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  • The Three Retirees, Each With A Hearing Loss ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,728 views

    The three retirees, each with a hearing loss were taking a walk one fine April day. One remarked to the other, "Windy, ain’t it?" "No," the second man replied, "It’s Thursday." And the third man chimed in, "So am I. Let’s have a coke.” I believe there are times that we tend to think that God ...read more

  • Half-Hearted Happiness

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
     | 1,171 views

    Half-Hearted Happiness To love God wholeheartedly, we must be convinced that our only happiness is in Him alone. We cannot believe this until we renounce all other efforts at happiness. If we look to God to supply half our happiness, we can only love him with half our hearts. (William Law in ...read more

  • Years Ago There Was A Mercedes Benz Television ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 20, 2008
     | 1,382 views

    Years ago there was a Mercedes Benz television commercial that showed their car colliding with a cement wall during a safety test. Someone then asked the company spokesman why they didn’t enforce their patent on the Mercedes Benz energy-absorbing car body, a design that was evidently copied by ...read more

  • One Full Hour

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
     | 1,496 views

    ONE FULL HOUR Mark McCormack, author of What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School, says that he spends a full hour each day deciding how to invest the other twenty-three hours. If we will take time out of each day to bring our worries to God, and seek his guidance for every ...read more

  • God You Are Our Commander And In This War We Know ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
     | 1,479 views

    God you are our Commander and in this war we know You are engaged in setting prisoners free, liberating captives, Lead us on O Lord of Hosts, train us for warfare Lord of the Armies of heaven so that we may be at Your side in this battle and all others. Cause us to shout the victory and take back ...read more

  • But Such An Attitude Is Both Humble And Rare, ...

    Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
     | 1,966 views

    But such an attitude is both humble and rare, contrast it with the attitude displayed in a quote by the American writer Gore Vidal, “Every time a friends succeeds a little piece of me dies”. He felt so diminished, so jealous, if some-one other than himself did well that he couldn’t find it in ...read more

  • Matthew Sprained His Ankle Playing Football. The ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 21, 2008
     | 1,683 views

    Matthew sprained his ankle playing football. The doctor told him to get off his crutches as soon as possible, because the injury would develop scar tissue if he did not walk on it. If an injury develops scar tissue, later on it can be worse and more painful and you lose mobility. Some people ...read more

  • Wikipedia Adds This ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2008
     | 1,305 views

    Wikipedia adds this insight: "Humility, or being humble, is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person, someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others. The opposite of humility is pride. The term "humility" is derived from the Latin word ...read more

  • In His March 2008 Newsletter, Dr. James Dobson ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,341 views

    In his March 2008 newsletter, Dr. James Dobson writes, "The 21st century family is being undermined by the forces operating around it. Alcoholism, pornography, gambling, infidelity, and other infectious diseases have seeped into the bloodstream. Clearly, there is trouble on the home front. And as ...read more

  • P ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 654 views

    PRISONERS The U.S. has less than 5% of the world’s population, yet nearly 25% of its prisoners. It has 751 people in prison or jail for every 100,000 people. The only other major industrialized nation that even comes close is Russia, with 627 prisoners for every ...read more

  • What’s Pete Got To Do With Anything?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 20, 2021
     | 1,607 views

    If there's anybody that can be conned, it's Yours Truly. It's not so much that I'm stupid; I'm just naïve. I believe when somebody says something, they mean exactly what they say. So, if you can't swindle me, you might as well hang it up and get a real job. I must ...read more

  • Misapplied Scriptures, Psalm 137:9

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 3, 2023
     | 598 views

    Introduction: Yahoo! ™ used to have a section or forum where people could ask and answer questions about any of many topics. One of my favorites was the “religion and spirituality” section. Some people were genuinely interested in spiritual matters. It goes without saying there were a number of ...read more

  • Yogi Berra ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 1,473 views

    YOGI BERRA QUOTES Yogi was a catcher for the New York Yankees. • I really didn’t say everything I said. • You should always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise they won’t come to yours. • Never answer an anonymous letter. • If you come to a fork in the road, take it. • It ...read more

  • Salvation Is Not A Matter Of Improvement Or ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
     | 3,614 views

    “Salvation is not a matter of improvement or perfection of what has previously existed. It is total transformation. The New Testament speaks of believers having a new mind, a new will, a new heart, a new inheritance, a new relationship, new power, new knowledge, new wisdom, new perception, new ...read more

  • Why Have I Come To Australia? Well, If Dr Salk ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 23, 2009
     | 1,229 views

    “Why have I come to Australia? Well, if Dr Salk had kept quiet about the vaccine he had discovered to help polio sufferers, what a tragedy that would have been! And when I have found Jesus to be the answer to the problems we have, both personal and national, I must share it with others.” Sir Lionel ...read more

  • Luther On Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,411 views

    LUTHER ON FEAR Martin Luther made this interesting observation in his Table Talk: "God and the devil take opposite tactics in regard to fear. The Lord first allows us to become afraid, that he might relieve our fears and comfort us. The devil, on the other hand, first makes us feel secure in our ...read more

  • Theodore Roosevelt's Thoughts On Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 2,484 views

    Theodore Roosevelt’s Thoughts on Family Theodore Roosevelt said in 1917, "No other success in life--not being president, or being wealthy, or going to college, or writing a book, or anything else--comes up to the success of the man or woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that ...read more

  • 60 For 60

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
     | 1,788 views

    60 FOR 60 I have a suggestion: Try 60 for 60. Say that with me, "60 for 60." For sixty days, set your watch or whatever device to softly chime at the top of the hour, and let that be a reminder to say a quick prayer. It might even give you the chance to tell others what you are doing. Every sixty ...read more

  • Howard Hendricks Once Shared How He Challenged A ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 1,701 views

    Howard Hendricks once shared how he challenged a class of seminary students to each write down the names of 2-3 people whom, in their judgment, would never come to faith in Christ. Then they covenanted together to pray every day for those individuals. At the end of the semester 36 of those people ...read more

  • Back In 1830 George Wilson Was Convicted Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 6, 2010
     | 1,575 views

    Back in 1830 George Wilson was convicted of robbing the U.S. Mail and was sentenced to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon for Wilson, but he refused to accept it. The matter went to Chief Justice Marshall, who concluded that Wilson would have to be executed. "A pardon is a slip ...read more

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