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  • The Story Of Uncle George

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 3,747 views

    THE STORY OF UNCLE GEORGE Being honest is not always easy. The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family's "black sheep" ...read more

  • Holiness And Happiness  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 14, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,346 views

    HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS Quote taken from an article "9 Points for Preaching on the Problem of Evil" by Norman L. Geisler, a distinguished professor of apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California: "The stark truth is that God is more interested in our holiness than in our ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Paul Azinger Was Diagnosed ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 11, 2008
     | 2,008 views

    Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer. After chemotherapy his cancer is in remission and he is back playing golf. Paul Azinger writes,” I have made a lot of money since I’ve been playing golf and I’ve won a lot of tournaments but that happiness is always temporary. The only way ...read more

  • Going To Memphis To See Gladys, Or To Pick Up ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    Going to Memphis to see Gladys, or to pick up Gladys each weekend to bring her back up to Ridgely. It was a long trip. 200 miles round trip. I didn’t lament that. I didn’t regret that. I didn’t complain. Why, because I got to spend time with my honey. I got to spend time with the love of my ...read more

  • Rick Warren ("Purpose Driven") Accurately ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
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    Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven”) accurately observes: “We can measure our servant’s heart by how we respond when others treat us like servants. How do you react when you’re taken for granted, bossed around, treated as an inferior…? Unfortunately, a lot of our service is often self-serving. We serve ...read more

  • Salt Is Used For Healing 2000 Years Ago There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    Salt Is Used for healing 2000 years ago there wasn’t a drug store on every corner. If a soldier was hurt in battle, if a farmer was gored by a bull, if a child fell down and scraped his knee there was a common treatment. The wound was bathed in salt and water. And it proved to be an excellent ...read more

  • Words Really Do Matter!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 6, 2024
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     | 817 views

    The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: Uncle George had actually been executed in the electric ...read more

  • Some Of You Know That I Like To Cycle, And I Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 17, 2002
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    Some of you know that I like to cycle, and I have this little book at home called “250 Best Cycling Tips.” In the section that deals with training for races they say, “The biggest problem that many cyclists face is finding enough time for training amidst life’s many responsibilities. Here are 10 ...read more

  • Bill And Gloria Gaither Have Written Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
    based on 96 ratings
     | 2,879 views

    Bill and Gloria Gaither have written many wonderful Christian songs. One that Gloria wrote in the late 1960’s came while she was expecting a child. The couple was going through some terrible problems. Bill had been seriously sick, their music had been attacked as not being spiritual. On new years ...read more

  • Power Of The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 12, 2003
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     | 7,206 views

    [Power of the tongue] At a birthday party for Strom Thurmond, Senator Trent Lott was paying tribute to the man, and he made this statement, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed ...read more

  • Where You Have A Choice About Divorce – God Says, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 1,451 views

    Where you have a choice about divorce – God says, “Don’t!”. God says so and so does a recent study by the University of Chicago. It showed couples that who stay in an unhappy marriage and endure it are more likely to be happy 5 years later than those who decide to divorce. The study noted that ...read more

  • Untapped, Unused Resources  PRO

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Apr 21, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,368 views

    (Illustration) I was talking to one of my friends from the islands and he was explaining how the people on his island loved mangos. He went ahead to explain how mangos were also the leading fruit import to the island and how they would raise the prices on mangos at will. The second part to ...read more

  • A Man Was Hired To Paint The Lines On The Highway ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,696 views

    A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work his supervisor was very impressed when he learned that this new employee had painted three miles’ worth of ...read more

  • The Spite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
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     | 4,156 views

    The Spite House Once there was a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of a large city. This lot presented an unusual problem. It was only 2 yards wide but nearly 100 feet long. There was nothing that he could do but sell it to one of the neighbors on either side. He went to ...read more

  • The Worst Natural Disaster In Our Nation's ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010
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    The worst natural disaster in our nation’s history blew in as a category 4 hurricane battering Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900. Winds estimated at over 140 miles per hour and tidal surges of 16 feet slammed the island. More than 6,000 people lost their lives, and more than 3,600 homes and ...read more

  • Feed Them

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 12, 2016
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    The thing is that Jesus did perform the miracle, but he didn’t feed the five thousand. You may be thinking here; Andrew you’re just being a bit silly about this. But for Jesus disciples this was one of those great learning moments. The disciples rock up with a problem and Jesus says we'll solve it, ...read more

  • Pride Keeps Us As Americans From Taking A Look ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
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    Pride keeps us as Americans from taking a look around this world that we live and realizing that people die every day so that we can enjoy the privileges that we enjoy. Did you know that Americans consume about 80% of the world's coffee supply? And yet, we aren't told a lot about the coffee ...read more

  • Calms The Storm

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 2, 2008
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    CALMS THE STORM God is greater than any problem we will ever face, and Jesus is able to calm any storm. In 1993, I had the privilege of preaching the funeral for Bro. Moses Lee. Bro. Lee served for many years as a pastor in Franklin, Tensas and Winn Parishes, later on he served in the Mobile area. ...read more

  • God Summons Us To Seek Our Best Creative Selves. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    "God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken to the creative possibilities of ...read more

  • God Is A Jealous God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,571 views

    GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more