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  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,272 views

    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • On A Cold Winter Evening A Man Suffered A Heart ...

    Contributed by David Johnston on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,855 views

    On a cold winter evening a man suffered a heart attack and after being admitted to the hospital, asked the nurse to call his daughter. He explained, "You see, I live alone and she is the only family I have." The nurse went to phone the daughter. The daughter was quite upset and shouted, "You must ...read more

  • Antonio The Garbage Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
     | 750 views

    Antonio The Garbage Man. Antonio’s huge truck would arrive, backing up with that horrific big truck back up sound. He would jump out and start pounding on the door, Shouting over the unbelievably loud truck, "Garbage Man, Garbage man, Garbage man is here!" Well, no kidding, a side from the ...read more

  • Gifts Aren't Fair

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,225 views

    Gifts aren’t fair To receive a gift, really and truly for free, is a rare thing in this world, and may even make the receiver uncomfortable. Even the lotteries and sweepstakes have to go to a great deal of trouble to prove to everybody that it is chance that picks the winner—that the winner is ...read more

  • You Vs. The Boss  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,528 views

    You vs. The Boss: If you take a long time, you’re slow. BUT if your boss takes a long time, he’s thorough. If you don’t do it, you’re lazy. BUT if your boss doesn’t do it, he’s too busy. If you make a mistake, you’re an idiot. BUT if your boss makes a mistake, he’s ’only human’. If you’re on a day ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About 2 Boys That Were Members Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,056 views

    I heard a story about 2 boys that were members of the same diving team at school, Bill Duncan and Joey Miller. They practiced diving together and Bill knew that he was just a mediocre diver but he was so proud of his friend Joey who was an excellent diver. The problem was that in practice Joey was ...read more

  • The Chameleon  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 6, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,645 views

    THE CHAMELEON When the new nation of Israel was getting ready to go into the land that God had promised them, their leader, Moses, gave them instructions on how they should live as God’s people. God wanted them to prosper, but for this to happen, they had to avoid certain animals that could harm ...read more

  • John A Boor- I Had An Opportunity To Work In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,898 views

    John A Boor- I had an opportunity to work in a bakery while going to high school. I remember one particular day when the telephone rang and one of the ladies went to answer it. She put down the phone like it was hot and yelled, “He’s coming!” I wondered what in the world was going on. The ...read more

  • Turning Point (From Our Daily Bread)  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 19, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,551 views

    Turning Point (from Our Daily Bread) The surrender of one’s will to Jesus is essential to a life of joy and victory. Oswald Chambers called this “giving up my right to myself.” We hold nothing back—no earthly life, no material gain, no pride-filled position—but simply say, “Jesus, do with my life ...read more

  • This Is Not An Original With Me. I Heard It In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,216 views

    This is not an original with me. I heard it in a sermon over twenty years ago given by Bro. Paul Holderfield. Johnny was not a very popular boy at school, in fact you might say he wasn’t liked at all. It was not anything in particular, well you know the type (maybe even been one of these ...read more

  • Pray Till You Get Cookies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 7,239 views

    PRAY TILL YOU GET COOKIES We should be like the 3-year-old boy (that Paul Harvey told about) who went to the grocery store with his mother. Before they entered the grocery store she said to him, "Now you’re not going to get any chocolate chip cookies, so don’t even ask." She put him up in the cart ...read more

  • Amy Biehl Died A Violent Death In 1993. She Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,003 views

    Amy Biehl died a violent death in 1993. She was a 26-year-old Fulbright scholar who had gone to South Africa to help register black voters for their first free election. But even though she was seeking to help the people of South Africa, as she was driving one day, she was dragged out of her ...read more

  • Then God!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 18, 2007
     | 4,133 views

    THEN GOD! WHAT IS THE LITTLE AMONG SO GREAT A NEED? JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO! JESUS JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FAITH PHILIP HAD? PHILIP HAD THE FAITH --- BUT THEY LET GO OF THE FAITH --- THEN GOD! A. THERE IS MORE TO THE TEST THAN JUST REALIZING PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY! John 6:5 ...read more

  • When I Was In Boy Scouts Growing Up In Tennessee, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
     | 1,395 views

    When I was in Boy Scouts growing up in Tennessee, one of the things I learned working for my First Aid Merit badge was this: “If you came upon a person involved in the scene of an accident, and they are bleeding profusely, and they are not breathing, which need to you tend to first?” You stop the ...read more

  • How Many Believe That Timothy Mcveigh Was Guilty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    How many believe that Timothy McVeigh was guilty of the OKC bombing? Did you know no witnesses watched Timothy McVeigh load explosives into a Ryder rental truck, drive the vehicle to the front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, detonate the bomb. Yet he was convicted of that crime. While ...read more

  • Here Are The Percentages Of Resolutions That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,172 views

    Here are the percentages of resolutions that people have promised to make for 2007: Now if you are into making goals and wanting to set them there is a website just for you. It’s called mygoals.com and it helps you stay on track, but it also has trends for what people are going to make as goals ...read more

  • I Read Recently About A Young Boy Who Had Been ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
     | 1,192 views

    I read recently about a young boy who had been alienated from his family and found himself homeless. Can you imagine what that’s like? No home. No place to go. No money. Nothing. He was homeless and on the street. He said, "I was terrified. I spent the first night in the doorway of a building, ...read more

  • In The First Game Of The Best-Of-Seven, 2004 ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 1, 2007
     | 633 views

    In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was ...read more

  • Eric Fellman Told Of Meeting A Chinese Couple In ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
     | 1,597 views

    Eric Fellman told of meeting a Chinese couple in Hong Kong, while travelling to China. "A friend took me down a narrow alley to a second-floor flat to meet a man recently released from prison in China. A Chinese man in his 6Os opened the door. His smile was radiant, but his back was bent almost ...read more

  • When Larry Crabbe, Christian Psychologist And ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,740 views

    When Larry Crabbe, Christian psychologist and author, became a father, he decided he was going to do parenting right! So Larry made sure he hugged his sons and told them he loved them. He had father-son talks, dinners and camping trips. He personally saw to it that his sons had a thorough ...read more