and quick in movement, he was soon well-known as an ...read more

  • There Was This Teacher...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
     | 4,511 views

    THERE WAS THIS TEACHER... Eric Butterworth once told about a college professor who had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums to get case histories of 200 young boys. The students were asked to write an evaluation of each boy’s future. In every case the students wrote, "He hasn’t got a ...read more

  • Examples Of Famous People Who Tithed Before They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 32,181 views

    Examples of Famous People Who Tithed Before They Became Rich A young man accepted the call to become an African missionary but found on further examination that his wife could not stand the climate of Africa. It made her very sick. He was heartbroken, but he prayerfully returned to his home and ...read more

  • You Are Not Alone

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 14, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,413 views

    YOU ARE NOT ALONE Reed Lessing tells the story of a Native American ritual for training young braves: "On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, he was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then he had never been away from the security of his family and tribe. But on ...read more

  • A Sentence Can Change A Life

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 22, 2011
     | 2,377 views

    A SENTENCE CAN CHANGE A LIFE When I was thirteen, a young lad only three years older than me said something that would change my life for ever. A single sentence of his is the reason I am a Christian today. What could you say in just ONE sentence that could switch someone from being an agnositic ...read more

  • Entry-Level Faith

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 3, 2013
     | 5,708 views

    ENTRY-LEVEL FAITH During World War II, a young teenager tried to enlist in the navy. Only fifteen but large for his years, he told the recruiting officer in Richmond, Virginia, that he was sixteen. The officer looked at him and shook his head. "Sorry, son, you're not old enough." Two months ...read more

  • The Streams Of Mercy Are Still Flowing

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 12, 2019
     | 5,766 views

    Robert Robinson was a wild young man who came to repentance listening to a George Whitefield sermon. He later became a pastor and wrote a couple of hymns, particularly the famous, "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing", which was written in 1757. Later in life, Robinson wandered from the ...read more

  • Enticed By A False Prophet

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 26, 2021
     | 2,507 views

    Shortly after Jeanie and I were married, we were fresh out of Bible College and I was doing some teaching. The associate pastor of our church approached us in private with a very flattering word. He said that God had told him to gather an elite circle of you couples for him and his wife to mentor. ...read more

  • It's Aweful When You Do Not Know Something Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Doucette on Apr 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,785 views

    It’s aweful when you do not know something is happening! At the end of their first date, a young man takes the young lady back to her house and they are standing on the front porch! Feeling the night went well, with an air of confidence, he leans with his hand against the wall and smiling, he says ...read more

  • Retaliate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,414 views

    Retaliate Pastor Ray Stedman told the story of some Americans who were stationed in Korea during the Korean War. While there, they rented a home and hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. These Americans were a bunch of jokesters, and they soon began to take advantage of the young boy’s ...read more

  • While Taking A Break From Their Studies And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,932 views

    While taking a break from their STUDIES and MISSION WORK, Ron and some of his classmates went SWIMMING in the SURF off the north end of Luzon Island in the Philippines when a SHARK ATTACKED. Ron’s leg was SEVERED below the KNEE. He was carried to SHORE by his friends. Emergency crews tried various ...read more

  • Some Years Ago There Was A Shipwreck Off The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,368 views

    Some years ago there was a shipwreck off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. A crowd of fishermen in a nearby village gathered to watch the ship as it was smashed on the rocks. A lifeboat was sent to the rescue, and after a terrific struggle the rescuers came back with all of the shipwrecked ...read more

  • People Don't Pay Attention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,463 views

    PEOPLE DON’T PAY ATTENTION Most people ascribe to the belief that seeing is believing. What you see is what you get. In January 2007, the Washington Post did an experiment to test what people see. They arranged for a young man named Joshua Bell to play music at the Metro station. By most measures, ...read more

  • Bought To Be Freed

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,483 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • Graham's Flame In His Hand

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Nov 17, 2008
     | 2,382 views

    GRAHAM'S FLAME IN HIS HAND Billy Graham said this, "When I was a young biblical study major in college, I had questions that many young believers have. I struggled with what I thought were inconsistencies in the word of God, and therefore I had little power in my ministry. My anointing was ...read more