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  • From Exaggeration To Lies. Illicit Cola Says ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,357 views

    From exaggeration to lies. Illicit Cola says this. Life wouldn’t be much fun without a bit of entertainment and mischief. Don’t grow old and boring – live life on the edge. Take a dirty big gulp of illicit and get amongst it! Illicit cola – it’s good to be bad. Well the times I’ve been bad weren’t ...read more

  • The Hope Of 3:16  PRO

    Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    THE HOPE OF 3:16 I don’t know about you, but I will be glad to turn the calendar to a new decade in a few weeks. An ongoing war on two fronts, the Great Recession draining our family resources, the growing immorality of our country, tragic accidents and gruesome killers all over the news. The ...read more

  • Time Magazine, In Its January 11, 2010 Issue, ...

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jan 18, 2010
     | 2,307 views

    Time magazine, in its January 11, 2010 issue, had an article in it about what a Chicago megachurch was doing to integrate its congregation. It even cited a quote from Dr. King. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that "11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week ...read more

  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,753 views

    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

  • Aging Are Leaving No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,687 views

    AGING ARE LEAVING NO INHERITANCE An AARP analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances finds 21% of people born after 1964 thought they would inherit money someday. But with each passing year, the pressures on the nest-eggs of older people will only grow. A lot of ...read more

  • Cruel Times Are Coming...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,252 views

    In 1988, evangelical philosopher and theologian Carl Henry made a stunning prediction in his book, Twilight of a Great Civilization. He said that as America progressively loses its Christian heritage, paganism would grow bolder. What we saw in the last half of the 20th-century was a kind of benign ...read more

  • Because Of The Increase Of Wickedness, The Love ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 4,135 views

    "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." - Matthew 24:12-13 On the night of March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls completely and mysteriously stopped flowing. The estimated 500,000 gallons of water that customarily rushed ...read more

  • There Used To Be An Egg Farm About 5 Miles From ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
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    There used to be an egg farm about 5 miles from here, out on Reed Ellis Road. From time to time, when I was growing up, we used to take one of our 2 ton trucks down there to the chicken farm and pick up a couple of loads of chicken manure to put on our pastures to help the grass grow. I remember ...read more

  • There Was A Preacher At A Small Church. He Had ...

    Contributed by Batsell Spivy on Jul 1, 2008
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    There was a preacher at a small church. He had been preaching there for some time and was discouraged by how disinterested the church was. Finally he had had enough of the unenthusiastic Sundays so he decided to write a sermon that would surely fire the members up. He began his sermon by saying, ...read more

  • The Tallest Tree Draws The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
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    THE TALLEST TREE DRAWS THE FIRE 1991 U.S. Open – Hazeltine National Golf Course, just outside Minneapolis, MN. A peaceful, calm day. Gray clouds rush swiftly overhead within minutes. Lightning is spotted; a golfer’s worst nightmare. Storm sirens soon blast as a fierce thunderstorm blows in, ...read more

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs An Athiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs an Athiest About How To Raise Children Properly Using the Garden as an Analogy Fellow parents, let’s have our homes so full of the Word of God that our children can’t help but see and hear it wherever they go and whatever they do. The bottom line is this: We are ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,384 views

    FOCUS ON CHRIST This bit of strange news was released by the Associated Press this past week: RIVERTON, Wyo. -- Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas ...read more

  • A Christ-Like Schedule

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 3,134 views

    A CHRIST-LIKE SCHEDULE If Jesus Christ were here today, do you think He would serve on three church committees; drive in the car pool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; attend two services on Sunday; manage a boys' organization; serve on the lunch committee at the local synagogue or church; and ...read more

  • Humorous Definitions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,637 views

    HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean? ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and ...read more

  • Bitter & Better - The Two 'b's

    Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Jul 21, 2014
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    When the water at Marah was bitter, Moses had to cast a tree into the water stream to sweeten the water or make it drinkable. The words: Bitter and Better both start with a B and end with Tter. The only difference is: the letter I and E. Bitter has the focus on I, me, myself, flesh. Better has ...read more

  • Coffee Doesn't Trust Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 25, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,662 views

    My pet finch Coffee runs into a serious problem once in a while. Her claws grow so long she loses the ability to control them. They get stuck in the nest and she can’t get them out. Once we found her nearly dead, hanging for hours upside down with one claw ensnared in her wicker home. Carol rescued ...read more

  • Something's Happening...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
     | 1,829 views

    Something's Happening... This last week I began reading a book by James Rutz. James wrote this book to make the Christian church aware that God is moving all across the world. His observations are a wakeup call to the American Christian and churches in America. Listen to some of his ...read more

  • Maxcy Filer Of Compton, California Began Taking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,814 views

    Maxcy Filer of Compton, California began taking the California Bar Exam in the mid 1960s. He didn’t pass it the first time or the second time. In fact, he didn’t pass the exam until his forty-eighth try. Before earning a passing grade, he failed forty-seven times over a span of twenty-five years. ...read more

  • The Real Reindeer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,627 views

    THE REAL REINDEER According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after ...read more

  • Sour Grapes, Sour Marriage  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,569 views

    SOUR GRAPES, SOUR MARRIAGE Irish novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett received great recognition for his work--but not every one savored his accomplishments. Beckett’s marriage, in fact, was soured by his wife’s jealousy of his growing fame and success as a writer. One day in 1969 his wife ...read more