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  • I Heard About A Rabbit And A Snake Meeting In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    I heard about a rabbit and a snake meeting in the forest. The rabbit said, "We don’t know how we look. Why don’t we describe each other to the other so we’ll know how we look?" The snake said, "Good idea. You’ve got a pink nose, long ears, and a fluffy little tail." The rabbit liked that, and he ...read more

  • The Eldest Son Of A Widowed Mother Went Out To ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 18, 2007
     | 1,290 views

    The eldest son of a widowed mother went out to missionary work in Western Africa. In a short time he filled a missionary’s grave. There was another son left at home … by my brother’s grave. I will preach to my brother’s people. …In a short time, he too found a resting place in a missionary’s ...read more

  • The Ruling Caste

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
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    THE RULING CASTE On one of my trips to India, as I was walking around a market place, I came face to face with some proud Brahmans who consider themselves better than anyone, and they will not allow anyone touch them because they belong to the ruling caste. I asked if I could take their picture. ...read more

  • Steering Your Ship In A Storm

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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    STEERING YOUR SHIP IN A STORM An old seaman once said, "During the fiercest storms the only way a ship can survive is to keep its nose pointed straight into the wind. If you try to turn to the left or the right, the ship may capsize. If you try to run from the wind, the waves can surge over the ...read more

  • Death Without Blinking An Eye

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
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    During the civil wars in feudal Japan, an invading army would sweep into town and take control. In one particular village, everyone fled just before the army arrived, except the Zen Master. Curious about this old fellow, the general went to the temple to see for himself what kind of man this master ...read more

  • Our World Has Plenty Of Knowledge And Education, ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,144 views

    Our world has plenty of knowledge and education, but not much wisdom. Wisdom can often be learned from the fairly uneducated. Take children for instance. Patrick, age 10 “Never trust a dog to watch your food.” Michael, age 14 “When your dad is mad and asks you, ‘Do I look stupid?’ don’t answer ...read more

  • Prognosis Not Good  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
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    PROGNOSIS NOT GOOD A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. After the checkup, the doctor took the wife aside and said, "if you don’t do the following, your husband will surely die." 1. "Each morning fix him a healthy breakfast and send him off to work in a good mood." 2."At lunch ...read more

  • The Family Sat Down At The Table And Dad Asked ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
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    The family sat down at the table and dad asked his young son to “say grace” over the meal. While the family waited, the little boy quickly eyed every dish which his mother had prepared; then he bowed his head and prayed, “Lord, I don’t like the look of it, but thank you — I’ll eat it anyway.” ...read more

  • If You Want To Communicate Clearly And With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
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    If you want to communicate clearly and with meaning to people in the street, be careful about using in-house talk they don’t understand. Years ago a traveling preacher was riding his horse through the country when he came upon an old farmer at his house. He greeted the farmer and asked, “Are ...read more

  • I Have Some Christian Friends Who Live In India. ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 25, 2008
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    I have some Christian friends who live in India. After one of my Indian friends visited America, he made this observation. “You Americans have insurance for everything … insurance if you get sick … insurance if you get robbed … insurance if you wreck your car … even insurance if you die. In ...read more

  • Dead Man Bleeding  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 5, 2009
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    DEAD MAN BLEEDING The question about impossibilities applied to God's sovereignty is a display of foolish unbelief. A lady brought her husband to the psychiatrist as a last ditch effort; the man thought he was dead. The shrink did everything he could to convince the man otherwise, but the crazy ...read more

  • What The Word "Dwelling In Us" Looks Like

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 19, 2009
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    WHAT THE WORD "DWELLING IN US" LOOKS LIKE I think Sam Storms, in his book on Colossians, describes well what it looks like for the word of Christ to dwell in us. He talks about the Scriptures calling out to us. "Don’t just read me," they seem to say. "Feast on me! Meditate! Ruminate! Saturate your ...read more

  • Brother Reassure His Sister In Carlsbad Caverns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
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    Brother Reassure His Sister in Carlsbad Caverns When Lights Turned Out Bob Woods tells the story of a couple who took their son, 11, and daughter, 7, to Carlsbad Caverns. As always, when the tour reached the deepest point in the cavern, the guide turned off all the lights to dramatize how ...read more

  • Conditional Promise

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
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    This is the beginning of that story where God tells them what they needed to do: 1 – Kill the Passover lamb 2 – Collect the blood in a bowl 3 – Put the blood on the two sides and top of the door The result would be what God promised to do – pass over their houses with the final plague of the death ...read more

  • What My Mother Taught Me  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on May 13, 2002
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    WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME My mother taught me RELIGION: When I spilled grape juice on the carpet, she instructed, "You better pray the stain will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me LOGIC: From her decisive words, "Because I said so, that’s why." My mother taught me FORESIGHT: ...read more

  • What My Mother Taught Me  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Feb 14, 2005
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    Illustrate Humor: WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME My mother taught me RELIGION: When I spilled grape juice on the carpet, she instructed, "You better pray the stain will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me LOGIC: From her decisive words, "Because I said so, that’s why." My mother taught me ...read more

  • In The Hard School Of Life God's Answer To Our ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Sep 29, 2005
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    In the hard school of life God’s answer to our problems don’t come in the form of neatly pre-packaged solutions, like strips of shrink-wrapped capsules labelled for each anxiety we have, carrying a certificate of immunity from the hazards of life. If I may give a personal illustration of this. ...read more

  • Pastors Lack Biblical Worldview: Only 51% Of U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Pastors Lack Biblical Worldview: Only 51% of U.S. Protestant pastors have a biblical worldview according to recent Barna Research analysis. George Barna argues you can’t give people what you don’t have. The low percentage of Christians who have a biblical worldview is a direct reflection of the ...read more

  • A Wealthy Man Before Leaving On An Extended ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kilson on May 6, 2006
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    A wealthy man before leaving on an extended vacation said to a contractor, "While I am away, I want you to build me a fine new home according to these plans. Be sure you work with extreme care, and use the best of everything. Tell me the cost as soon as you have it and I’ll send you a check." ...read more

  • Ticket When Going To Train Station-Going 60 In 40 ...

    Contributed by Myriam Salcedo-Gonzalez on Dec 2, 2006
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    Ticket when going to train station-going 60 in 40 zone. I wanted to fight it! The radar was wrong. When was the last time they checked it? I had just come out from a stop sign and the road was uphill, how could I be going 60? Impossible! Good thing I was not close to the my church! Can you imagine, ...read more