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  • Dogs  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,668 views

    Dogs An old dog was watching a young dog chase his tail. The young dog stopped to rest, and told the older dog, “I believe happiness is in my tail, and if I catch it, then I will have happiness” The older, wiser dog said, “I caught mine once. . . and I found out that happiness is not in the ...read more

  • Senior Citizens

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,549 views

    Senior Citizens A group of Florida senior citizens were talking about their ailments: • "My arms are so weak I can hardly hold this cup of coffee." • "Yes, I know. My cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee." • "I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck." • "My blood ...read more

  • Dorothy Sayers, In A Book Of Her Essays Entitled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,838 views

    Dorothy Sayers, in a book of her essays entitled The Whimsical Christian, has one essay called “The Greatest Drama Ever Staged,” where she writes, “The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore — on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has ...read more

  • Maybe The Most Famous Of All The Unexpected ...  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,892 views

    Maybe the most famous of all the unexpected heroes of 911 was a 32 year old Oracle salesmen named Todd Beamer, the determined Christian on flight 93 who called up the GTE operator to find out what was happening, prayed the Lord’s Prayer with her over the phone, added, “Jesus, help me,” then said, ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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     | 2,614 views

    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • I'm Going To Be Forty This Month, But I ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
     | 1,081 views

    “I’m going to be forty this month, but I approached thirty with more apprehension, I think, and the sense of time gone by. I’ve had more time to learn about myself, ten more years. “I no longer fool myself, not easily anyway. I know when I’m making excuses and when I’m making choices, and the ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning, A Pastor Was ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 3, 2008
     | 4,283 views

    Illustration: One Sunday morning, a Pastor was sharing a “Children’s sermon” with the children of the church. He was talking to them about the importance of loving one another and getting along with one another. He used the passage of scripture that I just read to explain to the children that God ...read more

  • A Preacher Remembered When His Daughter Was Two ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
     | 1,200 views

    A preacher remembered when his daughter was two years old and he was watching her at the house. His wife was shopping and he was watching a basketball game, while he was supposed to be watching the little one. You know how that goes, as he was watching the game, all of a sudden he looked up and ...read more

  • I Met My Best Friend In A Texas High School In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2008
     | 1,162 views

    "I met my best friend in a Texas high school in 1981. We were both military brats who’d spent time in Germany so we had some stuff in common. "While my mom was organizing old photos in 1986, we discovered that my family and my best friend’s family had stayed at the same hotel in Munich during the ...read more

  • An Archaeologist Digging In The Negev Desert In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,886 views

    An archaeologist digging in the Negev Desert in Israel came upon a sarcophagus containing a mummy. He called the curator of a prestigious museum. “I’ve just discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a man who died of heart failure!” the excited archaeologist exclaimed. The curator replied, “Bring him ...read more

  • Thomas Jefferson And John Adams Were Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,105 views

    THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS WERE GREAT FRIENDS, BUT WHEN JEFFERSON DEFEATED ADAMS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ADAMS TOOK IT PERSONALLY. V. "YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT! YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT!" NO WORDS FOR 11 YEARS. FRIENDS VISITED OLD, BITTER ADAMS, WHO SAID, "I ALWAYS LOVED JEFFERSON AND I ...read more

  • Skin Bottles For Carrying Various Fluids Were ...

    Contributed by Jerry Hillyer Ii on Jul 7, 2008
     | 1,976 views

    "Skin bottles for carrying various fluids were made by killing the chosen animal, cutting off its head and feet, skinning the carcass, and sewing up the skin, fur side out, to seal off all orifices but one (usually the neck). The skin was tanned with special care to minimize disagreeable taste. In ...read more

  • Abe Lincoln Said That Alcohol Has Many Defenders, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 3,819 views

    Abe Lincoln said that alcohol has many defenders, but has no defense. With so many defenders telling you why you should drink let me stand up here this morning and tell you that you should not drink. PROVERBS 23:31 says to not even look at alcohol! How much stronger can you tell someone to stay ...read more

  • Thus The Whole Book From Beginning To End ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Oct 29, 2008
     | 1,480 views

    “Thus the whole book from beginning to end teaches the great truths – Christ shall triumph! Christ’s enemies shall be overcome! They who hate him shall be destroyed; they who love him shall be blessed unspeakably. The doom alike of Jew and of Gentile is already imminent. On Judea and Jerusalem, ...read more

  • Kids Mirror ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,501 views

    KIDS MIRROR PARENTS An American Bible Society study conducted by Weekly Reader Research found children do mirror their parents’ behavior. Parents who attend church weekly tend to have teens that worship weekly, while 78% of parents who never attend worship services have teens who never attend, ...read more

  • Wrath On The Messenger

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 26, 2011
     | 2,993 views

    WRATH ON THE MESSENGER I don't know about you, but one of my all-time favorite TV shows is M*A*S*H. I especially loved it when the company clerk Radar would have to give bad news to the head nurse "Hot Lips" Hoolihan. He would tell her the news and expect to have to face her wrath even though he ...read more

  • What We Can Learn From Noah

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,692 views

    WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM NOAH God has much too teach us, one person observed a few things they learned from Noah: 1. Don't miss the boat! 2. Plan ahead. It wasnt raining when Noah built the ark. 3. Stay ready. It was not until Noah was 600 years old that God asked him to do ...read more

  • Supporting The Poor  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 8, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,412 views

    SUPPORTING THE POOR In a 1998 article in Christian History magazine, Rodney Stark said: "In a world lacking social services, Christians were their brothers' keepers. At the end of the second century AD, Tertullian wrote that while pagan temples spend their donations "on feasts and drinking ...read more

  • "I Love You, Daddy. Amen."

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 14, 2014
     | 4,924 views

    James Dobson tells of the time he was away on a business trip. While he was away, and his wife and 2 children were sitting down to eat, his wife turned to their two year old son Ryan and asked if he would like to pray before he and sister ate. The invitation startled the little boy, but he folded ...read more

  • Fail In Order To Succeed

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2017
     | 4,411 views

    An old axiom says that failure is the stepping stone to success. Are we afraid of failure? The road to success is paved with failures. Before the farmer in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) had a successful crop he failed in three areas. We fail in these same areas. We allow the devil to snatch ...read more

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