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  • A Secret And Deadly Power Lies Hidden Beneath The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 2,288 views

    A secret and deadly power lies hidden beneath the ground of Belgium’s Flanders Field, one of the bloodiest battlefields of World War I. Unexploded artillery shells are surfacing there more than 80 years after they were fired. Still unexploded, many are capable of killing. Some 3,000 shells are ...read more

  • Moms Staying Home Of The 41.8 Million Kids Under ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,136 views

    Moms Staying Home Of the 41.8 million kids under 15 who lived with two parents last year, more than 25% had stay-at-home moms according to a recent Census Bureau report. This is up from 23%, or 9.4 million kids in ’94. Full-time stay-at-home dads took care of 189,000 kids in ’02, up 18%. Experts ...read more

  • Have You Ever Wondered What A Mom Should Be Paid ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,948 views

    Have you ever wondered what a mom should be paid for her work as a mom? a. Salary.com has now valuated the "mom job" of both the Working and Stay at Home Mom! We consulted Stay at Home and Working Moms to determine the top 10 jobs that make up a mom’s job description. If paid, Stay at Home Moms ...read more

  • In A "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip, Good Old Charlie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Oct 9, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,115 views

    In a "Peanuts" cartoon strip, good old Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really prepared." Linus asks, "What did you want . . . a chance to warm up ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,093 views

    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • In The Late L800s There Were Just Two Deacons In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
     | 2,849 views

    “In the late l800s there were just two deacons in a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. One Sunday, one of the deacons put up a small wooden peg in the back wall so the minister could hang up his hat. When the other deacon discovered the peg, he was outraged that he had not been ...read more

  • A Preacher Remembered When His Daughter Was Two ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
     | 1,333 views

    A preacher remembered when his daughter was two years old and he was watching her at the house. His wife was shopping and he was watching a basketball game, while he was supposed to be watching the little one. You know how that goes, as he was watching the game, all of a sudden he looked up and ...read more

  • Maybe You Remember Hearing A Few Years Ago About ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
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    Maybe you remember hearing a few years ago about the “The Three Tenors.” Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras, three of the world’s most renowned voices. They performed together at a concert in L.A. In a press conference, one reporter tried to stir up a little competition between ...read more

  • Anyone Else?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2010
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    ANYONE ELSE? A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued: "Is anyone up there?" "I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?" "Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can't hang on much longer." "That's all right, if you ...read more

  • The Hero And The Saint

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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    THE HERO AND THE SAINT The late great German-born American Jewish rationalist intellectual, popular lecturer and writer, religious leader, and social reformer, Felix Adler (1851 - 1933), starts things off well when he said, "The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up ...read more

  • Too Fast

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Nov 1, 2010
     | 4,388 views

    TOO FAST There was football team who never won a game, so one day before practice the coach decided to have a talk with them. He told them, "Men, our offense is bad, our defense is horrible, and our special teams are the worst I have ever seen, so today we are going back to the basics and start ...read more

  • I Can't Tell A Lie

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011
     | 2,164 views

    I CAN'T TELL A LIE A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy, and both these children had been very, very naughty. As the time drew near for their mother to pick them up, the little girl asked, "Are you going to tell Mummy how we ...read more

  • Most Of Us Don't Mind Jesus Making Some Minor ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 18, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,944 views

    Most of us don’t mind Jesus making some minor change in our lives but Jesus wants to turn our lives upside down. Fans don’t mind him doing a little touch up work, but Jesus wants complete renovation. Fans come to Jesus thinking tune up, but Jesus is thinking overhaul. Fans think a little makeup ...read more

  • Computers

    Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Feb 21, 2020
     | 2,088 views

    Three ways our choice to follow God is like a computer (phone/electric device) 1. We need to stay plugged in to keep our batteries charged. (prayer, scripture, worship all charge our batteries) 2. We need to keep our Virus Protection up-to-date. (Sin is as prevalent as viruses on the internet. ...read more

  • Love And Forgiveness

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 2,399 views

    Rabbi David A. Nelson likes to tell the story of two brothers who went to their rabbi to settle a longstanding feud. The rabbi got the two to reconcile their differences and shake hands. As they were about to leave, he asked each one to make a wish for the other in honor of the Jewish New Year. The ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Stories I'd Like To Share With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,818 views

    One of my favorite stories I’d like to share with you. It is called the story of JOHNNY LINGO’S EIGHT COW WIFE. The writer of this story, Patricia McGerr, says... When I sailed to Kiniwata, an island in the Pacific, I took along a notebook. After I got back it was filled with descriptions of ...read more

  • Call Home Often  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,703 views

    CALL HOME OFTEN Max Lucado in his book "In the Eye of a Storm" talks about traveling from one speaking engagement to another. He had traveled from San Antonio to Boston and had spoken at a gathering in Boston. Then he was flying on to Edmonton, Canada to fulfill a speaking engagement there. When ...read more

  • A Winning Streak Of One!" 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 1, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,253 views

    “A Winning Streak of One!” 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Key verse(s) 16“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” It’s important to make sure that every day of our lives we practice gladness and condition ourselves to finding ...read more

  • Too Easily Pleased! (07.06.05--Joy Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 5, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,347 views

    Too Easily Pleased! (07.06.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 9:7-10) I was happy with things the way they were. Why should I go to any great length to make them any better when, as it were, I was contented with how my car looked and drove? This was my response about a year ago when my wife ...read more

  • Carrots, Eggs Or Coffee  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on May 9, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,882 views

    CARROTS, EGGS OR COFFEE A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as though just as one problem was solved, a new one ...read more