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  • Excuses: Any Will Do?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,115 views

    Zig Ziglar writes: My brother, the late Judge Ziglar, loved to tell the story of the fellow who went next door to borrow his neighbor’s lawnmower. The neighbor explained that he could not let him use the mower because all the flights had been canceled from New York to Los Angeles. The borrower ...read more

  • I Believe That God Heals Diseases. He Is Jehovah ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 7, 2002
    based on 61 ratings
     | 2,798 views

    I believe that God heals diseases. He is Jehovah Raphe, the One who is able to heal. Over twenty years ago I was in the hospital in York, Pennsylvania, when I heard that the doctor had asked Kathy Hughes to sign the donation papers for the vital organs because in their medical opinion Charles ...read more

  • Not All Quotations About Life Have Been ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,383 views

    Not all quotations about life have been negative, for example: Norman Thomas (1884-1968), “The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.” Oswald Spengler, a German historian and philosopher (1880-1936), “This is our purpose: to make as ...read more

  • Early In His Career, Some One Said That Vince ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,990 views

    Early in his career, some one said that Vince Lombardi, the Hall of Fame Football Coach of the Green Bay Packers, knew very little about the game of Football. Thomas Edison’s teachers gave up on him and said that “He was too stupid to accomplish anything.” Henry Ford, failed and went broke 5 times, ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 3,922 views

    PRAYER: SPECIFIC DIRECTION The late great English writer, journalist, philosopher, poet, biographer, and Christian apologetic Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if they were stranded on a ...read more

  • In A Speck Of Watery Material Smaller Than The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,115 views

    In a speck of watery material smaller than the dot over this i, all the future characteristics of the child are programmed—the color of his skin, eyes and hair, the shape of his facial features, the natural abilities he will have. All that the child will be physically and mentally is contained in ...read more

  • We Are Having Some Difficult Times, And People ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 26, 2009
     | 995 views

    We are having some difficult times, and people are struggling, but there are some things we need to realize and remember this morning. “A few centuries ago, 4/5s of the French spent 90% of their income for food. With only what you and I consider a marginal tip to a waitress, they had to provide ...read more

  • The Greed Trap

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
     | 4,174 views

    THE GREED TRAP It is true that sin is a self snare. In a move against the Mafia’s control of the Fulton Fish Market in New York City, the case was broken open when investigators discovered that the mob boss had transferred $168,000 from a high interest fund to a low interest bank account so that ...read more

  • A Friend In Montana Told Me About A Sheepherder ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 13, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,464 views

    A friend in Montana told me about a sheepherder who discovered oil on his land and became enormously rich. One of the first things he bought was a Rolls Royce limousine, the kind usually driven by a chauffeur who sits in front of a glass partition. When the sheepherder brought this splendid car in ...read more

  • If Your House Is On Fire, Warm Yourself By ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,492 views

    If your house is on fire, warm yourself by it. -Spanish Proverb Thomas Edison invented the microphone, the phonograph, the incandescent light, the storage battery, talking movies, and more than 1000 other things. December 1914 he had worked for 10 years on a storage battery. This had greatly ...read more

  • I Remember One Winter My Dad Needed Firewood, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,469 views

    I remember one winter my dad needed firewood, and he found a dead tree and sawed it down. In the spring, to his dismay, new shoots sprouted around the trunk. He said, “I thought sure it was dead. The leaves had all dropped in the wintertime. It was so cold that twigs snapped as if there were no ...read more

  • As We Approach The 5th Anniversary Of ...

    Contributed by John Donnelly on Aug 30, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,743 views

    . As we approach the 5th anniversary of September 11th next month, some of you may have been to seen the movie entitled, “World Trade Center.” · This movie points to many of the heroes of that infamous day. One of them was Port Authority Police Officer William Jimero. He willingly went into ...read more

  • Remember

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 19, 2006
     | 3,684 views

    “remember” • this love on the cross • this love that reached out to you when you were HOSTILE to God • this love that reached out to you, though God had every right to be—and WAS—enemies of us Remembering the cross can have a profound effect on us: Why then, let your mind come to rest in ...read more

  • Dr. Glenn Olds, Former President Of Kent State ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 2,001 views

    Dr. Glenn Olds, former President of Kent State University, recalled the sight of Mt. Rushmore as he hitch-hiked cross-country in 1941 during his junior year. From 10 miles back, he recognized Washington and Lincoln. But in the middle was a figure that looked like Adolf Hitler. Once close, instead ...read more

  • What Are You Going To Remember From This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 1,248 views

    What are you going to remember from this Christmas? Chances are that it won’t be one of several presents, or of how good the turkey was, or how nicely decorated the tree was. If I go back 2 yrs, what Joanne and I remember was going for a bike ride Christmas day; last year it was a funny snowman ...read more

  • Though The Following Story Comes From The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,536 views

    Though the following story comes from the distant past, it speaks forcefully to the present: King Henry IV of France once asked the Duke of Alva if he had observed the great eclipse of the sun that had recently occurred. "No," said the duke, "I have so much to do on the earth that I have no leisure ...read more

  • 65279;the Monks At A Remote Monastery Deep In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 99 ratings
     | 5,151 views

    The monks at a remote monastery deep in the woods followed a rigid vow of silence. Their vow could only be broken once a year——on Valentine’s Day——by one monk. That monk could speak only one sentence. One Valentine’s Day, Brother Thomas had his turn to speak and said, "I love the ...read more

  • The Next Time You Become Upset And Blame Someone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,561 views

    The next time you become upset and blame someone for your response, think about your tube of toothpaste. This morning you squeezed your toothpaste tube, and out of it came toothpaste. The reason the toothpaste came out is because that is what is in the tube. Someone may have squeezed you once, ...read more

  • Using Grape Juice Is A Practice That Began Right ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 20, 2008
     | 2,426 views

    Using grape juice is a practice that began right here in Vineland when Dr. Thomas Welch, a dentist was visited one Sunday afternoon by a drunken man, who had begun his binge with communion. Welch was a prohibitionist and the Communion Steward at Vineland Methodist Church, so he experimented with ...read more

  • From The Associated ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,841 views

    From the Associated Press RIVERTON, Wyo. – Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas Guthrie's Dubois home on Tuesday when he heard an alarm inside. Armstrong, ...read more