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  • The Greatest Blessing Comes When God Defeats The ...

    Contributed by John Perry on May 11, 2010
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    The greatest blessing comes when God defeats the will of man and we surrender to His will. Someone has referred to ...read more

  • Card-Carrying Authority

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 22, 2010
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     | 4,459 views

    CARD-CARRYING AUTHORITY A Department of Water Resources representative stops at a Texas ranch and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation." The old rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there." The Water ...read more

  • Who Says So?

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
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     | 2,602 views

    WHO SAYS SO? A previous church I served had a lot of acreage and had turned part of it into 3 softball diamonds. Monday - Thursday nights, all summer long, various church leagues played their slow-pitch games there. Three of the leagues ran everything for their evening but one league was run ...read more

  • Boss Rules

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 27, 2011
     | 2,310 views

    BOSS RULES Rule 1. Your boss is always right. Rule 2. If you think the boss ...read more

  • Tough Teacher

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,910 views

    TOUGH TEACHER A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in ...read more

  • The Only Opinion That Counts

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
     | 2,487 views

    THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head." ...read more

  • Only Those Who Do Not Seek Power Are Qualified ...

    Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jun 29, 2008
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     | 3,367 views

    "Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold ...read more

  • Who's The Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    WHO’S THE BOSS The young husband was henpecked, and he was going to a psychiatrist about the problem. The doctor told him, "You don’t have to let your wife bully you! Go home and show her you’re the boss!" The young man got home, slammed the door, shook his fist in his wife’s face, and growled, ...read more

  • Authority Vs. Power

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 28, 2008
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    Authority vs. Power Jesus did not just send them forward into their world with empty hands. He provides them with all the tools that will be needed to bring in this harvest of souls. According to Matthew's account, Jesus "...gave them power" [10:1]. The New International Version employs a more ...read more

  • Kind Of Like The Guy Who Had Too Much To Drink ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 5, 2008
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    Kind of like the guy who had too much to drink and he was driving -- all of the sudden he turns down a road going the wrong direction. The police finally pull him over and said to the man, "Hey fella, what are you doing, you could have killed yourself and someone else. Didn't you ...read more

  • Majority Rules?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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     | 3,880 views

    Majority Rules? A rabbi was at odds with his congregation. The president of the synagogue said, "Rabbi, we must have a conference to settle this dispute once and for all." So the rabbi, the president an the ten elders met together to discuss the issue -- but the rabbi soon discovered that he was ...read more

  • Longfellow Could Take A Worthless Piece Of ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 9, 2008
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    Longfellow could take a worthless piece of paper, write a poem on it, and instantly make it worth 1000’s of dollars – and we call this genius! Rockefeller could sign his name on a piece of paper and make it worth millions of dollars – and we call this riches! An artist can take the courses ...read more

  • Pastor Dave Kinney Said, "In The Year 1940 A ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 15, 2008
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    Pastor Dave Kinney said, "In the year 1940 a physicist working in a garage in Chicago developed the process of splitting the atom, which started the atomic age we live in today. They realized that they could unleash the power found in the atom and then multiply that power! This has changed the ...read more

  • Pa Won't Like It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,323 views

    "PA WON’T LIKE IT" A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. "Hey, Willis," he called out, "forget your troubles for a spell and come on in and have dinner with us. Then I’ll help you get the wagon up." "That’s mighty ...read more

  • A Life Time Atheist Was Found Reading The Bible ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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    A life time atheist was found reading the bible while on his death bed. A friend asked him what he was doing. He answered, “I am looking for loop holes!” By living in a daily relationship with Jesus Christ we won’t have to ...read more

  • Go With The Flow  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Feb 12, 2008
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    6. YOU TRUST HIM WITH WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU. Anybody having anything trouble you these days? It’s probably part of God’s sense of humor that I went on a whale-watching trip this week, the week we start learning about Jonah. PICTURE OF WHALE TALE I’ve been on whale-watching tours only twice ...read more

  • The Human Fly  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,806 views

    Evangelish Robert Sumner told the story: When George Gibson Polley was a boy in Richmond, he hit a baseball onto the roof of a six-story building. Since with most sandlot games, it was the only ball the boys had, George promptly climbed up the outside of the building and retrieved it. This was the ...read more

  • Human Eyes

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Nov 7, 2007
     | 2,627 views

    Human Eyes: • Are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain. • Are composed of more than two million working parts. • Can process 36,000 bits of information every hour. • Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 22.5 km (14 miles) • Contribute ...read more

  • You Must Not Lose Faith In Humanity. Humanity ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 2,102 views

    "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, ...read more

  • Human Rights Rest On Human Dignity. The Dignity ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,583 views

    Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth ...read more