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  • No Enemies

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,578 views

    NO ENEMIES A reporter was interviewing an old man on his 100th birthday. "What are you most proud of?" he asked him. "Well, " said the man, "I don't have an enemy in the world." "What a beautiful thought! How inspirational!" said the ...read more

  • Top Business Books Good To Great, The World Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 793 views

    Top Business Books Good to Great, The World is Flat, and Blink were the top 3 most recently read books by senior-level marketing execs. All -time favorite business books they’ve ever read Good to Great, Positioning, and 7 ...read more

  • Game . . . Set . . . Match? (06.15.05--The Tie ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,943 views

    Game . . . Set . . . Match? (06.15.05--The Tie That Binds--1 John 4:16) “What more can I do? I’ve given you the best that I have, everything that is mine to give is yours. I simply don’t know what more I can do?” If you’ve never uttered these words yet in your life, it is likely that someday you ...read more

  • A Rookie Baseball Pitcher Who Was Struggling ...

    Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 12, 2004
     | 3,087 views

    A rookie baseball pitcher who was struggling trying to get his pitches over the plate, so the catcher walked out to have a talk with him. "I’ve figured out your problem," he told the young southpaw. "You always seem to lose control at the same point in ...read more

  • One Day Vice President Calvin Coolidge, While ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,323 views

    One day Vice President Calvin Coolidge, while presiding over the Senate, heard one senator tell another senator angrily, “Go to Hell!” The offended senator complained to Coolidge, who, while leafing through a book, simply looked up ...read more

  • In A Peanuts Cartoon Strip, Charlie Brown Says To ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
     | 1,098 views

    In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really ...read more

  • At A Funeral Service, The Preacher Got Carried ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,136 views

    At a funeral service, the preacher got carried away and his sermon far exceeded the time limit. Finally his assistant whispered, “It’s getting late sir!” “I know,” the preacher said, “But this doctrine of the Resurrection is so important.” “Yes, sir,” the ...read more

  • Why Go To Church  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 5,843 views

    Why Go To Church A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I’ve gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one ...read more

  • The Days Before Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 4,660 views

    The Days Before Christmas Twas the days before Christmas, and all through the Church The pews are all filling, as everyone perched. The hands are all shaking, and greetings abound Soon I’ll go to the pulpit, prepared to expound. I spent the whole week trying to hear what God’s saying Studying, ...read more

  • Do It Anyway  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,873 views

    DO IT ANYWAY While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10). People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. ………Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior ...read more

  • 91% Of All Americans Confessed That They ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,782 views

    91% of all Americans confessed that they regularly lied. 79% had given out false phone numbers or invented new identities when meeting strangers on airplanes. 20% said they couldn’t get through even one day without going along with a previously manufactured lie. Now here’s what I found most ...read more

  • Naturally, When We Are Wronged, We Want To Seek ...

    Contributed by Thomas H on Jan 21, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,469 views

    Naturally, when we are wronged, we want to seek revenge. This comes out in me most while driving. Who can identify with that? How do you feel when someone cuts you off? How do you feel when you are stuck behind someone doing 60 in an 80 zone and you’re running late? Does your blood boil? Well ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,436 views

    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more

  • Some Time Ago, I Met With A Woman In My Office ...

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on May 24, 2009
     | 1,890 views

    Some time ago, I met with a woman in my office who came to me for marriage counseling. She came alone because she wanted to improve her marriage and save it. We only had one session together. I’m the kind of counselor that sends people home with homework. I encouraged her to look for ways to ...read more

  • Encouragement Can Change A Life  PRO

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,237 views

    ENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE Stuart Briscoe tells a story of something that happened to Howard Hendricks when he was in elementary school. Howard had come from a broken family and was a problem kid. During his first day in fifth grade the teacher said, 'Oh, Howard Hendricks. I've heard a lot ...read more

  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 6,489 views

    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • Don't Waste Your Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,056 views

    DON'T WASTE YOUR LIFE In his book Don’t Waste Your Life, John Piper recounts a story his father often told of his days as a fiery Baptist evangelist. It is the story of a man who came to saving faith in Jesus Christ near the end of his earthly existence. Piper writes: "The church had prayed for ...read more

  • Fallen

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 1,164 views

    Fallen I wanted to be the best you ever had. Now, I am a lonesome, loathsome cad. I once drank in Your holy truth. Now, I drown myself in gin and vermouth. I told others of the sacrifice you gave. Now, it is my soul You need to save. I sang the power of the Blood Then dragged you Name ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A College Professor Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,383 views

    The story is told of a college professor who visited the Fiji Islands. Being agnostic, he critically remarked to an elderly chief, "You’re a great leader, but it’s a pity you’ve been taken in by those foreign missionaries. They only want to get rich through you. "No one believes the Bible anymore. ...read more

  • When Evangelist D. L. Moody Was Conducting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,891 views

    When evangelist D. L. Moody was conducting evangelistic meetings, he frequently faced hecklers who strongly disagreed with him. In the final service of one campaign, an usher handed the famous preacher a note as he entered the auditorium. It was actually from an atheist who had been giving Mr. ...read more