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  • You May Have Heard About The Two Guys From Texas, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 2,814 views

    You may have heard about the two guys from Texas, from down around College Station, who went up north to do some ice fishing. They made the long trip but before they did their ice fishing they stopped by a store near the lake for some supplies. They asked the merchant if he had any ice picks and ...read more

  • Neil Orchard Was Talking With A Farmer About His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,452 views

    Neil Orchard was talking with a farmer about his soy bean and corn crops. Rain had been abundant, and the results were evident. So his comment surprised him: "My crops are especially vulnerable. Even a short drought could have a devastating effect." "Why?" Orchard asked. He explained that ...read more

  • In A Book I Was Reading Recently, A King Found ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 2, 2007
     | 956 views

    In a book I was reading recently, a King found he had an illegitimate grandson, called Fitzchilvary, abandoned on his doorstep. And after some thought he says to Fitz, I want to make a bargain with you. I will feed you and clothe you and give you a home, education and employment if you will always ...read more

  • B) Albert Ackley Series Of Evangelistic Meeting, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,849 views

    B) Albert Ackley series of Evangelistic meeting, when young Jewish man asked “Why should I worship a dead Jew?” … Ackley searched it out, and would resolve “He lives I tell you, he is not dead…I can prove it by my own experience: "I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that he is ...read more

  • Disguise And Camouflage Are Important Tactics In ...

    Contributed by W F on Nov 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,110 views

    Disguise and camouflage are important tactics in warfare. General Peter Cosgrove is the recently retired Chief of the Australian Defence Force. In his autobiography he tells about his first tour of duty as a young lieutenant in Vietnam. His first posting was at a base near the village of Dat Do. ...read more

  • Feeling Like A Nobody  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,114 views

    Feeling Like A Nobody We all feel like a nobody sometimes, and some of us feel like a nobody all the time. Some time ago a new employee at a Wal-Mart had an unusual experience. The young man had just been at work three days and was the low man in the pecking order at the store. He was standing ...read more

  • Watching A Trapeze Show Is Breathtaking. We ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 1, 2008
     | 1,340 views

    WATCHING A TRAPEZE SHOW IS BREATHTAKING. WE WONDER AT THE DEXTERITY AND TIMING. WE GASP AT NEAR-MISSES. IN MOST CASES, THERE IS A NET UNDERNEATH. WHEN THEY FALL, THEY JUMP UP AND BOUNCE BACK TO THE TRAPEZE. IN CHRIST, WE LIVE ON THE TRAPEZE. THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE ABLE TO WATCH AND SAY, "LOOK ...read more

  • The Baby And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,306 views

    The Baby and the Window It was a really hot day in September in San Antonio, when a woman accidentally locked her 10-month-old baby niece inside a parked car. Frantically, the mother and aunt ran around the car in near hysteria while a neighbor attempted to unlock the car with a clothes hanger. ...read more

  • Robinson Crusoe

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,965 views

    Robinson Crusoe Could you, could I do as well as Robinson Crusoe? When Robinson Crusoe was wrecked on his lonely island, he drew up in two columns what he called the evil and the good. He was cast on a desolate island, but he was still alive--not drowned, as his ship's company was. He was ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 2,052 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,665 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

  • I Was Walking By The Beach The Other Day And ...

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,571 views

    I was walking by the beach the other day and there were 4-6 foot waves pounding on the shore. All I could hear was the roar of those waves. Then I noticed an object suspended in the air above the trees near the shore. it was a hawk with its wings spread out enjoying the wind! The hawk was so still ...read more

  • Never Said Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,384 views

    NEVER SAID THANKS Edward Spencer was a ministerial student in Evanston, Illinois, and also a member of a life-saving squad during his school years. In 1860, a ship went aground on the shore of Lake Michigan near Evanston, and Spencer waded again and again into the frigid waters to rescue seventeen ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
     | 3,418 views

    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 5,679 views

    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

  • A Middle Aged Woman Had A Heart Attack And Was ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
     | 3,235 views

    A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live." Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital ...read more

  • H. G. Wells On The Value Of Humans

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
     | 1,708 views

    H. G. WELLS ON THE VALUE OF HUMANS Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realise our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that we know, going on from strength to ...read more

  • Dale Carnegie In Yellowstone  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,280 views

    DALE CARNEGIE IN YELLOWSTONE Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. This command is again repeated by Paul to the Colossians in 3:13, 13Bear with each other and forgive... The alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and ...read more

  • From A Cave To A Castle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,012 views

    FROM A CAVE TO A CASTLE Flat broke and homeless, brothers Geza and Zslot Peladi literally lived in a cave near Budapest for years. They left their dank home only to scrape together whatever money they could through selling scrap metal and candy. Theirs was a hopeless situation. But then ...read more

  • Questions Help You Learn...?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
     | 3,512 views

    QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

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