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  • Several Years Ago, Carl Reiner And Mel Brooks ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 16, 2009
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    Several years ago, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks did a comedy skit called “The 2013 Year Old Man”. In the skit, Reiner interviews Brooks, who is the old gentleman who has lived for over 2000 years. At one point, Reiner asks the old man, “Did you always believe in the Lord?” Brooks replied: “No. ...read more

  • Synergistic Effect Of Draft Horses Pulling In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
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    Synergistic Effect of Draft Horses Pulling in Pairs Compared to Corporate Prayer My friend, if you are negligent about prayer in this way you are letting your church down. I read this week about a horse-pull in Canada where they hitched this one draft horse and he pulled 9,000 pounds. They hitched ...read more

  • You Can Make Him Drink

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    YOU CAN MAKE HIM DRINK Howard Hendricks, one of my professors at Dallas Theological Seminary, sometimes talked about his days when he was a student at the same seminary. In one of those stories, he tells about the time he was invited to preach in west Texas. "You've all heard of Nowhere? Well," ...read more

  • Smelly Collections

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 28, 2011
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    SMELLY COLLECTIONS He may dress like a skid-row bum and smell like a dead rat, but Andy Smulian is a hit among London businessmen plagued by those who won't pay their bills. Employed by the London-Manhattan Debt Collection Agency, the 20-years-old youth will stumble into a deadbeat's office for ...read more

  • So Yesterday I Went Across The Road To Jumbos Takeaways!

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 29, 2012
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    So yesterday I went across the road to Jumbos Takeaways. Just as an aside have you ever noticed that just about every town in New Zealand has a ‘Jumbo’s Takeaway’s’ it’s like the franchise that you have when you’re not having a franchise. There was one in Stoke where I grew up, it wasn’t painted ...read more

  • Change?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 23, 2019
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    I had a friend go to the doctor, after the examination the doctor came into the room and say: SIR, WOULD YOU PLEASE SPELL DIET? My friend started: D-I-E… THEN THE DOCTOR TOLD MY FRIEND STOP RIGHT THERE … YOU ARE GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON’T START WATCHING WHAT YOU EAT AND CHANGE YOUR EXERCISE ...read more

  • Because Of Strife

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    That great ol’ preacher J.Vernon McGee writes, “I had an uncle who never came to know the Lord. My aunt used to weep and say, “Oh, he won’t listen” Do you know why? With her lived a sister, another aunt, and I used to go there sometimes on Sundays for dinner. Do you know what we had for dinner? ...read more

  • Now Contrast That With One The Story Of Another ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    Now contrast that with one the story of another man. He owned a liquor store. One day, the liquor store owner met the Jesus. He poured all of his inventory down the drain. That’s called disposing of your liquid assets. And he owed a lot of money on some of that. He worked for along time paying off ...read more

  • A Sharp Knife For The Vine Branches

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 12, 2007
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    A sharp knife for the vine branches. -- I. THE TEXT SUGGESTS SELF-EXAMINATION. It mentions -- 1. Two characters who are in some respects exceedingly alike; they are both branches, and are in the vine: and yet for all this, the end of the one shall be to be cast away, while the end of the other ...read more

  • How Would You Feel If An Animal Spoke To You? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 6, 2007
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    How would you feel if an animal spoke to you? The story is told of a man who bought a beautiful, exotic, tropical parrot from a local pet store. The pet store owner said that the parrot could talk and after demonstrating a few sentences the customer was impressed so he bought him and took him ...read more

  • Real Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
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    Real Treasure An old farmer who was about to die called his two sons to his bedside and said, "My boys, my farm and the fields are yours in equal shares. I leave you a little ready money but the bulk of my wealth is hidden somewhere in the ground, not more than eighteen inches from the surface. I ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Tommy Bolt Was Playing In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 5, 2008
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    Professional golfer Tommy Bolt was playing in Los Angeles and had a caddy with a reputation of constant chatter. Before they teed off, Bolt told him, “Don’t say a word to me. And if I ask you something, just answer yes or no.” During the round, Bolt found the ball next to a tree, where he had to ...read more

  • How To Train An ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
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    How To Train An Elephant Have you ever wondered how to train an elephant? The first step is making it believe it can’t run away. Get your elephant—preferably a baby one—and tie it to a strong steel stake in the ground, like you would tie a horse to a hitching post. The baby elephant will try to ...read more

  • When My Daughter, Shannon, Was Five Years Old, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
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    When my daughter, Shannon, was five years old, she came into the kitchen just a few minutes before supper asking, "May I have a Twinkie" please?" I replied, "No! Supper will be served in just a few minutes." Shannon began to moan and dance around, now demanding a Twinkie since she was STARVING! ...read more

  • Some Will Be Saved. And We Must Keep Trying To ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008
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    *Some will be saved. And we must keep trying to reach them, even though many will reject the message, just like they did here in Acts 28:24. *Wray Ivey was one of my mentors when we lived in Macon. He was our pastor at First Baptist Church in Macon, and a great guy. One Tuesday night Wray and I ...read more

  • F ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    FLEA-FLICKERS One of the great ways to win a battle or a game is called "misdirection." You make your opponent think you are doing one thing, but do another. In football, they are called "gadget plays" or "flea-flickers." One of my favorite memories of this is in Super Bowl XV. Being a huge ...read more

  • Moving The Fence

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    MOVING THE FENCE Millard Erickson wrote, "The church is the repository of grace...it possesses the gospel, the good news of salvation" During World War II, some American soldiers took the body of their buddy to a local cemetery. The priest stopped them saying, "You can't bury your friend here if ...read more

  • A Wise Bible Teacher Once Said, "Sooner Or Later ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 12, 2009
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    A wise Bible teacher once said, “Sooner or later God will bring self-sufficient people to the place where they have no resource but Him – no strength, no answers, nothing but Him. Without God’s help, they are sunk.” He then told of a despairing man who confessed to his pastor, “My life is really ...read more

  • Parts Of A Cake

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009
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    PARTS OF A CAKE A daughter is telling her mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, ...read more

  • Easter On The Bench!" Matthew 28:1-10 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 27, 2005
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    “Easter on The Bench!” Matthew 28:1-10 Key verse(s) 5:“The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.’” Spending Easter Sunday alone is no way to spend Easter! Yet, when you have a bad virus and don’t want to infect anyone else, it may ...read more