Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
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Even if you never saw the movie “A Few Good Men,” you’re probably familiar with one scene.
Tom Cruise plays a military lawyer and is interrogating tough-guy Jack Nicholson.
Cruise is getting nowhere and finally yells, “I WANT THE TRUTH!”
And Jack Nicholson shouts back. “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 18, 2003
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What might we do in our families to celebrate Christmas as a holy day? Of course, we remember that its date was first set purposely to coincide with the Roman festival of the returning of the sun, so that it was indeed initially a pagan holiday. In order to celebrate it, however, the first
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
Dear Lord,
I have been re-reading the record of the Rich Young Ruler and his obviously wrong choice. But it has set me thinking. No matter how much wealth he had, he could not—ride in a car, have any surgery, turn on a light, buy penicillin, hear a pipe organ, watch TV, wash dishes in running
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Contributed by Marcus Rosa on Sep 20, 2004
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How in the world did Lot end up in such a mess?
One word—choices.
—Something each of us has in common. Every single day... every single moment we make choices.
—What to eat. What to wear. What to say. What to do. How to act.
—You’ve made a thousand choices before you arrived here this morning!
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Contributed by Bud Brown on Oct 14, 2004
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Legend has it that when the famous frontiersman Davy Crockett was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1827, a newspaper reporter asked him if he’d ever been lost. Crockett had grown up in the woods and wilderness of middle and western Tennessee and was often gone out on hunting trips
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
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A woman walking down a residential street, noticed a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch. She called out to him as she passed. "Hello there! I couldn’t help but notice how happy you look. What’s your secret for a long happy life?" "I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day," he replied.
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 11, 2004
ILLUSTRATION
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The Beggar
On 9–8-82 I saw a man, Jimmy Packer, outside a Safeway store, asking for $1 for wine. Usually I’d brush by or give him a quarter to rid myself of the nuisance, but I told him, “I need to run an errand. If you’re still here in 5 minutes and want to dry out, I’ll
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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Bishop Fulton Sheen in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching, "I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then asked, "What are you going to
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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Listen to this dreary inscription on a gravestone in Britain near Windsor Castle:
Pause, my friend, as you walk by;
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you will be.
Prepare, my friend, to follow me!
A
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Lincoln said, “Well, let’s see how many legs has a cow?” “Four, of course,” came the reply disgustedly. “That’s right,” agreed Lincoln. “Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?” “Why, five, of course,” was the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Collegiate Online 43% of college students go online at least 10 hours a week, while 31% spend 6 to 10 hours a week online and 19% visit the Web for 3 to 5 hours a week, finds a recent Experience study. By contrast, just 17% watch TV more than 10 hours a week, and a mere 1% spend 10 hours a week
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Lincoln said, "Well, let’s see how many legs has a cow?" "Four, of course," came the reply disgustedly. "That’s right," agreed Lincoln. "Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?" "Why, five, of course," was the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2007
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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor at The Trailer Estates Medical Clinic
to get a physical. A few days later the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with
a gorgeous young woman on his arm. A couple of days later the doctor spoke to Morris
and said, "You’re really doing great,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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Man desiring to learn how to play golf stood up to tee off,was near sighted. Thought an ant mound was to hold the ball.Placed it on top and began to swing. He cut the ground up before and behind and all around the ball. He destroyed the ant mound and all the ants in it except two. One ant looked to
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Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 5, 2008
BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT ILLUSTRATION
A farmer noticed a highway department truck pulling over on to the shoulder of the road. A man got out and dug a hole, then got back into the truck. Then the other occupant got out, filled up the hole and got back in the truck. Every fifty yards this amazing
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on May 12, 2008
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Mother’s teach on a daily basis…
RELIGION: "You better pray the stain will come out of the carpet."
FORESIGHT: "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident."
IRONY: "Keep laughing and I’ll give you something to cry about."
STAMINA: "You’ll sit there ’til all that
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