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  • Two Brothers

    Contributed by Robert Castile on Nov 24, 2003
     | 3,082 views

    Two Brothers Two brothers worked together on the family farm. One was married and had a large family. The other was single. At the day’s end, the brothers shared everything equally, produce and profit. Then one day the single brother said to himself, ’’It’s not right that we should share equally ...read more

  • One Such Story Happened In 1968. A Whole Village ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    One such story happened in 1968. A whole village in South Vietnam experienced a miracle of Divine intervention and protection. Under cover of darkness a Viet Cong soldier, one of a battalion of over one thousand in the area came to the village and warned, “Tomorrow is your day. So if you need to ...read more

  • Picture A Scene From The Old West, Sometime In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,076 views

    Picture a scene from the Old West, sometime in the 1870s. Weary cowboys in dusty Levi’s gather around a blazing campfire after a day on the open range. The lonely howl of a coyote counterpoints the notes of a guitar as the moon floats serenely overhead. Suddenly a bellow of pain shatters the night, ...read more

  • The Devil's Great Deception

    Contributed by Steaven Snow on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,504 views

    The Devil’s Great Deception Last Saturday, two ladies from the church were out soul-winning. As they approached a large yellow house with quaint burgundy shutters, they noticed the ramp leading up to the front door. It led up to a large porch with a swinging gate. When they knocked on the ...read more

  • Most Of You Probably Already Have Your Christmas ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004
     | 1,005 views

    Most of you probably already have your Christmas tree. If you don’t have a "fake" tree than you probably went to a lot, or got a permit to cut one down. You looked at various trees, you selected one, put it in a tree stand, watered it & decorated it. It will be the center of attention in your home ...read more

  • Forty Middle-Aged Men Sat On Metal Chairs On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,634 views

    FORTY MIDDLE-AGED MEN SAT ON METAL CHAIRS ON THE CAPITOL STEPS IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, THAT JANUARY DAY, IN 1984, WHICH INCLUDED JIMMY DOOLITTLE, PAPPY BOYINGTON, AND WILLIAM STOCKDALE. B. ALL FORTY MEN RECEIVED: A AUTOMOBILE LICENSE STAMPED WITH FOUR DISTINCTIVE WORDS, "CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF ...read more

  • Haddon Robinson Tells The Story Of Young Chinese ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 3, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,802 views

    Haddon Robinson tells the story of young Chinese boy who wanted to learn all about jade. He went to an old teacher who specialized in the beautiful gem and asked him to teach him. The old man agreed. In lesson 1 the old man placed a piece of the precious stone into the young man’s hand and told him ...read more

  • On The Morning Of October 2, 2006, A Troubled ...

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Aug 29, 2007
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    On the morning of October 2, 2006, a troubled milkman named Charles Carl Roberts barricaded himself inside the West Nickel Mine Amish School, ultimately murdering five young girls and wounding six others. Roberts committed suicide when police arrived on the scene. It was a dark day for the Amish ...read more

  • The Art Of "One-Anothering"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 3,373 views

    THE ART OF "ONE-ANOTHERING" "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity ...read more

  • There Have Been Many Practical Jokes Pulled On ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 12, 2008
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     | 2,261 views

    There have been many practical jokes pulled on folks in recognition of this day. In 2005, the media reported that NASA had discovered water on Mars, and had actual pictures on the official NASA website. Those who went to the NASA website to check it out, found a picture of a glass of water ...read more

  • Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner Are A Normal Part Of ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 26, 2008
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    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are a normal part of the day. We all revolve our days around eating food. You probably wouldn't think of going without physical food for a week or even a day, would you? Food is necessary for physical life. Without food, we become weakened and eventually become ill. ...read more

  • In John 6:40 Jesus Says, "For My Father's Will Is ...

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Aug 17, 2008
     | 1,829 views

    In John 6:40 Jesus says, “For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” But wait a minute, there is something within every person that prevents us from looking to Jesus. It is the belief that we’re ...read more

  • We 'are' Preaching

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,093 views

    WE ’ARE’ PREACHING One day St. Francis of Assisi invited a young monk to join him on a trip into town to preach. The young monk was so honored that he quickly accepted. All day long they walked through the streets, and rubbed shoulders and visited with hundreds of people. At the end of the day, ...read more

  • O Let Him ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 19, 2009
     | 738 views

    “O Let Him In!” A picture of the Lord Jesus knocking at the door of a heart was taken one day by a parish visitor to a house where a father and mother lived with their small son. Some impulse made the mother pin the picture up in their little kitchen and when the small boy came in from school, he ...read more

  • The Value Of Connecting

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,771 views

    THE VALUE OF CONNECTING Larry Crabb tells the story of a man he knew that attempted suicide. His injury was so severe that he should have died, but he recovered and sought out Dr. Crabb for therapy. The two had been meeting together for some time. They covered a lot of ground. Dr. Crabb ...read more

  • Potato Piles

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Aug 21, 2009
     | 2,420 views

    POTATO PILES A young man came to a farm looking for work. So the farmer set him to the task immediately. He had a barn that needed painting. So the task was handed to the young man. The farmer said to himself that it would take at least three days to finish the task but in two days the young man ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Judges A Man Unfairly At A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,139 views

    Chuck Swindoll Judges a Man Unfairly at a Pastor’s Conference It is so easy to get into the trap of judging others unfairly! Chuck Swindoll told of his being at a pastor’s conference where he would be speaking. The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to ...read more

  • Max Lucado On Bethlehem And The Stable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,430 views

    MAX LUCADO ON BETHLEHEM AND THE STABLE "They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby. "Yet, were someone to chance upon the ...read more

  • At The Bottom Of Many Of His Musical Manuscripts, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,145 views

    At the bottom of many of his musical manuscripts, the great organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach often wrote the letters "INDNJC." Those letters stood for "In Nomine Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" — in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. INDNJC. They did not appear on Bach's manuscripts by ...read more

  • A Journalist Was Assigned To The Jerusalem Bureau ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Oct 17, 2010
     | 2,714 views

    A journalist was assigned to the Jerusalem bureau of his newspaper. He gets an apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall. After several weeks he realizes that whenever he looks at the wall he sees an old Jewish man praying vigorously. The journalist wondered whether there was a ...read more

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