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  • R. G. Letourneau Was For Many Years An ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company that manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman what the ‘G’ stood for. The man, who was pretty quick on the ...read more

  • Guests At Weddings Are Seated By Taking The Right ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,335 views

    Guests at weddings are seated by taking the right arm of the usher. However, the bride comes down the aisle on her father’s left arm. He stands between his daughter and the groom to protect her, until she finally says she does indeed want to go away with Big & Ugly. We begin the ceremony on the ...read more

  • To Avoid Confrontation Is To Avoid The ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008
     | 2,703 views

    To avoid confrontation is to avoid the inevitable. We avoid it because of fear. Would you let your child be beat up? No. You would fight. It doesn’t matter what philosophy you have when you are actually in a fight, you will fight back. We have our giants, our bully’s, but we need not be afraid, ...read more

  • Wasteful Americans

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,732 views

    "WASTEFUL" AMERICANS A woman fell out of a second-floor window and landed in a slow-moving garbage truck. Half-buried in the litter, she tried without success to get the truck-driver’s attention. A foreign diplomat standing on the sidewalk saw her and quipped, "Another example of how wasteful ...read more

  • In The Twisted Wreckage Of A Metrolink Train ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 8, 2010
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    In the twisted wreckage of a Metrolink train crash, firefighters from Los Angeles Fire Station 27 found a message that brought tears to their eyes. A survivor of the crash, thinking he was dying, had used his own blood to write on the seat in front of him that he loved his wife and kids. Normally, ...read more

  • Nothing To Hold On To

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2010
     | 3,483 views

    NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO In his book The Fisherman and His Friends, Louis Albert Banks tells of two men who were assigned to stand watch on a ship out at sea. During the night the waves from a raging storm washed one of them overboard. The sailor who drowned had been in the most sheltered place, ...read more

  • I Did It With My Club

    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 23, 2012
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    I DID IT WITH MY CLUB A hunter walking through the jungle found a huge dead elephant with a pigmy standing beside it. Amazed, he asked: "Did you kill that?" The pigmy said, "Yes." The hunter asked, "How could a little guy like you kill a huge beast like that?" "I killed it with my club." ...read more

  • Mission

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 4,903 views

    Or what about the missionaries preaching in Africa from Revelation 3:20 (ESV), “Behold, I stand at the door and knock,” without knowing that in this African context only thieves knock on doors to see if anyone is home. Friends, on the other hand, announce their presence by calling out. So these ...read more

  • All I Really Need To Know I Learned In ...

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 15, 2003
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    All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten. All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned. Share ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Senior Executive Of The Then ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,606 views

    Many years ago a senior executive of the then Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. On the day the news leaked out most of the executives of the company were finding various ingenious ways of avoiding ...read more

  • National ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    National Foundation Expressing Fear of the Lord A nation with a firm foundation has Christians who have the heart of the Psalmist who wrote, “Teach me your ways, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.” (Psalm 86:11) A nation that has a ...read more

  • Asking Why

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    ASKING WHY In his Good Friday sermon for 2005, Dr. Richard Lischer asked these questions: -"Have you ever been tempted? So was (Jesus). Thus your temptations have been redeemed in His. -Have you ever been hated? So was He. You have a place in Him. -Have you ever been lonely, afraid, without a ...read more

  • Church Asks Non-Participants To Leave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,859 views

    CHURCH ASKS NON-PARTICIPANTS TO LEAVE Just a few years ago, Larknews.com carried the following fictional piece of satire on its website. In the form of a news release, it reported: Julie and Bob Clark were stunned to receive a letter from their church in July asking them to "participate in the ...read more

  • With Toes Curled Tightly Over The Edge Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Faillace on Jul 17, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 1,705 views

    With toes curled tightly over the edge of the diving board and the refreshing blue water 12 feet below, I found myself at 7 years old for the very first time standing on the high diving board. With friends cheering below, which seemed more like a mile away rather than just 12 feet, I was faced ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Lot Like A Wedding Ring. Baptism ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 26, 2002
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    Baptism is a lot like a wedding ring. Baptism is symbolic of the washing away of our sins. It is also symbolic of a new way of life. It has been said that Baptism is to the Christian faith what the wedding ring is to a marriage. It is a symbol. "Like the wedding ring, baptism draws a mark on ...read more

  • Calvin And Hobbes: House Flooded

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 19, 2002
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    From a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip); CALVIN (Calling father at work): Hi Dad, it’s me Calvin. How’s Work Going? Uh-huh. Pretty out isn’t it? Yup. Are you bringing me any presents home tonight?..No? Well I just thought I’d ask. Listen, I suppose you’re wondering why I ...read more

  • Life At The Brink  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,754 views

    Life at the Brink A man was driving to work when a truck ran a stop sign, hit his car broadside, and knocked him cold. A passerby pulled him from the wreck and revived him. He began a terrific struggle and had to be tranquilized by the medics. Later, when he was calm, they asked him why he ...read more

  • Across The Street From The Bombed Out Federal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 2,395 views

    Across the street from the bombed out Federal Building in Oklahoma City, where 168 people died needlessly and senselessly, there stands a memorial. At the heart of that memorial is a nine foot statue of Jesus. But this statue is not one of a stony Jesus with arms out wide like you may have seen in ...read more

  • Earl Allen's Book, Sign Of The Star, Relates The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
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    Earl Allen’s book, Sign of the Star, relates the Suffering Servant to the Christmas story. Allen wrote: “Near the cradle of Bethlehem stands the cross, God’s Christmas tree—you can’t make anything else out of it. The blood of Jesus Christ has been the red ribbon strung from that first coat of skins ...read more

  • Keeping Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,468 views

    KEEPING COMPASSION Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city’s tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don’t worry. After you’ve been here a while, you’ll get used to it." Responded the minister, "Yes, I ...read more