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  • Boomerang!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 27, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,387 views

    Boomerang! (07.28.05--Appreciation--Ezra 5: 1-2) “When someone does something good, applaud! You’ll make two people happy.” The life-long motto of film magnate, Samuel Goldwyn, he knew that appreciation was a two-way street. The one who received it benefited as well as the one who gave it. Both ...read more

  • Not By Might! (10.08.05--Beginning Again!--2 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 6, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,271 views

    Not By Might! (10.08.05--Beginning Again!--2 Kings 5:12) “That’s simple--too simple!” I thought. I had been looking for a simple solution to overcoming a seemingly complex problem for a long time now. How could I get better mileage and performance on an engine that was nearly 40 years old? I had ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago My Mom Began Feeding The Birds On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2001
    based on 166 ratings
     | 4,303 views

    A few years ago my mom began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They would attack the ...read more

  • What Is The Goal Of Playing Football?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,450 views

    WHAT IS THE GOAL OF PLAYING FOOTBALL? Well, of course, we would say winning. But there is a clearer point than winning, it is scoring points. We might score 6 points in a touchdown, three points in a field goal, two points in a safety, or one point in a point after the touch down. WHAT IF I TOLD ...read more

  • In The Movie "The Color Purple" There Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,758 views

    In the movie “The Color Purple” there is a character named “Sug Avery.” She grew up in preacher’s home; but fell into deep sin. She was the same kind of sinner as the woman in our text. Early in the movie we see her father rejecting her because that sin. He won’t even speak to her. Sug longs ...read more

  • Make Two Fists Right Now, Please. Squeeze Your ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 2, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,194 views

    Make two fists right now, please. Squeeze your fists as hard as you can. Tighter. Tighter. Don’t let go until I tell you to. Just hold it there for a while. Are you getting tired? Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Just a little tighter. Okay, now let go. First did you notice the pain in your ...read more

  • Calling Others To God

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
     | 2,704 views

    CALLING OTHERS TO GOD A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They ...read more

  • Calling Others To God

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 28, 2007
     | 1,991 views

    CALLING OTHERS TO GOD A few years ago a man began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our backyard. At first, some of the birds were greedy. They weren’t sure if there would be enough food to go around. The starlings were especially mean, which doesn’t surprise anyone familiar with birds. They ...read more

  • Old Pete Had A Knack For Catching Fish. Every ...

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    Old Pete had a knack for catching fish. Every weekend Old Pete went fishing and returned with dozens of fish. Nobody knew how he did it. When other fisherman were unable to land more than three or four, Old Pete always came back with stringer after stringer of freshly caught fish. Curious, the ...read more

  • Here Be God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    HERE BE GOD Before 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the common belief was that if a ship from Europe sailed too far West, they would either fall off the edge of the world or face terrible danger. There was fear of the unknown. In England, there is an ancient nautical map dating back to ...read more

  • Standing In The Doorway  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,425 views

    STANDING IN THE DOORWAY John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont, into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And, there, at a very young age, both John’s parents died. The relatives wondered what they would do with so many ...read more

  • The Difference Maker

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 16, 2020
     | 3,435 views

    My pastor, Wana Archer, tells about a time when he was a teenager and worked at a restaurant for .25 cents/hour. In this restaurant, there was a gambling machine that looked like a pinball machine. A player would deposit a nickel and get one shot to hit the jackpot or win some money. He noticed ...read more

  • Some Of You May Have Seen The Movie Santa Claus. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 5, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,180 views

    Some of you may have seen the movie Santa Claus. It is the story of a little boy whose father becomes Santa Claus. The trouble is, he can’t get his mother and her new husband who is a psychologist to believe it. It begins to cause trouble in the family. One day, his stepfather is trying to get him ...read more

  • Swindoll States This About "Grace Killers": ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 25, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
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    Swindoll states this about “Grace Killers”: There are killers on the loose today. The problem is that you can’t tell by looking. They don’t wear little buttons that give away their identity, nor do they carry signs warning every body to stay away. On the contrary, a lot of them carry Bibles and ...read more

  • Walking On Water  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,676 views

    A man read an ad in the newspaper, “Hunting dog for sale, $2,500.00, but well worth it.” He called the number and the man told him that he had to see the dog in action. The next morning they met and went hunting early. The dog flushed two birds from a clump of bushes and when they fell into the ...read more

  • A Small Child Is Someone Who Can Wash His Hands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 1,446 views

    A small child is someone who can wash his hands without getting the soap wet. The trouble with children is that when they’re not being a lump in your throat, they’re being a pain in your neck. Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. A child is a person who can’t ...read more

  • The Baseball Season Is About To Begin. On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wendy Pratt on Mar 30, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,952 views

    The baseball season is about to begin. On opening day, every team will go out with the hope of this being their year, the year when they win the World Series. As the season progresses, that hope will fade for most teams, and by the All Star break the majority of the teams will have given up that ...read more

  • Asking Amiss. Two Boys Were On The Freshman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,593 views

    ASKING AMISS. Two boys were on the freshman debating team in college. The big night of their first debate, they nervously paced up and down their practice room offstage. The debating coach stuck his head in the door to remind them that the debate was only fifteen minutes away. Ages later he said it ...read more

  • On The Nascar Circuit, They Have Their Own Form ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,889 views

    On the NASCAR circuit, they have their own form of church called the MRO (Motor Racing Outreach). Nascar great Darrell Waltrip helped found this organization and he commented that Nascar is a dangerous commercialized place and they can’t always get away to go back to their church. He said: “If you ...read more

  • Horton's Theology

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,623 views

    HORTON'S THEOLOGY One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can’t see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos ...read more