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  • One Day Little 3-Year-Old Beverly Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 1,749 views

    ILL. One day little 3-year-old Beverly was playing with her toys. Her mother, who was folding laundry across the room, noticed Beverly’s blouse was dirty & needed to be changed. So she told Beverly to take it off & bring it to her so she could wash it. After telling her twice with no ...read more

  • Warning Signs  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,674 views

    WARNING SIGNS At an intersection, the green light changes to yellow; At the theater the house lights flash; In the Battalion Tactical Operations Center a Warning Order comes down from Brigade; At the airport terminal the boarding call comes over the intercom; At a railroad crossing the lights ...read more

  • Brandt States, "Bitter Envying And Selfish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 6, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,439 views

    Brandt states, "Bitter envying and selfish ambition in the heart does not show. You can be very hostile toward a man, and walk up to him and put your arm around him and say, Hi, friend." You can hide the inner thought of your soul by developing your acting ability. If you practice looking like a ...read more

  • When You Notice Your Child Is Starting To Pick Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 12, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,957 views

    When you notice your child is starting to pick up some ungodly actions you will investigate to understand how these aspect are being placed in the heart of your child. You will find an influence that will need to be removed of changed. The influence could be a friend, or music, or certain TV ...read more

  • A Preacher Recently Quit The Ministry After More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,612 views

    A preacher recently quit the ministry after more than 20 years of faithful, dedicated service and became a funeral director. When asked why he changed vocations, he said: "I spent 10 years trying to straighten out John and he’s still an alcoholic. Then I spent three and one-half years trying to ...read more

  • C. Openness Is Essentially The Willingness To ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 18, 2004
     | 2,442 views

    c. Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), ...read more

  • In An Old Peanuts Cartoon, Lucy Demanded That Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,048 views

    In an old Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demanded that her brother Linus change TV channels and then threatened him with her fist if he didn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asked Linus. "These five fingers," said Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I ...read more

  • A Certain Courthouse In Ohio Stands In A Unique ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,686 views

    A certain courthouse in Ohio stands in a unique location. Raindrops that fall on the north side of the building go into Lake Ontario and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, while those falling on the south side go into the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. At precisely the point of the peak of the roof, ...read more

  • Gen Y Clout: 70 Million People Were Born Between ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,517 views

    Gen Y Clout: 70 million people were born between ’76 and ’97. Nearly double the Baby Boomers and 3 times the size of Generation X. “It’s hard to overstate the import-ance of this market development,” says Reid Sullivan, Panasonic’s U.S. Portable Audio Product Group. This generation of kids is ...read more

  • Passion Prompts Bible Reading: More People Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,485 views

    Passion Prompts Bible Reading: More people are reading the Bible as a result of Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of The Christ, according to a Zondervan sponsored Beliefnet.com poll. 62% of all respondents answered “yes” to the question, “Are you reading the Bible more as a result of the movie The ...read more

  • Openness Is Essentially The Willingness To Grow, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,966 views

    Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand Ole Opry), and ...read more

  • Social Justice, Contrary To Conventional Wisdom, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,693 views

    Social Justice, contrary to conventional wisdom, is more actively supported by evangelicals than mainline Protestants finds Calvin College research fellow Stephen Monsma. Of 500 welfare-to-work programs studied, 96 were Protestant programs, 61 sponsored by evangelical churches vs. 35 by mainlines. ...read more

  • Confession And Contrition

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2009
     | 3,564 views

    CONFESSION AND CONTRITION Metro News (Ottawa). It tells how in 2008, 22 people died from eating cold cuts processed by Maple Leaf Foods. To his credit, Michael McCain, the Maple Leaf CEO, owned up to the fact that the meats were contaminated with listeria at his company's plant in North York. ...read more

  • History Books Report That Ww Ii Began On Sept 1, ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
     | 1,961 views

    History books report that WW II began on Sept 1, 1939 when German armies invaded Poland. The original plan was to invade on August 26th. The order was sent out to stand down because of a last minute change in plans. All units but one received the news. That unit moved forward on the 26th, ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 2,647 views

    ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING Harry Emerson Fosdick once told how as a child, his mother sent him to pick a quart of raspberries. Reluctantly he dragged himself to the berrypatch. His afternoon was ruined for sure. Then a thought hit him. He would surprise his mother and pick two quarts of raspberries ...read more

  • Closed For Alterations  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,156 views

    CLOSED FOR ALTERATIONS Billy Graham tells a story--a simple illustration--that I want to borrow. A preacher once passed a shop which was no longer open for business. A sign hung in the window that said, "Closed for Alterations." The owner had closed shop for a while in order to remodel the store. ...read more

  • Hating To Lose

    Contributed by Tim White on Aug 15, 2011
     | 3,010 views

    HATING TO LOSE As a young man growing up, my family enjoyed TV sports. Part of the fun was choosing a team and cheering for them. What maximized the fun was having someone in the family pick the other team, and it became personal. My brother hated to lose. He was noted for changing teams mid-game ...read more

  • Greed In Panama

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 15, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,650 views

    GREED IN PANAMA Many years ago, a major American company had trouble keeping employees working in their assembly plant in Panama. The laborers lived in a generally agrarian, barter economy, but the company paid them in cash. After a week’s work, the average employee would have more cash than he’d ...read more

  • Behind The Scenes

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,610 views

    BEHIND THE SCENES No wonder we are frustrated with the plans we see. We see injustice, but we don’t see behind the scenes. At Disney World there is a whole city underneath the Magic Kingdom. People are changing clothes, making outfits, and doing all the work to make everything above ground go ...read more

  • God's Persistent Love  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,592 views

    GOD'S PERSISTENT LOVE For more than 40 years, each week a shy Welshman went to his neighbor’s door and slipped a love note underneath. Because of an argument years before, she refused to speak to the man. Finally, after writing 2184 love letters with no response of any kind, the 74-year-old man ...read more