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  • Being Shocked By Electricity Can Be Very ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 51 ratings
     | 2,561 views

    Being shocked by electricity can be very dangerous. Just ask professional golf legend Lee Trevino. He was struck by lightning while sitting under a tree during a tournament several years ago. He said, “It bolted my arms and legs out stiff, jerked me off the ground”. He went on to explain that he ...read more

  • The Great Comedian Carl Hurley Tells The Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,797 views

    The great comedian Carl Hurley tells the story about trying to throw a trash can away. He said it’s the one thing you can’t get the garbage man to pick up. He said, I set an old rusty garbage can out at the street one morning thinking the garbage man would understand that it needed to be thrown ...read more

  • I Use To Read Mysteries Stories. The Problem I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Aug 1, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,965 views

    I use to read mysteries stories. The problem I had with them was I would be reading and it would get late. I had to work the next morning. It was after midnight. The problem was it was just about that time in the book where the Villain would have the pretty young thing tied up on the saw ...read more

  • The Bible According To Kids

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,200 views

    The Bible according to kids: IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH’S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES ...read more

  • Poem: The Blessings That Remain

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 6, 2007
     | 1,986 views

    Poem: The Blessings that Remain Annie Johnson Flint said: There are loved ones who are missing From the fireside and the feast; There are faces that have vanished, There are voices that have ceased; But we know they passed forever From our mortal grief and pain, And we thank Thee, O our Father, For ...read more

  • It Had Rained For Almost A Week But I Had A ...

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Mar 28, 2008
     | 1,562 views

    It had rained for almost a week but I had a brilliant idea! I was going to be super dad for the day and take my boys out shooting. I had fond memories of my father taking my brother and myself out to shoot guns. I thought that is would be a great time in which me and my boys could do some bonding, ...read more

  • Scarab Beetles  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,859 views

    SCARAB BEETLES Many people find beetles and bugs somewhat creepy, but if here’s one beetle in the world that could turn you into a beetle lover - the jewel scarab. Jewel scarabs live in the jungles of Honduras and have the shape of your regular Christmas beetle. But their colours are so dazzling ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,286 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. (Micah 5:2) Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall— Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. (Isaiah 7:14) Mary had the little Lamb, ...read more

  • Stella Awards

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,512 views

    STELLA AWARDS Several years ago Stella Lieback sued McDonalds for pouring hot coffee on herself. Her grandson was driving the car with Stella in it. At her request, he stopped the car so she could add cream to her coffee. She spilled the coffee on her leg and burned herself. Her lawsuit originally ...read more

  • Stealing His Glory

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,961 views

    STEALING HIS GLORY Recently, we heard about what happened in the capital in Washington State. OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheist group unveiled an anti-religion placard/sign in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and "holiday tree" on display during December. The atheists' sign was ...read more

  • As A Young Father, One Of The Great Delights I ...

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 9, 2007
     | 1,427 views

    As a young father, one of the great delights I had was putting the presents for my children under the Christmas tree each year. The bigger ones that required assembly would always make the night a little longer than it should have been, because I always prided myself in my ability to figure out ...read more

  • I Came Across A Poem Recently, Written By A Guy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,709 views

    I came across a poem recently, written by a guy by the name of Ezra Pound. It is called “Ballad of the Goodly Fere”. It is written from the perspective of one of the men who followed Jesus. It makes more sense if you know that “fere” is an Old English word that means ‘mate’. Have we lost the ...read more

  • The Only Thing About Christmas That Bothers Me Is ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 22, 2009
     | 1,262 views

    The only thing about Christmas that bothers me is that people see Jesus as a baby, meek and mild but they don’t see Him for all that He really is. It always used to bother me that I was called a gentle man. I longed to be seen as strong and courageous and visionary, but people mainly see me as ...read more

  • You Are Not Alone

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 14, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,962 views

    YOU ARE NOT ALONE Reed Lessing tells the story of a Native American ritual for training young braves: "On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, he was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then he had never been away from the security of his family and tribe. But on ...read more

  • Harry And The Mountain

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
     | 3,148 views

    HARRY AND THE MOUNTAIN On March 17th of 1980, a radical thing took place in the state of Washington, something that hadn’t happened in at least 123 years. It started when an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale was reported near Mt. St. Helens in S.W Washington. Forest rangers were ...read more

  • Changing Our Lives Due To The Harshness Of This ...

    Contributed by Michael Hahn on Apr 14, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,467 views

    Changing our lives due to the harshness of this world - Coming or going: leaving or staying? Which one will we be happy doing? The psalmist wrote: "Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour ...read more

  • William Randolph Hearst's Fear Of Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
     | 7,337 views

    WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S FEAR OF DEATH William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the 20th century. At the height of his media career he was worth over $500 million. He built an enormous castle in the hills near San Simeon, California. At more than ...read more

  • Fear Of The Resurrection

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 2, 2012
     | 6,397 views

    FEAR OF THE RESURRECTION In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will ...read more

  • The Donkey And The Complaining Wife

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on May 7, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,761 views

    THE DONKEY AND THE COMPLAINING WIFE I once heard of a farmer who had a complaining wife. From morning till night she would complain about something or the other. The only time he got relief was when he went to the farm with his donkey. One day as he was plowing, his wife brought him lunch. He ...read more

  • Punishment In Another’s Place

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 4,939 views

    Main Idea: When Jesus died on the cross, He took the punishment we deserve. Key Verses: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through ...read more