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  • Value Of Life A Store Owner Was Tacking A Sign ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 2,089 views

    Value of Life A store owner was tacking a sign above his door that read ’Puppies for Sale.’ These signs had a weird way of attracting children. And sure enough, a little boy appeared at the sign. "How much are you gonna sell those puppies for?" he asked. The store owner replied" Anywhere from ...read more

  • Strange Theories  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,117 views

    STRANGE THEORIES These are the results of a “Creative Scientific Theories Contest” sponsored by Omni magazine: GRAND PRIZE WINNER: When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet. And when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast ...read more

  • In An Atmosphere Of Calm—communion Mediation  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,704 views

    IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CALM-- Communion Mediation Lucinda Norman, in an article for Lookout magazine, describes her Christmas shopping experience at a busy mall. People had been pushing, elbowing and cutting in front of her all day. Hardly able to take it anymore, she says, “During a 10-minute ...read more

  • I'd Like To Relate To You A Story That A Son ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,270 views

    I’d like to relate to you a story that a son tells about his father that made an impact upon him for the rest of his life. He recounts: The cold Iowa dawn was still an hour off, but already Dad and I had finished a big job on our farm. We’d loaded 100 head of cattle for market into two waiting ...read more

  • Potato, Egg, Or Coffee?  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 220 ratings
     | 8,945 views

    POTATO, EGG, OR COFFEE? Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, ...read more

  • For You, Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    FOR YOU, MOTHER This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf full of Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here." This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains ...read more

  • There Goes My Life  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 17, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,381 views

    THERE GOES MY LIFE Kenny Chesney has a new song/music video out entitled, “There Goes My Life…” It’s a ballad focusing on the life of two young kids in high school that find themselves in a crisis moment of a pregnancy out of wedlock. (I want to say here that I’m not advocating the immoral ...read more

  • I Was In A Christian Bookstore In St. Louis Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,557 views

    I was in a Christian bookstore in St. Louis not that long ago. I was walking around looking at the different books on the shelves and trinkets that you could buy. I really didn’t see much that I thought was worth my attention, so I started heading to the door. Before I got to the door, however, ...read more

  • After 25 Years Of An Arranged Marriage, Listen To ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
     | 2,054 views

    After 25 years of an arranged marriage, listen to Tevya’s question to Golde in the musical Fiddler on the Roof: (Tevye) “Golde, I have decided to give Perchik permission to become engaged to our daughter, Hodel.” (Golde) “What??? He’s poor! He has nothing, absolutely nothing!” (Tevye) “He’s a ...read more

  • Near-Death Experiences And Feelings

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
     | 3,630 views

    NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS Recently a television reporter followed up on the people who survived that air travel incident in which a huge section of the plane simply tore off, somewhere near Hawaii. You may remember that there was some kind of metal fatigue and a whole section of the ...read more

  • We Have Been Waiting For The Movie Called "How To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 5, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,041 views

    We have been waiting for the movie called "HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON" to come out in the cinemas. It is a kids movie about Vikings and dragons. The amount of advertising saying that it was coming was phenomenal. Talk about good marketing! Their target audience is children. Jesus has His own marketing ...read more

  • But As We Leave Today I Want You To Forget ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 1,575 views

    But as we leave today I want you to forget everything I said for a minute, and think about this (hold up a bag of coins). I have two dollars in change here and I’m giving it away to the first adult that runs up here and gets it. Hey let’s not trample each other. The majority of the world, 53% of ...read more

  • Seeing You For Real

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
     | 2,473 views

    SEEING YOU FOR REAL Just a few years ago, Leadership Journal did an interview with Saul Cruz, who along with his wife founded Armonia (Harmony) Ministries in Mexico City. They minister to hundreds of poor people all over Mexico today, but they began their ministry by planting a church on the edge ...read more

  • The Risk Of Fishing For Souls  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,233 views

    THE RISK OF FISHING FOR SOULS A little more than 10 years ago (2000), a movie called The Perfect Storm was released, which graphically portrayed the dangers of the fishing industry even in modern times. The movie is about the crew of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat out of Gloucester, ...read more

  • True Beauty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,782 views

    TRUE BEAUTY Carre Otis was once among the world’s top super models for 17 years, beginning her career at the age of 14. To prepare for each photo shoot, she routinely binged and purged, took laxatives and diet pills, and exercised intensely. Being extremely thin made possible a modeling career ...read more

  • Angels Of Reconciliation  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,711 views

    ANGELS OF RECONCILIATION With his life in disarray, Steven Lavaggi sat on his bedroom’s wooden floor, and began searching his Bible for answers. His wife had just left him to marry a writer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. Ten days later, Steven discovered his son was stricken with Juvenile ...read more

  • Artist, Steven Lavaggi

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 2,815 views

    With his life in disarray, Steven Lavaggi sat on his bedroom’s wooden floor, and began searching his Bible for answers. His wife had just left him to marry a writer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. Ten days later, Steven discovered his son was stricken with Juvenile Diabetes. Then he lost his ...read more

  • A Confident Faith  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Apr 2, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,267 views

    A CONFIDENT FAITH Jesus indicted the Pharisees saying: "All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not ...read more

  • Strength Through Humility

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 7, 2014
     | 5,369 views

    And I must say here, this does not come automatically, we have to work at it and develop it, and many times we grit our teeth as we think we fail every now and again, but I will end with this analogy, it is the best I can up with, it is crude … but think of yourself when you give your offering, ...read more

  • Peter Pan

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 2, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,865 views

    Peter Pan and The Hope Of Heaven… St. John’s is the oldest of all the cities in North America. Embedded in this 400-year-old city are many stories. Bowering Park is one of the oldest parks in St. John’s. It was established by a grant of land from the Bowering family in 1911 on the 100th ...read more