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  • Overcoming Evil  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,730 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

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

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 4,219 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

  • 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
     | 3,415 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
     | 4,547 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
     | 3,133 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

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

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,352 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
     | 2,393 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
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    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

  • Someone Took The Time To Do The Research For Us. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,206 views

    Someone took the time to do the research for us. If we live to 75… We will spend 3 years in school (24 hours a day) 7 years eating 14 years working 5 years driving/riding in airplane 5 years talking 1 year recovering from sickness 24 years sleeping 15 years amusing ourselves Now what if you spent ...read more

  • I Never Failed A Good Nap There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,624 views

    I never failed a good nap there I was reading last week how, Hugh Latimer, the famous sixteenth century English Reformer and Preacher [11] was surprised to see a neighbor heading out the door early one Sunday morning. “My Lady, whither goest thou?” The neighbor replied, “I am going to Saint Thomas ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,187 views

    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer's Definition Of A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    A.W. Tozer’s Definition of a Christian A Real Christian: • He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen, • Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see, • Expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, • Empties himself in order to be full, • Admits he is wrong so he can be ...read more

  • The Ability To Read And To Study God's Word For ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
     | 2,696 views

    The ability to read and to study God’s Word for yourself, gives you a great step up in your battle with temptations and trails. The Puritans thought reading was so important that in 1647 they passed the “Old Deluder Satan Act”, the first law in the United States requiring public education be ...read more

  • You Can't Judge The Spirituality Of A Christian ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 19, 2007
     | 1,640 views

    "You can’t judge the spirituality of a Christian on the basis of his prayers, since praying is often done for its effect on the listeners. Nor can you measure a person’s spiritual status by the loudness of his "AMENs" and "hallelujahs." The generosity of one’s giving is not an infallible test for ...read more

  • Glory Can Be Defined. In My Research I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 30, 2007
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    Glory can be defined. In my research I discovered that it means a desirable brightness that is very rare! a. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states this about Glory - FROM THE HEBREW WORD KĀBHŌDH. i. The fundamental idea of this root seems to be “weight,” “heaviness,” ...read more

  • George Matheson Was Born In Glasgow, Scotland, In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    George Matheson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1842. As a child he had only partial vision, and his sight became progressively worse, until it resulted in blindness by the time he was eighteen. Despite his handicap, he was a brilliant student and graduated from the University of Glasgow and ...read more

  • This 80 Year Old Woman Was Arrested For Shop ...

    Contributed by Shane Hargrave on Dec 20, 2007
     | 2,119 views

    This 80 year old woman was arrested for shop lifting. When she went before the judge in Florida he asked her, "What did you steal?" She replied, "A can of peaches." The judge then asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches And she replied that she was hungry. The judge then asked her how ...read more

  • A Blessing Is God's Expression Of Favor On You. ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 6, 2008
     | 4,329 views

    A blessing is God’s expression of favor on you. In the passage we look at this morning, God commanded his priests to give his people a blessing from him. When I started looking at this passage this week, one image came to mind. It’s sort of funny actually, but a scene from Rocky II came to mind. ...read more

  • Big John Coming To Town: New Man Made Bartender ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,937 views

    BIG JOHN COMING TO TOWN: New man made bartender and warned by owner, ‘If you hear Big John is coming drop everything and run for your life’. Months later a white faced cowhand ran in yelling, ‘Big John is coming to town’. Before the bartender could run into the saloon can a huge man riding a ...read more

  • Imagine This; You're On Your Way To Jerusalem To ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,915 views

    Imagine this; you’re on your way to Jerusalem to offer a Passover sacrifice. As you are walking down the road, an area peddler calls to get your attention. He has in his possession a lamb that is being made available to you for this one time low price. As you look over this possible purchase ...read more