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  • A Man's Car Was Held Up By A Broken Down Car In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 139 ratings
     | 11,644 views

    A man’s car was held up by a broken down car in front of him. He just sat there and sounded the horn while the woman driver in front was desperately trying to start her car. He sounded the horn even more impatiently and the lady walked round to his car and said sweetly, "Why don’t we change places? ...read more

  • Pastor David Legge Says About This Truth That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,171 views

    Pastor David Legge says about this truth that “This power of God is different for it tells us that there’s no prayer too hard for him to answer! There’s no problem too difficult for Him to solve! There’s no need too great for Him to supply! There’s no passion too strong for Him to subdue, no ...read more

  • Don't Treat Him As Dead

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
     | 2,414 views

    DON’T TREAT HIM AS DEAD Early in their marriage, Martin Luther’s wife watched him battle bouts of depression, even question God’s willingness or ability to help him through a difficult trial. Without saying a word, she donned a black dress and veil, reserved for times of mourning. When Luther ...read more

  • When Dawn And I Were In Kenya, It Was An ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
     | 1,572 views

    When Dawn and I were in Kenya, it was an interesting thing. For about 2 hours every day, the local deep well near an oasis would be pumped into cisterns all around the area. It was often difficult to get the local people to allow the cisterns to fill before they turned on hoses to water the trees. ...read more

  • We Must Not Suppose That Even If We Succeeded ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,552 views

    "We must not suppose that even if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world and might even be more ...read more

  • Fiedler's Forecasting Rules

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,789 views

    FIEDLER'S FORECASTING RULES 1. It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future. 2. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. 3. The moment you forecast, you know you’re going to be wrong--you just don’t know when and in which direction. 4. If you’re ever ...read more

  • I Lost It - The Number Of Church-Going Americans ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,088 views

    I Lost It - The number of church-going Americans who dropped out of church DOUBLED in the past decade, from 7% of the population to 14%. Calvin College professor Ruth A. Tucker says many of those who leave have put in years - some even decades - of faithful service to the church. She says winning ...read more

  • In The Early 1990s When President George Bush Had ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 943 views

    In the early 1990s when President George Bush had John Sununu as his White House chief of staff, a reporter asked Sununu if his job was difficult. He quickly answered, "No." The reporter thought Sununu had misunderstood the question, so he asked again, and got the same reply. Sununu, a former ...read more

  • There Is Nothing So Hardening As Delay. When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,313 views

    “There is nothing so hardening as delay. When God speaks to us, He asks for a tender heart, open to the whispers of His voice of love. The believer who answers the ‘today’ of the Holy Ghost with the ‘tomorrow’ of some more convenient season, knows not how he is hardening his heart; the delay, ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Was Once Asked If It Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,956 views

    Corrie ten Boom was once asked if it were difficult for her to remain humble. Her reply was simple. “When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the back of a donkey, and everyone was waving palm branches and throwing garments onto the road, and singing praises, do you think that for one ...read more

  • Agent Orange In The Vietnam War

    Contributed by James Owens on Feb 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,388 views

    a) AGENT ORANGE IN THE VIETNAM WAR It would affect your eyes and cause blindness to occur. Breathing would become increasing difficult and choking would occur. It would affect the nervous system – unable to control bodily functions. b) SATAN’S ATTACK ON GOD’S PEOPLE IN THESE LAST ...read more

  • Playoff Experience Brings Hope

    Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
     | 2,216 views

    PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE BRINGS HOPE You know the NBA playoffs are going right now and there is always talk about the teams having experience in the playoffs. What does that mean? It means they have been there before and know how to work through things. It also means they can remember past victories ...read more

  • Now Here Are Some Cultural Issues That May Help ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 13, 2009
     | 2,047 views

    Now here are some cultural issues that may help us gain a clearer picture. The crumbs that fell underneath the table were pieces of bread used to wipe one’s hands. They did not fall there accidently. They were thrown under the table indicating both excesses of the rich man and his utter lack of ...read more

  • Difficulty Praying

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
     | 2,741 views

    And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works" ...read more

  • Trying To Help  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Long on Mar 20, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,788 views

    TRYING TO HELP An older man approached a young stranger in the post office and asked, "Sir, would you address this postcard and write a short note for me? I have such a difficult time writing these days." The younger man gladly did so, and when he was finished, he asked the older gentleman, ...read more

  • The Prize Is Worth The Challenge Of The Journey  PRO

    Contributed by William Yates on Jun 12, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,054 views

    THE PRIZE IS WORTH THE CHALLENGE OF THE JOURNEY Volleyball was introduced as an Olympic sport in the 1964 Tokyo games. A Japanese women’s team was chosen to represent their nation for the event. Hirofumi Daimatsu, their coach, put the women through a grueling training program that resembled a ...read more

  • Rick Warren, A Preacher In California, Wrote An ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 5, 2006
     | 1,143 views

    Rick Warren, a preacher in California, wrote an article once entitled: “How to keep your profession from being an obsession.”In that article he gave this little test. Here’s seven questions that might help you measure how your are doing in this extreme. See how many you say “yes” to. I’ll give you ...read more

  • The Narcotic Of Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
     | 2,439 views

    THE NARCOTIC OF WORK Most of us are familiar with the term workaholic. It was coined by Dr. Wayne Oates in 1968 in an article he wrote for a psychology journal. I had the pleasure of studying under Dr. Oates during part of my graduate-school years. He chose the word workaholic because of his ...read more

  • Again We Must Know What God Is Saying To Us About ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
     | 1,468 views

    Again we must know what God is saying to us about a particular situation, and we must not assume we know what He is going to say. Jesus allowed divorce for unfaithfulness (Matthew 19:9), but he does not demand it. If trust can be reestablished, 70% of marriages can survive one affair. There are ...read more

  • In The German Art Galleries There Hangs A ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2007
     | 3,372 views

    In the German art galleries there hangs a painting called "Cloud Lane." It hangs at the end of a long dark hall. On first glance it appears to be nothing more than a huge, ugly mass of confused color that is foreboding. However, the closer that one gets to the painting, there is portrayed on the ...read more