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  • On Feb. 27, 1991, It Was The Height Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,910 views

    On Feb. 27, 1991, it was the height of the Desert Storm War. A woman by the name of Ruth Dillow received the worst news that a mom could ever receive. Her son, Clayton Carpenter, Private, First Class, had stepped on a land mine in the Persian Gulf and he was . For the next three days she grieved ...read more

  • Isaiah Thomas - In His Sexual Harrassment ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2007
     | 1,996 views

    Isaiah Thomas - In his Sexual Harrassment deposition A bizarre deposition given by the coach of The New York Knicks in a sexual harassment suit has attracted much attention in the media. During the testimony, former Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas suggested that when a black man refers to a ...read more

  • In The Greek Islands, You Can See The Home Of ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 24, 2007
     | 830 views

    In the Greek Islands, you can see the home of Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. Near his house there is an olive tree, supposedly dating from his time. The trunk of this tree is very large but completely hollow; it is little more than thick bark. There are a few long, straggling ...read more

  • This Week You May Have Seen The Story Of Maria ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,208 views

    This week you may have seen the story of Maria Headley. Like many people, playwright Maria Headley had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from the equation. ...read more

  • The Infallible Bible-Barometer

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,569 views

    The Infallible Bible-Barometer In September, 1938, a man who lived on Long Island was able one day to satisfy a lifelong ambition by purchasing for himself a very fine barometer. When the instrument arrived at his home, he was extremely disappointed to find that the indicating needle appeared to ...read more

  • By Now Everyone Has Heard Of The Death Of Actor ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Feb 23, 2008
     | 1,135 views

    By now everyone has heard of the death of actor Heath Ledger. Just a few days ago this up and coming young actor was found dead in his lower Manhattan apartment. From the outside looking in it would seem that he had it made. He had truly found the American dream. He had fame and fortune. Yet, ...read more

  • An Increasing Number Of People In America And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 2,523 views

    An increasing number of people in America and around the world don't believe in God. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found 20% of Americans ages 18 to 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the rate of 20 years ...read more

  • Moving The Fence

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 3,897 views

    MOVING THE FENCE Millard Erickson wrote, "The church is the repository of grace...it possesses the gospel, the good news of salvation" During World War II, some American soldiers took the body of their buddy to a local cemetery. The priest stopped them saying, "You can't bury your friend here if ...read more

  • Satisfied ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,758 views

    “Satisfied Completely!” The daughter of a New York rabbi tells this story. “My father taught me to read the Bible in Hebrew as a young child. We began at Genesis. When we came to Isaiah, he skipped the fifty-third chapter. I asked him why. He said it was not necessary for Jews to read that ...read more

  • Give Me All, And I'll Give You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 4,313 views

    GIVE ME ALL, AND I’LL GIVE YOU ME In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis wrote: Christ says, "Give me All. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I ...read more

  • In His Men's Seminar, David Simmons, A Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2001
    based on 71 ratings
     | 1,120 views

    In his men’s seminar, David Simmons, a former cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, tells about his childhood home. His father, a military man, was extremely demanding, rarely saying a kind word, always pushing him with harsh criticism to do better. The father had decided that he would never permit ...read more

  • The Lifeboat Station  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on May 23, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,943 views

    THE LIFEBOAT STATION , by Theodore Wedel On a dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occur there was once a crude little lifesaving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with no thought for ...read more

  • Karl Loved To Follow His Dad Around. From An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 15, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,138 views

    Karl loved to follow his dad around. From an early age, Hirschel always found young Karl at his heels. The shelves of books in Hirschel’s Law study fascinated young Karl and the lad quizzed His dad to annoyance. The book Hirschel seemed to love the most was the Torah, the Hebrew Book of Law. ...read more

  • Heavenly Botox! (09.12.05--Heavenly Citizens!--2 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,210 views

    Heavenly Botox! (09.12.05--Heavenly Citizens!--2 Cor. 5:17) Make-overs! We are a people obsessed with them these days. We restore our cars, pump botox into our chins and eyelids, remodel our homes at a record pace and are transfixed by the various shows on television whose story lines are founded ...read more

  • History Remembers John Joseph Mcgraw Primarily As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,924 views

    History remembers John Joseph McGraw primarily as the famed and ferocious longtime manager of the New York Giants. But as unrelenting as McGraw was as a manager during the first three decades of the 20th century, he had been even more unrelenting as a player in the 1890s. It was an era of dirty ...read more

  • I Read About A Pastor Who Decided To Experiment ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,588 views

    I read about a Pastor who decided to experiment with changing those sad statistics in his church. He made a list of 12 people who had recently been baptized in their church, and then he and his wife invited them over. Naturally, these new Christians were thrilled to be invited to their Pastor’s ...read more

  • God Is Absolute

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 4, 2013
     | 2,618 views

    GOD IS ABSOLUTE If we bought a new piano or a new organ and moved it into the sanctuary, we would need to tune it, or everything else, typically. The impression is that there are differences in how the instruments are tuned. If the new piano is tuned a little higher than the old equipment, then ...read more

  • Spite Fences: Isolation

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 4, 2021
     | 1,883 views

    THE ISOLATION OF SPITE FENCES… Years ago I build a very close relationship with a pastor in our community. We often visited and had sweet communion together. We would exchange ideas and notes with each other. Our friendship grew. This man pastored a larger church than I did. His church was in ...read more

  • John Mcarthur-Grace To You-The Life Saving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,257 views

    John McArthur-Grace to You-The Life Saving Station On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut and had only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea. With no thought for ...read more

  • A Wife Remarked To Her Husband After The Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 130 ratings
     | 2,434 views

    A wife remarked to her husband after the church service: "Did you see the hat Mrs.Jones was wearing?" "No," said her husband, "I didn’t." "Did you see the new dress Mrs. Smith had on?" she asked. "I’m afraid I didn’t," said her ...read more