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  • Don't Pass Up 200 Pennies To Pick Up A Dollar Bill

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. David T. Williamson on Jun 15, 2024
     | 721 views

    Don't pass up 200 pennies to pick up a dollar bill. In other words, it's the little things in life that happen along the way that can add up. It's the little things in life that make a big difference! Generosity means being willing to give of yourself, even when not asked, and small ...read more

  • I Was Invited To Compete In The Howard Wood ...

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Feb 2, 2010
     | 2,855 views

    I was invited to compete in the Howard Wood Relays while running track in high school. It was time for the 110 meter high hurdles. I had set my blocks and the starter called "Runners, come to your marks." I was so nervous and decided to look to my left and right to see that I was lined up like ...read more

  • First Things First  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Nov 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,650 views

    FIRST THINGS FIRST When Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a home run. One day, he hit a line drive against Auburn. As he approached third, the coach was waving him on. As he made his turn, ...read more

  • The Water ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
     | 3,986 views

    The Water (Anonymous) It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt several farmers before it was ...read more

  • Forgiving One Another — The Monkey Trap

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2008
     | 6,228 views

    Forgiving One Another -- the Monkey Trap >>I used this as a children’s sermon to open the worship services<< I’m going teach to you something this morning. I’m going to show you how to catch a monkey! Do any of you have wild monkeys running around your neighborhood? Well, in case there ever is ...read more

  • A Missionary In Abidjan, Ivory ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,081 views

    Illustration: A missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reports that recently an African pastor passed through on his way home to Chad, where civil war was raging. "What would you like to take to complete your forty-four pounds of baggage allowance?" asked the missionary. "Sugar? Powdered milk? ...read more

  • Donald Miller, In His Excellent Book Searching ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 2, 2007
     | 3,348 views

    Donald Miller, in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What, tells about going to a Bible college where he taught one of the classes. Speaking to this group of Bible students, he told them he was going to present the plan of salvation, but he was going to leave out one key element, and they ...read more

  • One Day I Will Be Healed

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
     | 4,209 views

    ONE DAY I WILL BE HEALED A few weeks ago, I saw a special on TV about faith healers. In that show, Lisa Ling went to the meeting of a renowned faith healer where she interviewed a man named Steve. When he was 18, Steve was in a car crash that left him with brain injury and a speech impediment. ...read more

  • Raise Sales By 20% Without Attracting Any New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,147 views

    Raise Sales by 20% without attracting any new customers? Leo J. Shapiro & Assoc., a Chicago market research firm, says supermarkets can do just that by, among other things, making sure they don’t run out of stock and providing better help to customers looking for goods. If ...read more

  • When My Children Were Young, They Enjoyed ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
     | 1,004 views

    When my children were young, they enjoyed watching “The Lion King.” (I’m sure I enjoyed it as much as they did). I seem to recall a scene in which the evil hyenas were challenging or threatening Simba, the young lion. He stood his ground and they laughed at his pathetic attempt to roar. But ...read more

  • It's Not A Good Picture. Sheep, Lost Out In The ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007
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    It’s not a good picture. Sheep, lost out in the wild, are goners. They aren’t very bright. They have no natural defenses. They can’t even run real fast. On their own they don’t do well at finding adequate food and water. Every time the word lost is used to describe a sheep, it’s a word in the ...read more

  • When I Was In The Uscg We Were Once Lost In Ny ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,237 views

    When I was in the USCG we were once lost in NY harbor. Our compass had been removed for recalibration. Heavy fog had sucked in and all of NY harbor was down to about 100 feet of visibility. So there we were between Brooklyn and Staten Island, lost unable to navigate, unable to fulfill our purpose ...read more

  • The Village Atheist Was Not A Bad Man, He Just ...

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,536 views

    THE VILLAGE ATHEIST WAS NOT A BAD MAN, HE JUST DIDN’T BELIEVE. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CHURCH...AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. ONE DAY THE CHURCH BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE WHOLE TOWN RAN TOWARD IT TO HELP EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.. INCLUDING THE VILLAGE ATHEIST HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING ...read more

  • Nice Guys Do Finish First, According To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,939 views

    Nice Guys do finish first, according to a Harvard University study. The study involved college students playing a punishment-heavy version of the game Prisoner’s Dilemma over and over. The study found those who used punishments were the losers. Those who punished their opponents the least were the ...read more

  • Living Standards In Britain Are Set To Rise ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,696 views

    Living standards in Britain are set to rise above those in America for the first time since the 19th century, according to a report by the respected Oxford Economics consultancy. It says the GDP per head in Britain will be £23,500 in '08 vs. £23,250 in the U.S., reflecting both the strength of the ...read more

  • Six Rules For A Happy Life 1.avoid Fried Meats, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,626 views

    "Six Rules for a Happy Life 1.Avoid fried meats, which angry up the blood. 2.If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3.Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4.Go very light on vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ...read more

  • On October 13, 1992, Admiral James Stockdale, A ...

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 6, 2008
     | 2,534 views

    On October 13, 1992, Admiral James Stockdale, a virtual unknown to all those outside military ranks, stood in the vice presidential debate as the running mate for independent candidate Ross Perot. In his opening statement, Admiral Stockdale looked into the camera and with trembling voice and ...read more

  • There Was A Minister Out Taking A Walk On A ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 3,267 views

    There was a minister out taking a walk on a beautiful street. He noticed a small boy attempting to ring the doorbell on the porch of a house. The boy was short and the doorbell was higher than usual. The boy could not quite reach it. The minister stepped up to the porch beside the boy and reached ...read more

  • It

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 15, 2011
     | 1,451 views

    "IT" Did any of you see a film that came out in the 90s - "The Adams Family". There's a creature named "it" that is a hand that runs around on its own [mime it]. St Paul tells us the church is the body of Christ. We are all parts of a body interconnected with each other. But if we try to be ...read more

  • Just How Bad Is It Out There? And What Really ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,755 views

    Just how bad is it out there? And what really are we up against? Well, let me share with you some of the information I gleaned from 17 pages of fairly up to date statistics. [SLIDE 4] I learned first of all that sex is the #1 topic searched on the internet. Now I wasn’t really surprised to ...read more