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  • A Couple Of F-15's Are Escorting A C-130 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,971 views

    A couple of F-15’s are escorting a C-130 Hercules, and their pilots are chatting with the pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their respective aircraft. The fighter pilots contend that their airplanes were better because of their superior speed, ...read more

  • If I Had My Life To Live Over

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,450 views

    IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER (Written after she found out she was dying from cancer.)- by Erma Bombeck I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose ...read more

  • The Following Excerpt Was Sent To Icon New Market ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,439 views

    The following excerpt was sent to Icon New Market Films: "I realize you probably never have the occasion to see him, but if you do, could you tell Mel Gibson that a 74 year old woman named Hally Raisor saw the Passion and as a result she gave her life to Jesus Christ and was baptized. The only ...read more

  • The Following Excerpt Was Sent To Icon New Market ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,828 views

    The following excerpt was sent to Icon New Market Films: "I realize you probably never have the occasion to see him, but if you do, could you tell Mel Gibson that a 74 year old woman named Hally Raisor saw the Passion and as a result she gave her life to Jesus Christ and was baptized. The only ...read more

  • The Humans Do Not Start From That Direct ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,505 views

    “The humans do not start from that direct perception of Him which we, unhappily, cannot avoid. They have never known that ghastly luminosity, that stabbing and searing glare which makes the background of permanent pain to our lives. If you look into your patient’s mind when he is praying, you will ...read more

  • Everyday Reminder

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
     | 2,724 views

    EVERYDAY REMINDER Those of you who know me know that I love fishing. I do not however like hunting. For some reason the thought of shooting an animal is just not appealing to me. That does not mean I do not know how to shoot. When I was a kid I was in a gun club. I competed in target shooting and ...read more

  • Live What You Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,896 views

    LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honniker. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government ...read more

  • The Problem Of Living For Time

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 2,477 views

    THE PROBLEM OF LIVING FOR TIME By the time it’s all over, Tom Brady’s will be the fourth face on the Mount Rushmore of New England sports, right up there with Larry Byrd, Bobby Orr and Ted Williams. He is what they were: single-minded, blessed with the ability to lift a team, a cutthroat ...read more

  • Revenge Vs. Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,303 views

    REVENGE VS. FORGIVENESS There was once a man who was bitten by a dog, which was later discovered to be rabid. The man was rushed to the hospital where tests revealed that he had, in fact, contracted rabies. At the time, medical science had no cure for this disease and so his doctor faced the ...read more

  • Boy Survives In Wilderness By Obeying Father's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,259 views

    Boy Survives in Wilderness by Obeying Father’s Instructions More than ninety people conducted an ALL-NIGHT SEARCH for an eight-year-old boy named Dominic. While on a skiing trip with his father, this little boy apparently had ridden a new lift and skied off the run without realizing it. They hoped ...read more

  • Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Judith Viorst wrote a popular children’s book called Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It’s about a little boy whose day starts out bad and goes downhill from there. He gets gum in his hair and ...read more

  • Worship: It Takes Time To Warm Up

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
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     | 2,492 views

    WORSHIP: IT TAKES TIME TO WARM UP When I was a kid in Kansas City, we lived next door to a family who owned a publishing company. They had an old 4 door Mercedes that they would let their son drive to school. He was 3 years older than me and also named Tim. On those winter mornings when the ...read more

  • Carrying What I Don't Need  PRO

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,569 views

    CARRYING WHAT I DON'T NEED I think back to my Army days. All those foot marches and all the pain associated with them. As a young private I packed pretty much everything I could before we went out. I wanted to make sure I had all the comforts to help make life easier. I made sure to have extra ...read more

  • Loving Neighbour

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 4,010 views

    A Little Pointer on Keeping a Balance Here’s a little bonus tip that I’ve found helpful to keep my wits about me as I live next to these wild Vikings we call sinners, pagans, and wacko unbelievers while keeping my vertical relationship with God strong. It’s called “whimsical holiness,” which is ...read more

  • Rejoice, We Conquer!

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 18, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,542 views

    In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in ...read more

  • In The King Cotton State Of Alabama In 1915 There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,374 views

    In the King Cotton state of Alabama in 1915 there was this very small bug about ¼ inch long with a life expectancy of three week and it devastated the state. This small bug lives for about 3 weeks and it can have about 8 sets of offspring during its life of 200 each time. That’s about 1,600 ...read more

  • Back In 1990, I Was A Tenant Residing In A ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 22, 2007
     | 1,579 views

    Back in 1990, I was a tenant residing in a compound where the landlord and his family were also enclosed. The landlord and the tenants respected my family since they understood my position as a minister and servant of God. He allowed the believers to have their weekly fellowships within his ...read more

  • The Wise Farmer Can Usually Depend On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,013 views

    "...the wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for 'weariness in well doing' is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of faithful labors ...read more

  • My Friend Allen

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 19, 2008
     | 2,331 views

    MY FRIEND ALLEN After many years of prayer by friends and family, Allen finally surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. Initially when I met Allen he hadn’t surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. There was just something about Allen, even when he was upset with you, you couldn’t help but like the ...read more

  • Counting On Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,439 views

    COUNTING ON THEM The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of ...read more