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  • Maybe You've Heard About The Driver Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 11, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 1,755 views

    Maybe you’ve heard about the driver who was pulled over by a police officer for speeding. As the officer was writing the ticket, he noticed several machetes in the car. "What are those for?" she asked suspiciously. "I’m a juggler," the man replied. "I use those in my act." The officer ...read more

  • Oscar Wilde Said, "Consistency Is The Last Refuge ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,344 views

    Oscar Wilde said, “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.” So stop getting up at 6:05. Get up at 5:06. Walk a mile at dawn. Find a new way to drive to work. Switch chores with your spouse next Saturday. Buy a wok. Study wildflowers. Stay up alone all night. Read to the blind. Start ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Tells A Story Of When He And His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shane Hart on Jan 13, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    Charles Swindoll tells a story of when he and his sister would go fishing with their dad and grandfather. There was a man who sat on the pier with the last name of Kutasch. As the story goes, he was a very unusual man and fished accordingly. With the slightest bobble of his cork, he would jerk ...read more

  • March 16th, 1942 General Douglas Macarthur Is ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006
     | 3,182 views

    March 16th, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur is ordered out of the Philippines after a siege of America’s last stronghold in the country. All that is left is the island of Bataan. A reluctant MacArthur finally leaves Bataan for Australia, but before he leaves says “I shall return.” Eventually the ...read more

  • A Business Executive Became Depressed. Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,005 views

    A business executive became depressed. Things were not going well at work, and he was bringing his problems home with him every night. Every evening he would eat his dinner in silence, shutting out his wife and five-year-old daughter. Then he would go into the den and read the paper using the ...read more

  • We Tend To Copy

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
     | 705 views

    We Tend to Copy Some years ago, musicians noted that errand boys in a certain part of London all whistled out of tune as they went about their work. It was talked about and someone suggested that it was because the bells of Westminster were slightly out of tune. Something had gone wrong with the ...read more

  • Remember

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 19, 2006
     | 3,549 views

    “remember” • this love on the cross • this love that reached out to you when you were HOSTILE to God • this love that reached out to you, though God had every right to be—and WAS—enemies of us Remembering the cross can have a profound effect on us: Why then, let your mind come to rest in ...read more

  • We All Know The Story Of The Little Drummer ...

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 14, 2006
     | 1,361 views

    We all know the story of the Little Drummer Boy. I love the line in that carol that goes “…I played my best for him, Berump, pah, pah, pum Berump, pah, pah, pumBerump, pah, pah, pum Me and my drum.” I remember that as a child, I used to envision the little drummer boy, face pinched in ...read more

  • A Farmer Went Into His Banker And Announced That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
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    A farmer went into his banker and announced that he had bad news and good news. "First, the bad news...""Well," said the farmer, "I can’t make my mortgage payments. And that crop loan I’ve taken out for the past 10 years -- I can’t pay that off, either. Not only that, I won’t be able to pay you ...read more

  • Rudyard Kipling Was A Great Writer And Poet. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Rudyard Kipling was a great writer and poet. Many people enjoy reading The Jungle Book. Kipling, unlike many older writers was able to enjoy his success and his money. Apparently one day a journalist approached him and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just read that the money you make from your writing ...read more

  • Language Is A Great Gift From God That Sets Us ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Language is a great gift from God that sets us apart from every other creature. But sometimes our words are misunderstood or mistranslated; for example, I found some commercial slogans that had been translation into other languages of course they didn’t translate the same: Kentucky Fried Chicken, ...read more

  • I Love To Tell The Story About The Little Boy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    I love to tell the story about the little boy who was scared to death of bees and their sting - one day a bee came flying into his room and he was so afraid. His Dad walked in the room and saw what was going on. He snatched the bee out of the air and squeezed it. When he did the bee stung him and ...read more

  • Two Gas Company Service Men, A Senior Training ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,703 views

    Two gas company service men, a senior training Supervisor and a young trainee were out checking meters and parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked there way to the other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter. As ...read more

  • A Stock Boy At A Grocery Store Was Asked By An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    A stock boy at a grocery store was asked by an elderly lady, “Can I buy half a head of lettuce?” He walked back to the manager’s office, not realizing that the lady followed him. He said to the manger, “You’re not going to believe this, but there’s an old bag out there who wants to buy half a head ...read more

  • This Is A Picture Of Cheryl's Brother Bill When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    This is a picture of Cheryl’s brother Bill when he worked for Friendly’s Rrestaurants about 25 years ago he was taking the garbage out one night when a man told him put his hands up. Bill was so surprised by the event, not even thinking it could be a hold up, he reached out and grabbed the man’s ...read more

  • That Should Be Impressive Enough. But Then ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,807 views

    That should be impressive enough. But then Stoner analyzed the probability of 48 prophecies being manifested in one person. He concluded that the probability is one chance in 10 to the 157th power. That’s a 1 with 157 zeroes behind it. Again, Lee Strobel came to my rescue with a more concrete ...read more

  • Did You Know That There Is Only One Way To Get ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,055 views

    Did you know that there is only one way to get to Heaven? You have to believe in Jesus. You have to be a friend of His. A father took his son to a carnival one time for his birthday. The son asked six of his friends to go along. The father bought a whole roll of tickets for the seven boys. Each ...read more

  • Billy Graham Used To Tell A Story Of A Professing ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,985 views

    Billy Graham used to tell a story of a professing Christian who got a job in a lumber camp that had the reputation of being very ungodly. When a friend heard that he had been hired, he said to him, “If those lumberjacks ever find out you’re a Christian, your going to be in for a very hard time!” ...read more

  • I Have Heard That Possums Are Smart Animals. You ...

    Contributed by Brandon Park on Jan 31, 2010
     | 2,553 views

    I have heard that possums are smart animals. You wouldn’t think so because you hardly ever see one except when it’s dead on the road. There’s a joke that goes, “why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done!” But possums, it turns out, are smart. They won’t enter ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Daughter On 9/11

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER ON 9/11 Just after 9/11, Billy Graham’s daughter, Anne, was interviewed by the Early Show on CBS. The interviewer asked, "How could God let something like this happen?" She answered, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this just as we are, but for years we’ve been ...read more