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  • Vanishing Waves

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
     | 4,914 views

    VANISHING WAVES A wise man once told me to pour a glass of water. He dipped his index finger into the cup, I watched as miniature waves hit the glass only to halt seconds later. The wise man told that regardless of how important the world will ever view me or my accomplishments, history will only ...read more

  • Jealous In A Restaurant  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 10, 2013
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,932 views

    JEALOUS IN A RESTAURANT There is an old story about an older couple having dinner in a restaurant. The wife sees another couple about their age sitting in a booth nearby. She sees the husband sitting close to his wife, with his arm around her. He is whispering things in her ear, and she is smiling ...read more

  • True Worship

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 19, 2013
     | 11,433 views

    "True worship is God-centered worship. People tend to get caught up in where they should worship, what music they should sing in worship, and how their worship looks to other people. Focusing on these things misses the point. Jesus tells us that true worshipers will worship God in spirit and in ...read more

  • Who Am I?  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2013
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,370 views

    WHO AM I? The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, used to love to take long walks of a summer evening, meditating and thinking. On one occasion he was seated in a park when a suspicious policeman noticed that he had been there for several hours. The policeman came up to him and said, "What are you ...read more

  • No Slackers  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 2, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,034 views

    NO SLACKERS A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. This new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant ...read more

  • Framed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 11, 2019
     | 3,074 views

    A cow and a chicken were framed and thrown into prison. They knew they had to get out to bring the criminals to justice so they spent weeks designing escape plans. Finally, a month after they had been thrown in, they escaped in the middle of the night. However, they weren't silent enough and ...read more

  • The Story Is Told That Jonathan Edwards, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,753 views

    The story is told that Jonathan Edwards, the third president of Princeton University and a great preacher of another generation, had a daughter who had a nasty temper, which was not well known to many people outside the family. Well it happened that a young man met and fell in love with this young ...read more

  • Each Of Our Days Are Measured In The 24 Hours It ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 10, 2008
     | 1,268 views

    Each of our days are measured in the 24 hours it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis. A year is the time the Earth takes to revolve around the Sun, about 365 and a quarter days. That’s why every four years an extra day at the end of February is added – well that’s not quite true because if ...read more

  • Knowing Your Destiny

    Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 15, 2008
     | 2,985 views

    QUOTE: (John Bevere, Driven by Eternity). “Are you fulfilling your destiny? You may think, “But I don’t know what I’m called to do!” There could be a couple of reasons for this. First, have you sought God earnestly? If anyone earnestly seeks God… he will be shown what he’s been put on the earth ...read more

  • Quote: "The Rocks Of The Earth's Crust Now ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,990 views

    QUOTE: “The rocks of the earth’s crust now contain the fossil remains of unnumbered billions of plants and animals, buried in water-transported sediments which quickly became lithified. This “geologic column” has been grossly distorted by evolutionists into the record of an imagined 3-billion year ...read more

  • Kids Follow Parent Models 91% Of Kids Want To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,889 views

    Kids Follow Parent Models 91% of kids want to help others, says a new Kid, Inc. study of 6- to 14- year olds. 58% chose volunteering over playing video games; 38% would rather see money for their gifts go to a worthy cause instead of receiving a present. More than half responded that they have the ...read more

  • This Week I Saw The Much Publicized Film Saving ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,978 views

    THIS WEEK I SAW THE MUCH PUBLICIZED FILM SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. THE MOVIE GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYED THE LANDING OF US FORCES ON OMAHA BEACH ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. AFTER VIEWING THE GRUESOME CARNAGE IN THE STEVEN SPEILBERG MOVIE, I SAW A NIGHTLINE EPISODE IN WHICH SEVERAL SURVIVORS OF D-DAY DISCUSSED ...read more

  • Thankless Job  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on May 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,790 views

    THANKLESS JOB I read about a stay-at-home mom who went to a PTA meeting one night. While she was gone, her husband and oldest daughter decided they would clean the kitchen for mom and surprise her when she got home. Well, they washed all the dishes, put away the pots and pans, cleaned the ...read more

  • The Gossamer Albatross Was A Human Powered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Trevor Woodget on May 10, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,967 views

    The Gossamer Albatross was a human powered aircraft which on Jun 12th 1979 completed a successful crossing of the English Channel. The aircraft was powered using pedals to drive a large two-bladed propeller. Piloted by amateur cyclist Bryan Allen, it completed the 22.2 mile crossing in 2 hours ...read more

  • A Schoolteacher Was Giving A Lesson In Fractions. ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
     | 2,200 views

    A schoolteacher was giving a lesson in fractions. "Johnny, suppose there were seven in your family -- five children and mother and father --a total of seven. And suppose there was pie for dessert. What fraction of the pie would you get?" Johnny answered, "One-sixth." "But you don’t understand," ...read more

  • Young People Routinely Grow Up To Love Their ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,769 views

    Young people routinely grow up to love their childhood coaches. These leaders routinely criticize and push the envelopes of the same young people who claim later to love them like a parent. Why? Because they did not just love them enough to encourage them. They cared enough to tell them the truth ...read more

  • Bad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,118 views

    BAD MEAT Colin Byrne Smith of Australia told of a missionary who called on a tribe of cannibals. Taking his life in his hands, he crossed the inlet in a small boat, and when confronted by the tribe, meekly endured every insult. Long afterwards, when he had succeeded in converting many and ...read more

  • Big Church And Famous Preacher - Texas, Looking ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
     | 1,667 views

    Big church and famous preacher - Texas, looking good on TV... Sermon title: “Why We Don’t Have to Be Afraid of Death”… And for about 20 minutes he was repeating this… we don’t have to be afraid, we don’t have… bla-bla… At the very end, as usual for those tele-preachers, he was keeping his best shot ...read more

  • A Couple Found A Beautiful Log House In Color...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
     | 2,026 views

    A couple found a beautiful log house in Colorado that was high in the mountains. It had a beautiful view, and they had their heart set on buying it. They prayed about the house, but one thing after another went wrong. The timing was not right, their financing didn’t go through. They had prayed ...read more

  • Ideas Of Other People

    Contributed by Samuel Wilder on Nov 10, 2008
     | 1,908 views

    IDEAS OF OTHER PEOPLE Thomas A. Edison, the great inventor, was talking one day with the governor of North Carolina, and the governor complimented him on his inventive genius. "I am not a great inventor," said Edison. "But you have over a thousand patents to your credit, haven’t you?" asked the ...read more