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  • It's Over Your Head, Citation: C.d. Monismith, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 1, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,080 views

    [It’s Over Your Head, Citation: C.D. Monismith, Salem, Ore. Christian Reader, "Lite Fare."] One quarter while teaching an adult Sunday school class, I decided, It’s time to be up-to-date and innovative. I need to try something new for our class. We were studying one of the Old Testament books. I ...read more

  • A Legend Tells Of A Liberated Slave Who Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,485 views

    "A legend tells of a liberated slave who went to see President Lincoln and assured him that he would not accept his freedom as a gift, that he proposed to pay for it. He threw a silver dollar on the President’s desk. The kindly Mr. Lincoln tried to show the man that he could not pay for his ...read more

  • Several Men Are In The Locker Room Of A Golf ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Apr 13, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and begins to talk. MAN: "Hello." WOMAN: "Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?" MAN: "Yes." WOMAN: "I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It’s ...read more

  • A Teacher Asked Her Students To List What They ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    A teacher asked her students to list what they thought were the present Seven Wonders of the World. The students cast the most votes for 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. Taj Mahal 3. Grand Canyon 4. Panama Canal 5. Empire State Building 6. St. Peter’s Basilica 7. China’s Great Wall While gathering the ...read more

  • In A Sermon By Ken Hemphill, Former President Of ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 27, 2004
     | 1,846 views

    In a sermon by Ken Hemphill, former President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary he tells of a Sunday evening after church. He stopped by a pizza parlor on the way home from church. While waiting for the pizza, he went next store to a grocery store and there got a carton of milk. ...read more

  • The Test Of Sanity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,842 views

    THE TEST OF SANITY Doctors of old times tested the sanity of a mental patients with the following test: The patient was placed in a room with a sink. The faucet was turned on and a stopper was put in the drain until the sink overflowed. The patient was then handed a mop and the door was closed. ...read more

  • Buy Me Out  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on May 29, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,828 views

    “BUY ME OUT” A very successful businessman had a meeting with his new son-in-law. "I love my daughter, and now I welcome you into the family," he said. "To show you how much we care for you, I’m making you a 50-50 partner in my business. All you have to do is go to the factory every day and learn ...read more

  • I Will Fight No More Forever

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jul 1, 2005
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    In 1877 Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce Indians… Surrendered to the American Army… There was a movie made in 1975 about Chief Joseph and his battle to remain free… It was entitled, “I will fight no more forever”…. As a teenager in the 70s, I remember this movie… The speech that he gave when ...read more

  • Mega-Trends That Shape Future: The Brand Futures ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,339 views

    Mega-Trends That Shape Future: The Brand Futures Group has identified 10 mega-trends that will define the next decade. (1.) Generation blur, new work and lifestyles for 30& 40 year olds. Life-stage, not demographics, will be the most important criterion for market segmentation. (2.) Evolution from ...read more

  • The Winter 1991 Issue Of The University Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
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    The Winter 1991 issue of the University of Pacific Review offers a chilling description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster: There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were "playing around" with the ...read more

  • Almost A Year Ago, I Went To One Of My ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,261 views

    Almost a year ago, I went to one of my grandparents’ old home places. It is amazing what happens to homes when they become vacant. The yards go to seed and weeds take over. In fact, their old home-place was surrounded by weeds that were almost chest high. No longer a smooth green lawn but ...read more

  • When My Son Was 3 Years Old He Was Sitting In ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 31, 2006
     | 605 views

    When my son was 3 years old he was sitting in his room. We could hear his frustrated voice coming from his room. The vocal frustration grew and grew until finally his mom went to see what the problem was. She walked in the room and saw my son sitting before a pile of blocks on the floor. She ...read more

  • William Tanner, Former President Of The North ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    William Tanner, former president of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, tells the story from his boyhood in a small town in Texas. There, he would sneak off every week to see a display which an insurance salesman would put in his store window. This was during World ...read more

  • Motor Homes Have Allowed Us To Put All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,647 views

    Motor Homes have allowed us to put all the conveniences of a home on wheels. A camper no longer means sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now people can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine trees and hook up to a water ...read more

  • The Monday After Thanksgiving, This Year, Still ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
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    The Monday after Thanksgiving, this year, still very much in November, I met a group of preachers, as is my habit most Mondays for lunch. I was the first to arrive and while I was waiting, I noticed the music playing on the sound system. Song after song of Christmas music was coming out. If only ...read more

  • One Day Bill Morris Went Out Hunting In The Woods ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 10, 2007
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    One day Bill Morris went out hunting in the woods just outside Prince George in British Columbia, Canada. It had been a slow day and he hadn’t found any game to shoot. Suddenly, he heard a noise behind him. He whirled around and saw two ferocious looking bears coming towards him. He quickly ...read more

  • Heading In The Opposite Direction

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 4, 2007
     | 2,362 views

    1. We need to work in partnership with God. 1-3 Jonah wasn’t always working together with God, he was a reluctant prophet who was singing from a different hymn sheet to God. After all God had said go to Nineveh – Jonah headed in the opposite direction for Tarshish. Jonah actions remind me of ...read more

  • Someone Named J. R. Illingworth Once Said, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    Someone named J. R. Illingworth once said, "Prayer has been defined to be a wish referred to God; and, if we could keep this thought before us, it would help us to acquire the habit of prayer by making us refer each wish, as it comes into our minds, to God, for His assistance in furtherance or ...read more

  • My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,269 views

    My Friend My friend, I stand in judgment now. And I feel that you are to blame somehow. On earth I walked with you day by day. But never did you point the way. You knew the Lord, In His truth and His glory. But never did you share the story! My knowledge then was very dim. You could have ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Grandmother, A Mother And ...

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,887 views

    The story is told of a grandmother, a mother and a little boy--three generations--who went into a restaurant and sat down to order. The waitress took the grandmother’s order, the mother’s order, then turned to the little boy and said, "What would you like?" The mother immediately said, "Oh, I’ll ...read more