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  • Showing Up Each Day  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 193 ratings
     | 3,431 views

    Erma Bombeck writes; For the first 4 or 5 years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition -- not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon, with 3 kids in tow, I came out of a supermarket pushing a ...read more

  • I Used To Have A Principle Named Mr. Duchovich. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rolland Bouchard on Sep 11, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,122 views

    I used to have a principle named Mr. Duchovich. He was a monster of a man. Not in Character, but in stature. When in trouble in Jr. High school, the students feared for their lives. I remember one day having another student at the school bet me that I couldn’t kick a clock that was 7.5 feet ...read more

  • Cinderella Grace

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 4,461 views

    CINDERELLA GRACE Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly - all the children rushed to one side. It’s a good thing it was a castle and not a boat, or it would have tipped over. The pristine princess had entered the room. Cinderella. A gorgeous young girl with ...read more

  • Black Market Sacrifices (Plagiarism)

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 19, 2010
     | 2,762 views

    After choosing the title of this sermon I began looking for an illustration that captured the sense of what I meant by a “black market sacrifice.” And to my great distress I found one – kind of. The search for an illustration became the illustration. Confused? Let me explain. When I prepare ...read more

  • Augustine And The Four States Of Man  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Mar 5, 2012
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,894 views

    AUGUSTINE AND THE FOUR STATES OF MAN In the 5th century AD, St. Augustine wrote about the "4 States of Man": * The first state of man (the haec sunt prima) is "living according to the flesh -- with reason making no resistance." This can be seen in so many ancient cultures and religions (and ...read more

  • Brett Favre's Perseverance

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2012
     | 4,704 views

    BRETT FAVRE'S PERSEVERANCE The man, the myth, the legend was born in a tiny rural Mississippi town called Kiln, population 2,040. As a grandson of a Choctaw Indian, he played strong safety, kicker, punter, and quarterback for his high school team that passed less than five times a game. Favre ...read more

  • No Greater ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,355 views

    No Greater Love During the beginning of World War II, a large British military force on the European continent, as well as English citizens and diplomats, retreated to a French coastal port of Dunkirk. With it’s back against the English Channel, the British army faced a German army that threatened ...read more

  • The Bully And The Boy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,053 views

    The Bully and the Boy Bavaria. 1934. It was the wrong time and the wrong place to be a Jew. And Heinz was a Jew. The little Bavarian village of Fürth was already overrun with Hitler’s young thugs. To be a Jew…of any age…was to be a target. And Heinz was only eleven. It was the first minute of a ...read more

  • Prussian King Frederick The Great Was Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 1,545 views

    Prussian king Frederick the Great was once touring a Berlin prison. The prisoners fell on their knees before him to proclaim their innocence-except for one man, who remained silent. Frederick called to him, "Why are you here?" "Armed robbery, Your Majesty," was the reply. "And are you guilty?" ...read more

  • Hairdo's And Ego  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,273 views

    HAIRDO’S AND EGO A friend of mine who teaches Bible school had her straight hair permed in to a curly style. One morning she noticed that 4 yr. old Jack, who was usually cheerful, looked sad and bewildered. "Is something wrong, Jack?" Jenny asked him. "Your hair," he mumbled. "You noticed!" ...read more

  • The Risk—the Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,183 views

    THE RISK-- THE JOY Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, almost delighted in taking risks for the gospel. He said: "I must take this decision disregarding risks involved and make known the gifts of God and his everlasting consolation. Neither must we fear any such risk in faithfully preaching ...read more

  • My Kids Love Keys. Car Keys. House Keys. A Ring ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 26, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,945 views

    My kids love keys. Car keys. House keys. A ring of old used keys that sit at the bottom of their toy box. The mystery for the child is what does this key fit? Even as I write this, our 4 year-old has grabbed my wife’s keys and is about to launch into a world of self-discovery as he moves through ...read more

  • When Alexander The Great Was About To Destroy ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,259 views

    “When Alexander the Great was about to destroy the city Lampsacus, his old master Anaximenes came out to meet him. Alexander, suspecting his design, that he would intercede for the city, being determined to destroy it, swore that he would not grant him any thing he should ask. Then said ...read more

  • President John F. Kennedy In A Speech That He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Holderman on Jul 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,682 views

    President John F. Kennedy in a speech that he was never able to deliver due to his assassination, wrote these words: "We in this country, in this generation, are by destiny rather than choice the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and ...read more

  • Prussian King Frederick The Great Was Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,730 views

    Prussian king Frederick the Great was once touring a Berlin prison. The prisoners fell on their knees before him to proclaim their innocence—except for one man, who remained silent. Frederick called to him, “Why are you here?” “Armed robbery, Your Majesty,” was the reply. “And are you ...read more

  • Plato Wrote The First Sentence Of His Famous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 1,164 views

    Plato wrote the first sentence of his famous Republic nine different ways before he was satisfied. Cicero practiced speaking before friends every day for thirty years to perfect his elocution. Noah Webster labored 36 years writing his dictionary, crossing the Atlantic twice to gather material. ...read more

  • Charge It: A New Gallup Poll Shows That Just Over ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,458 views

    Charge It: A new Gallup Poll shows that just over half of Americans have at least one credit card on which they do not pay off the full amount due each month. 29% say they have at least one card, but always pay the full amount each month. 21% don’t have any credit cards. The average outstanding ...read more

  • Women Prefer Home: A New Gallup Poll Shows That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,241 views

    Women Prefer Home: A new Gallup Poll shows that if free to choose, a majority of women would opt for the traditional female role of staying at home, while a majority of men would prefer their traditional role of working outside the home. Over the past 4 years, younger women (more so than older ...read more

  • Porn Presence More Than 40 Million People Visit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,718 views

    Porn Presence More than 40 million people visit an Internet porn site each day. · There are now more than 4.2 million Internet porn sites. · 60% of all web site visits are sexual in nature. · 30% of unsolicited e-mails contain porno content. · Americans spend an estimated $8-$10 billion annually on ...read more

  • Archelaus, The Son Of Herod The Great, Went ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jun 12, 2010
     | 2,496 views

    Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great, went to Rome in 4 BC to have his father’s will confirmed, by which he was to be his successor. But a crowd of Jews followed close on his heels with a protest to the emperor: “We don’t want this man to be our king.” They had good reason for hating him: ...read more