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  • Kind Of Like The Guy Who Had Too Much To Drink ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 5, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,868 views

    Kind of like the guy who had too much to drink and he was driving -- all of the sudden he turns down a road going the wrong direction. The police finally pull him over and said to the man, "Hey fella, what are you doing, you could have killed yourself and someone else. Didn't you ...read more

  • Stop The Bleeding But Heal The Wound! ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 4, 2005
     | 7,073 views

    Stop the Bleeding But Heal the Wound! (10.07.05--Beginning Again!--Genesis 16:7-10) There is one good rule for starting over. If something’s broken, don’t try to fix it with anything less than your best effort. The odds are that the more you try to “band-aid” things, the longer it will take for ...read more

  • The Difference Between God's Law And God's Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jan 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,212 views

    The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ … (Verse 17) If you compare the two, you’ll find that when the Law came down, 3,000 people died. That’s in Exodus 32:28. When the Holy Spirit came down, 3,000 people were saved. That’s in Acts 2:41. That’s the ...read more

  • An Attack Of Conscience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 3,997 views

    AN ATTACK OF CONSCIENCE This was the story in MYFOX Boston from Friday 15 April 2011 41 years after the murder of 15 year old John McCabe of Tewksbury, three suspects finally go before the judge. 60-year-old Walter Shelley, of Tewksbury, and 57-year-old Michael Ferreira of Salem. New Hampshire are ...read more

  • Do You Remember Reading This Article In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    ILL. Do you remember reading this article in the newspaper, "GIRL ACCUSED OF PRINCIPAL POISONING TRY"? It says, "An 11-year-old girl tried to poison her principal in an attempt to prevent her parents from learning that she had been in a fight at school, police said. The 5th grader had a ...read more

  • Love Obedience And The Law

    Contributed by Roger Whipp on Dec 31, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,842 views

    Anyone that has been zapped by a speed camera or pulled over by the Police and gets a fine and endorsement is likely to be a bit more careful in the future, especially if the loss of their driving licence is threatened. Our obedience to the law doesn’t come about by our love for the policeman who ...read more

  • Fake Seatbelts And Submission

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,999 views

    FAKE SEATBELTS and SUBMISSION Seatbelts can be a hassle. Some people just don’t want to be bothered even when the law requires them to buckle up. According to the Associated Press, a New Zealander named Ivan Segedin took it to an extreme. The police ticketed him 32 times over five years for ...read more

  • If You Thought Christian Martyrdom Was Merely A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,466 views

    If you thought Christian martyrdom was merely a part of history, listen to this statistic: more Christians have been killed for their faith in this century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. According to Paul Marshall, author of Their Blood Cries Out, in more than 60 countries ...read more

  • Missing Husband

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
     | 5,275 views

    MISSING HUSBAND A woman went to the police station to report her husband as missing. She described him as "29 years old, six foot three, athletic, and handsome." The sergeant shook his head. "Wait a minute, lady. I know your husband. He’s 50, short, and overweight." The woman said, ...read more

  • When My Eldest Brother Peter Was Caught In A ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
     | 1,942 views

    When my eldest brother Peter was caught in a riot at the university, he realized that at his age, he couldn’t confront the riot police as they engaged the students in the melee. He therefore thought very fast in order to save his skin. He took an African basket and bought some groceries - cabbages, ...read more

  • The Juggler  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,602 views

    The Juggler A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. “What are those machetes doing in your car?” asks the cop. “I juggle them in my act.” “Oh, yeah?” says the doubtful cop. “Let’s see you do it.” The juggler gets out and starts tossing and catching the knives. ...read more

  • Running While Weighed Down

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2011
     | 1,759 views

    RUNNING WHILE WEIGHED DOWN David Posman was arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and stealing the closest 4 bags of money. It turned out they contained $800 in pennies, weighing 30 pounds each, and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so ...read more

  • At Approximately 3:20 On The Morning Of March ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,586 views

    “At approximately 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old …(Kitty) Genovese was returning to her home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY…. She parked her ….(car) in a nearby parking lot, turned-off the lights and started the walk to her second floor apartment some 35 ...read more

  • At Approximately 3:20 On The Morning Of March ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 19,750 views

    “At approximately 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old …(Kitty) Genovese was returning to her home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY…. She parked her ….(car) in a nearby parking lot, turned-off the lights and started the walk to her second floor apartment some 35 ...read more

  • The Most Incredible Miracle!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 14, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,236 views

    Four police officers who helped rescue a baby from an overturned car in a Utah river in March 2015 claim that they heard an unexplained voice calling from the car. The accident occurred after a car driven by Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, 25, ran off the road and into the Spanish Fork River. Her ...read more

  • I Have Served As A Volunteer Chaplain For The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Mar 4, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,147 views

    I have served as a volunteer Chaplain for the Havelock Police Dept for many years. Still, I will never forget my first night out with them. I was completely green and had no idea how to act. I was trying to follow the lead of the other officers. We were called to the parking lot of a store in ...read more

  • I'm Sure Many Of You Will Know The Story Of ...

    Contributed by Patrick Malone on Mar 20, 2005
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    I’m sure many of you will know the story of Victor Hugo’s epic tale LES MISERABLES. Well let me remind you this morning of the opening picture. Jean Valjean, our hero, is released on parole from 19 years of hard labour on a chain gang? His crime, he was caught trying to steal a loaf of bread. And ...read more

  • Prayer For Thieves  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,311 views

    PRAYER FOR THIEVES About 12 years ago, three men broke into our church building here. They didn't steal much, and they didn't really damage all that much (they broke a couple of doors, and stole a few small items) but we called the police and reported the incident. After the police left, our youth ...read more

  • Who Do You Say I Am—in England?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2011
     | 4,346 views

    WHO DO YOU SAY I AM--IN ENGLAND? A teaching assistant accused of looting. An 11 year old girl appears in court and admits breaking windows in Nottingham. Teenagers appear before Magistrates with no parent in attendance. Magistrates ask, "Where are their parents?" Two girls interviewed by the BBC ...read more

  • Forced To Kill  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,267 views

    FORCED TO KILL Around the time of the Korean War, Kim Joon-gon had seen 2,000 out of 20,000 people on Chunnam Island murdered by the Communists. They dragged he and his family outside their village where Kim’s father and wife were beaten to death and Kim was left for dead. When he revived and ...read more