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  • We Are Different!

    Contributed by N A on May 8, 2011
     | 3,016 views

    WE ARE DIFFERENT! (Taken from Men are Like Waffles; Women are Like Spaghetti, by Bill and Pam Farrel). Because of the differences between men and women, we need God’s wisdom and help! IN THE BATHROOM: A man has six items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, a razor, a bar ...read more

  • A Fellow Who Had Been Reared In The City Bought A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kris Young on Feb 15, 2001
    based on 367 ratings
     | 4,419 views

    A fellow who had been reared in the city bought a farm and several milk cows. In the feed store one day he complained his best cow had gone dry. "Aren’t you feeding her right?" asked the store owner. "I’m feeding her what you’ve been selling me," said the man. "Are you milking her every day?" ...read more

  • To You Who Become The In-Laws: Gaining A Son Or ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 17, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 1,868 views

    To you who become the in-laws: Gaining a son or daughter-in-law means only two words: BUTT-OUT!! Young people have a hard enough time adjusting to the difficulties and challenges that marriage present. They don¡¦t need you to complicate the matter. The first six months Elizabeth and I ...read more

  • Working Hard?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,244 views

    WORKING HARD? Workers around America frankly admit that they spend more than 20 percent of their time (seven hours a week) at work goofing off. That amounts to a four-day work week across the nation. Almost half of Americans admit to chronic malingering, calling in sick when not sick, and doing ...read more

  • Wabush, A Town In A Remote Portion Of Labrador, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pieter Botes on Mar 1, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,080 views

    Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and thus, only on one road leading out. If someone would travel the unpaved road for six to eight ...read more

  • Measuring Goodness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,678 views

    MEASURING GOODNESS Goodness can only be measured by God. God is the standard of goodness. If we compare ourselves to others we’re using the wrong measurement. If we determine goodness by what other people call good, we’re using the wrong standard. It’s like the little boy who came to his mother ...read more

  • On June 4, 1783 At The Market Square Of A French ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
     | 3,138 views

    On June 4, 1783 at the market square of a French village of Annonay, not far from Paris, a smoky bonfire on a raised platform was fed by wet straw and old wool rags. Tethered above, straining its lines, was a huge taffeta bag 33 feet in diameter. In the presence of “a respectable assembly and a ...read more

  • Returning Home One Afternoon With My Two ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,640 views

    Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six months, I pulled into my driveway and stopped to check the mailbox. But when I returned to the car, I found Kimberley had pushed the locks down on both doors—and I had left the key in the ignition. For an hour ...read more

  • Dwight Morrow, The Father Of Anne Morrow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
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    Dwight Morrow, the father of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once held a dinner party to which Calvin Coolidge had been invited. After Coolidge left, Morrow told the remaining guests that Coolidge would make a good president. The others disagreed. They felt Coolidge was too quiet, that he lacked color and ...read more

  • Hidden Scars Of Abortion: A '01 Study Sponsored ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,181 views

    Hidden Scars Of Abortion: A ’01 study sponsored by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario found that 41,000 women who had abortions had five times the number of hospital admissions for psychiatric problems, compared to women who did not abort. Another study published in the Canadian ...read more

  • On June 4, 1783 At The Market Square Of A French ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,220 views

    On June 4, 1783 at the market square of a French village of Annonay, not far from Paris, a smoky bonfire on a raised platform was fed by wet straw and old wool rages. Tethered above, straining its lines, was a huge taffeta bag 33 feet in diameter. In the presence of "a respectable assembly and a ...read more

  • Returning Home One Afternoon With My Two ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 17, 2006
     | 684 views

    Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six months, a mother pulled into here driveway and stopped to check the mailbox. But when she returned to the car, she found Kimberley had pushed the locks down on both doors and the mother had left her keys in the ...read more

  • If Danny Simpson Had Known More About Guns, He ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Sep 25, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 15,639 views

    If Danny Simpson had known more about guns, he might not have needed to rob the bank. But in 1990, in Ottawa, Canada, this 24-year-old went to jail, and his gun went to a museum. He was arrested for robbing a bank of $6,000 and then sent to jail for six years. He had used a .45 caliber Colt ...read more

  • In Case You Haven't Heard It Well Known Former ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
     | 1,688 views

    In case you haven’t heard it well known former football coach and present day broadcaster, John Madden, is being inducted in the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. I saw part of an interview with him this week. He talked about how as a coach he used to work 18 hour days and travel 6 months each year. Then ...read more

  • Give The First And Best. The Goal Is To Be ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Give the first and best. The goal is to be reached at any cost. On August 11, 1978, Double Eagle II, a large helium balloon, and her crew of three, eased into an almost windless sky above the potato fields of Maine. Their destination was Paris, France. The aerodynamics of ballooning are somewhat ...read more

  • A Man Who Lost His Job To Downsizing Was ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
     | 1,194 views

    A man who lost his job to downsizing was reflecting on his plight. His response wasn’t what I might do in that situation. He said, "I don’t feel too bad. I didn’t realize until I lost my job how I had lost track of my family, how little time I was spending with my wife and my children, and how I ...read more

  • How Important Is Character To Me Personally? – ...

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jul 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,580 views

    . How important is character to me personally? – Soon after moving to Pulaski my children, Josh and Britney were eight and six. We walked out of Bi-Lo one day and when I put my quarter into a coke machine out came not one but two cokes. I told Josh and Britney to go on to the car where their ...read more

  • A City Dweller Turned Farmer Went To The Local ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
     | 779 views

    A city dweller turned farmer went to the local feed store to get some answers: his best cow had stopped producing milk. “Are you feeding her right?” asked the storeowner. “Just what you sold me,” replied the rookie. “Are you milking her every day?” the owner asked. “Just about. Sometimes when I ...read more

  • Her ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2008
     | 1,266 views

    “Her Day” She cooked the breakfast first of all, Washed the cups and plates, Dressed the children and made sure Stockings all were mates. Combed their hair and made their beds, Sent them out to play. Gathered up their motley toys, Put some books away. Dusted chairs and mopped the stairs, Ironed ...read more

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 4,924 views

    NO FAITH, NO POWER One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more