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  • My First Staff Position In A Church Was As The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 21, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,072 views

    My first staff position in a church was as the Associate Pastor of The Kirk Community Church in Dunedin, Florida. I normally arrived at church early but on this particular morning my wife and I had arrived just a few minutes before the worship service was to begin. As my wife Christina unbuckled ...read more

  • He's Forgotten—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 24, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,247 views

    HE’S FORGOTTEN- COMMUNION MEDITATION She was crazy. Everyone knew it because she had the habit of talking to herself in public and it was known that she believed she even talked to Jesus - and Jesus talked back to her. A new preacher came to town and, hearing of the crazy woman, thought that he ...read more

  • The Corporate Structure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,219 views

    THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE A print-and-save guide to how this outfit really works CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDleaps tall buildings in a single bound Is more powerful than a locomotive Is faster than a speeding bullet Walks on water Talks with God PRESIDENT Leaps short buildings in a single bound Is more ...read more

  • The First Christmas Card  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,395 views

    THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD The first Christmas card ever produced had its own disturbing qualitites. It was designed by an English artist named John Calcott Horsley in 1843, after he was commissioned for the task by Sir Henry Cole, a businessman from Bath, England. There were 1,000 of the ...read more

  • Let Me Talk To You About Ants. Not The Kind ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,251 views

    1. Let me talk to you about Ants. Not the kind that marry uncles, but the kind that live outside. According to a CNN article, 2."Like humans, fungus-growing ants are true farmers and the survival of the colony depends on the food they grow. Anywhere from a few hundred to over five million ants ...read more

  • Buddhism Has A Story Similar To The Story Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,442 views

    Buddhism has a story similar to the story Jesus told about the Prodigal Son. In the story Jesus told, the father sees his wayward son, and runs to greet him. The prodigal says he no longer deserves to be considered a son, but the loving father throws a party for him and freely restores him to ...read more

  • Some Time Ago I Read About An Instant Cake Mix ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 4, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,223 views

    Some time ago I read about an instant cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said that all you had to do was add water and bake and you had your cake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell -- until their research discovered that the buying public felt uneasy about a mix that ...read more

  • A Bad ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 4,937 views

    A BAD BOY I once heard of a father who had a prodigal boy, and the boy had sent his mother down to the grave with a broken heart. One evening the boy started out as usual to spend the night in drinking and gambling, and his old father, as he was leaving, said, "My son, I want to ask a favor of you ...read more

  • A Clergyman From New York, During A Call On ...

    Contributed by George Bannister on Jul 1, 2010
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    A clergyman from New York, during a call on President Lincoln at the White House said: "I have not come to ask any favors of you, Mr. President; I have only come to say that the loyal people of the North are sustaining you and will continue to do so. We are giving you all that we have, the lives of ...read more

  • Called To Testify

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 5, 2011
     | 3,175 views

    CALLED TO TESTIFY In 1981, my father was called as a court witness to testify to a number of thefts that occurred at his employer. Now, we had just moved from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, and dad was brand-new to the job as the corporate purchasing agent. So, dad reports to the CEO on day one, ...read more

  • A Drastic Change  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Jan 14, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,184 views

    A DRASTIC CHANGE Dr. Bernard Nathanson was the leading abortion doctor in the United States in the 1970’s. He had campaigned vigorously for the legalization of abortion and he himself had performed 60,000 abortions. He even believed his intentions were good and that he was doing a righteous ...read more

  • John 12:26...the Word (Diakoneo) Means To Wait ...

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 3, 2006
     | 1,288 views

    John 12:26...The word (diakoneo) means to wait on. We get our English equivalent deacon, or servant from the word. The other word (servant) means literally union on the road. So Jesus is saying something like, Join me on the road of serving others. The world in which we live says, Grab on, ...read more

  • How An Animal Migrates Is Significant In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 1,268 views

    How an animal migrates is significant in determining how much energy is needed as well as how much must be stored in the body. Flying, for example, is more physically intensive than walking or swimming, so migratory birds must build up large energy stores before they set off. Just before spring and ...read more

  • One Of God's Great Partners In The 1930's And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,237 views

    One of God’s great partners in the 1930’s and 40’s who did exactly this – helped lead people to belief – was Dr. Harry Ironside. Not only did he author more than 60 books (and one hymn, Overshadowed), but he also pastored Moody Memorial Church in Chicago for 18 years. On one occasion while he was ...read more

  • The Carpenter  PRO

    Contributed by Jacob Kutty on Jul 14, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,054 views

    THE CARPENTER An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The ...read more

  • Caesar Rodney's Story – Delaware Quarter

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,881 views

    Caesar Rodney’s Story – Delaware Quarter Was a soldier / Judge / Speaker of Delaware’s Assembly / In fact he held more offices than any other Delaware Citizen. But the reason Rodney is on the Quarter is for his role as a delegate to the Continental Congress. In early July of 1776 he was in Kent ...read more

  • Have You Ever Made A Poor Choice That Ended Up ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,451 views

    Have you ever made a poor choice that ended up destroying many lives? Norma McCorvey was influenced by her attorneys, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, and used to change the landscape of America. Norma, whose pseudonym was "Jane Roe," was an unmarried woman who sought to get an abortion to end ...read more

  • How Many Christians Does It Take To Change A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,011 views

    How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Charismatics/Pentecostals: Ten. One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians: None. Lights will go on and off at predestined times. Roman Catholic: None. Candles only. Baptists: At least 15. One ...read more

  • God Is A Jealous God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,875 views

    GOD IS A JEALOUS GOD A few years ago, I was working in Qatar installing a newsroom set for Al-Jazeera TV. I’d been there for nearly a month and was ready to go home. I can’t describe for you how badly I missed my family. We were nearly finished with the set, and the last thing to be done was to ...read more

  • The Spite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,864 views

    The Spite House Once there was a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of a large city. This lot presented an unusual problem. It was only 2 yards wide but nearly 100 feet long. There was nothing that he could do but sell it to one of the neighbors on either side. He went to ...read more