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  • Card-Carrying Authority

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 22, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,994 views

    CARD-CARRYING AUTHORITY A Department of Water Resources representative stops at a Texas ranch and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation." The old rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there." The Water ...read more

  • Who Says So?

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,884 views

    WHO SAYS SO? A previous church I served had a lot of acreage and had turned part of it into 3 softball diamonds. Monday - Thursday nights, all summer long, various church leagues played their slow-pitch games there. Three of the leagues ran everything for their evening but one league was run ...read more

  • Boss Rules

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 27, 2011
     | 2,656 views

    BOSS RULES Rule 1. Your boss is always right. Rule 2. If you think the boss ...read more

  • Tough Teacher

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,421 views

    TOUGH TEACHER A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in ...read more

  • Pa Won't Like It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,606 views

    "PA WON’T LIKE IT" A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. "Hey, Willis," he called out, "forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up." "That’s mighty ...read more

  • The Only Opinion That Counts

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
     | 2,816 views

    THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head." ...read more

  • Real Authority  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,747 views

    Real authority is the power to serve.” ...read more

  • Authority Of Jesus

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 21, 2007
     | 2,822 views

    AUTHORITY OF JESUS It is obvious that I love the Spurs NBA basketball team. Tim Duncan, who is on the San Antonio Spurs, is at the moment considered one of the greatest players of the sport. Tim Duncan routinely frustrates sports reporters as they interview him. The reporters want Tim to talk about ...read more

  • The Authority Of Jesus

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,215 views

    The Authority of Jesus Years ago I was on a trip to Israel with my seminary. We were taking a tour of Jerusalem and the church of the Holy Sepulcher. As we walked through the section controlled by the Ethiopian Orthodox, the monks ignored us, it was as if we didn’t exist. Then our professor told ...read more

  • The Authority Of The Body

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 2,956 views

    THE AUTHORITY OF THE BODY When Preacher John Wesley was a student at Oxford Unversity, he was shocked by the amount of drinking done by the students. (Wonder what he would think about college students today?) After writing to his mother, Susanna Wesley, for her counsel, he received the following ...read more

  • There Is Probably No Hell For Authors In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,955 views

    There is probably no hell for authors in the next world they suffer so much from ...read more

  • It Is Excellent Discipline For An Author To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 2,286 views

    "It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all that he has to say in the fewest possible words, or his reader is sure to skip them; and in the plainest ...read more

  • The Name Of The Author Was Not Attached To This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,891 views

    The name of the author was not attached to this story where I found it. But the story makes a telling point. Listen to him/her: I heard an interesting comment at a meeting I attended in New York, and I made a note of it: Because Jean-Claude Killy, the world-famous skier, was three-tenths of a ...read more

  • Authority Vs. Power  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,140 views

    AUTHORITY VS. POWER There's a difference between power and authority. If you have authority, but no power, your authority is useless. A government man was taking geological readings for the Department of the Interior. He approached one farmer and said, "I've been authorized by the government to ...read more

  • According To Psychologist William Damon, Respect ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,997 views

    According to psychologist William Damon, respect for the parent who exercises proper authority leads to respect for legitimate social institutions and to respect for law. In his book The Moral Child, Damon writes, “The child’s respect for parental authority sets the direction for civilized ...read more

  • It Has Always Been Tough To Be A Young Person ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,718 views

    It has always been tough to be a young person growing up. And it has always been tough to be a parent and raise children into adults. Consider these quotes: "I see no hope for the future for people if they are dependent on the frivilous youth of today. For certainly all youth are reckless beyond ...read more

  • Feeling Like A Nobody  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,323 views

    Feeling Like A Nobody We all feel like a nobody sometimes, and some of us feel like a nobody all the time. Some time ago a new employee at a Wal-Mart had an unusual experience. The young man had just been at work three days and was the low man in the pecking order at the store. He was standing ...read more

  • Sadly, Those Who Believe The False Teachers Will ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010
     | 2,838 views

    Sadly, those who believe the false teachers will be judged with them. Believing the "experts" can kill you. On March 20, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington, a supposedly dormant volcano, began to quake and rumble. The local population was evacuated to a “safe” distance 8 miles away. Later, the ...read more

  • Get Away From Me, Satan!

    Contributed by Subasini Peter on May 8, 2024
     | 411 views

    Get away from me, Satan!" Jesus said to the devil. It is a statement and the tone of speech of Jesus towards the tempter. When you want to chase a puppy or dog which you don't like and if you say to it very softly "ssshhh...shhh...shhh..." will the dog leave you? No, he will ...read more

  • The Author Will Make Things Clear  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 153 ratings
     | 6,121 views

    THE AUTHOR WILL MAKE THINGS CLEAR Author Marshall Shelley, who suffered the deaths of two of his children, writes in Leadership: "Even as I child, I loved to read, and I quickly learned that I would most likely be confused during the opening chapters of a novel. New characters were introduced. ...read more