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    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Dec 19, 2009
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    STORY: "Puppies for Sale" (Chicken Soup for the Soul). A little boy appeared under the store owner’s sign, "Puppies for sale." "How much are you going to sell the puppies for?" he asked. The store owner replied, "Anywhere from $30 to $50." "I have $2.37," the little boy said, "Can I please look ...read more

  • Cultures: An Enormous Task

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 11, 2010
     | 1,451 views

    CULTURES: AN ENORMOUS TASK Sydney has major shopping malls. I mean big and crowded with people. I couldn't help thinking that as I looked down the floor of Westmead Shopping Centre in Sydney, there within a short space, were over 300 people walking towards me. And that was one level where I ...read more

  • Forgiving And Forgetting

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010
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    FORGIVING AND FORGETTING Mr. Peale tells a story about a man who suffered from many health problems: headaches, skin troubles, gastric disturbances, insomnia. It did not take Mr. Peale long to discover that one basic cause was the burning anger that he felt toward his brother. The brother, the ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine Works As A Boilermaker In Bowen, ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 21, 2010
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    A friend of mine works as a boilermaker in Bowen, Queensland Australia. He is a big man with muscles like an Olympic weight lifter, a voice that booms and a laugh that is full and infectious. PATRICK PATTERSON loves the Lord and if I asked him to preach today he would be ready with a Word from the ...read more

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    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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    PARABLE STORY Theological belief is sometimes a murky matter. A candidate for ordination as a minister was asked, "What part of the Bible do you like best?" He said: "I like the New Testament best." Then he was asked, "What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?" He answered, "The Book of the ...read more

  • Giovanni Was A Saint

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 24, 2011
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    GIOVANNI WAS A SAINT In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, renowned members of the local Mafia. They were mean, bad and very rich. No one had a good word to say about them. Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or maligned by the ...read more

  • Running The Race God's Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
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    RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S WAY Joni Eareckson Tada recently told a story commenting on Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." She writes, "My husband, Ken, serves ...read more

  • Skeletons In Our Closets

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS The Rockefeller family is considered to be one of the most philanthropic families in the world, helping humanity globally in issues like economics, religion, education and environmental affairs. Yet the Rockefeller family tree is filled with many skeletons. William Avery ...read more

  • Lottery's Biggest Losers

    Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 3, 2012
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    LOTTERY'S BIGGEST LOSERS Winning the lottery isn’t a guaranteed ticket to the good life, as these previous winners can attest: --Jack Whittaker: This West Virginia businessman won $315 million in the Powerball lottery in 2002, the largest jackpot ever from a single ticket in American history at ...read more

  • There's A Familiar Story About The New Bride Who ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jan 11, 2014
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    There's a familiar story about the new bride who is cooking a big family dinner. As the ladies are gathered in the kitchen, the bride puts the roast in the pan and asks her mother why we always cut the end of the roast and put it in another pan? They ask grandma who says, "well honey, I cut the ...read more

  • Beholding The Night Sky

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 2, 2015
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    When our daughter was in Junior High School, she made friends with a group of girls from Olney, Texas, a community about forty minutes to the south of us. And they invited her to a function their school was having on a certain Friday night. So, I drove her over, and, when the time came, I went ...read more

  • Looking For Something

    Contributed by Michael Parks on Mar 30, 2016
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    Looking for Something? Mat 6:33 When we need answers to life’s questions where do we look? There certainly isn’t any shortage of information on the internet these days. You can find almost any answer to any question or help with whatever you are struggling with. But, is it the right answer? This ...read more

  • Coming Home

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
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     | 3,878 views

    There was a young man who constantly quarreled with his father. Finally, he left home without saying goodbye. He continued to keep in touch with his mom but cut connections with his dad. After a few years, he wanted to come home for Christmas very badly. But he was afraid his dad would not allow ...read more

  • Story Of The Fireman

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Story of the Fireman A. Flames surrounded firefighters fighting a forest as they backed up a mountain trying to put out the fire. They had no where to go. There was fire behind them and only a home and more grass in front of them. The firefighter moved ahead into the grass in front of him struck a ...read more

  • I Was No Longer The Dirty American

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I was no longer the Dirty American I read a story the other day on the Internet by a missionary to India named Doug Nichols. Nichols was serving as a missionary in India when a bout with tuberculosis landed him in a public hospital for a spell. It wasn’t like hospitals here. It was a big ward ...read more

  • You Are Driving A Bus. You Go East 12 Miles, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    You are driving a bus. You go east 12 miles, and turn south and go 2 miles and take on 9 passengers, and then you turn west and go 3 miles and let off 4 passengers. How old is the bus driver? ***Give the youth a chance to answer the question and eventually ask one of them to explain the question ...read more

  • Today We Are All Rushing About Working For That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,571 views

    Today we are all rushing about working for that next pay raise. But what is that pay raise really going to profit us? We often can’t see the big picture for striving for something greater. Maybe we should have the attitude of this father. The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a ...read more

  • On Books

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,796 views

    ILL.- TEACHER: Who is your favorite author? PUPIL: George Washington. TEACHER: But George Washington never wrote any books. PUPIL: You got it. TEACHER: How many books have you read in your lifetime? PUPIL: I don’t know. I’m not dead yet. TEACHER: What does your history book tell you about the ...read more

  • A Friend In Erie Who Had A Huge Irish Setter. ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
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    A friend in Erie who had a huge Irish Setter. Truman was not very discriminating when it came to chasing after female dogs. He didn’t much care what kind of dog she was, he was interested. Truman was getting himself in trouble so my friend put in one of those invisible fences. Collar on dog. ...read more

  • Her God Was Able

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
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     | 2,949 views

    Her name will never be in the history books, but it is written in the Book of Life. She was never an item in the newspaper, but she was God’s reporter, telling His good news. She never had much formal education, but like her Lord she taught with authority from her own experience of God’s grace. ...read more

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