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  • Personal Truth To The Resurrection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,052 views

    PERSONAL TRUTH TO THE RESURRECTION Christian author and activist Chuck Colson draws evidence for the resurrection for personal experience. Colson was a part of the Nixon Whitehouse during the Watergate scandal of seventies. He writes: Watergate involved a conspiracy to cover up, ...read more

  • The Final Play Of The Game  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,390 views

    THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME It's never too late to trust Jesus. Oops, I need to qualify that. There IS a time when it's too late to trust Jesus. If you die without putting your faith in Jesus, then it's too late. Someone observed about the thief on the cross that there is one deathbed conversion in ...read more

  • That's Just Denny.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,883 views

    "THAT'S JUST DENNY." John Ortberg tells of a man in a church he once pastored whom he called Denny. Denny was not a happy man. He had attended church his whole life, but he had never been happy. Even the expression on his face was perpetually negative - so much so that one day a deacon asked him, ...read more

  • In A Back Yard There Once Lived An Apple Tree ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 25, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,027 views

    In a back yard there once lived an apple tree and a thorn bush. The apple tree produced nice juicy apples that everyone liked to eat. Kids would climb up the tree and pluck the apples. Worms would eat the ones that fell on the ground. Birds would peck away at the fruit from the top. The owner ...read more

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt Got Tired Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
    based on 115 ratings
     | 3,682 views

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt got tired of smiling that big smile and saying the usual things at all those White House receptions. So, one evening he decided to find out whether anybody was paying attention to what he was saying. As each person came up to him with extended hand, he flashed that ...read more

  • Ucla Alumni And Fans Made Ucla Football Coach ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Sep 5, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,686 views

    UCLA alumni and fans made UCLA football coach Pepper Rodgers’s life miserable during a season when his Bruins got off to a horrible start. Nobody in Southern California would hang out with him. "My dog was my only true friend," Rodgers said of that year. "I told my wife that every man needs at ...read more

  • I Want To Rule The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,595 views

    I WANT TO RULE THE WORLD Madonna has a little confession to make: She wants to rule the world. The singer reveals this perhaps unsurprising tidbit in “Nobody Knows Me,” a 52-page collection of photos and quotes from the ambitious blonde. “Every time I reach a new peak, I see a new one I want to ...read more

  • Flotsam And Jetsam

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
     | 2,166 views

    FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Flotsam and jetsam are commonly used terms. They are used to describe the wreckage and debris that floats in the water after a shipwreck. What isn't so well known is that there is a difference between flotsam and jetsam. Flotsam is anything that ends up in the water resulting ...read more

  • Mary Crowley Lived In The 1930s – The Time Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,330 views

    Mary Crowley lived in the 1930s – the time of the Great Depression. Her husband left her with a young daughter to raise. Nobody told Mary she couldn’t get a job during the Depression, so she went out and got one. In time she founded a very successful company called Home Interiors and Gifts, and ...read more

  • Talking Is Easy, Isn't It? Some People Have No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,518 views

    Talking is easy, isn’t it? Some people have no problems with talking to you about almost any subject you can think of. They can ramble on and on and say thousands of words, and not really say anything of importance. Three boys were bragging to one another about their fathers. One of them said, “My ...read more

  • If I Don't Love This One...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,346 views

    "IF I DON’T LOVE THIS ONE..." There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked herd "Do you love dolls" Then, with tender loving care, she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect and admire. The guest asked her, ...read more

  • You Don't Really Own Your Possessions, They Own ...

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
     | 1,927 views

    You don’t really own your possessions, they own you. Dog lovers don’t take offense. Nobody owns a dog! Ever wonder why dog’s are man’s best friend? If someone waited on you hand and foot, gave you food and drink whenever you wanted it, played with you when you were energetic, walked you when ...read more

  • No One Will Know

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
     | 162 views

    No one will know? A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking around with his co-workers. One car gets by him. He misses applying the grease. He knows it will fail inspection. So he puts a ...read more

  • The Cost Of Trying To Fit In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
     | 3,534 views

    THE COST OF TRYING TO FIT IN Kevin Miller of Wheaton, Illinois wrote the following: Right after I finished 6th grade, my family moved to a new town. As I started junior high that fall, I suddenly found myself in a school I didn’t know, in a town I didn’t know, with people I didn’t know. I felt ...read more

  • Without Realizing It Many Of Us Have Fallen Prey ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2009
     | 1,837 views

    Without realizing it many of us have fallen prey to thinking that people of most significance are people like star athletes, actors, actresses, musicians, and even politicians. These are the ones we applaud and become excited to meet in person. These are the ones who we ask for their autographs and ...read more

  • In My Humble Opinion

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 29, 2020
     | 2,219 views

    It was a busy week last week. I was chasing my tail so much, I thought I would actually catch it. What I would do after I caught it is beyond my imagination. However, I was quite busy, and then the mail came. Whenever the mail comes, I’m always expecting “the check.” Rarely do I get it, but my ...read more

  • Have You Ever Told A Lie?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2001
    based on 125 ratings
     | 3,930 views

    1. A small girl was impressed by two things: a. How difficult it was not to tell a falsehood from time to time. b. How may people were always telling her that it’s a sin to tell a lie. 2. So she decided to investigate. a. She starting with her father.  Dad: “She asked, have you ever told a ...read more

  • A Hurricane Was Coming. All The People, Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 1,651 views

    A hurricane was coming. All the people, family and those working on the farm that day, had hurried into the shelter. They were huddled together in a dark hurricane shelter with the winds howling and rattling the only door that everybody could see in the front of the shelter. The wind was blowing ...read more

  • There Is A Story Is A Guy Taking A Class In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,543 views

    There is a story is a guy taking a class in ornithology, the study of birds. The teacher has a reputation for being extremely difficult, so this guy studies his brains out for the final. He comes the classroom feeling prepared, but instead of having normal test, there are 25 pictures on the ...read more

  • Is It Worth The Price?  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,870 views

    IS IT WORTH THE PRICE? Paul J. Meyer wrote in Unlocking Your Legacy: "Cost and self-sacrifice do not make something hard. Nobody feels sorry for the athlete who wins an Olympic medal, even though the person paid an incredible price through grueling effort behind the scenes, denying himself or ...read more