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  • The Ten Commandments In Verse  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,591 views

    The Ten Commandments in Verse Above all else love God alone; Bow down to neither wood nor stone. God’s name refuse to take in vain; The Sabbath rest with care maintain. Respect your parents all your days; Hold sacred human life always. Be loyal to your chosen mate; Steal nothing, ...read more

  • Fred Got Home From His Sunday Round Of Golf Later ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,352 views

    Fred got home from his Sunday round of golf later than normal and very tired. "Bad day at the course?" his wife asked. "Everything was going fine," he said. "Then Harry had a heart attack and died on the 10th tee." "Oh, that’s awful!" "You’re not kidding. For the whole back nine ...read more

  • I Am Amazed By What People Will Believe. I Read ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 9, 2007
     | 1,520 views

    I am amazed by what people will believe. I read this recently, the following headlines were observed: * Dinosaurs Honked Like Buicks * Cow Mattresses Help Cows Produce More Milk * Mother To Be On Diet Of Only Chicken, Lays Huge Egg * WWII Bomber Found On The Moon * Woman Gives Birth To 2 ...read more

  • I Remember Forgetting

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,599 views

    I Remember Forgetting Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before. But she acted as if she had never even heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked. “No,” came Barton’s reply, “I ...read more

  • The True Story A Meat Store Owner Told Some Time ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
     | 1,664 views

    The true story a meat store owner told some time back: The owner said: “one day a customer informed me she had gotten some unexpected money and wanted to fill her freezer. She picked out about $200 worth of meat and handed me her credit card." Laughing, the owner said: "I thought ...read more

  • R. G. Letourneau Was For Many Years An ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 893 views

    R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company that manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman what the ‘G’ stood for. The man, who was pretty quick on the ...read more

  • The Village Atheist Was Not A Bad Man, He Just ...

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,104 views

    THE VILLAGE ATHEIST WAS NOT A BAD MAN, HE JUST DIDN’T BELIEVE. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CHURCH...AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. ONE DAY THE CHURCH BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE WHOLE TOWN RAN TOWARD IT TO HELP EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.. INCLUDING THE VILLAGE ATHEIST HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING ...read more

  • Go At It Again

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Aug 18, 2008
     | 3,057 views

    GO AT IT AGAIN When the young Theodore Edison was experimenting with a "glass bottle bomb" in his father's lab one day, the experiment exploded, and some of the glass from the bottle got stuck in the young Edison's hand. While his father, Thomas Edison, was caring for his son's hand, the boy ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,068 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more

  • The Famous Young Man Who Died In A Car Crash A ...

    Contributed by Vonnie Elisha James on Oct 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,286 views

    The famous young man who died in a car crash a week or so ago was nicknamed "Kaution". He drank of the fountain of idolatry –for it is said that he washed his car three times a day and treated it like God. Noticed both he and the thing he worshiped were destroyed. This morning God is reminding ...read more

  • When Dawn And I Were In Kenya, It Was An ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
     | 1,447 views

    When Dawn and I were in Kenya, it was an interesting thing. For about 2 hours every day, the local deep well near an oasis would be pumped into cisterns all around the area. It was often difficult to get the local people to allow the cisterns to fill before they turned on hoses to water the trees. ...read more

  • Changing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 7,648 views

    CHANGING ME There’s an old story about a man who tried to save the city of Sodom from destruction by warning the citizens. But the people ignored him. One day someone asked, "Why bother everyone? You can’t change them." "Maybe I can’t," the man replied, "but I still shout and scream ...read more

  • Are You "all Ears" For God's Voice?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 2, 2023
     | 809 views

    A missionary translator was endeavoring to find a word for “obedience” in the native language. This was a virtue seldom practiced among the people into whose language he wanted to translate the New Testament. As he returned home from the village one day, he whistled for his dog and it came ...read more

  • Are You All Ears For God?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 407 views

    A missionary translator was endeavoring to find a word for “obedience” in the native language. This was a virtue seldom practiced among the people into whose language he wanted to translate the New Testament. As he returned home from the village one day, he whistled for his dog and it came ...read more

  • This Past Thursday, I Had The Opportunity To Ride ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,529 views

    This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to ride with 2 deputies in the Oviedo area. That night, I rode with a deputy as he patrolled his area and one of the things we did was drive around behind many of the stores and shopping centers to make sure there were no problems there. Of the patrol ...read more

  • University Of Chicago Divinity School Each Years ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 173 ratings
     | 5,311 views

    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL each years has what is called ’BAPTIST DAY’. On this day each one is to bring a lunch to an outdoor picnic area and the school invites one of the popular lecturers to speak at the theological education center. One year DR. PAUL TILLICH came and spent 2 1/2 ...read more

  • In September, 1985, The Camera-Equipped Argo ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    In September, 1985, the camera-equipped Argo robot submarine of the USA-France expedition photographed and confirmed the wreckage of the luxury liner Titanic resting 13,120 feet down on the Atlantic ocean floor. In its day, the Titanic was the world’s largest ship, weighing 46,328 tons, 882 1/2 ft ...read more

  • When The Wind Blows  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 3,822 views

    WHEN THE WIND BLOWS A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep when the wind blows." This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the young man, and hired him. A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a ...read more

  • Pioneers Were Making Their Way Across One Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 12, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 1,311 views

    Pioneers were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long line of smoke in the west, stretching for miles ...read more

  • A Famous Methodist Evangelist Named Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 2,827 views

    A famous Methodist evangelist named Peter Cartwright was known for his uncompromising preaching. However, one day when the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, "Old rough and ready," came to Cartwright’s church, the elders warned the Pastor not to offend the President. In those days, the ...read more

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