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  • Bertoldo De Giovanni Is A Name Even The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,769 views

    Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo, ...read more

  • Mort Meyerson, Who Ran Perot Systems From 1992 To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2008
     | 1,051 views

    Mort Meyerson, who ran Perot Systems from 1992 to 1997, created a stir when he canceled the company’s annual Christmas party. He saw that the event (for 13,000 employees) was costing $360,000 and decided the money could be put to better use. He said, "We’ll take the $360,000 and buy food and ...read more

  • My Three Year Old Sebastian Is Often A Little ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 6, 2009
     | 1,918 views

    My three year old Sebastian is often a little mimic. Christina and I have to be careful what we say to or in front of him because he will quickly adopt it as his own. Of late I have been trying, with marginal success, to teach Sebastian a little bit of Marine Corps Discipline. I have been ...read more

  • When John F. Kennedy Was President Of The United ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 5,846 views

    "When John F. Kennedy was President of the United States, Life magazine published photos of his children, John Jr. and Caroline, playing with their toys on the floor of the Oval Office. Those images captured the hearts of the American people like nothing before or since. Why? I think it’s ...read more

  • Top Ten List Of What Moms Really Want For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,506 views

    TOP TEN LIST OF WHAT MOMS REALLY WANT FOR MOTHER'S DAY 10. To be able to eat a whole candy bar (alone) and drink a Coke without any "floaters." 9. To have a 14-year-old answer a question without rolling her eyes in that "Why is this person my mother?" way. 8. Five pounds of ...read more

  • I Was At A Local Amusement Park With My 3 Year ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Oct 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,750 views

    I was at a local amusement park with my 3 year old daughter recently. She begged me to win her a Spongebob Squarepants toy at one of the side games where you knock over bottles with bean bags. Being a sucker for my little girl, I plunked down my money for three beanbags. I threw the first ...read more

  • As For Me — "Henry"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 2,686 views

    AS FOR ME -- "Henry" Dangling over eternity are many unlearned souls, Gripping the bands of God’s mercy, Stretching them all they can go, Living the most deceptive nightmare, As it is written, they are living a lie, They can’t even allow themselves the luxury of breaking down to cry, Unable to ...read more

  • I Can't See Him, So I'll Look At You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,774 views

    I CAN’T SEE HIM, SO I’LL LOOK AT YOU A three-year-old was on the heels of her mother everywhere she walked around the house. Time and time again she’d trip over her small son. She suggested her son play with his toys, but he said he was okay and said, "I’d rather be here with you." Then he ...read more

  • A Child's View Of God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2011
     | 1,716 views

    A CHILD'S VIEW OF GOD Many of you know that I did not grow up in the church. My family was not religious, and so, we seldom spoke of God. Still in all, even as a child, I had some conception of God. I don’t know where I got it or how I picked it up, but I had an undeveloped, primitive theology. I ...read more

  • Dedication Is Costly

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 4, 2012
     | 3,127 views

    DEDICATION IS COSTLY Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when ...read more

  • The Happy Meal

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Sep 19, 2020
     | 1,935 views

    The McDonalds “Happy Meal” might be the most famous meal in all the world. It's a meal for a kid that’s served at McDonalds restaurants that promises to make them happy – at least for a few fleeting minutes! In the mid-1970s, a MacDonald’s restaurant in Guatemala offered a hamburger, small ...read more

  • Empty

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,706 views

    George Foreman instead March 1977. A few days before his fight with Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico. George stood on the hotel balcony and wondered about the meaning of life. He had come a long way in 28 years from poverty to wealth. He was the heavyweight Champion of the world. Yet in spite of his ...read more

  • In New York's Hayden Planetarium A Special ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,470 views

    In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly colored toys which came to life and cavorted to the tune of "Jingle Bells." At the ...read more

  • A Very Special Glue

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 26, 2006
     | 1,948 views

    Col. 1:15-23 (Ill.) It is a very special glue not like those we have available to us: 1.There is a very simple glue that holds the little plastic toys that can be thrown against the wall. It sticks, but comes off so easy. 2.Then there is rubber cement it holds papers together, but allows them to ...read more

  • A Christmas Story: Filling The Hole

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 30, 2009
     | 2,428 views

    A CHRISTMAS STORY: FILLING THE HOLE One of the most popular films [of this season] is a little vignette set in the 50s called A Christmas Story. In the plot, young Ralphie sets his heart on an air rifle for Christmas, enduring ridicule and scorn in his quest for this gift he believes will make him ...read more

  • My Daddy Is Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,982 views

    MY DADDY IS HERE! David Elkind, a psychologist, tells the story of visiting his middle son's nursery school class, at the request of his teacher. She wanted him to observe a "problem child" in the class. While he was there, he caught a conversation between his son and some other boys. There ...read more

  • Bertoldo De Giovanni Is A Name Even The Most ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 2, 2012
     | 1,070 views

    Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo, ...read more

  • In Part I We Mentioned Robert Baxter And What He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,913 views

    In part I we mentioned Robert Baxter and what he said concerning the materialistic direction of people and the church. Let’s look at that again. "It is a most lamentable [regrettable] thing to see how most people spend their time and their energy for trifles [unimportant things], while God is cast ...read more

  • One Day My Mother Was Out And My Dad Was In ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,557 views

    One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries. Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift ...read more

  • Blessings In The Messes

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015
     | 6,352 views

    Sometimes life is a mess! As I sit in my own office you can barely see the top of my desk and just about every available flat surface is cluttered with some books or papers of some sort! Sermons to preach, classes to teach, meetings to prepare for, schedules to keep - my office sometimes ...read more

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