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  • A Circuit Riding Preacher Entered One Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,637 views

    A circuit riding preacher entered one church building with his young son, and dropped a coin into the offering box in the back. Not many came that Sunday, and those who did didn’t seem too excited about what was said. After the service, the preacher and son walked to the back, and he emptied the ...read more

  • A Chicken And A Pig Were Walking Past A Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wincci Yin Chee on Jun 19, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,064 views

    A chicken and a pig were walking past a church building one day when they noticed the Sunday morning sermon posted on the outside bulletin board, "Helping the Poor." They walked away when the chicken suddenly came across with a suggestion. "Brother pig, why don’t we give all the poor people a nice ...read more

  • Love For God And Ones Neighbour Constitutes The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 2,458 views

    ‘Love for God and ones neighbour constitutes the sum of Gods requirements for the Christian. The man who loves needs no counselling. Love cements relationships between God and man and man and man. While love attracts, fear repels. When love gives, lust grabs. What love builds, hatred destroys. With ...read more

  • Sprouting To New Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,908 views

    SPROUTING TO NEW LIFE A few years ago, when archaeologists began excavating in the courtyard of a medieval monastery, they found seeds that had been dormant for more than 400 years that had begun to grow. King Henry VIII had closed the monastery in 1539, and herbs tended by the monks died. But ...read more

  • Hot Air

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 2,136 views

    HOT AIR When we were building this sanctuary we were discussing whether to put paper towel dispensers in the new rest rooms or those hot-air hand dryers. I strongly recommended the paper towel dispensers because of a story I heard about at another church. They installed the hot-air hand dryers. ...read more

  • The Little Dog Who Was Kicked Out Of School

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 14, 2014
     | 3,945 views

    A dog followed his owner to school. His owner was a fourth grader at a public elementary school. However, when the bell rang, the dog slipped inside the building and made it all the way to the child's classroom before a teacher noticed and shooed him outside, closing the door behind him. The ...read more

  • Right After The 9/11 Attacks, The President ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,728 views

    Right after the 9/11 attacks, the president addressed the nation. He said, “A great people have been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake the foundation of America” In other words, “even though we just ...read more

  • Nuclear Energy Can Be A Great Asset To Man, But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,247 views

    Nuclear energy can be a great asset to man, but it has already proven to be a destructive weapon and could be devastating to all of humankind. We need to channel this energy in the right direction. The same goes for our talents. There are persons who can use their speaking or writing abilities to ...read more

  • There Was A Little Church Located In A Small ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a little church located in a small town and there were few people attending. They didn’t want to close it down because there wouldn’t be any church for miles around. The church board decided to go to every house in the community and ask, “Would it matter to you if we closed the church ...read more

  • Anybody Can Serve

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
     | 3,957 views

    Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” Whatever our gifts are and whatever ...read more

  • As A Way Of Acknowledging The All-Star Forward's ...

    Contributed by Jerry Hillyer Ii on May 23, 2008
     | 1,833 views

    As a way of acknowledging the All-Star forward’s impact, Nike has hung a billboard of James on the side of a building near Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cavaliers that is 110 feet high and 212 feet wide. On the massive mesh banner, James soars toward an unseen basket with his right arm extended ...read more

  • The Botanical Life Of Most Trees Is Amazing. ...

    Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
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     | 2,253 views

    The botanical life of most trees is amazing. Often when a tree is damaged and the trunk is cut down, a new shoot will come up out of the stump or roots. As long as the roots are healthy, it will try to live. It will put out new shoots and eventually try to flower and reproduce. It keeps adapting to ...read more

  • God Moment: Wow Impact

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
     | 2,325 views

    GOD MOMENT: WOW IMPACT Chilly Chilton is the Sr. Pastor of Real Church in the inner city of Detroit. His church people have to listen 3 times a day to the Muslims call to prayer as it is broadcasted through the air waves. Chilly founded Real Church in June 2004. His community is called Hamtramck. ...read more

  • Automaker Henry Ford Asked Electrical Genius ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 2,044 views

    Automaker Henry Ford asked electrical genius Charlie Steinmetz to build the generators for his factory. One day the generators ground to a halt, and the repairmen couldn’t find the problem. So Ford called Steinmetz, who tinkered with the machines for a few hours and then threw the switch. The ...read more

  • In The News Last Week Was The Story Of The Rescue ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 31, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,853 views

    In the news last week was the story of the rescue of the 9 miners from the PA coal mine. A large part of their survival was their encouragement of one another. One of the miners said, “We decided we were all going to live together or die together.” Your words of encourgament are like the leaven ...read more

  • For Two Years, Scientists Sequestered Themselves ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joanna Loucky-Ramsey on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 2,986 views

    For two years, scientists sequestered themselves in an artificial environment called Biosphere 2. Inside their self-sustaining community, the Biospherians created a number of mini-environments, including a desert, rain forest, even an ocean. Nearly every weather condition could be simulated except ...read more

  • A Quote From General Douglas Macarthur About ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Hampton on Jul 6, 2005
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     | 2,380 views

    A quote from General Douglas MacArthur about seeing his children as a blessing, and not a burden: “By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that, but I am prouder—infinitely prouder—to be a father. A soldier destroys, a father builds. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies ...read more

  • On Managing Growth: John Chambers, President Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,020 views

    On Managing Growth: John Chambers, President of Cisco Systems, the 3rd most valuable company in the world, has this advice for managing growth: · Make your customers the center of your culture. Tie employee compensation programs directly to customer satisfaction results. · Empower every employee. ...read more

  • In The Spring Of 1894, The Baltimore Orioles Came ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,674 views

    In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John McGraw got into a fight with the Boston third baseman. Within minutes all the players from both teams had joined in the brawl. The ...read more

  • Titanic Story – The Titanic Was Slated To Be The ...

    Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,484 views

    Titanic Story – The Titanic was slated to be the best ship ever built. It as hailed as “indestructible”, but when it hit an iceberg on it’s maiden voyage, it sank. It has since been discovered that it was not the size of the iceberg that sank the ship, but rather that it was rushed to completion ...read more

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