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  • I Have An Elderly Acquaintance Of About Eighty, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,533 views

    "I have an elderly acquaintance of about eighty, who has lived a life of unbroken selfishness and self-admiration from the earliest years, and is, more or less, I regret to say, one of the happiest men I know. From the moral point of view it is very difficult!...As you perhaps know, I haven’t ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen A Mob On Tv Or Movies? They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 25, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,067 views

    Have you ever seen a mob on TV or movies? They are dangerous, and can become murderous in an instant. People in mobs are like cattle before a stampede. Ever see that? In the movie Red River, John Wayne and his men are moving cattle along the Chisolm trail, and the cattle are spooked by howling ...read more

  • How Much Do You Know?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,484 views

    HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? In a recent Constitution Poll commissioned by the National Constitution Center, fewer than 50 percent of the respondents knew how many U.S. Senators there are; only 6 percent could name the four rights guaranteed by the First Amendment; and 84 percent thought the ...read more

  • Golf Beginner  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,209 views

    *Golf Beginner* A retiree was given a set of golf clubs by his co-workers. Thinking he’d try the game, he asked the local pro for lessons, explaining that he knew nothing whatever of the game. The pro showed him the stance and swing, then said "Just hit the ball toward the flag on the first ...read more

  • Preacher Found A Shoe Box In A Closet. Opened It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 20, 2003
    based on 174 ratings
     | 1,833 views

    PREACHER found a shoe box in a closet. Opened it and found strange contents. Inside was an egg carton with 5 eggs inside. Next to the eggs was a stack of bills that totaled over 10,000 dollars. As soon as his wife walked thru the door he stopped her to ask if she knew anything about this odd ...read more

  • The Year Was 1630. The Place Was The ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,247 views

    The year was 1630. The place was the Massachusetts Bay along the Atlantic coast near the place known as Plymouth Rock. On board the ship the Arabella John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company challenged the Puritan settlers to establish a new kind of Christian community. ...read more

  • The Hosts Of Midian Had Come Up, And A Large ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,544 views

    “The hosts of Midian had come up, and a large army of about 32,000 was gathered together by Israel. But God reduced that army to a mere handful. Of the 32,000 there were only 300 whom God could trust. He knew these would stand, that they would never quit, that they would never compromise. So He ...read more

  • Eric Reed In This Past Week's Leadership Weekly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 25, 2004
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     | 2,890 views

    Eric Reed in this past week’s Leadership Weekly e-mail column related the following story. “After Easter last year, a woman approached a pastor I know and asked, "So what happened with Jesus after the Resurrection?" "Well, he ascended into heaven and he’s still alive," the pastor said. "I know he ...read more

  • Sitting In The Doctor's Office, A Mother Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,289 views

    Sitting in the doctor’s office, a mother was trying to entertain her four year old daughter. She found a Bible story book with pictures in it. Flipping through the book, the mother would point to a picture and ask the little girl if she knew what story that was. Imagine the mother’s delight as ...read more

  • Praying 'til They Change

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
     | 4,556 views

    PRAYING TIL THEY CHANGE “George Mueller, the founder of a great Christian orphanage work in England in the 1800’s, was a powerful man of prayer. He knew the importance of keeping at prayer evne when the answer seemed delayed. When he was young he began praying that two of his friends might be ...read more

  • In His Book Dare To Believe, Dan Baumann ...

    Contributed by Rev. Roberto D. Abella on Nov 21, 2004
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     | 3,798 views

    In his book Dare to Believe, Dan Baumann illustrates the unique experience of knowing that something is ours, yet longing to enjoy it more fully. He explained that at Christmas time he would always do a lot of snooping, trying to find the gift --wrapped presents and figure out what was in them. ...read more

  • A Man Started Out Through A Forest So Thickly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,272 views

    A man started out through a forest so thickly covered with trees that one day he could not see the sun or sky. After travelling for a long time he knew it was getting night time, so started for what he thought was home. He was so certain that his direction was right that he did not look at his ...read more

  • Last Summer, Katie Brule's Friend Called Her And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 16, 2005
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     | 5,023 views

    Last summer, Katie Brule’s friend called her and asked her to go to a party. Katie, 16, declined, but her friend wouldn’t take no for an answer and Katie caved in. At the party, she felt pressure from those around her to drink alcohol so she downed a couple of beers. Then the police showed up. ...read more

  • A Mother's Touch

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 1, 2005
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     | 6,739 views

    “A Mother’s Touch” A wounded soldier returned from Viet Nam. He was in critical condition. He was blind, his mind was clouded, and his body was mangled. His mother traveled over 2,000 miles to be by his bedside. As soon as she entered the hospital room she laid her hands on his brow without ...read more

  • Bowling

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2005
     | 2,316 views

    BOWLING I knew of a couple who, when they were first married, the husband wanted to still go out bowling with his guy friends every Thursday night. But he’d stay out late, and when he came home he smelling like smoke, and the wife hated it. “Why would he want to do that when he could be with ...read more

  • From "The Lion, The Witch And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Randy Roberts on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,305 views

    Illustration from “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” Chapter 7, Mr. Beaver tells the children, “they say that Aslan is on the move – perhaps has already landed.” “And now a very curious thing happened. None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do: but the moment the Beaver had ...read more

  • On His First Voyage West In 1492, Christopher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 1,724 views

    On his first voyage west in 1492, Christopher Columbus knew that his crew felt uneasy about sailing into unknown waters for an unknown period of time. So he kept two logs for the journey. In the first, he recorded the distances traveled as he calculated them. In the second log, he deliberately ...read more

  • The Preacher Then Went On To Criticise The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
     | 2,023 views

    The preacher then went on to criticise the attitude of religion towards science. “If there is still a feeling of hostility between them ... it is no longer the fault of religion. There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is so no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or ...read more

  • I Heard The Report On A Navy Seal Who Lost His ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2006
     | 1,100 views

    I heard the report on a Navy Seal who lost his life in Iraq. They were on a roof top returning fire from several buildings. One Seal was assigned to watch the entrance to the roof. He saw someone down below but couldn’t get a clear shot. Before anyone knew it a grenade came up through that ...read more

  • Robert Green Was Born June 5th, 1935. After High ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
     | 711 views

    Robert Green was born June 5th, 1935. After high school he joined the US Navy from which he retired. He was a good husband, a wonderful father of two children, and the best uncle a boy could have ever had. After retiring from the Navy, Uncle Bobby settled his family in Panama City Florida where he ...read more

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