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  • No Hands But Yours

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
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    NO HANDS BUT YOURS In the courtyard of a quaint little church in a French village was standing a beautiful marble statue of Jesus with his hands outstretched. One day during the war, a bomb struck close to the statue and severely damaged it. After the battle was over, the citizens of the village ...read more

  • He Keeps Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    HE KEEPS ME SINGING A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges, was born in 1884, he married Sarah Veatch and three lovely sons were born. Pastor Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in the year 1910, so he left his family in the care of his father-in-law ...read more

  • Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was Too Easy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,678 views

    Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was too Easy in order to Increase Sales Years ago a cake mix company put together a cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said all you had to do was add water and bake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell, until their research discovered ...read more

  • In The Story Of Pollyanna, There Is A Woman Who ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 23, 2010
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    In the story of Pollyanna, there is a woman who runs the town. She’s not the mayor and doesn’t even sit on the city council. It’s just that she has inherited a tremendous amount of money from her father, and she has a controlling interest in all the major businesses in town. As a result, no one ...read more

  • The Joy Of Citizenship

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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    THE JOY OF CITIZENSHIP Arnold Schwarzenegger once said: "As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long." ...read more

  • Why Should I Let You Into Heaven?

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 5, 2011
     | 1,712 views

    WHY SHOULD I LET YOU INTO HEAVEN? If you were to die today and God were to ask you, 'Why should I let you into my heaven?' what would you say?" Over the years I would have to say that 85% of the answers I get are "I have tried to be a good person, I have tried to be a good parent, I have tried to ...read more

  • The Unity Of The Bible

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
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    Notice the UNITY of the Bible. it is miraculous! * The Bible was written over a period of 1,500 years. • The Bible was written by over 40 different authors (Among them were kings, military leaders, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, tax collectors, poets, statesmen, musicians, ...read more

  • Lost ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 1, 2008
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    LOST IDENTITY --- Have you ever lost your driver’s license? --- Isn’t it a traumatic event? I have lost my driver’s license several times over the years and each time it made my life difficult. For all practical purposes I lost my identity. I couldn’t write a check – stores will not take a check ...read more

  • Speaking Of Heaven D.l. Moody Said, "We Believe ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 4, 2002
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    Speaking of heaven D.L. Moody said, “We believe it is just as much a place and just as much a city as New York is, and a good deal more; because New York will pass away, and that city will abide forever. It has foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Classic Sermons on Heaven and Hell; ...read more

  • 2002 Poll On Uniqueness Of Christianity, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2002
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    [2002 Poll on Uniqueness of Christianity, Citation: "Faith in America," U.S. News & World Report (5-6-02), p. 42; source: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/features/religion_survey.htm] PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly/U.S. News & World Report poll conducted March 26–April 4, 2002 In a spring ...read more

  • A Computer Has Been Used To Decipher The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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    A computer has been used to decipher the enigmatic smile of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, concluding that she was mainly happy. The painting was analysed by a University of Amsterdam computer using "emotion recognition" software. It concluded that the subject was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% ...read more

  • Bob Pritchard Said, "When Jesus Gave His ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 13, 2008
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    Bob Pritchard said, "When Jesus gave His beatitude, He was actually quoting Psalm 37:11: “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” The psalmist David contrasted the meek with the wicked. “For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: ...read more

  • Barn Rising

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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    BARN RISING Herman Ostry’s barn was under water because of a nearby creek. The Nebraska farmer invited a few friends to a barn raising. But it was not a typical barn rising (I said raising). They didn’t build a new barn. No, Mr. Ostry needed to move his entire 17,000 pound barn to a new ...read more

  • Left-Handed Whopper

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 1, 2011
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     | 3,643 views

    LEFT-HANDED WHOPPER On 1st April 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in an American newspaper announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" especially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new ...read more

  • Very Few Things Take Away The Power Of Someone As ...

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 30, 2012
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    Very few things take away the power of someone as much as being ridiculed. In Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer, they do it by burning their clothes. The book is an account of Allied prisoners during World War Two. One of the trials of prison camp is that their Italian guards will not give ...read more

  • Use The Old Golf Ball!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 8, 2024
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     | 923 views

    As the golfer approached the first tee, a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, he debated if he should use his new golf ball. Deciding that the hole was too treacherous, he pulled out an old ball and placed it on the tee. Just then he heard a voice from above say loudly: "Use the ...read more

  • It’s My Birthday I’ll Lie If I Want To

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 25, 2020
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    I’m not a proponent of lying. I don't like it when people lie. If they lie once, how do you know they're not lying again? Lately, I've been thinking about what the definition of a lie really is. Is there some time when telling a lie is the best to do? And, is every lie a ...read more

  • A. Linda Down Discovered Real Power And She ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 25, 2004
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    A. Linda Down discovered real power and she needed it. She had dealt with the limitations of cerebral palsy all her life. One day, she got this crazy idea of running the New York Marathon. But Linda walked with difficulty, so running seemed out of the question? She used canes with arm clamps to ...read more

  • Be Like The Spider  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 2, 2008
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     | 3,229 views

    BE LIKE THE SPIDER There was a man who was cleaning up his desk one Friday afternoon when he noticed an envelope that had been opened. Someone must have placed it there while he was on the phone. He opened it and read it, and to his shock and dismay it was a notice of being terminated, being ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
     | 1,580 views

    Materialism Matthew Sleeth is a medical doctor who wrote a provocative book called "Serve God Save the Planet." Dr. Sleeth was a former emergency room doctor and chief of medical staff at a prominent hospital in the northeast. He writes about a colleague named Todd. I think Todd represents the ...read more