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  • Great Reasons To Be A Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 16, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 3,326 views

    Great Reasons To Be A Guy · Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. · You can kill your own food. · Three pairs of shoes are way more than enough. · You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever thinking, "He must be mad at me." · Wedding dress: $2,000. Tuxedo ...read more

  • When I Was A Struggling New Student Pastor, One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,798 views

    When I was a struggling new student pastor, one night I was too stressed to sleep. I got up and went to watch dairy farmer Hall Phillips milk his dairy herd. There in the barn at 4:30 AM, that brand new Christian gave me help getting through the various crises causing stress in my life. Hall ...read more

  • Hite Of Folly. Sensationalistic Sex Surveys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,333 views

    Hite of Folly. Sensationalistic sex surveys suffered further damage with the release of new research on the fidelity of American spouses. According to a new study by Tom W. Smith of the National Opinion Research Center, roughly 15 percent of married or previously married Americans have committed ...read more

  • It's Rather Like A Person From Brooklyn Who's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Sep 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,080 views

    It’s rather like a person from Brooklyn who’s read about farming and assumes he knows what it’s like. Or an accountant in Seattle who once watched a rodeo and figures he knows how to ride a Brahma bull. That’s just not how it works. From our pain, we can learn of God’s mercy; and from our ...read more

  • Deistic Teens- Researchers With The National ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,002 views

    Deistic Teens- Researchers with the National Study of Youth and Religion have concluded American teens believe in a combination of works based righteousness, religion as psychological well-being, and a distant, non-interfering god. With no place for sin, judgment, salvation, or Christ; their creed ...read more

  • When We Look Down At Earth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,344 views

    WHEN WE LOOK DOWN AT EARTH On December 24, 1968 the world watched as Commander Frank Borman and his crew made history during the first manned flight to orbit the moon. The members of the Apollo 8 mission had an important message for the world that Christmas Eve -- they read from the biblical Book ...read more

  • Nervous Flyer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,527 views

    I am a very nervous flyer. During a trip from California to Indiana, it didn’t help that my connecting flight from Denver was delayed twice because of mechanical problems. Then, after we were aloft, I noticed the lights began flickering. I mentioned this to a flight attendant. "I’ll take care ...read more

  • But Preacher, You Say, I've Read The End. This ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Salisbury on Oct 2, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,447 views

    But preacher, you say, I’ve read the end. This old world just gets worse and worse until God burns it up. You’re right. But you know what – you will die someday but you run and work out anyway. Someday something will kill you, but you still watch what you eat. When you get sick, you go see the ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,132 views

    CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa ...read more

  • The Death Of C.s. Lewis In Nov. 22, 1963 Has For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,490 views

    The death of C.S. Lewis in Nov. 22, 1963 has for years been overshadowed by the assisination of President John F. Kennedy on the same day. While the anniversary of Lewis’ death seldom gets much press, throngs of people crowd into Arlington Memorial Cemetary to watch the changing of the guard at the ...read more

  • Great Reasons To Be A Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,188 views

    Great Reasons To Be A Guy • Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. • You can kill your own food. • Three pairs of shoes are way more than enough. • You can quietly watch a game with your buddy for hours without ever thinking, "He must be mad at me." • Wedding dress: $2,000. Tuxedo ...read more

  • The Father Of A Small Boy Would Occasionally ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
     | 1,204 views

    The father of a small boy would occasionally sneak into a neighbor’s orchard and pluck some of the choicest fruit. He always made sure, however, that "the coast was clear." One day with his son tagging along, after carefully looking in every direction and seeing no one, he crept through the ...read more

  • Mama Eagles Are Caring Loving Creatures. ...

    Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Jul 23, 2007
     | 2,214 views

    Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, and he falls fast. The fledgling has never ...read more

  • Don't Tell Me I'm Cranky!!!!

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,263 views

    Don't Tell Me I'm Cranky!!!! Medications can have some unintended emotional side effects. Whether they are necessary prescribed meds or maybe just cold medicine, they can alter your mood sometimes without even us realizing it. For me, certain allergy and OTC cold meds have the effect of lowering ...read more

  • Running For Life

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 13, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,979 views

    RUNNING FOR LIFE Recently I read a fable about a dog who loved to chase other animals. He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything. Well, it wasn’t long until his boastful claims were put to the test by a certain rabbit. With ease the little creature outran his ...read more

  • The Truth Is Everyone Of Your Words Matter, They ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2009
     | 1,979 views

    The truth is everyone of your words matter, they influence someone either negatively or positively. How many times have you heard someone say, “I wish I would never have said that!” Our text in James today addresses the issue of the uncontrolled words of the tongue. We see this dilemma of words ...read more

  • Three Phases To An Enjoyable Life

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,288 views

    THREE PHASES TO AN ENJOYABLE LIFE When I was a boy, I would watch the space launches on TV. The rockets were in three phases. As it got so high, the lowest section of the rocket would drop off. Then the second section would drop off until only the capsule would remain. It took all three sections ...read more

  • Spock's Razor Of Belief

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 1, 2011
     | 3,156 views

    SPOCK'S RAZOR OF BELIEF Have you ever watched Star Trek? Mr. Spock, "the pointy-earned Vulcan" who served as Captain Kirk's first officer said, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." This quote is an offshoot from a scientific ...read more

  • The Circumference Of Your World

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 15, 2011
     | 1,403 views

    THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR WORLD The Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson had not enjoyed a single day of good health in 14 years. One day, when he had been forced to set aside his writing because of violent coughing and wracking, his wife said to him, "I ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,618 views

    Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa minister to these ...read more