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  • Wake Up Little Susie

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Sep 14, 2009
     | 3,140 views

    "Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers. It is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a ...read more

  • Attitude Not Aptitude  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,824 views

    ATTITUDE NOT APTITUDE Jesus' message here is that everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. Dave Stone says that "service is the language of grace." One day a couple of church members were out distributing loaves of bread in a low-income housing complex. They came to an apartment ...read more

  • We Get A Whole Bunch

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,195 views

    We Get a Whole Bunch Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, "For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but ...read more

  • Someone Came Up With These Observations About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,236 views

    Someone came up with these observations about life - insights that are humorous: 1. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. 2. I love cooking with wine - sometimes I even put it in food. 3. If it weren’t for stress, I’d have no energy at all. 4. Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly ...read more

  • Christian Author Joyce Landorf Wrote A Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,290 views

    Christian author Joyce Landorf wrote a book entitled, Tough and Tender: What Every Woman Wants In A Man. In one chapter she mentions a man she calls George, who worked at her husband’s bank. George was recently divorced. And he was leading a lifestyle of sexual liberation. If anybody looked ...read more

  • The Meanest Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,146 views

    The Meanest Mother We had the meanest mother in the whole world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from other ...read more

  • A Mother — Whose Life Was Not Wasted  PRO

    Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,748 views

    A MOTHER - WHOSE LIFE WAS NOT WASTED Ian McClaren tells about visiting an old Scotch lady who was standing in her kitchen weeping. She wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and when the minister asked her what was the matter, she confessed; "I am so miserable and unhappy." "Why?" "Because I ...read more

  • I Took A Break In My Naval Service After My First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2006
     | 642 views

    I took a break in my Naval Service after my first enlistment. I came home and my Grand Mother on my Mothers side that I called Granny wanted me to stay with her. I loved my Granny so I moved in with her. It wasn’t long before I had a run in with Rusty. He lived there too. You see I sat down in ...read more

  • Hugging

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 5,102 views

    Once at a young girl’s funeral, I had to make just such a decision. The girl’s father was a member of our church and an air force serviceman. He was an aide on Air Force One and had flown with the president many times. A few generals and lots of upper-crust brass attended the funeral. When it came ...read more

  • Pastor John R Ramsey Once Wrote, "For Some Time I ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 1, 2008
     | 3,279 views

    Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, “For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but it became routine. ...read more

  • I Have Never Forgotten You

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,180 views

    I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN YOU On Jan. 27, 2009 and I got to go to part of the state evangelism conference in Ruston, LA. Charles Thornton from Texas was one of the preachers. God is using his life in a fantastic way to help reach people in apartment complexes. Their ministry moves CARES Teams into ...read more

  • We Need To Understand That Our World Is A Fast ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 25, 2001
    based on 154 ratings
     | 4,750 views

    We need to understand that our world is a fast changing world. Change is not necessary bad - if fact change is normal - Change is really a sign of life. Do you know, what the medical definition of death is? a body that does not change... During my sermon your body is going to change - ...read more

  • Some Gifts You Keep  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    *Some Gifts You Keep* Some things you keep. Like good teeth. Warm coats. Bald husbands & chubby wives. They’re good for you, reliable and practical and so sublime that to throw them away would make the garbage man a thief. So you hang on to the older gifts, because something old is sometimes ...read more

  • Two Guys From Prince George Die And Wake Up In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 28, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,889 views

    Two guys from Prince George die and wake up in hell. The next day the devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and toques warming themselves around the fire. The devil asks them, "What are you doing? Isn’t it hot enough for you?" The two guys reply, "Well, you ...read more

  • Community: A Lost Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,691 views

    COMMUNITY: A LOST ART I inherited an old trunk that sat in my grandma’s basement. It had belonged to the generation before, who had used it to bring their possessions across the sea from Sweden. It sits in my dining room. It smells a little musty, but I treasure it as a link to my heritage. I was ...read more

  • Airport Security And The Presence Of God

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 23, 2011
     | 7,259 views

    AIRPORT SECURITY AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD Airport inspections are more thorough than they used to be, and lines are longer. They also have X-ray machines for the checked baggage. Fortunately the standards aren't so stringent for that category, so you may arrive at the other end still owning a ...read more

  • The Heaviest Loads

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,982 views

    THE HEAVIEST LOADS N. T. Wright, in writing about this passage (Mt 23:1-12), tells the story of trying to prepare for a hiking and camping trip. He went to an outfitter who took him around the store showing him everything he would need. The salesman recommended a good sleeping bag and a durable ...read more

  • Drifting

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,890 views

    Drifting Along (Philippians 3:12-21) Intro: The two trappers In the mid 1800’s their were two trappers that had been trapping muskrat and beaver all summer and fall. They had been working their traps in the Cumberland Plateau area of Tennessee. With their packs full of furs ...read more

  • Mom's Apron

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 22, 2023
     | 710 views

    As I looked through the old photo album, my eyes fixed upon a picture of Mom in her blue Sunday dress wearing a soiled, yellow apron. I smiled as, in my mind, I returned. It seemed like just yesterday, For I had left on it my small handprints— From playing in Carolina red clay. Mom had called ...read more

  • There’s Always Tomorrow

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 11, 2020
     | 2,298 views

    For almost four weeks now, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and Yours Truly have enjoyed some exceptional time together. It has been the rich experience I never thought I would experience until I retired from everything. But, if this is retirement, “Lord, let it be so.” Nothing to complain ...read more

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