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  • Listen To What Happened In Harlem In 1980. A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 927 views

    Listen to what happened in Harlem in 1980. A man by the name of Eugene Lang, a self-made multi-millionaire, stood before a group of 61 sixth graders graduating from elementary school. He had been asked to come and speak to them about how he had once sat in the same auditorium where they were ...read more

  • How Many Christians Does It Take To Change A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,899 views

    How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Charismatics/Pentecostals: Ten. One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians: None. Lights will go on and off at predestined times. Roman Catholic: None. Candles only. Baptists: At least 15. One ...read more

  • On Thursday I Tried To Re-Shelve Volume One In ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
     | 744 views

    On Thursday I tried to re-shelve volume one in Manton’s Works. The color and markings stand out, so rather than look carefully for the location, I scanned the shelves where I expected to see the set. My books are filed alphabetically by author, so I knew generally where to look. But my first glance ...read more

  • Loose Connections

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
     | 4,167 views

    LOOSE CONNECTIONS In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and had ...read more

  • Dumb Crooks

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008
     | 2,179 views

    DUMB CROOKS 1.) A Circle-K convenience store was patronized by man requesting change for a twenty dollar bill. As soon as the register drawer was opened, the man pulled a gun and demanded it contents. He fled with all dollars of it, but left his original twenty lying on the counter. 2.) A guy ...read more

  • Lazarus Rises From The Bondage Of Death, But He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,036 views

    Lazarus rises from the bondage of death, but he still not totally free. Do you understand that? He still has bandages... God freed him from the grave; others will free him from bandages. That’s the way it is, my friends. Go and see big cities, New York, LA, Chicago... Go in poor countries also. ...read more

  • Have Any Of You Read The Book, The Worst-Case ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 19, 2008
     | 853 views

    Have any of you read the book, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht? It’s a great little yellow book that describes all sorts of ways to get out of even life-threatening situations. Here’s how they describe getting free from an alligator: How to Wrestle ...read more

  • Good News

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,654 views

    GOOD NEWS Our world is desperately in need of some good news. Suzanne Jennings wrote this song in 1999: I woke up Monday morning, walked out on the lawn My eyes were barely open, and my mouth began to yawn Picked up the daily paper, every single headline said, That this ole world is full of ...read more

  • Don't Fear Your Capture

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,956 views

    DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be. Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the ...read more

  • The Face Of God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,685 views

    THE FACE OF GOD I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of things out of ...read more

  • A Purpose For Sheep

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
     | 6,712 views

    A PURPOSE FOR SHEEP Sad to say, millions of people wander through life with no earthly idea what they’re here for. One of the abiding fascinations of my wife here in Germany are sheep. About once a year, a shepherd brings a flock of sheep near our village, and my wife goes out and makes as many ...read more

  • During World War Ii A Marine Was Serving In The ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,942 views

    During World War II a Marine was serving in the South Pacific. His platoon was under fire and they were trying to signal their comrades that they had taken a certain hill. Their sergeant issued an order for a man to take the American flag and raise it up on a pole to let other units know they had ...read more

  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,101 views

    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • God's Forgiveness And The Jump Drive

    Contributed by James Webster on Jan 14, 2012
     | 3,906 views

    GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND THE JUMP DRIVE Most of you know I keep most of my office work in the corner of the family room in the parsonage since we moved back. Most of my study I do early before anyone gets up. However, for the past couple of weeks I have been coming over to the church office early ...read more

  • The Importance Of Friends  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,000 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS One of the most thorough research projects on relationships is called the Alameda County Study. Headed by a Harvard social scientist, it tracked the lives of 7,000 people over nine years. Researchers found that the most isolated people were three times more likely to die ...read more

  • If You Want To Walk On Water…  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,202 views

    John Ortberg states: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And that’s sobering news to most of us, because we’re into comfort...but water walkers master ...read more

  • Here Be God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,683 views

    HERE BE GOD Before 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the common belief was that if a ship from Europe sailed too far West, they would either fall off the edge of the world or face terrible danger. There was fear of the unknown. In England, there is an ancient nautical map dating back to ...read more

  • Self-Image

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
     | 6,764 views

    SELF-IMAGE There's a story about a girl who was the daughter of one of the royal families of Europe. She had a big, round nose that destroyed her beauty in the eyes of others--and especially in her own eyes. She grew up with this terrible image of herself as an ugly person. So her family hired a ...read more

  • Somebody Help The Boy

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 28, 2013
     | 3,840 views

    SOMEBODY HELP THE BOY I was at home alone with Ryan one morning when I suddenly realized that it had been approximately two minutes since my little explorer had made any noise. (When one babysits with Ryan, silence is definitely not golden.) I immediately began looking for him, searching each room ...read more

  • Finishing The Race

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 12, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,957 views

    My wife and I watched as Danny, our youngest son, competed in the Carnival of Champions back when he was in elementary school. He was entered in the half-mile race. It was two laps around the track. When the starting gun sounded, he quickly leapt ahead of everyone and built a sizable lead. He had ...read more

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