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  • Moody's Barroom Meeting  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 4, 2002
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    “Moody’s Barroom Meeting” D.L. Moody once entered a tavern in order to ask the bartender if his two little girls might attend his Sunday School. He was told that an atheist club met there every Thursday night and the owner of the bar was in no mood to offend them. Moody looked into the face of ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen Those Frequent Flyer Programs ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 14, 2009
     | 2,374 views

    Have you ever seen those frequent flyer programs that the airlines have? Fly with us and you will earn points that can get free flights (of course with the restrictions on when you can use those points and on what flights, the only way to redeem them is on a one way flight to Butte, Montana ...read more

  • So, I'm Waiting In Line At That High End Culinary ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 8, 2008
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    So, I’m waiting in line at that high end culinary experience, Taco Bell, and I get into a conversation with this woman. The conversation starts off with how crazy it is that Taco Bell can make fifty menu items out of only about seven ingredients and then moves on to Christianity. At one point this ...read more

  • A Parishioner Called His Vicar Up, Very Angry On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 10, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    A parishioner called his vicar up, very angry on a Monday morning. "Rector," He said "I tried to get you on Friday, but you weren't in." "It was my day off," the vicar replied. "Day off?" the parishioner stormed. "The Devil never has a day off." "Well, if I didn't have a day off," the vicar ...read more

  • Sign By A Flower Bed In A Park: "Do Not Pick ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Sign by a flower bed in a park: “DO NOT PICK (twist off, sever, cut, clip, snip, snap off, pluck, pinch off, pull, bend, crush, pare, cleave, divide, break, touch or take, borrow, steal, remove or otherwise ...read more

  • No More Sick Time: According To The Employers' ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    No More Sick Time: According to the Employers’ Time Off & Disability Survey, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, 42% of companies have switched from sick days to Paid-Time-Off policies, combining vacation with other types of scheduled time-off benefits, resulting in ...read more

  • The Most Memorable 4th Of July Celebration For Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    The most memorable 4th of July celebration for me happened at Fort Devens, Massachusetts in 1986. The fireworks are usually excellent at any military base for the 4th of July, but that is not what I remember. The cannons shooting at the playing of the 1812 Overture was impressive, but not the most ...read more

  • You Can't Get Out Of Here!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
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    YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF HERE! A man often walked through a cemetery on his way home. One night, though, unaware that a new grave had been dug in his path, he tumbled in. For some time he struggled to get out of the 7 foot deep grave, but finally gave up and settled down for the night. An hour later, ...read more

  • There Once Was An Ant That Felt Imposed Upon, ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
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    There once was an ant that felt imposed upon, overburdened, and overworked. You see, he was instructed to carry a piece of straw across an expanse of concrete. The straw was so long and heavy that he staggered beneath its weight and felt he would not survive. Finally, as the stress of his burden ...read more

  • Wisdom Literature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011
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    WISDOM LITERATURE Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded. Shortly before Solomon, an ...read more

  • Red Herring  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    RED HERRING You’ve probably heard the expression "red herring." This term was coined from a method of training hunting dogs to follow the scent of their prey. Once the dogs were following the proper scent, their trainers would drag red herrings (a stinky fish) across their paths. Initially, the ...read more

  • Step By Step

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
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    STEP BY STEP He does not lead me year by year Nor even day by day, But step by step my path unfolds; My Lord directs my way. Tomorrow’s plans I do not know, I only know this minute; But He will say, "This is the way, By faith now walk in it." And I am glad that it is so, Today’s enough to ...read more

  • Food Safety Quiz

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 22, 2009
     | 2,298 views

    FOOD SAFETY QUIZ In our Scripture this morning, we see that Peter has a vision where a blanket full of different kinds of food and a voice announces, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replies. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." Peter is very careful about what ...read more

  • Using The Resources You Have  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 18, 2012
    based on 13 ratings
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    USING THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE At 12:55 pm the mayday call crackled through the speakers at the Flight Service Station on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The desperate pilot of a Piper A22, a small single-engine plane, was reporting that he had run out of fuel and was preparing to ditch the aircraft in ...read more

  • Rembrandt’s Return Of The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026
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    I was an art major in undergrad, which means I took more art history classes than any human should be required to sit through. And then, because God has a sense of humor, I spent an entire semester in seminary studying one painting. One. Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son. Paper after paper ...read more

  • Pastor Bud Buchner, A Well-Known Street ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
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    Illus. Pastor Bud Buchner, a well-known street minister in Lansing, MI, was once counseling with a man high on drugs and alcohol. The guy wasn’t being responsive to his invitation because he had to get to the bar across the Michigan Ave. in downtown Lansing. Michigan Ave. is a five-lane street that ...read more

  • On January 21, 1930, The Name Of Harold Vidian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 2,331 views

    On January 21, 1930, the name of Harold Vidian became synonymous with heroism. On that day, England’s King George V was scheduled to give the opening address at the London Arms Conference. The king’s message was to be sent by radio all around the world. Donald McCullough, in his book The ...read more

  • Christian Maturity: It's In The Details

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2009
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    CHRISTIAN MATURITY: IT'S IN THE DETAILS Ted Williams, who died in 2002 was arguably the best hitter baseball has ever known. He was the last baseball player to hit better than .400 in a season. Upon his death, George Will said in his column "There is no joy in Red Sox Nation, a.k.a. New England, ...read more

  • A Call To Die

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 28, 2010
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    A CALL TO DIE The story is told of the military legend Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia (336-323) and conqueror of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia, almost all of the known world. One day on the warpath, Alexander and small company of soldiers approached a strongly fortified ...read more

  • The Wandering Sheep

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    THE WANDERING SHEEP Dr. Andrew Bonar tells of how in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they can't get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then ...read more