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  • A Man Was Irritated By His Wife's Refusal To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A man was irritated by his wife’s refusal to admit her hearing problem. Speaking with his doctor one day he asked, “How can I get my wife to admit that she needs a hearing aid?” “I’ll tell you what you need to do,” his doctor replied. When you get home peek your head through the door and ask, ...read more

  • J. Ghandi Said It Best When He Said, "Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    J. GHANDI SAID IT BEST WHEN HE SAID, “OUR CIVILIZATION TODAY, IS LIKE A MONKEY WITH A BLOW TORCH IN A ROOM FULL OF DYNAMITE.” K. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU A FRENCH CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHER WHO WRITES, "THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE WAS A MINOR EVENT COMPARED WITH WHAT WE BEHOLD. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ...read more

  • There Is A Scene In The Movie, "Five Easy ...

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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    There is a scene in the movie, “Five Easy Pieces,” a movie where a trashy oil rigger returns home to comfort his dying father. Jack Nicholson plays the part of the boy that’s returns home to help his family through a tough situation. Well, there’s a scene in the movie where Jack Nicholson is ...read more

  • The Answer Seems Obvious You Take The Selfish ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Wilson on Sep 28, 2007
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    The answer seems obvious you take the selfish test. So here we go: 1. If the last time you said “I love you” and really meant it, you were looking in a mirror you might have a problem with self. 2. If your most memorable vacation only required one airline ticket you might have a problem with ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Wrote In His Book, The Screwtape ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008
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    C.S. Lewis wrote in his book, The Screwtape Letters, “There is a legend about Satan and his imps planning their strategy for attacking the world that’s hearing the message of salvation. One of the demons says, “I’ve got the plan, master. When I get on earth and take charge of people’s thinking, ...read more

  • It's Amazing What You Can Get Away With These ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 22, 2008
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    It’s amazing what you can get away with these days, especially if you’ve got a good lawyer: Have you heard of a lawyer Dubbed "Mr Loophole" owing to his talent for finding unusual technical defenses, Mr. Freeman has represented celebrities from footballer David Beckham to snooker player Ronnie ...read more

  • An Ellison Research Study Finds 90% Of Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    An Ellison Research study finds 90% of Americans feel the law should support religious groups renting public property, such as a public school gym or a library room, for meetings if non-religious groups are allowed to do so. 89% say it should be legal for a public school teacher to permit a “moment ...read more

  • Twas Battered And Scarred, And The Auctioneer ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 4, 2008
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    Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin. But he held it up with a smile; "What am I bidden, good folks?" he cried. "Who’ll start the bidding for me?" "A dollar, a dollar"; then two!" "Only two? Two dollars, and who’ll ...read more

  • I'm Sure That By Now Many Of You Have Seen The ...

    Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 13, 2008
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    I'm sure that by now many of you have seen the movie "The Bucket List." It's the story of two men who meet by chance as hospital roommates. As the story develops, we soon discover that one of the men is terminally ill, and the other man is incredibly wealthy. With hours to spend in their ...read more

  • Consider The Queen Mary, Now A Floating Museum In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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    Consider the Queen Mary, now a floating museum in California. This great ship was built as a luxury liner, and it served the wealthy with lavish comforts. Part of the ship has been restored to show the way it was outfitted in all its regal glory, with grand dining rooms set with china and gold ...read more

  • Remember With Me If You Can When Your Last Child ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Remember with me if you can when your last child was born. For my wife and me it was in Hoffman Estates Medical Center, on October 17, 1986 at 1:58 a.m. We entered the hospital on a cool dark evening with great expectation about what was soon to occur. Birth pains gradually came in shorter and ...read more

  • When Dr. Stephen Olford Was Pastor Of The ...

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Mar 16, 2009
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    ILLUS: When Dr. Stephen Olford was pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City he had the opportunity of leading his brother who had been an agnostic most of his life to the Lord, as he lay in the hospital desperately ill. One day Dr. Olford was called to come to the hospital quickly and ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • It's Like The Work Done On Various Television ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 25, 2009
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    It’s like the work done on various Television programmes. Take one run down house or barn crying out for restoration, or a few rooms of a house in desperate need of decoration, or the Vicarage kitchen in need of a refit! Jesus takes us as we are, however run-down, how ever messy our lives might be, ...read more

  • An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
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    An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy Men from His Congregation An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his banker and his lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his ...read more

  • Back When The Generals Led Their Troops Into ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 4, 2010
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    Back when the generals led their troops into battle rather than directing them from a ‘situation room’ half a world away, it is said that Alexander the Great’s position was about to be over-run by the enemy. Turning to a valiant young soldier at his side, the great military genius implored the boy ...read more

  • These ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 30, 2010
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    “These Hands” A young man and a young woman were engaged to be married and were looking forward to a near wedding day when the young man was suddenly called to serve his country. From the field of warfare letters regularly came and went and love shone brightly in all of them. The letters from ...read more

  • 3) I Heard A Story About A Couple Who Went On ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 11, 2010
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    I heard a story about a couple who went on holiday, they had been away a couple of weeks and when they arrived home, after picking up a litre of that watery green top milk from the dairy, and getting their mail from their neighbors place. They went into their home to find they had been burgled. ...read more

  • Everybody Loves Raymond: Why Are We Here First?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 8, 2010
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    EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND: WHY ARE WE HERE FIRST? In the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond, little Alley begins asking some questions about babies. Raymond, the father, gets nervous and refuses to answer her questions. Later on, Raymond realizes that he needs to answer his daughter’s questions. ...read more

  • Make Me!

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 14, 2011
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    "MAKE ME!" They had behaved badly in class but they were equally disruptive in the detention room, swearing, acting tough and defying anything I said with a smart comment. Unacceptable behaviour. I have never really had a problem with anger, but the closest I came was in that classroom. Teaching ...read more