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  • Flight Check

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Oct 4, 2011
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    FLIGHT CHECK When you're a pilot and you're getting ready to go on a flight, you always run through a checklist: to assess the air worthiness of the aircraft, and the conditions you'll be flying in before you commits to the flight because all the weather information and every surface and ...read more

  • The Ultimate

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 1, 2012
     | 3,569 views

    THE ULTIMATE In the early 1970s the Dallas Cowboys had a star running back named Duane Thomas who was kind of a head case. One year the Cowboys made it to the Super Bowl and someone asked Duane Thomas what he thought about playing in the "ultimate game." He replied "If this is the Ultimate Game, ...read more

  • Y2k

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 1,932 views

    13 years ago, there were people running all over the place, buying up food and bottled water and gas and everything else they could think of, just in case something happened with all of that Y2K stuff. They did all of that just in case they were without power, or open food stores for a few days. ...read more

  • When Things Go Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,565 views

    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds’ Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up." (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; ...read more

  • Monkey On Your Back?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 2,366 views

    Get that monkey off your Back (Heb.12:1) Intro: Inter the area carrying a stuffed animal monkey on you shoulder act like it gets heavier every step GET THAT MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK The Monkey --little baby monkey--then chimp -the gorilla Christians are always struggling, one minute they are running on ...read more

  • Every Single Apostle Experienced Persecution: 1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 29, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,762 views

    • Every single apostle experienced persecution: 1 John died of old age exiled on the island of Patmos. 2 Peter was crucified upside down under Nero. 3. Andrew died upon a cross at Patrae, in Achia 4.James the brother of Jesus was thrown from a pinnacle of the temple and beaten to death by a ...read more

  • There's A Type Of Boat Called A Hydrofoil That ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    There’s a type of boat called a hydrofoil that has actually been around for over 100 yrs. The secret lies underneath the hull, where there are basically underwater wings. Once the boat reaches enough speed, it actually lifts out of the water and “flies” with only those wings in the water. ...read more

  • A Blessing Is God's Expression Of Favor On You. ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 6, 2008
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    A blessing is God’s expression of favor on you. In the passage we look at this morning, God commanded his priests to give his people a blessing from him. When I started looking at this passage this week, one image came to mind. It’s sort of funny actually, but a scene from Rocky II came to mind. ...read more

  • At The Seattle Special Olympics, Nine ...

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 13, 2009
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    At the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who ...read more

  • When Nothing Seems To Help, I Go And Look At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,248 views

    "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and ...read more

  • Money 'is Useless To Me Know, Without My ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on May 10, 2008
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    "Money ’is useless to me know, without my family...they were washed away’." Thein Myint, a broken fisherman who lost 28 relatives in the recent Myanmar cyclone. (LA ...read more

  • Often In Reflection, What We Have Feared Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Trout on Mar 9, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 2,976 views

    Often in reflection, what we have feared most wasn’t all that bad. Illustration: One of my all time favorite TV shows, for having good moral lessons as plot lines, was the "Andy Griffith Show." There was an episode where young Opie was having his "Milk nickel" bullied away from him and could not ...read more

  • When My Wife And I Were Married In 1981 And Went ...

    Contributed by Stephen Ring on Feb 6, 2004
     | 1,927 views

    When my wife and I were married in 1981 and went on our honeymoon we took a day trip to Peggy’s Cove in the Province of Nova Scotia and had the pleasure of talking with DeGarthe, a resident artist. He owned a small house along the rocky cliff of Peggy’s Cove and in fact in his backyard was this ...read more

  • Shall We Strive For Numbers?

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
     | 1,728 views

    "Shall We Strive For Numbers?" Someone recently said, "I am not interested in numbers. I would rather have a spiritual Sunday School class than a big one." I found myself agreeing and determined to pray and prepare my lesson unusually well for next Sunday. At least MY class would be a spiritual ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,971 views

    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • That Sounds Like A Cross To Me  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Feb 13, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,905 views

    That Sounds Like a Cross to Me “Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34 A little boy was playing in the yard. He fell and scraped his elbow. It was bleeding a ...read more

  • Pastor John Courson Told Of A Time When He Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,841 views

    Pastor John Courson told of a time when he was a young kid that he was on a boat on the Colorado River right near the Hoover Dam, when the motor on their boat sputtered out They could not get it started, And they found themselves drifting closer and closer to the dam, passing the signs that say, ...read more

  • Whirpool Galaxy

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
     | 1,457 views

    WHIRPOOL GALAXY God breathed out our sun. His word put the earth in its orbit around the sun. But this is really nothing. Our sun is one of between 200 and 400 billion other suns in our galaxy. What is our galaxy called? Milky way. Now I want to show you a picture. [This picture can be found ...read more

  • Henry David Thoreau, The Great American Poet Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 9, 2003
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     | 1,187 views

    Henry David Thoreau, the great American poet once said: “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music that he hears, ...read more

  • [050]. A Message From A Poem – Come Aside And Rest Awhile

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 7, 2025
     | 240 views

    [050]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – COME ASIDE AND REST AWHILE Burnout is just as real among some Christian workers as it is in the working world. Those who are faithful and go the extra mile in service for their Lord can feel the strain and stress of ministry. Don’t forget either, that the evil ...read more