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  • Sometimes The Truth Might Get You In Trouble – ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Feb 27, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,531 views

    Sometimes the truth might get you in trouble – reminds me of a story - one night a Massachusetts state police officer pulled over a speeding car. The officer said to the driver, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour.” The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your ...read more

  • John Newton Was A Man Who Knew Both The Bondage ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,426 views

    John Newton was a man who knew both the bondage of sin and the liberating power of the Holy Spirit. He was nurtured by a devout Christian mother who prayed that her only son would become a preacher. But she died when John was very young, and he became a sailor, after the example of his ...read more

  • In The Foreward Of His Book, Inside Out, Larry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Lindsay on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 5,570 views

    In the foreward of his book, Inside Out, Larry Crabb writes this: “Modern Christianity, in dramatic reversal of its biblical form, promises to relieve the pain of living in a fallen world. The message, whether it’s from fundamentalists requiring us to live by a favored set of rules or from ...read more

  • Close: (The Following Illustration Can Be Found ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,108 views

    CLOSE: (the following illustration can be found on the internet – the event occurred April 25, 2003) Maurice Cheeks is the retired All Star point guard who at one time coached the Portland Trail Blazers. His team had just finished warming up for a playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks. The ...read more

  • Let Me Give You An Example That Has Nothing To Do ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 25, 2007
     | 2,058 views

    Let me give you an example that has nothing to do with Christmas but in which the same principle applies. We have all heard of St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis...a wonderful, wonderful organization that is deserves every bit of support that they get. This year they had an event called Country, ...read more

  • Over The Past Several Weeks I've Had The ...

    Contributed by Emilia Florio on Feb 15, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,577 views

    Over the past several weeks I’ve had the opportunity to have conversations with a young man, in his early 20’s, who’s really struggling with the question of “Is God real?” Matt is a self-proclaimed atheist, a sweet young guy, really. But he picks up the newspapers, and he switches on the TV, and ...read more

  • In Or Out Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,913 views

    IN OR OUT OF THE FORT? One of the things I find really neat about this area is all of the forts. You have Fort Morgan, all the Forts over at Pensacola NAS. We have had forts all over this country since the day the Pilgrims first landed, up to right now. Some were made of wood, stone, brick and ...read more

  • The Yugo And The Rolls-Royce

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
     | 2,261 views

    The Yugo and the Rolls-Royce A man was driving his Yugo when he pulled up next to a Rolls-Royce at a stoplight. The driver of the Yugo rolled down his window and shouted to the driver of the Rolls, "Hey, that’s a nice car. Do you have a phone in your Rolls? I’ve got a phone in my Yugo!" The driver ...read more

  • The True Christmas Gift

    Contributed by David Rogers on Dec 15, 2008
     | 3,986 views

    The True Christmas Gift Twas the night before the birth, when all the world did not know what was about to happen Not a creature was stirring, and all men were napping The rabbis were safe and secure in their knowledge Old Herod, the king, the Lord he refused to acknowledge King Herod was ...read more

  • What Does "All" Mean?

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 14, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,676 views

    WHAT DOES "ALL" MEAN? I know people who are carrying around a load of guilt over the past and they're loaded down with this extra weight God doesn't want them to have. I remember a lady in my church in Wiesbaden I'll call Jill. Jill had rebelled against her parents, had been on drugs, had had ...read more

  • Falling In Love With His Word

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,367 views

    The reason God gave us the Bible is that he wants us to know who he is. If you want to know God, read his Book, read His words. Our words reveal who we are. Wayne Hudson tells the story of Ben who had left the East Coast 8 years earlier to head out West in hopes of making his fortune. It was 1898. ...read more

  • A Race

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Dec 22, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,904 views

    A Race A race was organised between Goliath and David. Now, when the race started, both Goliath and David started running at an equal pace but after a few seconds, David got ahead of Goliath. Seeing David getting ahead, Goliatha increased his pace but was unable to match the David’s ...read more

  • How Many Of You, As Parents, Asked Your Kids To ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 25, 2010
     | 2,139 views

    How many of you, as parents, asked your kids to go get you something--a glass of water, a towel, shoes, or something like that--and you spend the next 5 or 10 minutes dealing with their whining, or pouting, or tantrum, or just plain stubbornness? When I was between about 8-12 years old, many of ...read more

  • Response To Hurting People  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,116 views

    RESPONSE TO HURTING PEOPLE In his book Soul Talk, Larry Crabb writes: "Which is worse? A church program to build community that doesn’t get off the ground or one person sitting every Sunday in the back of the church who remains unknown? A Sunday school class that once drew hundreds but has now ...read more

  • Death Makes People Angry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,250 views

    DEATH MAKES PEOPLE ANGRY Back in September of 2004, Casey Neistat of New York City discovered that the battery in his first-generation 5 GB iPod could no longer hold a charge for more than an hour. So he called Apple. Unfortunately for him, Apple basically advised him to buy a new iPod (their ...read more

  • Vesuvius: Check The Map

    Contributed by Rob O'neal on Jul 7, 2009
     | 3,060 views

    VESUVIUS: CHECK THE MAP The people of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum lived at the bottom of a mountain. They loved the mountain, because they believed it was a place where gods dwelt. The land was fertile, and the harbor was good, so the city prospered and grew. Then in 62 and 63 AD, ...read more

  • Missionary Encounters ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 3,970 views

    Missionary Encounters Ants Steven Cook tells of reading an account of a missionary from India: "The Lord must have desired to teach me something through the "ants" because He allowed me to come in contact with enough of them! The encyclopedia says there are more ants than any other insect. It seems ...read more

  • Twice Mine

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 22, 2022
     | 1,653 views

    A little boy made a sailboat by his own hands and took it out to the lake and sailed it by himself. But, sadly, a strong wind came over the lake and took the little sailboat away from the boy to the other side of the lake. The little boy looked and looked for his boat but could not find it. He ...read more

  • Revolution By Preachers

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 19, 2011
     | 2,171 views

    REVOLUTION BY PREACHERS Resistance to England during the Revolution became a sacred duty to a people who were, on the whole, highly a religious people. And they were led--in their resistance to the tyranny of England--by their preachers. * It was a preacher named Jonathan Mayhew who observed that ...read more

  • They Get An "A," You Get An "A," What's Wrong ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 20, 2011
     | 1,747 views

    THEY GET AN "A," YOU GET AN "A," WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? On the first day of class the professor says, "I have this very complicated Math problem, the solution of which shall constitute your grade for the entire semester. I'm giving you the problem now so you can start working immediately if you ...read more