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  • What's The Use  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 20, 2002
    based on 146 ratings
     | 8,070 views

    WHAT'S THE USE There was an old man that lived in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. The old man had a big family. One day one of the old man’s grandsons approached him with a problem. The Grandson said, "Pap, I read the Bible and I don’t understand it, and what I understand I forget as soon as I ...read more

  • Growing Up, I Was A Huge Fan Of The University Of ...

    Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,331 views

    Growing up, I was a huge fan of the University of Kentucky basketball. I still follow them closely, but nothing like when I was younger. I idolized their players, I knew all their stats, I watched their games on TV like it was a life or death struggle. My favorite player when I was in third grade ...read more

  • There Is Rarely A Week That Goes By When I Don't ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,958 views

    There is rarely a week that goes by when I don’t make a hospital visit. Because I visit the hospital so frequently, I will admit that after a few weeks have passed most hospital visits sort of fade from my memory. However, I want to finish up this morning by telling you about a hospital visit I ...read more

  • Story That Occurred During Ww I And The British ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,298 views

    Story that occurred During WW I and the British liberation of Palestine. British were coming up from Beersheeba chasing the Turkish soilders out of the land. In the pursit, the British army outdistanced the camel train that was carrying their water. Soon their water bottles were empty and slowly ...read more

  • Hunting Monkeys

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2007
     | 2,054 views

    Hunting Monkeys Natives in Africa place shiny objects in empty termite hills in full view of a tribe of monkeys, then move a little distance away and hide in the bush. It isn’t very long before a monkey will venture over to investigate. He will slip his hand into the narrow slit in the side of the ...read more

  • I Have Shared A Few Other Memories Of My Trip To ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Boone on Nov 29, 2007
     | 1,174 views

    I have shared a few other memories of my trip to Israel. We were in Israel for two weeks, which included two weekends. During that time we experienced two days of “Shabbat” which of course is the Sabbath. For Jews, the new day actually begins with sunset. So, the Shabbat began about 6:00 on Friday ...read more

  • The Mystery Of The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
     | 2,943 views

    The Mystery of the Mop Everyone at the State University knew that Donner Hall had the best parties. All-night dancing and beer guzzling attracted the largest weekend crowds by far – especially on the notorious second floor. By midnight every Friday and Saturday, the entire second floor was three ...read more

  • The Insurance Claim Letter

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,382 views

    THE INSURANCE CLAIM LETTER Dear Sirs, I was recently moving 500 pounds of bricks from the top of a five-story building. It would take too long to carry them down, so I put them in a bucket and lowered them by a pulley which I fastened to the top of the building. After tying the rope securely at ...read more

  • Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled At Nursing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 3,515 views

    Proud Former Famous Athlete Humbled at Nursing Home We have a choice of either humbling ourselves or being humiliated. There was an elderly man who was once a famous, award-winning athlete in track and field. He had a room full of plaques and statues and framed certificates. Years after retiring ...read more

  • Refining Sap To Maple Syrup  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,523 views

    REFINING SAP TO MAPLE SYRUP Dr. David Osborn at Denver Seminary says, "Too often we try to use God to change our circumstances, while He is using our circumstances to change us." (Compass, April 2003) You see, God is right now in the process of making us like Christ. Think of the process of ...read more

  • Having Compassion

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 12, 2011
     | 6,230 views

    HAVING COMPASSION Let’s suppose for a moment that it was Friday night and you wanted to go to a movie. You’re running late for the movie because you got home late, and then once you put down the keys, you forgot where you placed them. It was frustrating but you did find them. You finally jump ...read more

  • The Heritage Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,890 views

    THE HERITAGE TREE The Heritage Tree, Cape Perpetua, Central Oregon coast. This giant spruce is called The Heritage Tree because it stands almost 200 feet tall and because it started to grow as a seedling about the same time Martin Luther was pounding his theses on the church door at Wittenberg. ...read more

  • God Can Put Me Together Again - Humpty Dumpty Story - Humor

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 3, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 244 views

    Remember Humpty Dumpty? Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses ... and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. Did you have a Humpty Dumpty when you were a ...read more

  • Trampling Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,398 views

    TRAMPLING DEATH The early Christians understood that death had been conquered by the resurrection of Christ; this theme recurs repeatedly in their writings. Again and again one is struck with the note of victory in the attitude of the martyrs as they faced death. St. Athanasius wrote of this ...read more

  • For You, Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,904 views

    FOR YOU, MOTHER This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf full of Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here." This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains ...read more

  • A Mouse Looked Through The Crack In The Wall To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,709 views

    A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house! There ...read more

  • A Mouse Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,611 views

    A Mouse Story. A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in ...read more

  • 'twas The Sunday Before Easter  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Carl on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,474 views

    “’Twas the Sunday before Easter” ‘Twas The Sunday Before Easter, And all through Israel’s House There was planning and scheming by Herod the louse, While palm leaves were waving o’er Christ’s lovely head Just five days later, he’d be rejected and dead. The children were running and leaping for ...read more

  • Locked In Cages

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,807 views

    Many people fear the prospect of dying. · Some fear the pain associated with dying. Although because of modern medicine most deaths are not that painful. · Some fear the separation from loved ones that dying brings. · Some fear the unknown. They don’t know what awaits them beyond the ...read more

  • Fatal Oversight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,802 views

    FATAL OVERSIGHT On September 1, 1923, the island of Japan was ravaged by the most devastating earthquake in recorded history up until that time. The tragic Canto earthquake began at 11:58 A.M. and continued for more than three and a half hours, creating a casualty list that would stagger the ...read more