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  • The Knack

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
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    THE KNACK As most of you probably know, I like computers. When we were in South Dakota, our Director of Missions was always calling me for help with computer things. He would sometimes get a new program and install it on the office computer, and then, he couldn’t figure out how to use it. So, he’d ...read more

  • In The Broadway Musical,

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
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    In the Broadway musical, “Guys and Dolls,” there is a line where Sky Masterton (the Marlon Brando role in the film version) shares some advice that his father gave him. Sky is a gambler and the entire play revolves around a certain bet that he makes which pays off in a way he isn’t expecting. But I ...read more

  • What's That Noise?

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 3, 2009
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     | 4,420 views

    WHAT'S THAT NOISE? I read a humorous story about a man who strolled out of a hardware store with a smile on his face and a brand-new chainsaw in his hands. He was told it could cut down five big oak trees in an hour. Twenty-four hours later, however, his smile was gone. Frustrated, he was back at ...read more

  • The Runaway Sheep

    Contributed by David Rumley on Oct 28, 2009
     | 4,718 views

    THE RUNAWAY SHEEP Have you heard the story of Shrek, the merino sheep that had evaded capture and shearing for six years? When he was finally discovered in his high mountain cave of New Zealand by musterer Ann Scanlan, he was almost unrecognizable as a sheep. The first thing his rescuer did was ...read more

  • Scrubs Christmas Voiceover  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
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     | 2,516 views

    SCRUBS CHRISTMAS VOICEOVER The cast of the TV Show Scrubs have done a number of satirical looks at various things. The did a voice over of "Charlie Brown’s Christmas" and Dr. Cox does the Linus soliloquy which originally was the story of Christmas from the gospel. This post-modern version [IMHO] ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been Told Something So Thrilling ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 10, 2009
     | 1,567 views

    Have you ever been told something so thrilling that you could not be quiet? There had to be a party going on in heaven! Angels by their nature worship, serve, and represent God. Now the promise of the ages to all mankind had come. They could not shut up about it! The celebration overflowed, ...read more

  • A Revealing Exchange Was Captured On The Fox ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 18, 2010
     | 1,721 views

    A revealing exchange was captured on the Fox News Channel. Bill O’Reily was interviewing Dan Rather, longtime anchorman at CBS. O’Reilly: I want to ask you flat out. Do you think bill Clinton’s an honest man? Rather: Yes, I think he’s an honest man. O’Reilly: Do you really? Rather: I do. ...read more

  • Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010
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    Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery Kunta Kinte lived free among the Mandinka people of West Africa, becoming a Mandinka warrior at fifteen. But then as he gathered wood for a drum outside his village, slavers captured him. Stacked away on a slave ship piled up with a hundred seventy other slaves, he ...read more

  • How To Build A Ladder To Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
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    How To Build A Ladder To Your Dreams Years ago a young African-American child was growing up in Cleveland, in a home which he later described as "materially poor but spiritually rich." One day a famous athlete, Charlie Paddock, came to his school to speak to the students. At the time Paddock was ...read more

  • At The Bottom Of Many Of His Musical Manuscripts, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
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    At the bottom of many of his musical manuscripts, the great organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach often wrote the letters "INDNJC." Those letters stood for "In Nomine Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" — in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. INDNJC. They did not appear on Bach's manuscripts by ...read more

  • Parents Teach Their Children God's Word At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
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    Parents Teach Their Children God’s Word at a Restaurant I once read an illustration of a family who took this seriously. One night at a pizza parlor, we decided to use the minutes waiting for our food as a teaching time. We passed out an index card and pencil to each child and had them write down a ...read more

  • Through The Years, I’ve Officiated, Or Been ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 4, 2010
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    Through the years, I’ve officiated, or been involved, in hundreds of weddings … and I’ve pretty much seen the good, bad, and ugly. * I remember one wedding where the three year old son of the bride was so taken with his new daddy-to-be, that he literally wrapped himself around the groom’s legs ...read more

  • Suburban Outreach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,494 views

    SUBURBAN OUTREACH Calvin Miller teaches in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Beeson Divinity School. He recently wrote a provocative article entitled, "Rethinking Suburban Evangelism," on the challenge taking the gospel to people who sense no need: "Suburbia: the push-button Zion of those who have made ...read more

  • Frank Graeff Was A Methodist Pastor, Serving Some ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 22, 2010
     | 3,651 views

    Frank Graeff was a Methodist pastor, serving some of the leading churches in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And throughout the area, he was known as the “Sunshine Minister,” because of his optimistic attitude. he was an encouragement to everyone who knew him. However, what those people ...read more

  • A Young Boy Gets A Driving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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     | 3,072 views

    A Young Boy Gets A Driving Permit A young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father if they could discuss his use of the family car. His father took him into his study and said, “I’ll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study the Bible a little, get your hair cut, ...read more

  • The World's Easiest Test

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    THE WORLD'S EASIEST TEST 1. How long did the hundred year war last? 2. Which country makes Panama hats? 3. What is Camel's hair brush made from? 4. In what month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? 5. What was King George VI's first name? 6. What colour is a Purple Finch? 7. Where are ...read more

  • The Durability Test

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jan 8, 2011
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     | 6,530 views

    THE DURABILITY TEST Endurance is a quality that God expects us to manifest. If you go to an IKEA store, you will find somewhere in the chair department a glass box with what is called the durability test. They have a mechanism that simulates someone sitting on the chair, and they say the chair was ...read more

  • Do Whatever The Champion Does

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
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     | 3,777 views

    DO WHATEVER THE CHAMPION DOES In 1976, Finland’s Lasse Viren made Olympic history when he became the first man to win both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races in successive Olympiads. After his victory, his coach decided to take on the record of the legendary Emil Zatopek. Earlier in the century at ...read more

  • Walgreen: A Second-Mile Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    WALGREEN: A SECOND-MILE MAN Second-mile people always excel. Around 1920 a pharmacist bought a drug store on the south side of Chicago. Soon, he was bored with his job and began to dream how he could make it more exciting. It was during a time when people were just beginning to call in their ...read more

  • Blankets Or No Blankets  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,957 views

    BLANKETS OR NO BLANKETS A good Presbyterian minister of Old Scotland, of the staid and orthodox type, had a poor old woman in his congregation who was in the habit of saying, "Praise the Lord," "Amen," when anything particularly helpful was said. This practice greatly disturbed the minister and ...read more