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    Contributed by N A on Dec 19, 2009
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     | 3,600 views

    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

  • In My Home Town There Was A Company That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Birchfield on Dec 4, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,369 views

    In my home town there was a company that purchased some land and began to build what was to become a large grocery store. The foundation was laid, the frame of the building was erected, then, for some unknown reason, all work stopped. For years the unfinished building stood as a sort of ...read more

  • Ham, Henek, Met  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,943 views

    HAM, HENEK, MET While I was serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood what he was saying but not its ...read more

  • Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,944 views

    Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

  • My Name Is George Snodgrass. I Really Believe ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 4, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,291 views

    "My name is George Snodgrass. I really believe that if Pastor DoGood would stop ending his sermons with the phrase, ‘But then again, what ...read more

  • Has God Revealed Himself In Other Religions?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,715 views

    HAS GOD REVEALED HIMSELF IN OTHER RELIGIONS? Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton. One student asked the German theologian "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" Barth’s answer stunned the crowd. With a ...read more

  • Robert Louis Stevenson Tells Of A Storm That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,422 views

    Robert Louis Stevenson tells of a storm that caught a vessel off a rocky coast and threatened to drive it and its passengers to destruction. In the midst of the terror, one daring man, contrary to orders, went to the deck, made a dangerous passage to the pilot house and saw the steerman, at his ...read more

  • Sailing Away  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,686 views

    SAILING AWAY A personal testimony. Inspired by His calling, Joel Vicente. ------- I was secure at home when I heard the voice from the Captain exclaim, "Come follow me. Go where I send you. No need to fear. I will be with you." I asked, "But Captain, may I remain here on the shore where it is ...read more

  • Believe Or Reject  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 27, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,977 views

    Believe or Reject I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or else not to believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the deeps of ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Little Girl Whose Parents ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 136 ratings
     | 2,870 views

    The story is told of a little girl whose parents never went to church. However, they insisted upon her attendance and what is more is that she had to be able to recite the preacher’s text for the day. One morning she rushed home excited: "Oh mama, my name is in the Bible." "That’s not likely," ...read more

  • Jesus And Satan Had An Arguement Before God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Oct 13, 2002
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,687 views

    Jesus and Satan had an arguement before God about which one could type on a computer faster and better. God commanded a contest. Satan was typing so fast that the keyboard was smoking, and sparks were flying from his fingertips. Jesus was not behind, but he kept doing something else that Satan ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer Says That People Who Are Crucified ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,699 views

    A.W. Tozer says that people who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. They are facing only one direction, 2. They can never turn ...read more

  • Bruce Marchiano, In The Footsteps Of Jesus:  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,877 views

    Bruce Marchiano, In the Footsteps of Jesus: Yes, Jesus smiled; yes, Jesus laughed. Jesus smiled wider and laughed heartier than any human being who has ever walked the planet. He was young. He radiated good cheer. Jesus was a man of such merriment, such gladness of heart, such freedom and ...read more

  • The Center Of History  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,803 views

    THE CENTER OF HISTORY "I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is ...read more

  • A Good Illustration Of This Comes From An Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 26, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 4,191 views

    A good illustration of this comes from an old parable of the end time judgment with all the people who have ever lived being brought before God. Not submitting to God they come with a complaint. One group made the claim that they suffered persecution. They had died in gas chambers and concentration ...read more

  • When I Went To A Crossways Conference The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Apr 19, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,521 views

    When I went to a Crossways conference the presenter spoke about his tour of the Holy Lands in 1998. The tour gude got on the bus, introduced himself as Amnon. He said that he was named after one of King David’s sons. The presenter said, "You mean the one that assaulted his half-sister Tamar?" ...read more

  • An Indian Christian, Sandhu Singh, Made A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,928 views

    An Indian Christian, Sandhu Singh, made a perceptive statement when he said, "One day I was sitting on the banks of a river. I took from the water a round stone and I broke it. Inside it was perfectly dry. That stone had been lying in the water for a long time but the water had not penetrated ...read more

  • When I Was Flying Back From The Middle East, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,790 views

    When I was flying back from the Middle East, the aircraft flew high over the Egyptian desert where there was nothing but yellow sand and then there came into view the River Nile. On either bank of the river there were broad bands of green vegetation. The river brought life. There was moisture ...read more

  • The Shocking Truth

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 30, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,859 views

    THE SHOCKING TRUTH "Imagine if you will that among the Jews there suddenly turns up a man who goes about talking as if He was God. . . Now let us get this clear. Among Pantheists, like the Indians, anyone might say that he was a part of God, or one with God: there would be nothing very odd ...read more

  • Bernard Of Clairvaux Wrote The Hymn "Jesus The ...

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 12, 2003
     | 3,159 views

    Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the hymn “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee” Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, ...read more