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  • A Unique Excuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,826 views

    A UNIQUE EXCUSE A man who bought a brand new Mercedes and got out on the interstate. It was a convertible and the top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair, and he decided he would open it up to see what it could do. The needle hit 80 miles an hour, then 90, then 100, then 110, then ...read more

  • A Bad Day  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,972 views

    A BAD DAY Mr. Insured had just purchased a new 7509cc Honda motorcycle. After a few leisurely trips around the block to become acquainted with this powerful new machine, he parked the cycle in front of his home to show it off to his neighbors. It started to rain, however, and not wanting to get ...read more

  • Coping With Complaining

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2012
     | 4,892 views

    COPING WITH COMPLAINING How do you cope with complaining, nagging, whine-baby people? Internet discussion board posted this: Why do people complain so much? I know it's a natural thing but it has to be unhealthy. At my job people never stop complaining. Every day it's either too hot or too cold. ...read more

  • The Importance Of Friends  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 29, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,352 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDS One of the most thorough research projects on relationships is called the Alameda County Study. Headed by a Harvard social scientist, it tracked the lives of 7,000 people over nine years. Researchers found that the most isolated people were three times more likely to die ...read more

  • If You Want To Walk On Water…  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,534 views

    John Ortberg states: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life. And that’s sobering news to most of us, because we’re into comfort...but water walkers master ...read more

  • Here Be God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    HERE BE GOD Before 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the common belief was that if a ship from Europe sailed too far West, they would either fall off the edge of the world or face terrible danger. There was fear of the unknown. In England, there is an ancient nautical map dating back to ...read more

  • Self-Image

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
     | 7,442 views

    SELF-IMAGE There's a story about a girl who was the daughter of one of the royal families of Europe. She had a big, round nose that destroyed her beauty in the eyes of others--and especially in her own eyes. She grew up with this terrible image of herself as an ugly person. So her family hired a ...read more

  • Lee Dye On New Year's Resolutions

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
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    LEE DYE ON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Lee Dye writes, “It’s that time of year again when we resolve to get off our duffs and run around the block more often, maybe even cut back on tall of those things which we know we aren’t supposed to eat, or drink or smoke. Ah yes, New Year’s Resolutions which for ...read more

  • Somebody Help The Boy

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 28, 2013
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    SOMEBODY HELP THE BOY I was at home alone with Ryan one morning when I suddenly realized that it had been approximately two minutes since my little explorer had made any noise. (When one babysits with Ryan, silence is definitely not golden.) I immediately began looking for him, searching each room ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada's Wedding

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
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    Joni Eareckson Tada, who since a diving accident as a teenager has lived from a wheelchair, wrote about the day of her wedding: “I felt awkward as my girlfriends strained to shift my paralyzed body into a cumbersome wedding gown. No amount of corseting and binding my body gave me a good shape. ...read more

  • The Evangelistic Meaning Of Your Birthday Celebration

    Contributed by Joel Israel Shashikumar on Jan 26, 2015
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    I went to bed with a heavy heart one day. All those news and reports of death for the past few weeks. Only to wake up with a thought of birthday cake and celebration. Now why do we celebrate birthdays, blowing candles and cutting cake. I admit, I do not know the meaning that has been tagged with ...read more

  • Peace

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,607 views

    Lucinda Norman writes of her experience Christmas shopping at the mall. People had been pushing, elbowing and cutting in front of her all day. During a 10 minute extra 10% off special, one woman grabbed a lace table cloth from her hands, looked her in the eye and said, “Mine!” She yanked it back ...read more

  • The Cookies

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 2,154 views

    Main Idea: Everyone has sinned and done things that are wrong. Verse: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8 NKJV). Illustration: When I was a child, my mother baked some cookies. The house smelled so good and I wanted one of the cookies. I ...read more

  • Humpty Dumpty

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Sep 18, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,458 views

    I am sure that you all know the nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty. I think you can all say it with me. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. So what was Humpty Dumpty? Everybody knows ...read more

  • Jesus Described Hell As A Place With A Stench. On ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,113 views

    Jesus described hell as a place with a stench. On the southwest corner of I-240 in our city you can smell the oil refinery. In Counce, Tennessee, you can smell the pulp mill or in Bolivar the tannery. When I lived on Holmes Street I ordered some flytraps for the backyard. They were quart jars ...read more

  • Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It Is Loosely Based ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
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    Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It is loosely based on the story of four brothers who served during WW II. Because it was believed three of them had died in battle, a Division was sent deep into enemy lines to bring the last one home alive. It is this scene where Tom Hanks, playing Captain John ...read more

  • Practice Openness And Accountability  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,679 views

    • Practice openness and accountability. This is the one thing we desperately need the most, and the one thing we most resist. We need support. Some things in life are just too hard to do on your own. We need people to come along side of us and encourage us. Whether you are dieting, or exercising, ...read more

  • Henry Welles Had An Idea More Than A Century Ago, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,253 views

    Henry Welles had an idea more than a century ago, an idea we still abide by today. In 1866, the United States had just emerged from a terrible and bloody civil war between our Northern and Southern states. Henry, a drugstore owner in Waterloo, New York, heard stories about our crippled and maimed ...read more

  • Just Over A Year Ago, Kerry Packer Died. You've ...

    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
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    Just over a year ago, Kerry Packer died. You’ve probably all heard of him. Richest man in Australia, he was. When he died there were memorial services, TV specials, an outpouring of praise for this “Great Australian”. Now I’m not going to compare Packer to an Adolf Hitler, but he was like many ...read more

  • Cecil B. Demille Was Making One Of His Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,533 views

    Cecil B. DeMille was making one of his great epic movies. He had 6 cameras at various points to pick up the overall action and 5 other cameras set up to film plot developments involving major characters. The large cast had begun rehearsing the scene at 6am and they went through it four times. ...read more