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  • A Little Girl Had Been Taught The Verse: Let ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,692 views

    A little girl had been taught the verse: Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and give glory to our Father who is in heaven. Her mom explained to her, "Well, it means that when you’re good and kind and thoughtful and obedient, you’re letting Christ’s light shine in ...read more

  • John Wesley Writes Of His Time: "Almost As Soon ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
     | 1,655 views

    John Wesley writes of his time: "Almost as soon as I was gone, two or three began to take their imaginations for impressions from God. Meantime, a flood of reproach came upon me almost from every quarter. Be not alarmed that Satan sows tares among the wheat of Christ. "It has ever been so, ...read more

  • A Few Blocks Below My College Was A Restaurant ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 11, 2007
     | 630 views

    A few blocks below my college was a restaurant that served only breakfast – and it was a great breakfast, cheap. What made this breakfast unique was that, except for the manager, everything was handled by mentally handicapped folks. They were the cooks, the waiters and waitresses, the busboy, the ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,742 views

    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

  • The Hallmark

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    "The Hallmark" Many of us can t tell fourteen caret gold from eighteen carat. Sone of us can t even tell gold plate from solid gold. In old London town the jewelers of Goldsmith’s Hall took pride in doing good work, and they wanted each customer to know what he was buying. a So they devised a ...read more

  • Dishonesty Is A Trait That Never ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,296 views

    Illustration: Dishonesty is a trait that never works well for the long haul. There was a man who came home drunk and not wanting to fuss with his wife he snuck up the stairs quietly. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in a fight earlier that night. He ...read more

  • Some Suggest That Tv Is Just Giving The Public ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,449 views

    Some suggest that TV is just giving the public what it demands. There is some truth to that, but don’t be misled, there is also a gay agenda that many in Hollywood push. Will & Grace star Eric McCormick said, "When little old women say, ’I hope he finds a nice man," the show will be successful." In ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,564 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

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,269 views

    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

  • Have You Ever Lost Something? Not Just Misplaced ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,742 views

    Have you ever lost something? Not just misplaced something – have you ever really lost something? I know most of the time when I lose something – I can’t find my wallet, can’t find my keys – I usually yell for my wife. She’s the best at looking and finding stuff. I lose things she finds them – it ...read more

  • How Many Of You Remember What A Prism Is? Did ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,876 views

    How many of you remember what a prism is? Did you ever hold one or place it down to watch it work? A prism of glass can be used to bend different wavelengths of light by different amounts through a process called refraction. This bending separates a beam of white light into a spectrum of colored ...read more

  • Our Family Has Been Outdoors People Most All Of ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
     | 747 views

    Our family has been outdoors people most all of my life. Many of our vacations were camping, hunting, and fishing. It may be hard for some of you to imagine, but my Mom can be an outdoors lady. She always caught the most fish and she would always get a good Buck. One thing we loved as boy’s, and ...read more

  • It's Kind Of Like Someone Who Has A Slow Leak In ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
     | 1,109 views

    It’s kind of like someone who has a slow leak in their tire. Each day it loses a little bit of air. And they might even notice it looks a little low. But they don’t take care of it. One morning they go outside and their tire is completely flat! And they think to themselves, “Man, my tire just ...read more

  • Snoopy's Week

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
     | 1,757 views

    For years there has been a Snoopy poster that shows how he spends his week: On Sunday, he dances, with the caption, "Party-Time!" On Monday, he scowls, with the caption, "Don’t speak to me." On Tuesday, he lies flat on his back as though dead, with the caption, "God, get me through ...read more

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

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,746 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

  • The Yoke

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 14, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,711 views

    Matthew 11:29-30: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" Jesus’ yoke (his commandments) fits us well. The life that he gives us to live is not a bitter, heavy burden; ...read more

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Spoke Prophetically ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 5, 2007
     | 1,596 views

    . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke prophetically calling America to right the wrongs of racial discrimination. At one point after a defining court victory, Dr. King spoke with the president about enacting legislation to protect the civil rights of people of color. The president sided with Dr. King ...read more

  • Clingstone Is A House That Was Built In 1905 On ...

    Contributed by Kevin Mccarthy on Nov 12, 2007
     | 1,613 views

    Clingstone is a house that was built in 1905 on a peninsula in the Narraganset bay near Newport Rhode Island. It was constructed with heavy mill type framing, It’s shingled inside and outside, and was designed to withstand hurricane force winds. In 1938 a hurricane, dubbed the “long Island ...read more

  • Letting Your Light Shine Dr. Paul Brand Was ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE Dr. Paul Brand was speaking to a medical college in India on "Let your light so shine before men that they may behold your good works and glorify your Father." In front of the lectern was an oil lamp, with its cotton wick burning from the shallow dish of oil. As he ...read more

  • The "South Indian Monkey Trap" Was Developed By ...

    Contributed by Dan Thompkins on Jan 11, 2008
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     | 3,237 views

    The "South Indian Monkey Trap" was developed by villagers to catch the ever-present and numerous small monkeys in that part of the world. It involves a hollowed-out coconut chained to a stake. The coconut has some rice inside which can be seen through a small hole. The hole is just big enough so ...read more

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