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  • Life In The Family

    Contributed by Aldo Rivellino on Apr 13, 2009
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    LIFE IN THE FAMILY After four years of marriage and no offspring to show for it, my wife and I (mostly my wife) decided that we would like to adopt a child. Not long after the tedious process of filling out papers, being investigated for any criminal activity, going to interviews to authenticate ...read more

  • Mistaken For Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,623 views

    MISTAKEN FOR JESUS Carolyn Gillette told the story of a hospice chaplain named Larry, and how he became friends with an 80-year-old lady named Mary. Mary was a hospice patient. Larry visited with her many times, and was greatly impressed by her faith. One day, he got a call that Mary had taken a ...read more

  • The Man Detested The Cat. He Was Allergic To Cat ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 8, 2009
     | 3,252 views

    The man detested the cat. He was allergic to cat hair. He hated the smell of the litter box. He couldn’t stand the scratching on the furniture and he couldn’t get a good night’s sleep because the cat kept jumping on the bed. When his wife was out of town for the weekend, he put the cat in a bag ...read more

  • What Do You Listen For?

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 17, 2009
     | 1,425 views

    WHAT DO YOU LISTEN FOR? A Native American was walking in downtown New York City alongside a friend who was a resident of the city. Right in the centre of Manhattan, the Native American seized his friend's arm and whispered, "Wait! I can hear a cricket." His friend replied "Come on! A cricket? ...read more

  • Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn't Know Why ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Italian Composer Antonio Rossini Didn’t Know Why His Watch Was So Valuable You cannot go forward when you have plenty when you are empty on the inside. Harry Emerson Fosdick said that, “No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara ...read more

  • College Football's Biggest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 3,644 views

    College Football’s Biggest Loss It was the most brutally devastating rout in the history of College Football. On a dark and dreary Saturday in 1916… 1 look at the 2 teams showed the trouble that was ahead… On one side towered Georgia Tech’s Yellow Jackets… The local papers described them as ...read more

  • In December Of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 20, 2010
     | 2,057 views

    In December of 2004, Judge Michael Higgins, presiding at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal here in Australia, found Pastors Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah guilty of inciting RELIGIOUS HATRED against Victorian Muslims. This was an historic case, the first finding of RELIGIOUS ...read more

  • In The Movie Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood Plays ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
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    In the movie Unforgiven, Clint 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 bounty of gold being offered for the arrest of some cowboys who had disfigured a young ...read more

  • Miss Gad-About

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 3, 2011
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    MISS GAD-ABOUT Years ago a man named Phillip Keller went from being a shepherd to a pastor, in his book on the 23rd Psalm he talks about one particular sheep that he had. Phillip took great pride in maintaining his fields, they were far greener than that of his neighbor, much better then the ...read more

  • Hope Of Maria

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,956 views

    HOPE OF MARIA Hope weans God’s people from seeking and trusting this world. The story is told of Maria. She lived in a small town in southern Kentucky. She did not see or hear from her husband for years. Edward was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean war and captured when the ...read more

  • It Is Not Good...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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     | 4,214 views

    IT IS NOT GOOD... God made a woman to keep him company and to be his companion. The fact is we men don't do too well without such a companion. Researchers from the Universities of Utah and South Carolina recently collected data from 148 different studies, conducted over three decades, involving ...read more

  • The Village Of The Book

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 17, 2012
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    THE VILLAGE OF THE BOOK It was early in 1945. As United States forces pushed deep into Okinawa they came across a village unlike any they had ever seen. Here at Shimabuku they were met and welcomed by two old men who invited the troops in as "fellow Christians." Correspondent Clarence W. Hall ...read more

  • The Stress Of Uncertainty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,250 views

    THE STRESS OF UNCERTAINTY Daniel Gilbert (a psychologist at Harvard), citing a recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, said "that Americans are smiling less and worrying more than they were a year ago, that happiness is down and sadness is up, that we are getting less sleep and smoking more ...read more

  • A True Church Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,140 views

    A TRUE CHURCH FAMILY Fred Sigle, preaching minister at Garfield Christian Church in Indianapolis tells about Mark Knutson. On August 28, 1993, he was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer. When diagnosed, he was already in the late stages and was only given a short time to ...read more

  • During Super Bowl Xxxvii, Fedex Ran A Commercial ...  PRO

    Contributed by Raymond L. Johnson on May 27, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,658 views

    During Super Bowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker, whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like Tom Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the commercial goes up to the door of a ...read more

  • When Your Sin Finds You Out.  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 16, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,033 views

    I was 18 years old when I stole my first and only item. I was a bagger at a local grocery store. The store had some small battery operated record players that played 45s. (For those too young to remember what 45s were, they looked like bid CDs with a hole in the middle.) A lot of the record players ...read more

  • Dont Be A Cookie Thief

    Contributed by Flor Beloria on Dec 12, 2017
     | 3,790 views

    The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, ...read more

  • The Ugliest Suit Ever

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
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     | 2,389 views

    Note: this story is told from my perspective - Jim Butcher of Madison WV. When I was at Southern Seminary in Louisville, there were a few days in the spring when they offered official photos. It was a professional photographer with a nice backdrop and the prices were reasonable. The seminary ...read more

  • Failure Maybe Opportunity?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 12, 2020
     | 3,327 views

    REMEMBER FAILURE MAY BE BUT AN OPPORTUNITY---- GEORGE CAMPBELL MORGAN, 12/9/1863. He died May 16, 1945. He preached his first sermon at 13 years of age. In 1888 a young man named CAMPBELL MORGAN had made application to the WESLEYAN SCHOOL of ministry. Campbell was one of 150 men to apply ...read more

  • Rejoice, We Conquer!

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 18, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,367 views

    In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in ...read more