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  • Buddy Is What History Has Called A "Yellow Dog ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008
     | 1,801 views

    Buddy is what history has called a “Yellow Dog Democrat.” He would never disagree with that statement. He never has had anything good to say about any Republican that has ever held office. In fact the word “Republican” is almost always uttered with an expletive of one form or another. If a ...read more

  • All Things New

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2009
     | 5,802 views

    ALL THINGS NEW Years ago, I had the classic New Jersey car accident: I was hit from behind as I stopped for someone in a crosswalk. The guy actually got out of his car threw up his hands and exclaimed, "What the blank are you stopping for?" I got out of my car and motioned to the crosswalk, "I ...read more

  • Years Ago, Leslie Flynn Penned A Book Called, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 6,842 views

    Years ago, Leslie Flynn penned a book called, Great Church Fights. In it he chronicled the way people in different churches would go after each other – all in the name of Jesus Christ. A young father heard a commotion out in his backyard, he looked outside and saw his daughter and several ...read more

  • Listen To What Shakespeare Has Macbeth Saying: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 6, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,842 views

    Listen to what Shakespeare has Macbeth saying: “Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, Out, brief candle Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player ...read more

  • We Heard The Story Of A Man Who Asked For A ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 2,407 views

    We heard the story of a man who asked for a Gideon Bible …He said the paper is very fine and perfect for rolling his cigarettes. The Gideon gave him the Bible on the condition that he before using the pages that he read them front and back. The man proceeded to smoke his way through Matthew, ...read more

  • I Spent Many Years As A Teacher In Further ...

    Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Feb 2, 2007
     | 1,338 views

    I spent many years as a teacher in Further Education. My subject was business studies and one of the topics that I taught was marketing. It is said that to market any product or service successfully you have to pay attention to the 4 ps. These stand for Product, Price, Place and Promotion. In ...read more

  • In Sequoia National Park In California, There Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,714 views

    In Sequoia National Park in California, There is a big tree that stands 275 feet high and is 36 feet in diameter. It is called the General Sherman. It is known as the biggest tree in the world. Today I want to talk to you about a tree that reaches from earth all the way to heaven and reaches all ...read more

  • One Man Said, "In My House, I Make All The Major ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,984 views

    One man said, “In my house, I make all the major decisions and my wife makes all the minor decisions. For example, I decide such things as East-West trade, crime in the streets, welfare cheating and increase in taxes. My wife decides the minor things such as which house to buy, what kind of car we ...read more

  • A Tombstone Epitaph Reads: "Pause Stranger, When ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jun 8, 2008
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    A tombstone epitaph reads: “Pause stranger, when you pass me by. As you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you will be. So prepare for death and follow me!” A passerby read those words and underneath scratched this response: “To follow you I’ll not consent, until I know ...read more

  • Above Reproach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,820 views

    ABOVE REPROACH A friend told Plato of a terrible charge that had been leveled against the famous philosopher. Knowing it was not true, his friend said, "What are we going to do?" Plato replied, "We must simply live in such a way that all people will know it is false." Paul said that an elder is to ...read more

  • A Baseball Team Was Running Relays For ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 14, 2009
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    A baseball team was running relays for conditioning. Each player had to put the ball in the next players glove. The players ran as as fast as they could, but then some started dropping the ball. All their work and effort was for nothing without the ball. In the same way, we can run the ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On A Right Understanding Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    C.S. Lewis on a Right Understanding of Self C. S. Lewis put it this way: When a man is getting better, he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse, he understands his own badness less and less. (Leadership, Vol. ...read more

  • Baptize The Wallet, Too

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 27, 2011
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    BAPTIZE THE WALLET, TOO A man who was about to be baptized by immersion was on his way into the pool when he realized that in his back pocket was his wallet. He stopped and was about to remove it when the preacher said, "Stop! Either I baptize you wallet and all or not at all!" Now the preacher ...read more

  • Jesus Is Unchanging

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 26, 2012
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    JESUS IS UNCHANGING "But nothing about our Lord Jesus Christ has changed down to this very hour. His love has not changed. It hasn’t cooled off, and it needs no increase because He has already loved us with infinite love and there is no way that infinitude can be increased." Ref: Tozer, A.W. I ...read more

  • Error Vs. Person In Error

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 26, 2013
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    ERROR VS. PERSON IN ERROR This love and good will, to be sure, must in no way render us indifferent to truth and goodness. Indeed love itself impels the disciples of Christ to speak the saving truth to all men. But it is necessary to distinguish between error, which always merits repudiation, and ...read more

  • The Power Of Mom

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 14, 2014
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    A commander of an infantry unit in Vietnam was frustrated in his effort to make a soldier out of one particular PFC. The young man lagged behind on patrols, pretended to be ill, and managed to spend most of his time at headquarters. One day he changed his ways. When someone questioned the ...read more

  • Metaphors (Comical)

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 2, 2022
     | 1,767 views

    . Most writers know not to use mixed metaphors. Here are some examples: 1. She was a couch potato in the gravy boat of life, flopping dejectedly on the sofa. 2. All at once he was alone in this noisy hive with no place to roost. 3. The little boat gently drifted across the pond the way a bowling ...read more

  • Armor, Soldier

    Contributed by Estuardo De La Rosa on Mar 22, 2025
     | 532 views

    Helmet of a F-35 is worth over 400k due to the accessories and tools it provides the pilot to be able to 'cover' his head from all attacks. This is an important piece of "armor" for the pilot because it helps him win the battle when he is attacking his enemy. In the same way, the ...read more

  • When Joseph Ton Was A Pastor In Romania He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,839 views

    When Joseph Ton was a pastor in Romania he was arrested by the secret police for publishing a sermon calling for the churches to refuse to submit to the Communist government’s demand for control over their ministries. When an official told him he must renounce his sermon, he replied, "No, sir! I ...read more

  • Pragmatic Religion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,751 views

    PRAGMATIC RELIGION Years ago in Germany, there was a young Jewish boy who had a profound sense of admiration for his father. His family’s life centered on the acts of piety and devotion prescribed by their religion. The father was zealous in attending worship and religious instruction, and ...read more