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  • Humorous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,421 views

    Humorous Quotes Here are some final words of wisdom: Anybody who sleeps like a baby doesn’t have one. At my age, I’ve seen it all, heard it all, and done it all, but now, I just can’t seem to remember it all. He who laughs last ... thinks the slowest. The early bird gets the worm, but the ...read more

  • I Know You've Heard The Passage Time And Time ...

    Contributed by Kyle Blanton on May 14, 2007
     | 1,410 views

    I know you’ve heard the passage time and time again. 6 Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Psalm 22:6 My mother never missed a beat. There was a time when my dad resigned from the pastorate when we lived in Illinois that he took to the road ...read more

  • A Couple Of Years Ago, The Boston Red Sox Won ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,274 views

    A couple of years ago, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 87 years. It was funny listening to all the stories the next day on Sports Talk radio stations, as they had people from all around the country, telling of how long they, and their parents and grandparents had waited for that ...read more

  • Something Goes Wrong In Just About Every Wedding. ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 9, 2008
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     | 2,763 views

    Something goes wrong in just about every wedding. Most of the time it seems funny (…at least later on.) I’ve officiated at a lot of weddings, but there’s one I’ll never forget. It was not anyone associated with our church, but this couple wanted to use our old sanctuary, and I agreed to marry ...read more

  • Oh, Memory, How I Miss Thee

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 16, 2023
     | 783 views

    Dr. James L. Snyder Driving home from a luncheon with friends, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage asked me a stunning question. She is a specialist regarding questions I can’t answer. I am trying to evade her questions and have been very good up until now. “Did that story you told really ...read more

  • How Much Sleep Is Too Much?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 19, 2025
     | 188 views

    I have noticed recently that sleeping has become a very important part of my life. This just snuck up on me overnight. When I was young and living at home, I tried to come up with excuses and reasons for not going to bed at night. My parents had an early bedtime schedule that they enforced rather ...read more

  • Where Oh Where Is My Hair

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 25, 2025
     | 59 views

    It is true that I don't pay attention to many things in life. I guess I'm just too busy to notice everything. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage always asks me why I'm not paying attention. To keep engaged in that argument, I say, "I'm too poor to pay attention. Could I ...read more

  • Not The Only Light!  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
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    NOT THE ONLY LIGHT! On July 06, 2000, Hugh Downs the guest host on the Larry King Live Show lead a round table discussion on the questions, "Who is Jesus? And why is there such a fascination with that question now?" Among his guests was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Dean of Oxford L’chaim Society. During ...read more

  • To Introduce God To Our Specific Jobs, We Need To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 1,045 views

    To introduce God to our specific jobs, we need to think deeply about questions like these: • What does it mean to both be a Christian and hold this job? • How would I do my job differently if I were not a Christian? • What biblical principles most apply to my daily responsibilities? • How should ...read more

  • In The Novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
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    In the novel Moby Dick Captain Ahab is frightened by what he sees in himself. He asks the question that many of us have asked: “What is it, what nameless, inscrutable, unearthly thing is it; what cozening, hidden lord and master, and cruel, remorseless emperor commands me; that against all natural ...read more

  • Years Ago There Was A Book Written. It Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Years ago there was a book written. It was written by a pastor from Topeka, Kansas. His name was Charles Sheldon. The name of the book was, “In His Steps”. The sub-title of the book was, “What Would Jesus Do?” I have in my hand an 1899 edition of the that book. The premise of the book has not ...read more

  • It May Be True That There Are Two Sides To Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,186 views

    It may be true that there are two sides to every question, but it is also true that there are two sides to a sheet of flypaper, and it makes a big difference to the fly which side ...read more

  • Sin Had No Sooner Come Into The World Than God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Sin had no sooner come into the world than God came in Grace seeking the sinner, and so from the first question, Adam, where art thou? on ...read more

  • University Of Chicago Divinity School Each Years ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 173 ratings
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    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL each years has what is called ’BAPTIST DAY’. On this day each one is to bring a lunch to an outdoor picnic area and the school invites one of the popular lecturers to speak at the theological education center. One year DR. PAUL TILLICH came and spent 2 1/2 ...read more

  • Sitting Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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     | 6,636 views

    SITTING DOWN It’s said that when Henry Ward Beecher was a boy, he had a teacher at school who asked one of the boys in class a question which the boy answered. The teacher became angry and told the boy he was wrong and commanded him to: "Sit down!" The boy was obviously confused because he’d ...read more

  • Jesus's Presence In The Ordinary

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 22, 2008
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    JESUS'S PRESENCE IN THE ORDINARY Dr. Dale E. Turner writing for Health Action News in July 1993 tells an interesting story of John W. Gardner, founding Chairman of Common Cause. Turner quotes Gardner as saying that it is “a rare and high privilege to help people understand the difference they can ...read more

  • The Simple Story

    Contributed by Christopher Kennedy on Jan 22, 2009
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     | 2,549 views

    THE SIMPLE STORY Last week, I met in the worship center with the four-year-olds from the school and we talked about what pastors do. After I was done showing them my robe and stoles and my private Communion kit and talking about the different places a pastor stands in church to talk about Jesus, I ...read more

  • Why Did Jesus Have To Die For Us?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE FOR US? Perhaps this story can illustrate this for us: There was an engineer who operated a drawbridge across a mighty river. With a control panel of levers and switches, he set into motion a monstrous set of gears that either lifted the bridge for river traffic or ...read more

  • People Will Ask You

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,468 views

    PEOPLE WILL ASK YOU If you commit yourself to taking advantage of opportunities that come your way, you will find that sharing your faith is going to happen naturally. For one thing, People WILL ask you about your connection to God. We had two examples of this just in the last few weeks from ...read more

  • Introduction: Did You Hear The One About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,324 views

    Introduction: Did you hear the one about the chauffer whose job it had been to drive a famous scientist to a series of presentations about a new discovery. After several days, the two began to become pretty good friends. This despite the fact that the scientist taught bio-chemistry at a major ...read more