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  • Strike While The Iron Is Hot - Salesman

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 3, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,154 views

    Now ... Salespeople especially understand what it means to ... Strike while the iron is Hot I was reading an article written by Pat Zaby, .... a nationally known Real Estate speaker. He stated, ... One weekend, I told a friend that I was thinking of buying a convertible.... So, ... the first ...read more

  • Rules To Help Women Understand Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 1,289 views

    Rules to help women understand men 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. If it’s up … don’t come tell us about it. Put it down. 2. Don’t cut your hair. Ever. 3. Don’t make us guess. 4. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to … expect an answer you don’t want to hear. 5. Sometimes ...read more

  • It Was A Fog-Shrouded Morning, July 4, 1952, When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 97 ratings
     | 1,896 views

    It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman to swim the English ...read more

  • The Cheering Crowd  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,705 views

    THE CHEERING CROWD Picabo Street first joined the U.S. Ski Team when she was only 17. She went on to become the only American skier to ever win the World Cup downhill championship. In 1996 she tore a crucial ligament in her left knee. The 30 year-old Street went through extensive ...read more

  • Can You See The Land?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,234 views

    CAN YOU SEE THE LAND? It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman ...read more

  • Obituary

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 6, 2002
     | 1,606 views

    OBITUARY His parent were leaders in the community. He received the best education money could buy. He married a beautiful wife, and had two wonderful kids. He avoided damp weather. He stayed in during flu weather. He brushed his teeth twice daily with a famous toothpaste. His primary care physician ...read more

  • Faithful To The Finish  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,285 views

    FAITHFUL TO THE FINISH In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Derek Redmond of Great Britain was considered a favorite contender for a medal. It was the evening of August 3, 1992 as Redmond was pitted against seven others in a semi-final in the 400 meters. Redmond knelt poised, waiting for the race to ...read more

  • An American Missionary Was Traveling Across Korea ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Aug 25, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
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    An American missionary was traveling across Korea by train. At a busy station an old man boarded and sat across from Him. The man was Korean and he addressed the American in his native tongue. The Missionary responded in the only Korean phrase that he knew which was "I DON’T UNDERSTAND". A few ...read more

  • There Is An Ancient Door On Display In St. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,274 views

    There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish ...read more

  • Jesus] Said To Them, "Come Aside By Yourselves To ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
     | 3,471 views

    Jesus] said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.. --Mark 6:31 Philip Melancthon, the great Reformation theologian, once said to his friend Martin Luther, "This day you and I will discuss the governance of the universe." What Luther said in response was ...read more

  • I Can Remember In My Very Early Bible College ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
     | 1,208 views

    I can remember in my very early Bible college days, how that a love for the Word of God begin to develop within my own life. I had one particular instructor, Kelsey Griffin, who really turned me on to the power of the Word of God. I can remember sitting up night and night and poring over ...read more

  • John 12:26...the Word (Diakoneo) Means To Wait ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 3, 2006
     | 1,279 views

    John 12:26...The word (diakoneo) means to wait on. We get our English equivalent deacon, or servant from the word. The other word (servant) means literally union on the road. So Jesus is saying something like, Join me on the road of serving others. The world in which we live says, Grab on, ...read more

  • The Son Of A Wealthy Man Expected To Receive A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,307 views

    The son of a wealthy man expected to receive a sports car for his graduation. Instead his Dad called him into his study, told him that he loved him and handed him a wrapped-up present. When he opened it, he found it to be a box containing a leather bound Bible, with his name inscribed on the ...read more

  • Lois Pifer In The Web Site, Sermon Illustrations, ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 18, 2007
     | 973 views

    Lois Pifer in the web site, Sermon Illustrations, relates the following: A few weeks ago, I was tested on my faith that "All things are possible with God." (Mark 10:27 NIV) I had been studying Genesis, and specifically, reading about Abraham and Sarah, and Abraham’s test with the sacrifice of ...read more

  • Too Many Professing Believers Have Given Up On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,172 views

    Too many professing believers have given up on God. They’ve dropped the ball. •Many because they were never encouraged. (Gregory Dawson (SC.com) Ben Hooper was born several decades ago as an illegitimate child who never knew his dad. As a result, he was constantly taunted by classmates. When he was ...read more

  • A Story Of Friendship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    Let me read to you; A Story of friendship Out of the furnaces of war come many true stories of sacrificial friendship. One such story tells of two friends in World War I, who were inseparable. They had enlisted together, trained together, were shipped overseas together and fought side-by-side in ...read more

  • One Solitary Life  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Mar 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,157 views

    One Solitary Life Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never owned a ...read more

  • A Young Lady Named Sally Had An Experience In A ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
     | 779 views

    A young lady named Sally had an experience in a seminary class, given by her professor who was known for his elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into the class and saw a big target on the wall. On a table nearby was a bunch of darts. The professor told the students to draw a ...read more

  • Huck Finn On Prayer

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 5, 2011
     | 1,457 views

    HUCK FINN ON PRAYER There’s an incident in Huckleberry Finn where Mark Twain has Huck make a very human observation. "Miss Watson took me into a closet and prayed, but nothing came of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for, I would get. But it weren't so. I tried it. Once I ...read more

  • How Not To Achieve Virtue

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
     | 2,087 views

    HOW NOT TO ACHIEVE VIRTUE How do we move from vice to virtue? Let me tell you first of all how not to... Even ancient pagans, those who never heard the Bible, recognized that living in vice was deadly and destructive. They were far ahead of our modern culture that is foolishly accepting vices ...read more