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  • Have You Ever Seen The Show, M*a*s*h*? At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daryn Bahn on Jul 18, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,041 views

    Have you ever seen the show, M*A*S*H*? At Lifest, Reggie Dabbs told us about a M*A*S*H* unit. Because of the vast number of wounded, they had to color code the victims of war. Yellow was good. If you had a yellow card put on you, it meant that your injury was not serious. You were given an ...read more

  • One Little Boy Grew A New Approach To The Game.  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,522 views

    ONE LITTLE BOY GREW A NEW APPROACH TO THE GAME. We have this little boy at church, Seth Keown, Seth is 6 years old and plays PeeWee football. Our son is the coach of the Packers. Our grandson Matthew plays on the same team with Seth. There are only two teams in this league, the Packers and the ...read more

  • As An Infantry Company Commander In Vietman In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 3, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,539 views

    As an infantry company commander in Vietman in 1967, I saw Viet Cong soldiers surrender many times. As they were placed in custody, marched away, and briefly interrogated, their body language and facial expressions always caught my attention. Most hung their heads in shame, staring at the ground, ...read more

  • Our Train Rolled Into Kansas City At 1 A.m. Dim ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,897 views

    Our train rolled into Kansas City at 1 a.m. Dim lights came on to help the new passengers find seats. Many of us who had been riding home through the night had spread out to occupy two seats apiece. An attractive woman made her way down the aisle with her bags. She was looking from side to ...read more

  • A Medical Doctor Provides A Physical Description: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,536 views

    A medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought-iron nail through the ...read more

  • If We Could Shrink The Earth's Population To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,679 views

    ’If we could shrink the Earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be: ’57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both North and South 8 Africans 52 would be ...read more

  • Jerry Seigle And Joe Shuster Were Barely Out Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,331 views

    Jerry Seigle and Joe Shuster were barely out of high school in the down and dirty days of the Great Depression when they came up with their brainchild. During these desperate days when big governments and big business and big problems made the little man feel even less powerless, these two Jewish ...read more

  • Our Spiritual Heritage In Missions Traces Back To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,016 views

    Our spiritual heritage in missions traces back to Adoniram Judson who lived from 1788-1850. Years ago I read his biography. Judson lived the suffering life of the apostle Paul. He was one of the first to bring the Christian message to the Burmese. When war broke out with England, the Burmese ...read more

  • While Hunting Deer In The Tehema Wildlife Area ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,006 views

    While hunting deer in the Tehema Wildlife Area near Red Bluff in northern California, Jay Rathman climbed to a ledge on the slope of a rocky gorge. As he raised his head to look over the ledge above, he sensed movement to the right of his face. A coiled rattler struck with lightning speed, just ...read more

  • The Legend Of Momo

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,197 views

    THE LEGEND OF MOMO Back in 1971 and 1972 around Louisiana, MO there was a story that stirred up the nation. It is the legend of MOMO the Missouri Monster. Witnesses claim to have seen a huge, hairy, hulking creature stalking the woods and lonely country roads. The creature is similar to the ...read more

  • Dead Fathers Better Than Absent Fathers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,748 views

    DEAD FATHERS BETTER THAN ABSENT FATHERS According to the New Jersey Index of Leading Cultural Indicators, in 1960 the total number of births to teenagers was 11,636. In 2000, the number of births to teenagers was 8,219. At first glance, we would say we are doing something right, yet a little more ...read more

  • I Was Once Preaching In The Chapel Of A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 10, 2009
     | 2,280 views

    I was once preaching in the chapel of a retirement village in Yuma, Arizona. After delivering the sermon I began chatting with an elderly woman who I later learned was very hard of hearing. We were standing just outside the chapel, near a very beautiful pool table which looked as though it was ...read more

  • Sinners Need Restoration Like Cast Sheep Need ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 6,976 views

    Sinners Need Restoration like Cast Sheep Need Rescued One of the dangers facing a sheep is that it becomes ‘cast’ and one of the challenges facing a shepherd is to make sure that his sheep do not become cast. A cast sheep is one that has turned over on its back and is, become of it lack of agility ...read more

  • Same, Same

    Contributed by Scott Wakefield on May 17, 2010
     | 3,521 views

    Found at http://www.christianstandard.com/articledisplay.asp?id=783 In an article for Christian Standard magazine, preacher and college president Matt Proctor reflects on the Incarnation: My 5-year-old, Carl, and my 3-year-old, Conrad, love it when I dress like them. After they put on jeans and a ...read more

  • Who Has Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
     | 4,779 views

    Who Has Your Back? Pastor and author John Ortberg tells the story of an evening when he was walking with some friends in Newport Beach, California. As they walked they passed one of the local bars just as a fight spilled out onto the street, like a scene from the old west. As they watched, three ...read more

  • The Legend Of Jose Rivera

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 1,412 views

    THE LEGEND OF JOSE RIVERA Have you heard the folk story of the bandit Jose' Rivera, who became notorious in several little towns in Texas for robbing their banks and businesses? Finally the townsfolk, weary of the constant plundering, hired a ranger to track down Jose' Rivera in his hideout in ...read more

  • Temporary Castles  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 28, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,084 views

    TEMPORARY CASTLES "A little boy is on the beach. On his knees he scoops and packs the sand with plastic shovels into a bright red bucket. Then he upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle tower is created. "All afternoon he will work. ...read more

  • Grant And Custer  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,697 views

    GRANT AND CUSTER There is a story of two Civil War Generals: George A. Custer and Ulysses S. Grant. Both graduated from West Point -- Gen. Grant, being the oldest, graduated in the 1840's and Gen. Custer in 1861. Grant fought in several wars and was a field General in every sense of the word. ...read more

  • You Can't Come In...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,184 views

    "YOU CAN'T COME IN..." There was once a town drunk who gave his heart to Jesus Christ. He immediately stopped drinking and began to look for a church and had purposed in his heart that he would attend the first church he found. Determined to turn his life around he found a church and went in. He ...read more

  • What Will You Do With Jesus This Christmas?

    Contributed by David Tack on Dec 2, 2011
     | 3,535 views

    WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS THIS CHRISTMAS? Many years ago in the countryside of Bethlehem the townsfolk prepared for just another day, though this day was quite extraordinary. The shepherds were out tending to their sheep and the Jewish nation was feeling the restraints of Roman oppression. ...read more