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  • How Football Is Relative To Church  PRO

    Contributed by Phil Dyar on Mar 23, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,442 views

    {HOW FOOTBALL IS RELATIVE TO CHURCH} 1.QUATERBACK SNEAK-CHURCH MEMBERS QUIETLY LEAVING DURING THE CLOSING HYMN. 2.DRAW PLAY-WHAT MANY KIDS DO WITH THE ORDER OF SERVICE DURING WORSHIP. 3.HALF TIME-THE PERIOD BETWEEN SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WORSHIP WHEN MANY CHOOSE TO LEAVE. 4.TRAP PLAY-YOU"RE ...read more

  • Crossing The River

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,081 views

    CROSSING THE RIVER Max Lucado in SIX HOURS ONE FRIDAY tells this story: A missionary in Brazil discovered a tribe of Indians in a remote part of the jungle. They lived near a large river. The tribe was in need of medical attention. A contagious disease was spreading across the village. People ...read more

  • Dianne Odell's Attitude Remained Positive, Even ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2010
     | 3,591 views

    Dianne Odell’s Attitude Remained Positive, Even in an Iron Lung I read once of Dianne Odell of Jackson, Tennessee. She was quite a lady. Her life story received nation-wide attention. Dianne graduated from high school and college, she was involved with her church, and wrote her autobiography. ...read more

  • More Than A Black Mark

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,434 views

    MORE THAN A BLACK MARK A preacher was addressing his congregation when he held up a large piece of paper. He then took from his pocket a marker pen and made a black dot in the centre of it. Then he held the paper up before the people and asked them what they saw. One person quickly replied, "I ...read more

  • A Mother's Embrace

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on May 6, 2011
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    A MOTHER'S EMBRACE My own mother was a remarkable embodiment of both beauty and duty. She was lovely in appearance, and I think early in her life she turned many a head. But her real beauty was her embrace of duty. She worked hard from the time she was a child until, in her final years, she could ...read more

  • Which Do You Think He Believed?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,648 views

    WHICH DO YOU THINK HE BELIEVED? A man sat down to supper with his family and said grace, thanking God for the food, for the hands which prepared it, and for the source of all life. But during the meal he complained about the freshness of the bread, the bitterness of the coffee, and the sharpness ...read more

  • Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
     | 3,799 views

    Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. Robbins 1. The ministry of Spiritual Gifts originates in the New Testament, commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ. After He established His church on the earth and ascended to Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to equip His church with power and ...read more

  • People Matter

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 13, 2012
     | 2,672 views

    PEOPLE MATTER During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: 'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely, this was some kind of joke. I had seen ...read more

  • Whose Side Are You On?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 20, 2013
     | 2,087 views

    WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? One day in 1943 thousands of soldiers were preparing to leave for Europe. The Army, the Navy, and the Marines were preparing to load on the ships. The General decided to have a huge parade through New York City to seek prayer and honor for the men. Many of these brave men ...read more

  • Don't Give Pain The Short Shrift!" Luke 13:10-17 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 9, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,400 views

    “Don’t Give Pain the Short Shrift!” Luke 13:10-17 Key verse(s): 16:“‘Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’.” Many things in this life get short shrift. Perhaps its the lot of the ...read more

  • The Story Of Rick Warren And His Best-Selling ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 20, 2008
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    The story of Rick Warren and his best-selling book the "The Purpose Driven Life." What is he doing with all the money? USA Today article: June 4th 2006 edition: A uniter, not a divider Warren is no liberal. He backed President Bush in the 2004 election and opposes abortion and stem cell ...read more

  • Wanted: Movers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    WANTED: MOVERS Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store. He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the ...read more

  • Done To Escape Consequences  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,060 views

    Done to Escape Consequences A fellow named Louie, deep in debt, was thinking of ending it all. "That’s ridiculous," says his neighbor, who was a chemist. "Look, I can give you a pill that will put you in a state of suspended animation. I’ll say you died - but then I’ll ship your body to another ...read more

  • Father Covers Overdraft For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 4,797 views

    Father Covers Overdraft for Daughter In His book, Cure for the Common Life, Max Lucado talks about the time the bank sent him an overdraft notice on the checking account of one of his daughters. He says, “I encourage my college-age girls to monitor their accounts. Even so, they sometimes overspend. ...read more

  • Make It Right

    Contributed by David Moore on Aug 5, 2010
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     | 3,347 views

    MAKE IT RIGHT The great evangelist D.L. Moody told a story of a lady in the north of England who said that every time she got down before God to pray, five bottles of wine came up before her mind. She had taken them wrongfully one time when she was a housekeeper, and had not been able to pray ...read more

  • The Height Of Hypocrisy

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jan 14, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,870 views

    Sanctity of Human Life Sunday The Height of Hypocrisy - Forgiveness Offered "Thirty six year old - Derek Paul Smyer pronounced guilty of two counts of murder for arranging the killing of Crystal Taylor and her 21 week old fetus because she would not have an abortion. Derek Paul Smyer was found ...read more

  • A True Story - A Woman Entered A Haagen-Dazs ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 355 ratings
     | 2,956 views

    A true story - a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store on the Kansas City Plaza for an ice-cream cone. After making her selection, she turned and found herself face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming the movie Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. Newman’s blue eyes caused her knees to ...read more

  • I Can Still Drive!!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Cassara on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 173 ratings
     | 2,609 views

    I CAN STILL DRIVE!! At a nursing home in Florida, a resident group was discussing ailments: "My arms are so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee," said one. "Yes, I know, my cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee," replied another. "I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my ...read more

  • Nicky Gumbel Tells This Story In Alpha Of Two Men ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 7, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 7,710 views

    Nicky Gumbel tells this story in Alpha of two men who grew up as best friends, except that their lives took divergent paths. One became a judge, and the other a criminal. At one point the criminal ends up in the Judge’s court. He is obviously guilty, but he was the judge’s friend. If the judge ...read more

  • At A Nursing Home In Florida, A Resident Group ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 15,213 views

    At a nursing home in Florida, a resident group was discussing ailments: "My arms are so weak I can hardly lift this cup of coffee," said one. "Yes, I know, my cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee," replied another. "I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck," said a third, ...read more