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  • Deeply Rooted  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 22 ratings
     | 8,010 views

    DEEPLY ROOTED Parnell Bailey visited an orange grove where an irrigation pump had broken down. The season was unusually dry and some of the trees were beginning to die for lack of water. The man giving the tour then took Bailey to his own orchard where irrigation was used sparingly. "These trees ...read more

  • Becoming All Things To All People Entails A ...

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 29, 2002
     | 2,166 views

    "Becoming all things to all people entails a giving of oneself which falls just short of compromising our Christian faith. We need to ask ourselves what is nessecary and what is sacrificable. Imagine walking into the home of a Chinese family. If you step to the door and they ask you to remove ...read more

  • The Difference Between Desire And Desperation = ...

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
     | 4,252 views

    The difference between desire and desperation = my aunt and uncle would like to come to Australia from Ireland – if they could find the time and money – but at present they are flat out and money is going into other things. That’s desire – they would like to come to Australia If we want a picture ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,704 views

    OVERCOMING EVIL Overcoming locked gates, tall fences and snapping dogs presents a challenge for us meter readers in rural Oklahoma, where we are required to read all meters: no estimates are allowed. One time a co-worker succeeded in getting past a particularly vicious watchdog tied to a chain ...read more

  • The Air Craft Carrier  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,089 views

    Illus The Air Craft Carrier When a plain takes off from an aircraft carrier several things happen. 1) Point Aircraft Carrier into the Wind 2) Catapult the Plane down the deck 3) Planes are designed to respond to the laws 4) Pilot has ultimate control The laws are designed to take affect if all the ...read more

  • It's Likely That If Jesus Were Still Living Among ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 4,209 views

    It’s likely that if Jesus were still living among us today, He would be considered a criminal. Everyone would be mad at Him… · The FDA for turning water into wine without a license · The EPA for killing fig trees · The American Medical Association for practicing medicine without a license · The ...read more

  • That Thursday Evening, Just As Isabel Was ...

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,347 views

    That Thursday evening, just as Isabel was reaching the peak of her fury, we were watching TV news of the storm. A reporter, standing on the beach at Nags Head, rain hat blowing all over the place, was telling us how the high waves were producing a storm surge. Reporters are obliged to speak from ...read more

  • The Children Of A Well-To-Do Family Decided To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,385 views

    The children of a well-to-do family decided to give their father as a birthday present a book containing their family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to write the book, carefully cautioning him about the family’s “black sheep”—their Uncle George had been executed in the ...read more

  • Four-Eyed Living

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 17, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,446 views

    Four-Eyed Living There is a minnow-like fish called Four Eyes, which makes home in Central and South America. What's unusual about him is his large, bulging eyes. They are so situated on his head that he can spend his time cruising along the water with only the upper half of each eye above the ...read more

  • A Man Wrote: "Dear Abby, I Am In Love And I Am ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,405 views

    A man wrote: "Dear Abby, I am in love and I am having an affair with two different women other than my wife. I love my wife but I love these other women too. Please tell me what to do, but don’t give me any that morality stuff." Signed: Too much love for only one.” In this case Abby’s answer was ...read more

  • D. L. Moody Has Expressed It So Well: ". . .joy ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,528 views

    D. L. Moody has expressed it so well: “. . .Joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can’t see ...read more

  • Stop Paying The Bully  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,122 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

  • Time Check  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 21, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,274 views

    Sometimes finding the right path depends greatly on friends that you have in high places. An airline pilot flying over the southeastern U.S. called the local tower and said, “We are passing over at 35,000--give us a time check.” The tower said, “What airline are you?” “What difference does it ...read more

  • A Real Christian Is An Odd Number Anyway. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 2,848 views

    A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong to he can be declared right, ...read more

  • A Severe Rash Prompted A Man From A Rural Area To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,339 views

    A severe rash prompted a man from a rural area to come to town to be examined by one of my colleagues. After the usual history-taking followed by a series of tests the physician advised the patient that he would have to get rid of the dog that was evidently causing the allergic reaction. As the man ...read more

  • The Boundaries Of Moral Propriety Have Expanded ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,386 views

    The Boundaries Of Moral Propriety have expanded in the last year, as more Americans today than a year ago say the death penalty, embryonic stem cell research, and having a baby out of wedlock are morally acceptable. At the same time, Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs Survey shows Americans are ...read more

  • Multi-Site Churches There Are Now At Least 1,500 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,490 views

    Multi-Site Churches There are now at least 1,500 multi-site churches in the U.S. finds a new Leadership Network survey. 51% say their reason for going multi-site was evangelistic outreach, and 21% did it to get closer to their target audience. The remaining 19% view it as a solution to overcrowding ...read more

  • What Is An Altar? A Place Where You "Arrange ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,974 views

    What is an altar? A place where you “arrange hard things before the Lord.” Build one today. Turn over those hard things to God. As you do, you’ll realize that God is interested in your personal comfort as you surrender to him. How do you know that? What from the text gives that kind of impression? ...read more

  • Will The Da Vinci Code Drive Millions Away From ...

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 28, 2006
     | 2,584 views

    “Will The Da Vinci Code drive millions away from the historic Christian faith?” asks Phil Cooke, a media expert. “Doubtful,” he says. “The Barna Research Group reported that less than one-tenth of 1% of the people who watched ‘The Passion of the Christ’ actually accepted Christ as a result of ...read more

  • I've Become Convinced That The Problem With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,174 views

    “I’ve become convinced that the problem with believing the Bible is not based on what we don’t understand about the Bible – but it’s based on what we do understand about the Bible. “What we do understand challenges everything about us. Jesus calls us to follow him, and that means we have to give ...read more