Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 11, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 1,782 views
Enthusiastic Worship, Citation: Per Nilsen, Burnsville, Minnesota]
Per Nilson tells the story of Nisswa, Minnesota, where they hold the popular Nisswa Turtle Races.
Every Wednesday evening in the summer months, the people of Nisswa and the surrounding communities gather at a designated parking
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2003
based on 7 ratings
| 3,861 views
LISTEN SLOWLY
Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 24, 2003
based on 1 rating
| 2,544 views
On the wall beside my desk I have a 1996 poster size Tim Horton’s Coffee calendar, which I took and had dry mounted, so it would last forever. The picture above the months shows a father wearing a goalie stick and gloves guarding a hockey net that stands in front of the garage door of the family
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Mennonite
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jan 15, 2005
based on 4 ratings
| 6,053 views
The prince of Grenada, an heir to the Spanish crown, was sentenced to life in solitary confinement in Madrid’s ancient prison called "The Place of the Skull." The fearful, dirty, and dreary nature of the place earned it the name. Everyone knew that once you were in, you would never come out alive.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
based on 60 ratings
| 1,490 views
88% of Americans gamble in some form. 95% lose more than they bet. Winners get back less than half of what they bet. No one in his or her right mind would invest in anything with such a loss record. Statisticians have shown that a person is more likely to survive 88 rounds of Russian roulette than
...read more
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 27, 2007
A little camel asks mummy camel, “Mummy, why have I got such big flat feet?” She replies, “Well darling, in the desert you need big flat feet because the sand is soft and they help us to keep stable.”
The little camel goes away but then comes back. “Mummy, why have I got such big eyelashes?”
“Well
...read more
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 9, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,856 views
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, and put an end at Thy good pleasure to this my miserable life; for justice and truth are not to be found among the sons of men…Be merciful unto me, O Lord…Now after many battles, I find nothing in me but vanity and corruption. For in quietness I am negligent, in
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 2,571 views
The Infallible Bible-Barometer
In September, 1938, a man who lived on Long Island was able one day to satisfy a lifelong ambition by purchasing for himself a very fine barometer. When the instrument arrived at his home, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 19, 2008
HOWARD HUGHES' LIFE
All he ever really wanted in life was more. He wanted more money, so he parlayed inherited wealth into a billion-dollar pile of assets. He wanted more fame, so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a filmmaker and star. He wanted more sensual pleasures, so he paid
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
based on 2 ratings
| 2,456 views
John Taylor recently invented a clock called the Chronophage. Literally it means time eater. It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, chronos, and the word phageo meaning “to eat”. A monster-looking grasshopper with a mouthful of teeth devours
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 24, 2024
based on 1 rating
| 764 views
Augustine believed that God created the order of angels to exist in a perfect harmonic balance with one another which was subsequently lost due to the fall of Satan (and those who followed Satan in his rebellion). This showed the tragedy which developed as a result of Satan’s rebellion.
Not only
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
BOOMERANGS AND GREED
The world we live in says, "Grab on, hold tightly, squeeze till get what you want." Jesus teaches a paradox: "You can never touch what you grab for, and you can’t keep what you think you’re holding. As soon as you think you have piled up the good life – made your mark – it
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Sermon Central