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  • Bad Company

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,945 views

    BAD COMPANY George Washington once wrote, "Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. For it’s better to be alone than in bad company." William Gladstone said, "Choose wisely your companions, for a young man’s companions, more than his food or clothes, his home or ...read more

  • I'm Not Growing Old  PRO

    Contributed by Jay Patton on May 20, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,123 views

    I’m Not Growing Old They say that I am growing old I’ve heard them say it times untold In language plain and bold But I’m not growing old This frail old shell in which I dwell Is growing old I know full well But I’m not growing old. What if my hair has turned gray Gray hair is honorable, they ...read more

  • Got It Comin'  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,488 views

    GOT IT COMIN' Clint Eastwood Westerns are great movies. One of his later movies is titled “Unforgiven.” In the movie, Eastwood plays the part of an aging gunfighter who lost his taste for killing many years before. He and his old partner, played by Morgan Freeman, are lured by the rumor of a ...read more

  • Power Of The Tongue  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,066 views

    [Power of the tongue] At a birthday party for Strom Thurmond, Senator Trent Lott was paying tribute to the man, and he made this statement, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed ...read more

  • Bubba And The Potato Field  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,818 views

    Illus. - Bubba and the potato field An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was backbreaking work, and his son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man mentioned it in a letter he sent to his son by saying, “I’m not sure exactly what to do. ...read more

  • Don't Just Stand There, Pray Something  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 32 ratings
     | 2,860 views

    Illus.: Taken from Ronald Dunn, "Don’t just stand there, pray something." pg48-50 -Ronald Dunn tells the story of a trip he and his family took to a local fair. At the time he had three kids and he also had his brothers child, which made four. The tickets for the rides were ...read more

  • Andrew Carnegie, The Multimillionaire, Left $1 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 1, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,450 views

    Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire, left $1 million for one of his relatives, who in return cursed Carnegie thoroughly because he had left $365 million to public charities and had cut him off with just one measly million. Samuel Leibowitz, criminal lawyer and judge, saved 78 men from the ...read more

  • I'm 14, Depressed And See No Reason To Live

    Contributed by Bo Lane on Dec 8, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,907 views

    I’m 14, depressed and see no reason to live. Hi. Look I am 14 almost 15 and well I am depressed. Majorly depressed. I have no life. I mean come on, I have no friends, I am picked because my appearance is different, soccer practices are really crappy (I get made fun of, tripped, soccer balls are ...read more

  • Bob Pierce Was The Founder Of World Vision, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Feb 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,857 views

    Bob Pierce was the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency (40 hour famine). Pierce had leukemia, which eventually killed him. But before he died he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia. As they were walking through a village, they came upon a young girl lying on a ...read more

  • There Was A Little Girl Who Grew Up In A Very ...

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Nov 20, 2006
     | 2,195 views

    There was a little girl who grew up in a very poor farming family back in the 1930’s. They had but one old worn out cow, and they sold most of the milk and dairy products that they were able to generate from her to purchase the necessities of life. They would only retain a few little of the milk ...read more

  • How Not To Achieve Virtue

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
     | 2,266 views

    HOW NOT TO ACHIEVE VIRTUE How do we move from vice to virtue? Let me tell you first of all how not to... Even ancient pagans, those who never heard the Bible, recognized that living in vice was deadly and destructive. They were far ahead of our modern culture that is foolishly accepting vices ...read more

  • Communion: In Remembrance

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 20,406 views

    COMMUNION: IN REMEMBRANCE A man was working in his backyard one day, when his neighbor began talking to him over the fence. He said, "Yeah, my wife and I went to one of those seminars yesterday, you know, where they teach you ways to improve your memory and such." His neighbor commented, ...read more

  • Watch Where You're Going!

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,633 views

    I had just flown back home from attending a class for my Doctorate in Pasadena, CA. The week was filled with long days and short nights. I had an early morning flight and then flew most of the day. By the time I got home, I was exhausted. Yet I didn’t want to miss my workout so I headed to the gym. ...read more

  • He Became One Of Us!

    Contributed by Chris Stringer on Mar 3, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,565 views

    It was a cold winter morning, as I prepared my coffee and sit at the kitchen table. I kept hearing this sound, as something was hitting the window. I watched as this little bird continually flew back and forth into my kitchen window. I thought to myself, "This poor little guy is going to freeze." ...read more

  • The Girl That Was Blind

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 24, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,288 views

    Once there was a blind girl named Ramona. She hated herself because she could not see. She had no eyes. The only person in the whole world that she loved was her boyfriend Daniel and he loved her. He was always there for her. He told her that he wanted to marry her. He didn’t care that she was ...read more

  • Lost At Sea For Nine Months!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 15, 2022
     | 1,481 views

    LOST AND FOUND - Three Mexican fishermen who disappeared while on a short shark fishing trip were rescued in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, after spending 9 months on the open sea. The men said they survived by eating raw fish, ducks, and seagulls, drinking rainwater, and reading the Bible. They ...read more

  • There Used To Be An Egg Farm About 5 Miles From ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
     | 1,107 views

    There used to be an egg farm about 5 miles from here, out on Reed Ellis Road. From time to time, when I was growing up, we used to take one of our 2 ton trucks down there to the chicken farm and pick up a couple of loads of chicken manure to put on our pastures to help the grass grow. I remember ...read more

  • When Ohio State Football Team Played Poorly The ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 17, 2007
     | 765 views

    When Ohio State Football team played poorly the first game against a weak Youngstown State team they could have easily criticized and blamed each other, but they didn’t. Their high powered running back Chris Wells couldn’t score from inside the one yard line to top off an awlful day for him. When ...read more

  • His Name Is Mark. He Is A 50 Year Old Man ...

    Contributed by Sam Wrisley on Oct 24, 2007
     | 2,461 views

    His name is Mark. He is a 50 year old man divorced and addicted to alcohol. I met him across some glass and was only able to talk to him through this heavy black phone. Mark was in Jail. With tears in his eyes he spoke of his fear. He has one chance to do right and doesn’t want to mess up. In ...read more

  • I Know A Fair Amount About President George W. ...

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 25, 2008
     | 1,221 views

    I know a fair amount about President George W. Bush. He is the son of former President George Herbert Walker Bush and is now married to Laura, and they have young adult twin daughters. I also know that in his youth, George W. Bush was a little wild and crazy, and that a conversation with evangelist ...read more