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  • There Was A Pastor Who Had A Parrot. All The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a pastor who had a parrot. All the parrot would say was, “Let’s pray, let’s pray.” He learned that one of his deacons had a parrot that would only say, “Let’s kiss. Let’s kiss.” So the pastor invited the deacon and his parrot over to his house. When the deacon arrived they put the parrots ...read more

  • One Traveler, Who Toured That Area Of The World ...

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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    One traveler, who toured that area of the world before it became commercialized, wrote this description of how evening banquets at rich guys’ houses went in 1894. He said, “…entertainment is a public affair. The gateway of the court, and the door… stand open… A long, low table, or more often ...read more

  • Two Young Boys Were Spending The Night At Their ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 24, 2007
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    Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’ house. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers. The youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs, "I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE. I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO. I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..." His older brother ...read more

  • A Homeless Drug Addict In June 1984, John Corapi ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 30, 2008
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    A homeless drug addict in June 1984, John Corapi stumbled back into his mother’s house, with what he called all the forces of hell riding on his shoulder. He prayed for the first time in years and experienced the mercy of God, a sense of peace that replaced the wrath he had felt until then. He ...read more

  • Be Found Doing Your Duty  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2009
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     | 4,038 views

    BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY "Keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come"(Matt 24:42). A man named Col Davenport was speaker of the Connecticut house of representatives in the late 1700s. On May 19, 1780, the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the ...read more

  • Beer Into Bread

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 21, 2010
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    BEER INTO BREAD There was a young boy in his school class, and his teacher was telling them how foolish the Bible is and the stories written in the Bible. In particular, she pointed out the story where Jesus turned the water into wine. She asked the boy to stand up and said, "Surely you do not ...read more

  • I Can See You.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    "I CAN SEE YOU." One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to his son, "Jump! I'll catch you." He knew the boy had to jump to save his life. All the boy could see, however, was flame, smoke, ...read more

  • The Healing Rainbow

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 28, 2011
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    THE HEALING RAINBOW Years ago one of our sons – age 10-12 – spoke some remarkable words. I had been ill. He was outside and saw a rainbow which he perceived as being over our house. He came inside and said, "Are you better yet? I thought maybe you were being healed." At that young age he had ...read more

  • Impersonal America

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    IMPERSONAL AMERICA Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don’t call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house ...read more

  • A Pet Sin

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
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    A family in Texas had a little lion cub. Somehow, they had gotten it and they thought they would raise it as a pet and keep it in their apartment. One night they stepped across the hall to visit their friends while their baby boy slept in his crib. When they came back to their apartment, they ...read more

  • Example Of Extreme Forgiveness

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 17, 2020
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    Twenty years ago, Rwanda experienced a horrible genocide as one tribal group attacked and massacred another over tribal rivalry. Here is one story of forgiveness from that horrid era. “He killed my father and three brothers. He did these killings with other people, but he came alone to me and ...read more

  • Economist Robert Heilbroner Describes The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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    "Economist Robert Heilbroner describes the luxuries a typical American family would have to surrender if they lived among the one billion hungry people in the Third World: We begin by invading the house of our imaginary American family to strip it of its furniture. Everything goes: beds, chairs, ...read more

  • For Love Of Jim

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 5, 2005
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    For Love of Jim Jim and Jack were the best of friends. Devoted. Inseparable. So when Jim lost both his legs in a railroad accident, Jack did everything he could to help. At first Jim was certain his career with the railroad was finished.. Then the company gave him another job¨Csignalman. His ...read more

  • The Vineyard Caretaker

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 29, 2008
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    THE VINEYARD CARETAKER Mark 11:27-12:12 In high school I was on the track team – I was a sprinter. Our coach would make us sprinters run long distance as well as run sprints for practice. We hated running long distance, it was so boring, it was so tedious, we felt it was against our nature. But ...read more

  • On Monday, September 15, 2008, A Very Interesting ...

    Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Sep 24, 2008
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    On Monday, September 15, 2008, a very interesting panel of men was assembled and interviewed as a PBS special. The program aired on Friday night, September 19th. The gathering was of past and current White House Chief of Staff. One of the questions that was posed to the men was, “In your ...read more

  • On Monday, September 15, 2008, A Very Interesting ...

    Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Sep 25, 2008
     | 1,465 views

    On Monday, September 15, 2008, a very interesting panel of men was assembled and interviewed as a PBS special. The program aired on Friday night, September 19th. The gathering was of past and current White House Chief of Staff. One of the questions that was posed to the men was, “In your ...read more

  • Small Things With Great Love

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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    SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE Gary Morsch is the founder of Heart to Heart in Kansas City. As a physician, he has done magnificient work around the world taking medical supplies to low income people. Several years ago, he took a trip to Calcutta and Mother Teresa's House for the Destitute Dying. He ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Pair Of Mildewed Shoes

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 22, 2020
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    A number of years ago I received a three-year assignment to Okinawa, Japan, as part of my Air Force experience. Hardly anybody I knew had much knowledge of that part of the world, so we really had no idea what to expect. We were in for a number of surprises! We lived in a motel, basically, for a ...read more

  • There Have Been A Number Of Times When Hopefully ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
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    There have been a number of times when hopefully my children have learned from me.. from both my mistakes and my successes. But as each parent knows, there are many times we can learn from them. One of those times that I will never forget was when our children were young. As a family we made a pact ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Pearl

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2022
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    Once there was a man who collected and traded in pearls. He had a fine collection of his own. But one day, while he was away on business, he spotted a beautiful pearl in a Jeweler's window. It was a pearl such as he had never seen, perfect in shape, size, and color. He thought to himself, ...read more