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  • A Limerick Conveys A Message Very Pertinent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
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     | 6,539 views

    A limerick conveys a message very pertinent to all of us in the Lord’s Body. There once were two cats of Killkenny. Each thought there was one cat too many. They fought and they spit, they clawed and they bit, till instead of two cats there weren’t any! How many times have we seen the saga of ...read more

  • The Only Kind Of Jesus We Have Ever Seen With Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 23, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,998 views

    The only kind of Jesus we have ever seen with our own eyes is a man playing the role. A few of our men have portrayed the suffering Jesus in our Easter presentation. They did a wonderful job, but they were only playing the part; the blood was stage makeup, and the nails were not really piercing ...read more

  • My Best

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 18, 2006
     | 1,642 views

    “My Best” There is an urge within my breast, To give the Lord my very best, In thought, in action, word and deed, This has become my whole life’s creed. I want to fit into His plan Be of help to my fellow-man. Plan the things that I should do Before my work on earth is through. It may be out in ...read more

  • Poem: Don't Quit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,776 views

    When things go wrong as they sometimes will; When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill; When the funds are low, and the debts are high; And you want to smile, but have to sigh; When care is pressing you down a bit- Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Success is failure turned inside ...read more

  • In 1918 World War I Was Still Raging In The Area ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
     | 1,661 views

    In 1918 World War I was still raging in the area of the Belleau Wood. The Germans felt that the area could not be taken from them and the US Marine Corps was ordered to take the area. The area was surrounded by an open wheat field and thus the marines were forced to march through open areas under ...read more

  • On December 24th, 1914, During The First Year Of ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 24, 2007
     | 1,211 views

    On December 24th, 1914, during the first year of World War I, British and German troops were entrenched against each other in bitter fighting and cold. The gun play died down that night. Soon, a British sentry reported to his superior officer that the Germans were doing something odd – each soldier ...read more

  • Yours, Mine And Ours: Crock-Pot Stepfamilies

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 2,330 views

    YOURS, MINE AND OURS: CROCK-POT STEPFAMILIES Video Clip - Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 version) = 3:23 Clip shows husband and wife announcing they were married without telling the children beforehand and shows the children fighting and Dad reacting badly. But the hammer is no answer and no better a ...read more

  • Is This The Right Road ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 12, 2010
     | 2,550 views

    “Is This the Right Road Home? Is this the right road home, O Lord? The clouds are dark and still, The stony path is hard to tread, Each step brings some fresh ill. I thought the way would brighter grow, And that the sun with warmth would glow, And joyous songs from free hearts flow. Is this the ...read more

  • House Fire And Marshmallows

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2012
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    HOUSE FIRE AND MARSHMALLOWS As the coals from our barbecue burned down, our hosts passed out marshmallows and long roasting forks. Just then, two fire trucks roared by, sirens blaring, lights flashing. They stopped at a house right down the block. All twelve of us raced out of the back yard, down ...read more

  • The Church Is A Battleship, Not A Cruise Ship!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023
     | 2,904 views

    Adrian Rogers said "We are in a spiritual war! And the Church is not a cruise ship with the Senior Pastor as the Master of Ceremonies! Indeed, the Church is not a showboat…...it is a battleship. We, in the Body of Christ, are called to see Satan's strongholds crumble under the ...read more

  • You Have Established A New Relationship With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
    based on 82 ratings
     | 2,958 views

    "You have established a new relationship with the powers of darkness. Whatever you were before you were a Christian- straight, horoscope reader, witch, warlock, or satanist- you are now a sworn foe of the legions of hell. Have no delusions about their reality or their hostility, but do not fear ...read more

  • One Husband Arrived Home Very Early In The ...

    Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
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    One husband arrived home very early in the morning, after being out all night, drinking and brawling. He sneaked up the stairs quietly, doing his best not to awaken his wife. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in one of his fights that night. He then ...read more

  • There Is A Hand Painted Picture. It Is Of An Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,327 views

    There is a hand painted picture. It is of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney and the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possessions. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes, blacken and ...read more

  • A Marvelous Song By Thomas Arne, Set To The Music ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 30, 2003
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     | 1,711 views

    A marvelous song by Thomas Arne, set to the music of Isaac Watts, teaches us to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (2 Tim. 2:3) "Am I a soldier of the cross, a follower of the Lamb. And shall I fear to own His cause or blush to speak His name? Must I be carried to the skies on ...read more

  • On One Occasion Norman "Kid" Mccoy, Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,149 views

    On one occasion Norman “Kid” McCoy, who was welterweight boxing champion in 1896, was fighting a contender who had the misfortune of being deaf. Once McCoy discovered his opponent’s disability, he wasted no time in taking advantage of it. Near the end of the third round McCoy stepped back a pace ...read more

  • Stop Paying The Bully  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,212 views

    STOP PAYING THE BULLY In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to ...read more

  • Leonidas, King Of Sparta, Was Preparing To Make A ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
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    Leonidas, King of Sparta, was preparing to make a stand with his Greek troops against the Persian army in 480 B.C. when a Persian envoy arrived. The man urged on Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the huge Persian army. "Our archers are so numerous," said the envoy, "that the ...read more

  • Let Me Give You Another Example Of How God Is On ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,678 views

    Let me give you another example of how God is on the move. Haiti is a state that made a pact with the devil three hundred years. It is renown as a centre of witchcraft, voodoo and satanic worship. In 1991 Christians went to the most traditional satanic voodoo field in Haiti and were "violent in ...read more

  • Life Expectancies

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,462 views

    LIFE EXPECTANCIES The highest present-day life expectancy belongs to the women in Norway (77 years) and the men in Sweden (72 years). In most European countries and the Americas, men and women can expect to live to be over 60. On the other hand, most African countries report life expectancy of ...read more

  • John Piper: Your Heart Has To Get Bigger  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,469 views

    JOHN PIPER: YOUR HEART HAS TO GET BIGGER "Little hearts give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power because they look little! When you SEE the magnitude of your treasure, your soul swells to get around it and you MOCK pornography as a POWERLESS thrill! That’s the way it ...read more