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  • The Lone Ranger And Tonto Were Travelling On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 3,960 views

    The lone Ranger and Tonto were travelling on a train. "Tonto, good indian friend, loyal companion, would you get me a glass of water?" Tonto goes off and returns after a few minutes with a glass of water. "Thanks good indian pal, friend." The Lone Ranger drinks the water. After a few ...read more

  • The Last Minute  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,580 views

    This brings me to my "TERM PAPER THEORY." The student knows the whole semester: there will be a term paper required at the end of the term. So, the night before the paper is due, the student pushes the dead line, runs to the library and does the last minute research, and can’t hold his head ...read more

  • The Position Of Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,006 views

    THE POSITION OF PRAYER In Texas, when a cold air mass moves down from Canada, people sometimes refer to it as a "Blue Northern," and it makes its presence felt! You can feel the wind blow as the high pressure cold air rushes into the warmer area of lower pressure. The greater the difference in ...read more

  • Who Are You?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,027 views

    WHO ARE YOU? When Don called home from the road one evening, he spoke briefly to his nine-year-old daughter: "Honey, could you get your mommy on the phone?" He then heard Tasha blurt out, as she set the receiver down on the counter: "Hey Mom, the invisible man is on the phone!" In that ...read more

  • Pastor Neimoller A Doctor In Nazi Germany Wrote ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,018 views

    Pastor Neimoller a doctor in Nazi Germany wrote the following poem prior to World War II. It has a message that we need to consider today. In Germany they first came for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up ...read more

  • And, Driver, Hurry Please  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,223 views

    AND, DRIVER, HURRY PLEASE If you think using cellphones is a distraction while driving a car, just imagine how affected a woman was while traveling on an intercity bus in northern Greece last weekend. As we pick up the story, the passenger was so deep in conversation when the driver reached her ...read more

  • You Do Not Have To Travel Very Far In Any ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Jul 24, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,020 views

    You do not have to travel very far in any direction before you come across somebody who is away from the influence and authority of the Father. I can remember two such incidents. I was once visiting a church pastor in Kings Cross, Central London. As I made my farewell I stepped out onto the ...read more

  • Have You Ever Cleaned Your Living Room And ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,037 views

    Have you ever cleaned your living room and thought that it was clean only to have the sun shine in through the window and reveal all the dust that was left behind? Ruth Graham tells of the time that the TV news wanted to interview she and her husband Billy at their home. They got the house all ...read more

  • I Was A Member Of The Young And Restless In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,067 views

    I was a member of THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS in THE GENERAL HOSPITAL in the city of DALLAS. I was waiting to see THE DOCTORS. They told me I was at THE EDGE OF NIGHT, my condition was very serious. Suddenly, I realized I had just ... ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I wanted to see ALL MY CHILDREN before I entered ...read more

  • In Canada It Is Possible To Go Camping Hundreds ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,695 views

    In Canada it is possible to go camping hundreds of miles away from any city or town. If it is a cloudy night, and there is no phosphorus in the area, the blackness is total. A hand held three inches from your face cannot be seen. But if there is a city nearby, perhaps a hundred miles away, the ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,623 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • The Patient Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 10, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,994 views

    THE PATIENT PRAYER “George Mueller, the founder of a great Christian orphanage work in England in the 1800’s, was a powerful man of prayer. He knew the importance of keeping at prayer evne when the answer seemed delayed. When he was young he began praying that two of his friends might be saved. He ...read more

  • The Air Craft Carrier  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,167 views

    Illus The Air Craft Carrier When a plain takes off from an aircraft carrier several things happen. 1) Point Aircraft Carrier into the Wind 2) Catapult the Plane down the deck 3) Planes are designed to respond to the laws 4) Pilot has ultimate control The laws are designed to take affect if all the ...read more

  • Transformed By An Elevator, Citation: Owen ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 27, 2003
    based on 65 ratings
     | 3,795 views

    [Transformed by an Elevator, Citation: Owen Bourgaize, Castel, Guernsey, United Kingdom] A family from a remote area was making their first visit to a big city. They checked in to a grand hotel and stood in amazement at the impressive sight. Leaving the reception desk they came to the elevator ...read more

  • Lab Rats, Light, And Hope  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 3, 2003
    based on 81 ratings
     | 3,875 views

    Lab Rats, Light, and Hope A group of graduate students did a very bizarre experiment. They took lab rats and put them in a tank of water and placed the tank in a totally dark room. They went into the joining room and monitored them with video equipment. The rats swam for almost six hours before ...read more

  • Sometime When You're In An Airport, Observe The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,840 views

    Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and ...read more

  • Joseph Stowell Tells Of Having Dinner With Billy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,959 views

    Joseph Stowell tells of having dinner with Billy Graham at a dinner for the staff and board of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Billy was eighty at the time and Dr. Stowell asked him a question: “Of all your experiences in ministry, what have you enjoyed most?” “Was it you time spent ...read more

  • There Are No Shortcuts To Maturity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 13, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,428 views

    There are no short cuts to maturity. It takes years for us to grow to adulthood, and it takes a full season for fruit to mature and ripen. The same is true for the fruit of the Spirit. The development of Christlike character cannot be rushed. Spiritual growth, like physical growth, takes ...read more

  • There Was A Woman Who Went On A Short Term ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,772 views

    There was a woman who went on a short term missions trip to Kenya, helping the missionaries there. Before she left, she stopped at a remote village where she attended a medical clinic. As the native women outside the clinic began to sing together, she found herself deeply moved by their beautiful ...read more

  • The Turkey  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Nov 23, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,020 views

    The turkey shot out of the oven and rocketed into the air, it knocked every plate off the table and partly demolished a chair. It ricocheted into a corner and burst with a deafening boom, then splattered all over the kitchen, completely obscuring the room. It stuck to the walls and the ...read more