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  • In A Movie Classic - National Lampoon's Vacation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,528 views

    In a movie classic - National Lampoon’s Vacation - Chevy Chase - otherwise known as Clark Griswold - leads his family across the country to their dream vacation at Wally World. Along the way, Clark gets lost several times. One time happened to be in St. Louis. After several wrong turns, the ...read more

  • In An Article In Campus Life A Young Nurse Writes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,166 views

    In an article in Campus Life a young nurse writes of her pilgrimage in learning to see in a patient the image of God beneath a very “distressing disguise.” Eileen was one of her first patients, a person who was totally helpless. “A cerebral aneurysm (broken blood vessels in the brain) had left her ...read more

  • A Mouse Looked Through The Crack In The Wall To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,710 views

    A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the house! There ...read more

  • Six -Year-Old Brandon Decided One Saturday ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Jul 15, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,595 views

    Six -year-old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes. He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor. He scooped some of the flour into the bowl with his hands, mixed in ...read more

  • An Atheist In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,159 views

    An Atheist in Battle What the people in Gilead did in Judges 11:7 to Jephthah is what our nation has done to God. We only turn to Him when in distress. During the Korean War an atheist soldier was in a foxhole and bullets were flying above him. Some of his comrades were fallen in the field ...read more

  • Humphery The Whale

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017
     | 7,149 views

    Remember Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each evening a large local television audience would tune in for ...read more

  • Humphery The Whale

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017
     | 7,224 views

    Remember Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each evening a large local television audience would tune in for ...read more

  • A Mouse Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,611 views

    A Mouse Story. A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in ...read more

  • Water ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 4,207 views

    WATER SOURCE The story is told about an Englishman living in Cairo who visited an Arab Chief in Arabia. The Englishman was treated with such kindness and royalty that he invited the Chief to visit him in Cairo, Egypt. He promised to show him the great sights of the city. The Arab Chief made the ...read more

  • Amateur ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Aug 19, 2008
     | 2,522 views

    AMATEUR COUNTERFEITER------ You may have read in the paper that counterfeit bills have been turning up here and there around town. What you may have not heard about, is the amateur counterfeiter that was operating here in town. It turns out that this amateur counterfeiter accidentally printed a ...read more

  • I Was Blind, But Now I Can See  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
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    I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I CAN SEE There were two boys who grew up together. They were close friends as children, but as they entered their teen years their paths began to diverge, and they ended up in very different places. Ernie was always in trouble. He began by shoplifting small things from stores ...read more

  • Jorge And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,679 views

    JORGE AND THE TRANSLATOR Jorge Rodriguez was the meanest, orneriest bandit on the Texas-Mexico border. The guy would slip across the line, raid the banks of south Texas, and steal ’em blind. Before they could catch him, he would race back into Mexico and hide out. No matter how hard the law tried, ...read more

  • Richest Man In Town

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,663 views

    RICHEST MAN IN TOWN In 1972, a young Egyptian businessman named Farahat lost an $11,000 watch. He was stunned when a garbage man dressed in filthy rags found it and returned it to him. Farahat asked him why he didn’t just keep the watch. The garbage man said, "My Christ told me to be honest until ...read more

  • This Is A Pretty Cool Illustration. The ...

    Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,783 views

    (this is a pretty cool illustration. The materials cost less than $3, and, though it was originally intended more for a junior high audience, it actually is pretty fascinating for all ages, including senior high and adults. Everyone likes to blow things up!) Let me give you a visual. Another ...read more

  • I First Began The Study Of God's White Stone In ...

    Contributed by Gene Edwards on Jan 12, 2007
     | 1,866 views

    I FIRST BEGAN THE STUDY OF GOD’S WHITE STONE IN REV. 2 MANY YEARS AGO, AT MY FIRST PASTORATE, BECAUSE OF A GEOLOGIST IN THE CHURCH THAT ELUDED TO THE WHITE STONE VERSE,IN A BIBLE STUDY LESSON I HEARD HIM GIVE. I LATER WAS STUDYING THE REVELATIONS AT D.B.U., UNDER DR. BELL, WHO IS ONE OF THE ...read more

  • I Recently Finished The Book, D-Day, By Stephen ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jun 26, 2007
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    I recently finished the book, D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose. D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944 when allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy by ship and plane to defeat Hitler’s evil Nazi Germany. There are literally thousands of stories of bravery and heroism to tell from that day, but I want to ...read more

  • Anyone Can Do That...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,243 views

    "ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more

  • Seeing Can Be Rather Expensive

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 3, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,274 views

    As I get older, and my goal is to get as old as I can, I begin to realize some of the things I haven't noticed in my life. You know how it is; things creep up little by little, and then all of a sudden, there it is. That happened to me recently with my eyes. Since I was in the ninth grade (I ...read more

  • She] Was Born In 1752 To A Quaker Family In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 1,117 views

    [She] was born in 1752 to a Quaker family in Rhode Island. She used to tell people she had died when she was twenty years old but God had resurrected her. She ended up more than two hundred fiercely loyal disciples who believed that she was their ticket to God. …she was on the banks of a river ...read more

  • In June L955, Winston Churchill, Who Was Then ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 2,180 views

    In June l955, Winston Churchill, who was then near the end of his life, was asked to give a commencement address at a British University. At this time he was physically infirm; he had to be helped to the podium. Then he held on to the podium for what seemed an interminable amount of time. He ...read more