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  • Romans 6:11 "So You Should Consider Yourselves ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,210 views

    Romans 6:11 "So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus." Something that’s dead is unresponsive. I’ve brought one of my daughter’s stuffed animals today, a large dog. When she was little she called him James T. Bone. It’s not really ...read more

  • You Hear The Jokes About Hell Being Some Big ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,200 views

    You hear the jokes about hell being some big party. Hell can also be a seductive for all those fans of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. One of them, a kid from an Ohio Christian school named Brian Warner is today better known as Marilyn Manson. For more than a decade, he has made millions with his ...read more

  • Blake Griffin Is The Number One 2009 Nba Draft ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2009
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    Blake Griffin is the number one 2009 NBA draft pick for the Los Angeles Clippers. He is 6’10” and dominated college basketball playing for Oklahoma. After he was drafted, he called the Clippers general manager on a Saturday morning to open the gym so he could work out. Being a millionaire and ...read more

  • Arranging Your Departure

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 2, 2010
     | 2,605 views

    ARRANGING YOUR DEPARTURE A young man works as a photographer for a magazine. In 1981 he was flown into an Alaskan wilderness to photograph the natural beauty and some rare flowers. He had everything prepared - photo equipment, 500 rolls of film, and several days of provisions. He kept a diary ...read more

  • Tommy's Dog

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 2, 2011
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    TOMMY'S DOG Tommy, one of my neighbor's grandsons, walked into the convenience store and asked the clerk for a box of Tide so that he could wash his dog, Petey. The clerk was appalled and told the boy, "Son, you can't use Tide on a dog. It might hurt him. Are you sure you want Tide?" "Oh, yes," ...read more

  • You Pick It Up

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 29, 2020
     | 2,076 views

    The worst defeat in college football came in 1916 when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College of Kentucky 222 to 0. Cumberland never even made a first down. The much smaller Cumberland players were being mauled. Halfway through the first half one of the Cumberland players fumbled the ball. As ...read more

  • There Was A Challenge Given To The Artist Of A ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Sep 23, 2008
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    There was a challenge given to the artist of a community. They were to enter a painting that represented peace.As the community began to look at the paintings, there was one that stood out from the rest that they were sure would win.It was a beautiful pastoral scene, a rolling green meadow, ...read more

  • It's A Fascinating Story That ...

    Contributed by Kevin Earls on Oct 25, 2006
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    Illustration: It’s a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there he ...read more

  • Sometimes, The Right Name Will Accomplish ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 23, 2009
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    Sometimes, the right name will accomplish something for you that you can’t accomplish yourself. I’m reminded of the time I was Editor-in-Chief of Computer Gaming World and we were attending a big convention. Sony’s Psygnosis division was having a big party at a nightclub and my technical editor ...read more

  • It Was A Holy Night, The Songwriter Tells Us, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,755 views

    It was a holy night, the songwriter tells us, that night in Bethlehem. There was “a thrill of hope,” and the weary world rejoiced because a new and glorious morn had broken. It was, indeed, a night divine . . . a holy night when all anyone could do in response was fall to their knees and listen ...read more

  • When I Was 40 And Looking At 60, It Seemed Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "When I was 40 and looking at 60, it seemed like a thousand years away. But 62 feels like a week and a half away from 80. I must now get on with ...read more

  • I Would Like To Read You Something I Came Across ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 24, 2001
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     | 2,105 views

    I would like to read you something I came across this week. It was written by a man named Tamim Ansary– who is an Afghani-American writer [ taken from Salon.com ]. I don’t generally like to read something of this length, but I think it is important for us to hear. [start quote] I’ve been hearing a ...read more

  • Buddy Is What History Has Called A "Yellow Dog ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008
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    Buddy is what history has called a “Yellow Dog Democrat.” He would never disagree with that statement. He never has had anything good to say about any Republican that has ever held office. In fact the word “Republican” is almost always uttered with an expletive of one form or another. If a ...read more

  • When The Federal Troops Occupied Cheraw, South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,211 views

    When the Federal troops occupied Cheraw, South Carolina, the Confederates left so much gun powder behind that the Union troops decided to dump most of it in a little creek. Some of the Union troops were looking for some entertainment so they scooped up handfuls of the powder and carried it to ...read more

  • Eating A Bald Eagle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
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    EATING A BALD EAGLE A forest ranger is making rounds in a remote part of the wooded reserve when he comes across an unkempt man, sitting at a make-shift campfire, and, to the ranger's astonishment, eating a fish and a bald eagle. The man is consequently put in jail for the crime. He was soon ...read more

  • I Read An Email Story This Week About A Group Of ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 18, 2007
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    I read an email story this week about a group of salesmen who attended a convention out-of-town some years back. As they rushed through the terminal to get to their departing flight, one of them accidentally knocked over a table that held a display of apples. They continued running for their ...read more

  • Jesus Stands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    JESUS STANDS READY During the years of 1980s, I traveled quite a bit from Washington D.C. to New Jersey to go between my father and mother’s house. As a 10-year-old I traveled alone on planes, so news stories about planes and travels were on my radar, so to speak. So, in 1982 when January 13th ...read more

  • Love Beyond Sight

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Sep 23, 2023
     | 1,097 views

    Love Beyond Sight In a quaint village nestled amidst rolling hills, there lived a man whose love story would be told for generations to come. His name was Samuel, and he was known far and wide for his kindness and his love for his wife, Sarah. Samuel had met Sarah on a sunny day at the village ...read more

  • What Do You Do With An Apostle Paul? Now There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Feb 21, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,922 views

    What do you do with an Apostle Paul? Now there was one committed guy. “Paul, if you don’t quit preaching, we are gonna stone you!” “Well, that’s been done before!” Look, Paul, if you don’t quit preaching we are gonna throw you in jail!” “Hey, guys, could you send me back to Rome. They let me ...read more

  • Philip Yancey, In His Book The Jesus I Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    Philip Yancey, in his book The Jesus I Never Knew, comments on this truth, that Christ can only be King on His own terms. He alludes to the 3 temptations Jesus faced before he began His ministry: 1) to turn stones into bread and feed Himself, 2) after taking Him to the temple in Jerusalem, to jump ...read more