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  • Our Daily Bread

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,090 views

    Our Daily Bread A guy from Tyson Foods arranges to visit the Pope. After receiving the papal blessing he whispers, "Your Eminence, do we have a deal for you. If you change The Lord’s Prayer from "give us this day our daily bread…" to "give us this day our daily chicken…" we will donate $500 million ...read more

  • Much Of The Credit For The Adoption Of A Later ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,775 views

    Much of the credit for the adoption of a later ANNUAL national Thanksgiving Day may be attributed to Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale, the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book. For thirty years, she promoted the idea of a national Thanksgiving Day, contacting President after President until President Abraham ...read more

  • Cnn: Anything For The Story  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 10, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,314 views

    Subject: CNN-anything for the story A photographer for CNN was assigned to cover southern California ’s wildfires. He wanted pictures of the heroic work the firefighters were doing as they battled the blazes. When the photographer arrived on the scene, he realized the smoke was so thick it would ...read more

  • There's A Movie Called "The Guardian" About ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
     | 1,724 views

    There’s a movie called “The Guardian” about training in the Coast Guard Academy. There’s one guy in the story who’s trying again after failing the program 2X before. There was a phase of the training that stopped him every time – practicing saving a drowning victim who’s panicked. The instructor ...read more

  • Best Speeding-Ticket Excuse

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009
     | 3,178 views

    BEST SPEEDING-TICKET EXCUSE A convention of Arkansas State troopers was asked to submit the best excuse they’d ever heard for someone trying to get out of a speeding ticket. The winning entry was submitted by a trooper who clocked a semi-tractor truck speeding down the interstate. The trooper ...read more

  • In Fact The Idea Of Speaking Out When Confronted ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on May 5, 2009
     | 1,696 views

    In fact the idea of speaking out when confronted with something wrong was the chief proponent behind an education development in the Reagan administration. It’s roots go back to the 1970’s where a University of Houston Social Psychology professor begin working on a model to help students resist ...read more

  • If I Should Wake Before I Die

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,751 views

    IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE A father knelt down beside his little boy’s bed. It was time for prayers, hugs and kisses, and tucking in. The little boy began the childhood prayer he had repeated so many times before: now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die ...read more

  • A Man Who Practiced The Presence Of ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 2, 2009
     | 2,465 views

    A man who practiced the presence of Christ: Frank Laubach, was born in the United States. At the age of 45, while working as a missionary in the Philippines, Frank Laubach dedicated himself to the practice of abiding constantly in the presence of Christ. During the remaining 40 years of his ...read more

  • An Old Sailor Repeatedly Got Lost At Sea, So His ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 29, 2009
     | 1,617 views

    An old sailor repeatedly got lost at sea, so his friends gave him a compass and urged him to use it. The next time he went out in his boat, he followed their advice and took the compass with him. But as usual he became hopelessly confused and was unable to find land. Finally he was rescued by ...read more

  • Compassion For The Elderly, Post Office ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 2,726 views

    Compassion for the Elderly, Post Office Style [FINDING MAMIE IN YOUR CHURCH] Mamie was an elderly woman, plagued with arthritis and a number of other ailments. So people were surprised to see her going regularly to the post office to buy stamps. One Christmas the lines were particularly long, but ...read more

  • They Are Who We Thought They Were

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Nov 10, 2009
     | 2,099 views

    THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE How many have heard the apparently new cliché: "They are who we thought they were"? "Normally quiet Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green first uttered this trademarked phrase during a swear-filled, post-game tirade in 2006. When he was asked what he thought of ...read more

  • While We Were In Jerusalem We Visited A Jewish ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 2,539 views

    While we were in Jerusalem we visited a Jewish shop “Treasures of the Temple” which was a sort of museum. These Jews are currently recreating all the temple items in preparation of rebuilding the temple to worship in O.T. style. Photos 796-798 We stopped by the Western Wall and there were dozens ...read more

  • Don't Just Know Scripture—let It Change You

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 16, 2010
     | 1,814 views

    DON'T JUST KNOW SCRIPTURE--LET IT CHANGE YOU A father shared an experience he and his wife had with their young children. They began as a family to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. They kept the verses on cards in the middle of the table, and discussed their meanings when they recited the. ...read more

  • Hannibal The Great Was A Carthaginian Military ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010
     | 2,705 views

    Hannibal the great was a Carthaginian military commander around the year 200 B.C. He is thought of as one of the great military leaders of all time, alongside Alexander the Great, Napoleon, and others. There is a story that says as a boy Hannibal begged his father to take him to a war overseas. ...read more

  • The Compass That Wouldn't Cooperate  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,031 views

    THE COMPASS THAT WOULDN'T COOPERATE An old sailor repeatedly got lost at sea, so his friends gave him a compass and urged him to use it. The next time he went out in his boat, he followed their advice and took the compass with him. But as usual he became hopelessly confused and was unable to find ...read more

  • Isn't There Something Else?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 14, 2011
     | 2,005 views

    ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ELSE? One time a woman asked the preacher, "What should I do, Preacher? I want to follow and serve Jesus. I want to do his work totally and completely." The preacher said, "Great, you could be a part our weekly ladies Bible study group and later you could perhaps lead ...read more

  • Judging Food Stamps

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 15, 2011
     | 2,643 views

    JUDGING FOOD STAMPS A grocery store check-out clerk once wrote to advice-columnist Ann Landers to complain that she had seen people buy "luxury" food items--like birthday cakes and bags of shrimp--with their food stamps. The writer went on to say that she thought all those people on welfare who ...read more

  • They're Not Ready For Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,013 views

    THEY'RE NOT READY FOR HEAVEN The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador in the 1950s. Led by Nate Saint, the missionaries were eager to reach the Waodoni people before they all died off ...read more

  • Perseverance: Scott, Handel And Spurgeon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 4,865 views

    PERSEVERANCE: SCOTT, HANDEL AND SPURGEON In 1826 the London firm of Hurst and Robinson went bankrupt, involving Sir WALTER SCOTT in a personal liability of 118,000 pounds. With noble determination Scott responded: "My right hand and I against the debt." From that time on he wrote novel after novel ...read more

  • Orel Hershiser, Singer

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 29, 2011
     | 2,775 views

    OREL HERSHISER, SINGER A number of years ago Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named the most valuable player of the series. One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the ninth inning ...read more

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