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  • The Super Bowl Is Known As Much For Its ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 24, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,014 views

    The Super Bowl is known as much for its commercials as it is for football, and Super Bowl XXXIX was no different. Ameriquest Mortgage Company sponsored two ads. One had a man coming home with a bag of groceries and a bouquet of flowers. He begins dinner by starting a pot of spaghetti sauce. As ...read more

  • A Missionary On Furlough Told This True Story ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 27, 2005
     | 3,815 views

    A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan..... "While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight ...read more

  • God Just Needs A Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,528 views

    GOD JUST NEEDS A VOICE John Stott, a well-known British pastor and theologian, was invited to preach at the University of Sydney in Australia; but after he got there, he lost his voice. He describes his experience as follows: "What can you do with a missionary who has no voice? We had come to ...read more

  • Homeless Man Comes Home To His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 6,085 views

    Homeless Man Comes Home to His Mother In 1988 there was a story in the LA Times entitled “A Mother’s Search for Russell Love.” It told of a woman in Houston named Beverly Elliott. She had not seen her son, Russell Love, for four years and had not heard from him in two years; but she knew he was ...read more

  • The More Precious Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
     | 5,414 views

    THE MORE PRECIOUS GIFT It is not easy always for people to understand the significance of a gift, or the sacrifices that went behind it. Two students shared a room in college. After returning from the Christmas' winter break, Andrew asked his roommate what presents he has received for ...read more

  • Napoleon On Christ

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 18, 2011
     | 3,872 views

    NAPOLEON ON CHRIST Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor Napoleon I of France (1769-1821), was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. He conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. What did Napoleon say about Jesus? "I know men and I tell you that ...read more

  • If ...

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,764 views

    IF ONLY There was a great Scotch writer and historian in the nineteenth century named Thomas Carlyle. He married a woman, who’d worked as his secretary named Jane Welsh. But Carlyle was dedicated to his writing so he didn’t spend much time with her. He just mostly wrote. At one point she became ...read more

  • Bill Hybels, Pastor Of Willow Creek Community ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,315 views

    Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area, was attending a luncheon in a Southern state. Sitting across from him was an African-American built like a football player. When he introduced himself and the African American told him his name and it was distinctly Muslim. ...read more

  • A Missionary On Furlough Told This True Story ...

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 21, 2007
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    A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting his home church in Michigan... "While serving at a small field hospital in Africa, every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and required camping overnight at ...read more

  • When Things In Your Life Seem Almost Too Much To ...

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
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    When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the wine...:A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and ...read more

  • Jill Rigby Notes From Her Book "Raising ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
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    Jill Rigby notes from Her book "Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World" that the following areas need to be shielded and monitored in our homes: Magazines, Books, Music, TV, Movies, and certain others. 1. We as parents must bear the burden to shield the eyes and the ears of our ...read more

  • Sam Haughey (Commercial Salmon Fisherman From ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 2, 2008
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    Sam Haughey (commercial Salmon fisherman from Alaska)told me a story recently, as I gave him a ride back from Methodist Hospital, how when he wakes up in the middle of the night in Alaska, he looks out the window, and he counts his boats. One night, several years ago, he looked out and one was ...read more

  • Is God Waiting For You?  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,113 views

    Is God Waiting for You? Koinonia is the Greek phrase which describes this spiritual intimacy that is born through having the true knowledge of who God is in a personal way. I must confess, I am the one who made the choice not to experience Koinonia for all those years in my spiritual way with the ...read more

  • Genghis Khan's Hawk

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,870 views

    Genghis Khan's Hawk Sometimes when The Lord spoils our personal plans, we think He's treating us as an enemy, when in truth, He's acting as our best friend. The legend says that Genghis Khan, the Mongol king of the 13th century, was out hunting one hot summer day with his favorite hawk perched on ...read more

  • Psychology Today

    Contributed by Ryan Peters on Mar 10, 2009
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    Psychology Today The Dangers of Loneliness (Aug 2003) Friendship is a lot like food. We need it to survive. What is more, we seem to have a basic drive for it. Psychologists find that human beings have fundamental need for inclusion in group life and for close relationships. We are truly social ...read more

  • What Mothers Cannot Do

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 19, 2022
     | 517 views

    I gave you life, but I cannot live it for you. I can teach you things but I cannot make you learn. I can give you directions but I cannot always be there to lead you. I can allow you freedom but I cannot account for it. I can take you to church but I cannot make you believe. I can teach ...read more

  • What Emperor Napoleon Said About Jesus

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
     | 157 views

    Emperor Napoleon I of France (1769-1821), was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. He conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. What did Napoleon say about Jesus? "I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. ...read more

  • Chuck Had Been Perhaps The Most Hard-Working ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,549 views

    Chuck had been perhaps the most hard-working salesman in his company’s history – at least in recent memory. He usually spent sixty-five to seventy-five hours a week at the office when he wasn’t traveling. And when he was on the road, his weekly work hours could run as high as ninety. Of course, ...read more

  • In December 1925, Guests At The Swankiest Hotel ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 27, 2004
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    In December 1925, guests at the swankiest hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, watched with interest as a mysterious man arrived in a Rolls-Royce driven by a chauffeur. Over the next days they studied this handsome man, who walked with an elegant cane, received telegrams at all hours, and only engaged ...read more

  • Obituaries  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,383 views

    OBITUARIES Jeruselem 33 AD Calvary Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were extreme exhaustion, severe torture, ...read more