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  • We All Have Adversaries Or Opponents Toward ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 1,223 views

    "… we all have adversaries or opponents toward whom we feel animosity. He may be the owner of a competing business who’s stealing your best customers, and if you’re honest, you’ll admit that you hate him for putting your livelihood in jeopardy. She may be a colleague who’s fighting against you ...read more

  • Planting A Donut  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,619 views

    PLANTING A DONUT When Watching the Krispy Kreme Donut machine, or as I like to call it the “Dream Machine,” I noticed something that made me very upset. At the end of the conveyer they were throwing away a bunch of the donuts. Let me describe the machine. First there is the dough plopper that ...read more

  • Most Of You Probably Already Have Your Christmas ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004
     | 983 views

    Most of you probably already have your Christmas tree. If you don’t have a "fake" tree than you probably went to a lot, or got a permit to cut one down. You looked at various trees, you selected one, put it in a tree stand, watered it & decorated it. It will be the center of attention in your home ...read more

  • A Study In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 1,507 views

    A STUDY IN SERVICE As a student in seminary, my roommate had a job as a custodian with the school. After the first day on the job, he told he had been assigned to work on the first floor of a four-story building. "Basically there are four guys responsible for their own floors. I take care of the ...read more

  • Rosemary's Rag Doll

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
     | 2,030 views

    ROSEMARY'S RAG DOLL There is a natural, logical kind of loving that loves lovely things and lovely people. That's logical. But there is another kind of loving that doesn't look for value in what it loves, but that CREATES value in what it loves. Like Rosemary's rag doll. When Rosemary, my ...read more

  • Rare Copy Of Declaration Of Independence ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 2,991 views

    Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered at Garage Sale As Stan Caffy and his fiancé prepared to get married, they cleaned out their respective garages and sold everything to Goodwill. Between the two of them, they sold an assortment of clothes, bicycles, tools, computer parts, and a ...read more

  • Accepting The Good News  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,513 views

    ACCEPTING THE GOOD NEWS A promotion by H. R. Block Inc. in 2001 offered walk-in customers a chance to win a drawing for a million dollars. Glen and Gloria Sims of Sewell, New Jersey, won the drawing, but they refused to believe it when an H. R. Block representative phoned them with the good ...read more

  • At The Royal Palace Of Tehran In Iran, You Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,949 views

    At the Royal Palace of Tehran in Iran, you can see one of the most beautiful mosaic works in the world. The ceilings and walls flash like diamonds in multifaceted reflections. Originally when the palace was designed, the architect specified huge sheets of mirrors be placed on the walls. When the ...read more

  • Masterpiece To Mess

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,578 views

    News story dated January 30, 3006: A visitor to a British museum destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases after tripping up on his shoelace, the Daily Telegraph reports. The three Qing vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the ...read more

  • A Green And White Plate!" 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 24, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    “A Green and White Plate!” 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21 Key verse(s): 17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!.” “London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Musical Man Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,168 views

    Some of you are familiar with the musical Man of Lamancha. 1. It is the story of Don Quixote, the weird character who jousts with windmills and envisions himself as a knight slaying dragons. 2. The most poignant part of the musical is his relationship with Aldonza. 3. She was a woman of ...read more

  • 9998; Let's Imagine Today Is Payday Only ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 7, 2004
     | 1,294 views

    ✎ Let’s imagine today is payday only instead of a check we are all given cash. What do you notice about the money we have all worked so hard for? It’s not enough right? No, M is not for “more” it’s for “MERCY,” so in your minds eye take a close look at your money, and what do you see? ...read more

  • Alice Cooper  PRO

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,865 views

    Alice Cooper “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” That’s an especially interesting perspective coming from a man who works with a guillotine every night. At the height of his worldwide fame, Cooper drank a bottle ...read more

  • I Recently Had To Replace One Of The Strings On ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
     | 1,455 views

    I recently had to replace one of the strings on my mandolin. I laid the new string on the table as I took off the broken string. When I had thrown it into the trash, I looked at the new string lying on the table and realized how much it resembles many Christians. That string has the ability to ...read more

  • What Do You See?  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 7, 2009
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    WHAT DO YOU SEE? I don’t know if you’ve heard of Scott Ginsburg, but he is known for something very strange. As of today, he has worn a "Hello my name is..." tag for 3140 days. On one occasion he had given a speech to an employee group in South Dakota and told how he started wearing the name tag. ...read more

  • Micaela Played T-Ball. Many Of You Know About The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 24, 2009
     | 2,161 views

    Micaela played t-ball. Many of you know about the t-ball experience. One of the kids asked me if Micaela’s team was good. I chuckled because from what I see no t-ball team is “good.” They are there to learn some basics and have fun. The biggest struggle that the coaches face is not kids who can’t ...read more

  • Matryoshka Doll

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 30, 2010
     | 1,952 views

    I purchased this doll a few years back when I visited in Russia. It’s called a Matryoshka doll (Russian Nesting doll). (taking dolls apart) If you’re familiar with these dolls, you know that you open up one and there’s another inside … and so on and so on. This continues until you get to the ...read more

  • A Story Of Adoption From India

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 24, 2019
     | 3,700 views

    In Bihar, India there is a man named Augustine Jubakumar. He leads a missions called Gospel Echoing Missionary Society. (Gems). In 2015 I had the privilege to visit India and teach in several bible schools and preach in several churches. GEMS includes schools, orphanages, bible schools, a hospital ...read more

  • While Walking Down The Street One Day A Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,753 views

    While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, ...read more

  • A Story Was Told About A Business Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,740 views

    A story was told about a business man who was selling a warehouse and its property. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, the business man ...read more