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  • Wrong Way

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
     | 2,820 views

    Illustration: On New Years Day, 1929, Georgia Tech was playing California. Late in the second quarter, Roy Regals recovered a fumble for California, and in his excitement became confused and began running in the wrong direction. After racing 65 yards he was finally tackled by his own player at ...read more

  • Wrong Way Riegels  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 12, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,440 views

    WRONG WAY RIEGELS The story of "Wrong Way Riegels" is a familiar one, but it bears repeating. On New Year’s Day 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran 65 ...read more

  • Driving The Wrong Way

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,719 views

    DRIVING THE WRONG WAY An older gentleman was driving home from work when his cell phone rang. His wife was on the line in a panic and said, "Honey, be careful driving. I just saw on the TV that some maniac is driving the wrong ...read more

  • My Way Or The Wrong Way  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Feb 17, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,205 views

    MY WAY OR THE WRONG WAY How many of you remember the game show that used to be on TV called "Let's Make A Deal"? I believe it was Monty Hall who would tempt people with what was behind different doors, or he would show them a wad of cash and say you can have the cash or choose what's behind door ...read more

  • A Shortcut Is Not Always That Short

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 1, 2021
     | 2,073 views

    I have always appreciated shortcuts in life. If I can find a shortcut, I will take it because time is valuable to me. I take pride in coming up with a shortcut that actually saves me time. However, not all of my shortcuts have really been that short and I have paid the price. Last week, for ...read more

  • Wrong Way Roy Riegels

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 13, 2022
     | 534 views

    In the 1929 Rose Bowl, Georgia Tech was playing the University of California when the ball popped out of the hands of a Georgia Tech back. Roy Riegels, the University of California center, scooped it up and cut across the field. Then, finding himself hemmed in, he reversed his field. It was at this ...read more

  • I Was Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,185 views

    I WAS WRONG Jim Bakker is back in the pulpit again. "It’s awesome to die and come back," he told about 400 worshipers at Way of Life Church, where he was the guest speaker Sunday. The former PTL Ministries leader presided over a multimillion dollar TV ministry until he resigned amid a sex and ...read more

  • The Wrong Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,273 views

    THE WRONG GUY Determined to avenge the assault of their young fourteen year old girlfriend, ten young people raced away from the hospital with a description of her assailant: an Hispanic man driving a red vehicle. Then by deception, the group of vigilantes lured young Leonel Cifuenies, a ...read more

  • Wrong Righteousness  PRO

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,872 views

    Wrong Righteousness Quote: "If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else." - Yogi Berra Text: Romans 10:1-4 Prop: a new US $20 bill (or adapt for local currency) Summary: Some people try to get to heaven on their own by being a good person. The only righteousness that ...read more

  • The Wrong Virgin  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,791 views

    [The Wrong Virgin] A minister had run out of time to prepare for a sudden funeral. Using the latest technology, he went to his computer and found the funeral service he had used last, and doing a global "search and replace," had the computer put in the name of the newly deceased, "Edna," as a ...read more

  • Right Or Wrong?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,488 views

    RIGHT OR WRONG? Because of the Qur’an’s attitude toward sin, many orthodox Muslim theologians have traditionally adapted a nominalistic view of ethics. An act is not intrinsically right or wrong. It is only right when God specifically declares it to be such according to his ...read more

  • Sincerely Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,383 views

    SINCERELY WRONG In November, 1987, a large group of anti-government rebels in Soroti, Uganda, had targeted a rural army post and airstrip for take over. A company numbering in the hundreds gathered in the dense surrounding brush for the attack. But this was to be no ordinary invasion. The task ...read more

  • The Wrong Horse  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,426 views

    THE WRONG HORSE Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses were ...read more

  • Positively Wrong

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
     | 2,465 views

    *Positively Wrong* A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English," he explained, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative." "However," the professor continued, "there is no language wherein a double positive ...read more

  • The Wrong One

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 5, 2009
     | 2,338 views

    THE WRONG ONE A conscientious wife tried hard to please her critical husband, but failed regularly. Jack was especially disagreeable at breakfast. If Jill prepared scrambled eggs, he wanted poached; if she poached eggs, he wanted scrambled. One morning Jill poached one egg and scrambled the other ...read more

  • Wrong Side

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 18, 2009
     | 1,960 views

    WRONG SIDE A woman rang the doorbell of a house and introduced herself to the little girl who opened the door by saying, "Hello! I’m your great-aunt on your daddy’s side." The little one ...read more

  • Right And Wrong

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
     | 1,558 views

    RIGHT AND WRONG Years ago, when I lived on South Holmes Street, I used the Super D pharmacy that was nearby. There was a young woman who worked there with whom I had occasional conversations. She told me that everyone in her family had had an abortion except her. She added that she did not judge ...read more

  • The Wrong Oil  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,591 views

    THE WRONG OIL Phil (a member of our congregation) owns a stunning sports car. It's a Viper. It's a thing of beauty. And it has a powerful engine with 10 cylinders. Most of us common folks have cars with 6 and 8 cylinders... but this car has TEN cylinders. I'm pretty sure it can take you anywhere ...read more

  • The Wrong Target

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 31, 2021
     | 1,854 views

    Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target! 2004 Washington Post: Matt Emmons of the United States shoots at wrong target, finishes eighth. (Douglas C. Pizac -- AP) Matthew Emmons is an elite athlete ! He was an accounting major from Browns Mill, New Jersey. He was a four-year ...read more

  • There Is Always A Way. There Was A Way In And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,142 views

    "There is always a way. There was a way in and there is a way out. And success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw, and says, ...read more