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  • It Would Be Nice Of You To Add This To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2005
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    [It would be nice of you to add this to the general humor section instead of SermonCentralPro because you need some new stuff in that section.] If My Body Were a Car By Anonymous I see newer models rolling down the street, But my own car is growing older and it’s not very neat. I’ve got bumps, ...read more

  • The Bigger Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 22, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
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    Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset one of his star players, Reggie Jackson, because he felt he knew the pitchers and catchers well enough to judge who he ...read more

  • One Of The Great Things About Kids Is That Their ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
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    One of the great things about kids is that their perspective can often give us adults a new perspective on things that we take fore granted or they can give us an entirely new view of something unique and different. I am reminded of this in a heart-touching story about four year old Shane and the ...read more

  • Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) Accompanied ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
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    Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) accompanied Steelers chaplain Jay Wilson on a mission trip to Nicaragua in 2004 and said that trip, along with the knee injury he overcame to gain his Pro Bowl status, has changed his career. “God humbled me with the injury, but over last three years I’ve been able ...read more

  • A Man Was Hired To Paint The Lines On The Highway ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
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    A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work his supervisor was very impressed when he learned that this new employee had painted three miles’ worth of ...read more

  • I Love Working In My Yard. In Fact My Neighbors ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Feb 20, 2007
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    I love working in my yard. In fact my neighbors think that I take yard work all too seriously. I’ll cut my grass and make sure that it is cut in a certain pattern. I make sure that my lines are straight from the lawnmower wheels and my flowers have to be just right. But one day disaster struct. ...read more

  • A Student Named Steve Winger From Lubbock, Tx Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    A student named Steve Winger from Lubbock, TX was taking a challenging class in Logic. The course and teacher were known for exacting and demanding exams. The final exam was looming, and the professor mercifully told the class that each student would be permitted to bring in a single 8.5 x 11 inch ...read more

  • The Believer's Gps

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
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    THE BELIEVER'S GPS Last week we introduced a device known as a GPS or Global Positioning Systems. This device allows the user to know where they are and where they want to go. It works through a process known as triangulation. There are 24 Dept. of Defense satellites constantly circling our earth ...read more

  • Please Come Home.

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 5, 2012
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    "PLEASE COME HOME." There was a girl named Christina, who lived in a dusty village of Brazil. In her late teens she was upset with her parents because she thought she was restricted. She had this dream of going to Rio De Janeiro, but her mother knew that she will not be able to take care of ...read more

  • Finishing The Race

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 12, 2014
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    My wife and I watched as Danny, our youngest son, competed in the Carnival of Champions back when he was in elementary school. He was entered in the half-mile race. It was two laps around the track. When the starting gun sounded, he quickly leapt ahead of everyone and built a sizable lead. He had ...read more

  • The Girl That Was Blind

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 24, 2018
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    Once there was a blind girl named Ramona. She hated herself because she could not see. She had no eyes. The only person in the whole world that she loved was her boyfriend Daniel and he loved her. He was always there for her. He told her that he wanted to marry her. He didn’t care that she was ...read more

  • Life-Spans

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 2, 2021
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    LIFE-SPANS A lightening bolt lasts 45 to 55 microseconds. The average running shoe worn by the average runner on an average surface will last 350 to 500 miles. A hard pencil can write up to 30,000 words or draw a line more than 30 miles long. Most ball-point pens ...read more

  • Peter Hopkirk Tells A Great Story About The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Peter Hopkirk tells a great story about the folly of a faulty proclamation. It was 1919, and Russia was in the midst of its own Civil War to establish Communism as its official ideology. While Moscow had been “liberated” two years earlier, farther flung parts of its empire, such as what is now in ...read more

  • In The Movie Glory Road, Basketball Coach Don ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
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    In the movie Glory Road, Basketball Coach Don Haskins, was just a small-town family man trying to make an unforgettable mark in his first job as a collegiate basketball coach. He got a coaching job with the Texas Western miners. He went on the recruiting trail to find the best talent in the land, ...read more

  • On June 1, 1953 A Boy Named David Was Born In New ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
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    On June 1, 1953 a boy named David was born in New York. 22 years In 1975, however, I met some guys at a party who were, I later found out, heavily involved in the occult. Witchcraft, Satanism, occult, horror and Satanic movies, Satanic bible, occult rituals and incantations. Began to kill. David ...read more

  • A Missionary To Japan Told A Story Of When He Was ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
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    A missionary to Japan told a story of when he was riding a train one late night across town. Everyone was being fairly dignified, but then a drunk man came on board. His face was red and he was looking for a fight. He was catcalling women and trying to provoke men to fight him. Nobody responded ...read more

  • As Clayton J. Schmit Put It In His Commentary On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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    As Clayton J. Schmit put it in his commentary on our text, “The moment of birth is one of unspeakable joy. Yet, if parents stopped to count the cost of taking a child home (which, fortunately, they never do) they might be tempted to turn the gift down. The cost of baby food and diapers, sleepless ...read more

  • Identifies With Our Suffering

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 28, 2008
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    IDENTIFIES WITH OUR SUFFERING His name was Joseph Damien, and you’ve probably heard his story before, but it bears repeating. A Belgian priest, he was sent in 1873 to minister to lepers in Hawaii. As soon as he arrived on Molokai, he began trying to build friendships with the residents of the ...read more

  • Responsibility Comes With The Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    RESPONSIBILITY COMES WITH THE GIFT As Clayton J. Schmit put it in his commentary on our text: The moment of birth is one of unspeakable joy. Yet, if parents stopped to count the cost of taking a child home (which, fortunately, they never do) they might be tempted to turn the gift down. The cost ...read more

  • Joseph Was Despised Because Of His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Joseph was despised because of his Behavior. (Vv. 8-11) Joseph was despised not for doing evil but for doing good. Joseph typifies the Lord in many ways. Sidlow Baxter observes that he was the beloved son, that he was the rejected servant, and also the exalted Savior. The way that he was despised ...read more