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  • Bubba And The Potato Field  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,893 views

    Illus. - Bubba and the potato field An old man lived alone in Idaho. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was backbreaking work, and his son, Bubba, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man mentioned it in a letter he sent to his son by saying, “I’m not sure exactly what to do. ...read more

  • Thankfulness/Contentment  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 10,049 views

    THANKFULNESS/CONTENTMENT: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their ...read more

  • On April 23rd, 1978, In A Small Seaside Chapel In ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 13, 2008
     | 1,153 views

    On April 23rd, 1978, in a small seaside chapel in San Juan, La Union, in the Republic of the Philippines, my father, speaking the local dialect of Ilocano, baptized me, his son. He said I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. On that day, the heavens didn’t ...read more

  • The Grace-Filled Father

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jun 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,104 views

    THE GRACE-FILLED FATHER Six-year-old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes. He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard, and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor. He scooped some of the flour into the bowl ...read more

  • Everybody Hates Chris: Right Day, Wrong Year

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 23, 2009
     | 3,256 views

    EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS: RIGHT DAY, WRONG YEAR Once there was a covenant with Noah, with Abram, with Moses, and with David, but now there is a NEW covenant written in the blood of Jesus. That promise, that contract, never expires. It is guaranteed by God's action, not our actions. The word often ...read more

  • Knots In Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 21, 2011
     | 2,323 views

    KNOTS IN YOUR LIFE The Baxter boys, Paul and John, liked to play in the woods near their home. They like the woods because they always found something they had never seen before. That's the way it was when they discoverd the tree with the knot tied in it. The knot was about halfway up the tree. ...read more

  • What Happens At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 2,809 views

    WHAT HAPPENS AT HOME Howard Hendricks used to say to us men in seminary preparing to lead churches, "If your Christianity isn't working at home, don't export it." It was his way of saying, "If you can't make your faith work in your own family, then please don't try to make it work in the family of ...read more

  • Death Of An Eagle

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 29, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,915 views

    There was a talented young Indian boy that loved hunting. One of his goals was to get an eagle. He so needed the eagle to build his elaborate head dress. All the eagles would fly around the young boy and mock him. He could never be the chief without a beautiful eagle feather head dressing. The ...read more

  • Moms Staying Home Of The 41.8 Million Kids Under ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,149 views

    Moms Staying Home Of the 41.8 million kids under 15 who lived with two parents last year, more than 25% had stay-at-home moms according to a recent Census Bureau report. This is up from 23%, or 9.4 million kids in ’94. Full-time stay-at-home dads took care of 189,000 kids in ’02, up 18%. Experts ...read more

  • Giving Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,376 views

    GIVING BLOOD Priscilla Larson writes, “My brother-in-law, who is a minister, responded to a Red Cross appeal for blood donations. When he didn’t come home by the time his young son expected him, the boy asked his mother, ‘Is Dad going around visiting all the sick people?’ His mother replied, ‘He’s ...read more

  • I've Heard Many People Say So Many Times That You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russ Sharrock on May 4, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,712 views

    I’ve heard many people say so many times that you can’t tell the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian. Alice’s sister-in-law, Keiko, is a New Age Soka Gakkai Buddhist. She is so serene, so filled with peace and joy, that Alice’s brother, her Mom and Step dad, have all been drawn ...read more

  • Fatherless America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,622 views

    FATHERLESS AMERICA Tonight, 40% of all American children will go to sleep in a house in which their fathers do not live. Before the age of eighteen, more than 50% of our children will spend a significant portion of their childhood living apart from their fathers. A generation ago, an ...read more

  • Giving Blood" Priscilla Larson Writes, "My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,529 views

    "Giving Blood" Priscilla Larson writes, "My brother-in-law, who is a minister, responded to a Red Cross appeal for blood donations. When he didn’t come home by the time his young son expected him, the boy asked his mother, ‘Is Dad going around visiting all the sick people?’ His mother replied, ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,164 views

    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • On The Farm Where I Grew Up, We Raised Black ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
     | 1,143 views

    On the farm where I grew up, we raised Black Angus cattle. In order to corral them for tagging or medicines, dad would drive the truck through the fields and I would sit on the tailgate. As we approached a group of cattle, I would rattle a bag and pour a small amount of the contents onto the ground ...read more

  • I Met My Best Friend In A Texas High School In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2008
     | 1,383 views

    "I met my best friend in a Texas high school in 1981. We were both military brats who’d spent time in Germany so we had some stuff in common. "While my mom was organizing old photos in 1986, we discovered that my family and my best friend’s family had stayed at the same hotel in Munich during the ...read more

  • Elf

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 1, 2008
     | 3,221 views

    ELF In the Christmas movie Elf the title character discovers he was a human baby raised by elves. He travels back to New York City to find his bio-dad, in the process learns, and teaches others about caring. Will Ferrell describes his journey by saying, "I passed through the seven levels of the ...read more

  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,673 views

    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

  • You Are Full Of Baloney!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
     | 1,160 views

    DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A REALLY BAD DAD JOKE????? It was a nice summer day when 2 flies came upon a picnic lunch. Finding only baloney, they promptly ate their fill. The flies then flew to a nearby well for a drink, then they sat on the pump handle to rest and talk. After a few minutes, one said he ...read more

  • A Young Preacher-To-Be, Having Passed His ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 19, 2006
     | 4,814 views

    A young preacher-to-be, having passed his doctrinal examinations, faced his trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium sat three ministers and 75 others who came to listen. When he stepped into the pulpit, the vast room and the searching, critical eyes caused him to falter. Two weeks later his name ...read more