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  • During The 1970's When The San Diego Chargers ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Zamkus on Feb 24, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 4,340 views

    During the 1970’s when the San Diego Chargers had Dan Fouts as quarterback, in 1 particular game, both Fouts and the team were having a bad day. With 2 minutes remaining in the game, San Diego was down 14-0. Frustrations were high so the coach pulled the star Fouts and put in the backup ...read more

  • A Monument To A Man’s Leg Was Erected On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on May 29, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 4,078 views

    A monument to a man’s leg was erected on the Saratoga battlefield in honor of Benedict Arnold, one-time hero of the Continental Army but who later tried to betray West Point and then fled to England. Because Arnold was instrumental in winning the crucial battle of Saratoga where his left leg was ...read more

  • There Was A Manager Of A Minor League Baseball ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,236 views

    There was a manager of a minor league baseball team who was so disgusted with his center fielder’s performance that he ordered him to the dugout and assumed the position himself. The first ball that came into center field took a bad hop and hit the manager in the mouth. The next one was a high fly ...read more

  • Last Week Mitch Daniels, The Republican Candidate ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    Last week Mitch Daniels, the Republican candidate for Governor here in Indiana wrote a tribute to Ronald Reagan a few days after his death earlier this month. He began, “arriving back late at the White House, I was observing my usual respectful silence when Ronald Reagan asked, "Going straight ...read more

  • A Large Family Sat Around The Breakfast Table One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 149 ratings
     | 9,992 views

    A large family sat around the breakfast table one morning. As the custom, the father returned thanks, blessing God for the food. Immediately after, however, as was his bad habit, he began to grumble about hard times, the poor quality of the food he was forced to eat, the way it was cooked, and ...read more

  • How Can I Deal With My Neighbor, In A Way Which ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,211 views

    How can I deal with my neighbor, In a way which glorifies God. Sandy the busy busy busy dog. In San Antonio we had a dog on our street –Sandy. Sandy wasn’t a bad dog – but the owner was. Every morning Sandy would open every newspaper on the street, Thank you Sandy. Every trash day, Sandy ...read more

  • Something Positive Always

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 19, 2006
     | 1,903 views

    SOMETHING POSITIVE ALWAYS When Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on a lonely island he thought of both the good and the bad. - He was cast onto a desolate island, but he was still alive, not drowned as all of his ship’s company was. - He was separated from mankind, but he was not starving. - He had ...read more

  • To Fly By The Seat Of One's Pants" Does Mean ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,585 views

    "To fly by the seat of one’s pants" does mean "to do a job the best you can by instinct, training, or experience, without outside aid or instruction," and seems to have been popularized during World War II, though the phrase itself is probably a bit older. It originally meant to fly an airplane ...read more

  • Determined To Save Money

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,666 views

    DETERMINED TO SAVE MONEY I had never been much of a saver, but there came a time after some years of failing to save anything that I decided to break the habit. I could ill afford to save at the time, I had financial constraints / a number of factors that suggested I wouldn’t be successful. But my ...read more

  • An Angry Hospital Patient ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,792 views

    An Angry Hospital Patient Repents I read about a woman who was in the hospital when she got a bad report. She was so mad at God she went into the hospital chapel to tell God off. She was angry because she thought God had been fooling people by telling them he was a God of love. As she approached ...read more

  • The Reverend And The Rose

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
     | 2,890 views

    THE REVEREND AND THE ROSE Rev. Jerry Parnell, pastor of the Canaan Baptist Church of Anderson, South Carolina, will often conclude one of his sermons with an illustration using a live rose. He tells how that God gives us a fresh flowing in life, but that over the course of time we make bad ...read more

  • Eastern Religious Beliefs About Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
     | 2,933 views

    EASTERN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT HELL Buddhists believe in 7 "hot hells" which await the evildoers - each flanked by 4 torture chambers that include a fiery pit and a quagmire. Tibetan Buddhists also speak of eight cold hells and certain "Frontier" hells for those guilty of lesser sins. Hindus ...read more

  • Eat Twinkies Together

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 23, 2019
     | 4,368 views

    A Harvard study of 7,000 people found that the most isolated people were 3 times more likely to die than those with strong relationships. Reporting on the study, John Ortberg writes that “people who had bad health habits (such as smoking, poor eating habits, or alcohol use) but strong social ties ...read more

  • A Preacher Was In His Study, Preparing His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,756 views

    A PREACHER WAS IN HIS STUDY, PREPARING HIS SUNDAY SERMON, WHEN HIS LITTLE BOY TODDLED INTO THE ROOM, AND HOLDING UP HIS PINCHED FINGER, THE LITTLE FELLOW SAID, WITH AN EXPRESSION OF SUFFERING, "LOOK, DADDY, IT HURTS REALLY BAD" G. THAT PREACHER/FATHER GLANCED AT HIM AND WITH A TONE OF IMPATIENCE, ...read more

  • The Man Shouted And Screamed As He Brought The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,649 views

    The man shouted and screamed as he brought the bear to a skidding halt, bit the head off the rattlesnake, and flung it into the brush. Then he slid off the bear’s back, turned, and hit him between the eyes, knocking him unconscious. The camper was speechless as this wild-eyed renegade walked over ...read more

  • Story: Saint Peter Was At The Gates Of Heaven ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,045 views

    STORY: Saint Peter was at the gates of Heaven interviewing a man. He said, “You haven’t done anything bad, but you haven’t anything good either. If you tell me just one good thing that you’ve done, I’ll let you in.” “Well, the man replied, “I was traveling on the road when I saw a group of thugs ...read more

  • A Man Who Lost His Job To Downsizing Was ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
     | 1,218 views

    A man who lost his job to downsizing was reflecting on his plight. His response wasn’t what I might do in that situation. He said, "I don’t feel too bad. I didn’t realize until I lost my job how I had lost track of my family, how little time I was spending with my wife and my children, and how I ...read more

  • A Football Game Was Being Played In Badger ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,380 views

    A football game was being played in Badger Stadium in 1982 in Madison Wisconsin with more than 60,000 fans in attendance. The home team was losing. But out of the blue during time outs, when play was a stop the fans would jump up and roar with excitement. Why? Finally the players and coaches ...read more

  • Lisa Beamer Reflects On The Loss Of Her Dad In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 9, 2008
     | 1,788 views

    Lisa Beamer reflects on the loss of her dad in her book, "Let’s Roll." Slowly she began to understand that the plans God has for us don’t just include ‘good things’, but the whole array of human events. The ‘prospering’ he talks about in the book of Jeremiah is often the outcome of a ‘bad’ event. ...read more

  • Fighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 4,524 views

    FIGHTING SIN Poet Carl Sandberg once said, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." Colorful, old-time evangelist Billy Sunday said of sin, "I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot. I’ll fight it as long as ...read more