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  • Let Me Tell You A Story About Honest Labor. There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 15, 2006
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    Let me tell you a story about honest labor. There was a boy named Harry who worked for a Scottish shoemaker named Dan. It was his chief responsibility to pound out and dry leather for shoe soles. It seemed an endless operation to him, and he wearied of it many times. "What made my task worse was ...read more

  • When I Was A Small Boy, I Attended Church Every ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    When I was a small boy, I attended church every Sunday at a big Gothic Presbyterian bastion in Chicago. The preaching was powerful and the music was great. But for me, the most awesome moment in the morning service was the offertory, when twelve solemn, frock-coated ushers marched in lock-step down ...read more

  • Six Year Old's Prayer

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,686 views

    7. SIX YEAR OLD’S PRAYER Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son had asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and ...read more

  • Antonio The Garbage Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
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    Antonio The Garbage Man. Antonio’s huge truck would arrive, backing up with that horrific big truck back up sound. He would jump out and start pounding on the door, Shouting over the unbelievably loud truck, "Garbage Man, Garbage man, Garbage man is here!" Well, no kidding, a side from the ...read more

  • Beware Of Human Add Ons; It's Like When You Go To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 20, 2007
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    Beware of human add ons; It’s like when you go to a store like Wal Mart or Makro and you buy loads of stuff and you think its really cheap till you go through the check out and you find out they havent added the VAT on until you ready to pay as you go through the check out.. There is a big add on ...read more

  • The Impact Of Jesus On History Is Eloquently ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 10, 2007
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    The impact of Jesus on history is eloquently captured in a short literary piece entitled One Solitary Life. Perhaps you’ve heard it before. It reads this way: “Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the Child of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and ...read more

  • In The Movie Saving Private Ryan, A Group Of Army ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
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    In the movie Saving Private Ryan, a group of Army Rangers receive a mission to go deep into enemy territory to save Private Ryan. They hit skirmish after skirmish, and some of them are killed along the way. They finally get to where Private Ryan is holed up, and they say, “Come with us. We’re here ...read more

  • There Was A Man In A Community That Had The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 6, 2007
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    There was a man in a community that had the reputation for always being able to catch fish. Regardless of the time of the year it was, or whether anybody else was catching fish, this man was always managed to come back with a boat load of fish. His brother-in-law, who happened to be a Game Warden ...read more

  • Enormously Gorgeous  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
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    ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS My dad says I am ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS. I wonder if I really am. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Sarah says you need to have beautiful, long, curly hair like she has. I don’t. To be ENORMOUSLY GORGEOUS... Justin says you must have perfectly straight white teeth like he has. I ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Young Preacher That In ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Jun 5, 2007
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    There is a story about a young preacher that in 1995, he was in Glasgow Scotland. He wrote: I was living in a Center City Hotel. One morning I got up and decided that I was going to jog over into the south side of the city of Glasgow. I ran across the river Clyde on a bridge, and as I jogged ...read more

  • There Was A Man In A Community That Had The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,904 views

    There was a man in a community that had the reputation for always being able to catch fish. Regardless of the time of the year it was, or whether anybody else was catching fish, this man was always managed to come back with a boat load of fish. His brother-in-law, who happened to be a Game Warden ...read more

  • Cross (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,320 views

    Cross (S) Imagine with me for a moment… Pretend that a man from South America is speaking here. His name is Jose Samblanco, and having just arrived, he proclaims the good news to us that a Peruvian peasant by the name of Carlos Hernandez was electrocuted on the electric chair for your sins. He ...read more

  • Several Years Ago I Heard A Father Talk About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Several years ago I heard a father talk about something that his wife would do to encourage their son. I liked it, and I adopted it. Let me tell you about it. My son Kyle is seven, and we have a little ritual that we like to go through. It’s a moment that he and I often share. But every so often, ...read more

  • Our Church Was Meeting In A Storefront, But We ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Wright on Jun 28, 2007
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    Our church was meeting in a storefront, but we had outgrown it. We found a church building on the east side of St. Paul for $27,000. We literally had no money. We believed God wanted us to have that building, so we signed a contract to pay cash in 90 days ... and we began to pray. Nothing came ...read more

  • Hunting Monkeys

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2007
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    Hunting Monkeys Natives in Africa place shiny objects in empty termite hills in full view of a tribe of monkeys, then move a little distance away and hide in the bush. It isn’t very long before a monkey will venture over to investigate. He will slip his hand into the narrow slit in the side of the ...read more

  • Sid Caesar In Early 1950s – Carl Reiner, As An ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
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    Sid Caesar in early 1950s – Carl Reiner, as an airport reporter, is interviewing Sid Caesar as Professor Von Houdinoff, an expert on magicians. Reiner: As I understand what you’re trying to explain, your book is saying there is a connection between the illusions of magicians and what happens to ...read more

  • I Want To Tell You A Story About A Man In Whom ...

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 17, 2007
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    I want to tell you a story about a man in whom God has moved so miraculously, I’ve just got to walk you through it. Mel Pellinen was a big strapping guy. I met him when I lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Mel lived in Ishpeming and for years as a butcher he had carried whole sides of ...read more

  • Someone Who Understands

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
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    Someone Who Understands A farmer made a sign advertising some puppies he had for sale. As he was nailing the sign to the post in his yard, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down and saw a little boy with a big grin and something in his hand. "Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your ...read more

  • Larry Stewart Had Lost His Job And Was Living In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2008
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    Larry Stewart had lost his job and was living in his car. Hungry but broke, Stewart went into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast. His plan was that when the check came he would claim he couldn’t find his wallet. When that happened, the owner of the diner, Ted Horn, came from behind the ...read more

  • Ever Seen A Picture Of A Platypus?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
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    Ever seen a picture of a platypus? Strand creature these things are They live on the east coast of Australia The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud First off it is a mammal ¡V that lays eggs It ...read more