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  • A Young Man Emerged From The Metro Train In ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
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    A young man emerged from the Metro train in Washington, DC. The date was January 12th of this year. He positioned himself against a wall beside a trashcan. By most standards, he was nondescript—a young white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. He ...read more

  • Best Lawyer Story Of The Year, Decade And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,287 views

    BEST LAWYER STORY OF THE YEAR, DECADE AND PROBABLY THE CENTURY. Charlotte, North Carolina. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, and then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet ...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

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,895 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • Leadership ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,536 views

    LEADERSHIP WISDOM Back in the 90’s there was a president of Harvard University named Neil Rudenstine. Now, one of the major roles of the college president is to raise money for the institution so they can pay the salaries and other financial responsibilities of the organization. And Neil ...read more

  • He Didn't Know He Owned It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,523 views

    HE DIDN'T KNOW HE OWNED IT There was once a sheep ranch owned by a man named Mr. Yates. Mr. Yates wasn't able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the overheads and the interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch. With little money for clothes or food, his family ...read more

  • Grading Papers  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,275 views

    On the Lighter Side of life: Can you imagine yourself to being the nun that is sitting at her desk grading these papers all the while trying to keep a straight face and trying to maintain her calm and posture! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, ...read more

  • To Live Before The Audience Of One Truly Makes A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,138 views

    To live before the Audience of One truly makes a demonstrable difference. The character and life of the great nineteenth-century Christian soldier General Charles Gordon, sometimes known as "Chinese Gordon" or "Gordon of Khartoum" is a striking example. In his book on the recapture of Sudan, ...read more

  • In Chile, I Remember, One Man Heading For The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 31, 2006
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    In Chile, I remember, one man heading for the platform was stopped by a worker. He said he was god and how could we keep him off the platform. When he saw the policeman coming he took off. The next day in the newspaper there was a photo of him behind bars. The caption said something like god was ...read more

  • Once A Circus Performer Each Night Would Allow A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002
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     | 2,560 views

    Once a circus performer each night would allow a huge Python snake to encircle him and then at the last moment he’d throw the Python off to the roar of the crowd. But one night when he went to throw off the snake he couldn’t and the crowd watched in horror as the snake squeezed the life out of him. ...read more

  • A Missionary In The Orient Tells How A 20 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Errol Joseph on Jul 16, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
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    “A missionary in the orient tells how a 20 year-old man approached a temple, removed his sandals, and bowed before the idol. Drawing a dagger from beneath his shirt, in one quick swipe he cut off his tongue and offered it to the silent, lifeless image. In minutes he lay unconscious in a pool of ...read more

  • Yesterday When I Was On The ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 20, 2008
     | 1,809 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Yesterday when I was on the snowhill sledding with my kids, they were playing a game called ‘war’ where they would try to knock each other off of their sleds before they reached the bottom of the hill. My youngest daughter Hannah wanted me to ride on the sled with her because if I ...read more

  • The Bet — Anton Chekhov

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 3,200 views

    The Bet -- Anton Chekhov We live in a world that knows little about what’s truly valuable. People all around us are pursuing things that have no lasting value. That pursuit is ably treated by Anton Chekhov in his classic short story The Bet. This story gives us great insight into the value system ...read more

  • Humor Distorts Nothing, And Only False Gods Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,209 views

    "Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off ...read more

  • There Is Nothing In The World That Will Take The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,575 views

    There is nothing in the world that will take the chip off ones shoulder ...read more

  • Reward For Doing Right

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    REWARD FOR DOING RIGHT Joseph told Israel of his brother's evil doings. He was faithful to reveal rather than conceal the matter. Certainly it took a great deal of courage to do what he did. The exercising of that courage showed forth faithfulness. He also was faithful to his job requirements. ...read more

  • Kurtis Warner: Christlike Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,051 views

    KURTIS WARNER: CHRISTLIKE LOVE You never know when an encouraging act of kindness will bring about change in a person’s life for the better. In a supermarket, Kurtis, the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the intercom asking for a carry out at checkout register 4. Kurtis ...read more

  • The Payment For The Parts

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 20, 2020
     | 2,573 views

    One of the worst things that could happen to anybody is a car accident. My oldest son had this happen recently. He was okay, just a few bruises, but the car was totaled. Not good. A day or so later, he and I went to the garage where the car had been towed. We took turns removing his personal ...read more

  • Reward For Doing Right: Joseph Told Israel Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,296 views

    Reward for Doing Right: Joseph told Israel of his brother’s evil doings. He was faithful to reveal rather than conceal the matter. Certainly it took a great deal of courage to do what he did. The exercising of that courage showed forth faithfulness. He also was faithful to his job requirements. ...read more

  • Bike Chain.

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 25, 2006
     | 1,482 views

    Story: Bike Chain. I was about 12 years old. Friend and I and his little brother were riding bikes. Little brother – his bike chain fell off repeatedly – he couldn’t get it back on alone. We were getting upset like little kids do. And when the chain came off came of one last time We rode ...read more

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