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  • Families Rate: A Recent Gallup Poll Reveals That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,222 views

    Families Rate: A recent Gallup Poll reveals that Americans rank their family and health as the two most important aspects of life. Family was seen as extremely important or very important by 96% and health was rated high by 90%. Work, friends, money and religion were viewed as roughly equal in ...read more

  • Boat Compromise  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,542 views

    Boat Compromise" My friend wanted a boat more than anything. His wife kept refusing, but he bought one anyway. "I’ll tell you what," he told her, "In the spirit of compromise, why don’t you name the boat?" Being a good sport, she accepted. When her husband went to the dock for his maiden voyage, ...read more

  • As A Young Boy I Wanted To Do Something, And My ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
     | 825 views

    As a young boy I wanted to do something, and my mom said why don’t you play with Greg across the street. I said I don’t want to play with Greg, and I didn’t. Later that day he drowned while swimming with some friends. If only I had played with him he wouldn’t have drowned - I replayed in ...read more

  • The Elusive

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 7, 2007
     | 1,815 views

    The Elusive The rich man in his castle The poor man at his gate They all wanted one thing But for them, it was far too late The Lawyer in his chambers The Maiden in her room Both sought the same gift each time But alas it was nigh pass noon. The prime minister in his parliament The pauper in ...read more

  • Dr. Seamands Tells Of A Muslim Who Became A ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
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    Dr. Seamands tells of a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, ’Why have you become a Christian?’ He answered, ’Well, it’s like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn’t know which way to go, and ...read more

  • In The Comic Strip, Dennis The Menace, Dennis And ...

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 11, 2005
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    In the comic strip, Dennis the Menace, Dennis and his little friend, Joey, are leaving Mrs. Wilson’s house with their hands full of cookies. As you may remember, Dennis is not always very considerate toward the Wilsons who are his next-door neighbors (especially Mr. Wilson). But Joey says, "I ...read more

  • Every 24 Hours, About 146,000 People Die, And ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 16, 2005
     | 1,174 views

    Every 24 hours, about 146,000 people die, and most of them without Christ. Every 24 hours, about 345,000 babies are born. Will we win these? Our denomination wins about 400,000 people to Christ a year, which is less than the number of people born January 1 & 2 each year. My ...read more

  • Arthritic Church

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009
     | 3,101 views

    ARTHRITIC CHURCH Dennis is suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis. Many of you are familiar with the disease. The body attacks itself causing pain, disfigurement, and an inability for the body to function as it should. My friends, the Bible says that we are the Body of Christ. This church and our ...read more

  • Farewell, President

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
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    FAREWELL, PRESIDENT An on-line friend directed my attention this week by to a recently published note by one of our nation’s most distinguished church historians, Dr. Martin Marty on the eve of President Obama’s inauguration. It was titled, "Farewell, President" and in it he quoted the late ...read more

  • Bad Taste  PRO

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,618 views

    BAD TASTE Treating each other in graceless ways is like putting salt in another person's drink. You're sitting there, your friend goes to the bathroom, and while he's gone you pour salt into his soda. And when he takes a sip he gets a terrible taste in his mouth. God says, "Don't do this ...read more

  • Asking Good Questions

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn't so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired; ...read more

  • Better Influence

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 19, 2011
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    BETTER INFLUENCE A Peanuts cartoon showed Peppermint Patty talking to Charlie Brown in which she said, "Guess what, Chuck? The first day of school, and I got sent to the principal’s office. It was your fault, Chuck." Charlie Brown responds, "My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say ...read more

  • Melt It, Don't Hammer It

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 24, 2011
     | 3,898 views

    MELT IT, DON'T HAMMER IT Alexander Maclaren once said, "Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it." The writer from the 1930’s, Somerset Maugham, had a mother who was an extraordinarily beautiful woman his father was an extraordinarily ugly man. ...read more

  • Asking Good Questions

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 17, 2011
     | 1,492 views

    ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn’t so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired, ...read more

  • Do We Give Lip Service Or Real Service To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,743 views

    Do we give lip service or real service to a cause? Henry David Thoreau, that rugged New England individualist of the nineteenth century, once went to jail rather than pay his poll tax to a state that supported slavery. Thoreau’s good friend Ralph Waldo Emerson hurried to visit him in jail. Peering ...read more

  • Dr. Seamands Tells Of A Muslim Who Became A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,224 views

    Dr. Seamands tells of a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, ’Why have you become a Christian?’ He answered, ’Well, it’s like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn’t know which way to go, and there ...read more

  • Many Of You Remember The Struggles Of The Viet ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,580 views

    Many of you remember the struggles of the Viet Nam War. During that war, our troops would often set up “fire bases”. These were bases where troops & artillery would be placed. They were arranged in such a way that if one fire base was attacked, usually one or two other bases could provide ...read more

  • Woman's Husband Gave Her A Hard Time… One Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Woman’s husband gave her a hard time… one day disconnected battery cables… car wouldn’t crank so without a word to her husband she started walking… he later felt bad, showed up at services & then obeyed the gospel They live in a Barbie world wanting everything their Barbie had! Think: “If Barbie ...read more

  • Advice And Instructions Taken From Actual ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2008
     | 2,837 views

    Advice and instructions taken from actual military sources. Some of these guys must have had a sense of humor. "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." --U.S. Marine Corps "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." ...read more

  • A Walk By Faith

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,860 views

    A WALK BY FAITH I have a friend in Alaska. Some years ago he was a rising executive in a large, influential business. Then God spoke to him to quit his job and go to full-time Bible college. He did so, with no guarantees and no looking back. After he finished Bible college, to the amazement of ...read more