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  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
     | 1,524 views

    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • A Survey Conducted By The American Research Group ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,336 views

    A survey conducted by the American Research Group last month indicated that people would be spending less this Christmas season on gifts than last year. Those surveyed indicated that they would be spending $417 on Christmas gifts this year down from $431 last year. Interestingly, the total spent ...read more

  • Cliff Knechtle, An Effective Open-Air Evangelist, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,315 views

    Cliff Knechtle, an effective open-air evangelist, put it this way: “A person’s coming to Christ is like a chain with many links. There is the first link, middle links, and a last link. There are many influences and conversations that precede a person’s decision to convert to Christ. I know the ...read more

  • Have You Heard The Classic Short Story By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,730 views

    Have you heard the classic short story by O’Henry, "The Gift of the Magi?" The story is about a young married couple who are very much in love. Christmas is approaching and neither one has enough money to buy the other a Christmas gift. Each one does have one prized possession that they hold dear ...read more

  • Gianni Poli Of Italy Won The 1986 New York ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,424 views

    GIANNI POLI OF ITALY WON THE 1986 NEW YORK MARATHON IN 2:11:06 AND ON MARCH 2, 2003, MARK YATICH OF KENYA WON THE LOS ANGELS MARATHON IN 2:09:52, BUT TO ME, THE REAL HERO OF BOTH MARATHONS WAS THE MAN WHO FINISHED DEAD LAST IN BOTH MARATHONS. HIS NAME IS BOB WIELAND A FIFTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD VIETNAM ...read more

  • Hope Ain't Hoping

    Contributed by John Bright on May 27, 2023
     | 3,233 views

    I want to give you a shorthand way of remembering the difference between the hope in our Bibles and the hope out in the world. Hope ain’t hoping. Today, folks plan outside events and say, “I sure hope it doesn’t rain.” Every Sunday, some folks may show up here and say, “I sure hope PJ doesn’t ...read more

  • We Cannot Tell The Precise Moment When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,509 views

    "We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of ...read more

  • If Tomorrow Starts Without Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 5,432 views

    IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME If tomorrow starts without me, And I’m not there to see; If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn’t cry The way you did today, While thinking of the many things, We didn’t get to say. I know how much you love ...read more

  • The Philosophy For Dog Obedience Training Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 20, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,355 views

    The philosophy for dog obedience training has changed quite a bit in the last few decades. It used to be that many dog obedience schools operated by teaching the dog, “you better obey me, because I’m your master. And if you don’t obey me, bad things will happen.” And plenty of dogs were trained ...read more

  • A Bride Was Very Nervous. It Was Right Before The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Blonski on Jun 20, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
     | 4,371 views

    A bride was very nervous. It was right before the service. She wasn’t sure she could even walk down aisle. Her mother gave her some words of calming wisdom. She said to her. “Honey, there’s only three things you need to focus on. If you focus on these three things, you’ll be fine. The first is ...read more

  • A Bride Was Very Nervous. It Was Right Before ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brendon Bridges on Mar 30, 2002
    based on 87 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    A bride was very nervous. It was right before the service. She wasn’t sure she could even walk down aisle. Her mother gave her some words of calming wisdom. She said to her. “Honey, there’s only three things you need to focus on. If you focus on these three things, you’ll be fine. The first is ...read more

  • Gene A. Smith, An American Historian, Authored A ...

    Contributed by David Taylor on Apr 26, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,988 views

    Gene A. Smith, an American historian, authored a book entitled, “When The Cheering Stopped.” The book told of Woodrow Wilson, and the events surrounding WW1. Upon the end of the war, people were optimistic. They believed that the last war had been fought. The dream was that the world had at ...read more

  • A Man Was Walking On The Beach One Afternoon ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ivan Robinson on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 195 ratings
     | 5,799 views

    A man was walking on the beach one afternoon kicking up the sand, discussed with certain things. There on the beach was a bottle and as he walked he kicked the bottle into the surf. POP Out of the bottle came a mysterious being... a Jeannie. “Because you have freed me you are granted three ...read more

  • What's On The Tv?  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 6, 2001
    based on 262 ratings
     | 4,022 views

    Friday at quitting time, Jim said, ‘Boss, have you got any extra work I can do tonight?’ Sure do but I can’t pay you overtime. That’s okay, I just don’t want to go home. Why not? Well, I’ve been in the doghouse since last night. I see...Why? What did you do to deserve that? I still don’t know, it ...read more

  • Stress And Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,228 views

    Traits characteristic of the stress-prone: 1. Plans day unrealistically 2. First to arrive, last to leave 3. Always in a hurry 4. Makes no plan for relaxation 5. Feels guilty about doing anything other than work 6. Sees unforeseen problem as a setback or disaster 7. Is always thinking about ...read more

  • Fear To Joy, Bondage To Freedom  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,630 views

    FEAR TO JOY, BONDAGE TO FREEDOM A poor German girl announced that she was going to give a piano concert. In order to attract people to come, she mentioned in the advertisements that she was the student of the famous Hungarian professor, Franz Liszt. But it was a falsehood. To her dismay, she ...read more

  • Dorothy Rodefeld Is Known In Madison, Wisconsin, ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,611 views

    Dorothy Rodefeld is known in Madison, Wisconsin, as the "light lady" because of the elaborate Christmas displays she builds each year at her 19th century farmhouse. Last year, however, Dorothy’s nativity scene was robbed. Among the missing items were a shepherd and a wise man. But it was the loss ...read more

  • U.s. Workers Feel Rushed On The Job, But Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,946 views

    U.S. Workers feel rushed on the job, but are getting less accomplished due to technology intended to make work quicker and easier. “Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it’s slowed everything down, paradoxically,” says John Challenger, Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...read more

  • It's Like The Guy You May Have Seen, That Acts ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Oct 7, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,162 views

    It’s like the guy you may have seen, that acts like a gentleman, sweet and loving, taking a lady out to a nice dinner, and a romantic evening, only so he can get “something” out of the deal. Instead of doing all these things out of the sincerity of his heart, he’s really just putting out some money ...read more

  • Safe Rooms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
     | 4,707 views

    SAFE ROOMS Lynne and I and the family were moving to Tulsa from Missouri and were looking at potential homes. One thing we came across was a house with a 'safe room' or actually only a 'safe closet'. A closet, which served as a coat closet near the front door, was built with steel walls and a ...read more