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  • A Number Of Years Ago, Rock Legend Bob Dylan ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 1,795 views

    A number of years ago, rock legend Bob Dylan wrote a song called, “You Gotta Serve Somebody.” The song runs through just about every possible “kind” of person you might want to mention, and then, after every verse, pounds home the message that, regardless of who you are, “You gotta serve somebody; ...read more

  • A Story Is Told In Which An Accountant Answered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 117 ratings
     | 3,021 views

    A story is told in which an accountant answered an advertisement for a top job with a large firm. At the end of the interview, the chairman asked, “One last question—what is three times seven?” The accountant thought for a moment and replied, “Twenty-two.” Outside he checked himself on his ...read more

  • Poem: Within The Gates  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,192 views

    I love to step inside a church, To rest, and think, and pray; The quiet, calm, and holy place Can drive all cares away. I feel that from these simple walls There breathes a moving sound Of sacred music, murmured prayers, Caught in the endless round. Of all that makes our human life; Birth, ...read more

  • And, Driver, Hurry Please  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,079 views

    AND, DRIVER, HURRY PLEASE If you think using cellphones is a distraction while driving a car, just imagine how affected a woman was while traveling on an intercity bus in northern Greece last weekend. As we pick up the story, the passenger was so deep in conversation when the driver reached her ...read more

  • Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,270 views

    "Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash as a child. 2. People who wash are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash, but it got boring. 5. I wash only on Christmas or Easter. ...read more

  • Can Any Good Thing Come From Nazareth? That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,932 views

    Can any good thing come from Nazareth? That back water, that hole in the earth? Nazareth was on the "wrong side of the tracks." Nazareth was Jesus’ hometown, but they had already rejected Jesus. Near where I live is the "town" where Johnny Cash was born. Looking at the town, you would never ...read more

  • Faith Is Like This – You Are A Paratrooper. You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,816 views

    Faith is like this – You are a paratrooper. You learn how to pack your chute. You crease the silk in just the right way, making sure that all the lines of the chute are not tangled. You fold it and pack it perfectly. You get in the plane and you fly to the drop zone. You hook up and wait for the ...read more

  • There Was A Man Living In The Hills Of Arkansas ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,073 views

    There was a man living in the hills of Arkansas who was brought to Christ. He was known as “Mr. Moonshine” because of the many LIQUOR STILLS that he had hidden away back in the HILLS. After becoming a Christian, his life CHANGED dramatically. He DESTROYED all of his STILLS and POURED out all of ...read more

  • There Is A Story About The Apostle John At The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,269 views

    There is a story about the Apostle John at the end of his life. He was the pastor at the church in Ephesus, and at this point he was so old that he could no longer walk. Sunday after Sunday they other elders would carry him in on a mat and set him in the middle of the assembly. From this mat he ...read more

  • We Have Bought All The God Is Only Love Theology ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,162 views

    We have bought all the God is only love theology of today. However, the plain meaning of this passage is still in affect today, whether we believe it or not. We need to get serious about it. However, our modern scientific minds silently scoff at God bringing sickness and death as judgement, ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Was Working On Replacing An ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
     | 1,288 views

    Several years ago, I was working on replacing an old, falling-over retaining wall on the side of my house. Some of the stones I replaced were too big for me to move and some were cemented together into “blobs” of rock and concrete. So I set out to bust them up with a sledge hammer. I struck ...read more

  • Imagine This; You're On Your Way To Jerusalem To ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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     | 2,866 views

    Imagine this; you’re on your way to Jerusalem to offer a Passover sacrifice. As you are walking down the road, an area peddler calls to get your attention. He has in his possession a lamb that is being made available to you for this one time low price. As you look over this possible purchase ...read more

  • This Was The Best Wine They Had Ever Tasted

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
     | 1,863 views

    This was the best wine they had ever tasted Jesus took wash water, and turned it into GOOD WINE I don’t drink enough water They say you should drink 8 glasses a day I have a hard time drinking enough water. I don’t like the taste of water That is why God invented Diet Dr Pepper These people didn’t ...read more

  • To Prevent Rot – My Grandmother, Grinny, Would ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,502 views

    1. To prevent rot – My Grandmother, Grinny, would take the rock ice from ice cream churn after churning ice cream and pour it around her mailbox post to keep the grass from growing there. A North American once asked a South American why they couldn’t seem to get their governments in order down ...read more

  • Boating On The Chesapeake Bay

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
     | 1,809 views

    BOATING ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY One family was filled with skilled boaters and water-skiers. They often skied not on nice, glassy lakes but on the huge, choppy Chesapeake Bay. To one preschool nephew, however, the experience was absolutely horrifying. It seemed to him that everyone would be thrown ...read more

  • Give Yourself Right Now

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 26, 2008
     | 2,513 views

    GIVE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW Those in recovery groups talk about seeing what he or she can “pack into the stream of life.” Many addicts and alcoholics initially think of themselves as pretty good people who just need to cut back drinking. If they have problems, they happen because of other people. ...read more

  • Man's Anger Toward God

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Aug 7, 2008
     | 3,803 views

    MAN'S ANGER TOWARD GOD ...is more disastrous than the following: As a passenger boarded the Los Angeles-to-New York plane, he told the flight attendant to wake him and make sure he got off in Dallas. The passenger awoke just as the plane was landing in New York. Furious, he called the flight ...read more

  • We Live In A World Today That We Should Sift All ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 31, 2011
     | 2,418 views

    We live in a world today that we should sift all our children’s activities and things that they are exposed to each day as though we were looking and inspecting the candy they get on Halloween night and throw out the things that look suspicious. I know it’s hard and most of the time just impossible ...read more

  • Following The Masses

    Contributed by Dusan Tillinger on Mar 30, 2012
     | 4,385 views

    FOLLOWING THE MASSES A few years ago I was walking down Prague's Wenceslaus Square when I coincidently, without realizing it, found myself in the middle of a protest. It was so easy to blend with them, to get into their middle and march with them, but once I tried to leave that mob, step out and ...read more

  • Y2k

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 1,935 views

    13 years ago, there were people running all over the place, buying up food and bottled water and gas and everything else they could think of, just in case something happened with all of that Y2K stuff. They did all of that just in case they were without power, or open food stores for a few days. ...read more