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  • One Day A Farmer's Donkey Fell Down Into ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,459 views

    -ILLUS: One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway , it just wasn’t worth the effort to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his ...read more

  • We Learn To Walk During The Good Times And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,306 views

    We learn to walk during the good times and the bad times: One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and ...read more

  • I Can Face Anything

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 17, 2008
     | 2,240 views

    I CAN FACE ANYTHING In a gruesome Nazi prison camp in WWII, Corrie ten Boom and her sister Betsie had just arrived at Ravensbruck, where new prisoners were being searched. Corrie was hiding a Bible under her dress. It did bulge out obviously through my dress; but I prayed, "Lord, cause now ...read more

  • It Was A Busy Day In Our Costa Mesa, California, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
     | 1,793 views

    It was a busy day in our Costa Mesa, California, home. But then, with 6 children and one on the way, every day was a bit hectic. On this particular day, however, I was having trouble doing even routine chores -- all because of one little boy. Len, who was three at the time, was on my heels no ...read more

  • Lunchbox Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,739 views

    LUNCHBOX WORSHIP Have you ever been sitting in the break room at work or somewhere during lunchtime with your friend or coworker, and begin to eat your lunch that you brought from home? Your friend or coworkers lunch is made from homemade fluffly bread, that’s a two-hander meal, stacked with fresh ...read more

  • Metamorphosis

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,148 views

    Metamorphosis In a world filled with sweet scents and blue sky, Lives the gentle, uplifting butterfly, Whose metamorphosis has this truth to teach: Our aspirations are within our reach. For this fluttering flyer of soaring worth Was at one time a creature that crawled the earth. When she climbed ...read more

  • Don't Have To Spank Me

    Contributed by Rev. Ryan Peters on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,234 views

    DON'T HAVE TO SPANK ME During the normal works of the day, Jenny the local Pastor’s wife is watching her three little boys while her husband is at the church. When all of a sudden she hears a large crash in the living room, and when she runs in to see what it was there was little 4-year-old Brian ...read more

  • When Thomas Edison Was 38 Years Old, His Wife ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 9, 2009
     | 2,031 views

    When Thomas Edison was 38 years old, his wife died leaving him a very lonely man. Six months after her death, Edison began looking for a new mate. He would leave no stone unturned in a systematic search reflecting his scientific nature. Although he liked to be portrayed in the media as a genius ...read more

  • Be Content To Speak In A Cottage

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 3,240 views

    BE CONTENT TO SPEAK IN A COTTAGE January 6, 1850, was bitterly cold in Colchester, England, a hard-biting blizzard keeping most worshipers at home. At the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street, only about a dozen showed up. When it became apparent that even the pastor would not arrive, an ...read more

  • There Was A Man Traveling Through A Certain Area ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 1,831 views

    There was a man traveling through a certain area out west and he ran out of gas. As the economy was bad, he was really struggling. He didn’t have any money and was trying to get home to his wife and kids after interviewing for a job. So he looked in the phone book and called a sister church. The ...read more

  • Spiritual Depth: Icebergs, Not Trees

    Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Feb 8, 2010
     | 4,510 views

    Spiritual Depth: Icebergs, Not Trees For lots of people, when they think of depth-they think of a tree with deep roots. The thinking is that if a tree wants to be big and strong, then it has to grow its roots deep into the soil to support its weight. I did some research on tree roots, and it's ...read more

  • Tougher Pastures

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 2, 2010
     | 2,053 views

    TOUGHER PASTURES For our own good God will not let us stay too comfortable! As unlikely as it sounds, the birth of a giraffe teaches us a similar lesson. When a baby giraffe is born it drops 10 feet to the ground and lands on its back. Within seconds, it rolls to an upright position with its ...read more

  • The Body Reaching Out

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,849 views

    THE BODY REACHING OUT When I was in seminary and I moved into the dormitory, I went to the largest church in Fort Worth at the time. I was looking for a church to join, because I believe it's important for Christians to be a part of a local church. I didn't like the idea of "shopping around" for a ...read more

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

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Oct 17, 2010
     | 3,151 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

  • Waiting Vs. Watching For Him

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,888 views

    WAITING VS. WATCHING FOR HIM The Lord told us not only to wait for him but to watch for him, and he has pronounced a special blessing on those who watch. The difference between waiting and watching is illustrated in a story told of a Scotch fishing village. After days at sea, the skipper of a ...read more

  • Hit By A Rock

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,203 views

    HIT BY A ROCK Corrective suffering is tribulation or affliction God allows in our lives to chasten us for unforsaken sin in order to turn us back to Him. In the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the broken end of a high voltage wire was lying on the pavement, along which the engineer was walking, ...read more

  • The Path Of Rescue—follow The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 5,888 views

    THE PATH OF RESCUE--FOLLOW THE LIGHT Bob Russell shared an interesting illustration about darkness and light several years back with the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. He said: "Every once in a while we get a bird inside this sanctuary. He doesn't really want to be in here, but ...read more

  • The Obedient Mule

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Oct 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,393 views

    THE OBEDIENT MULE There is a story about a farmer who wanted to sell his mule so The put the add in the local paper. One day a man from another community came to the farm. The two farmers got to talking and eventually they got around to talking about the mule. The farmer who wanted to buy the ...read more

  • Waking Up In Another Room

    Contributed by Jason W. Lawson on Nov 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,586 views

    WAKING UP IN ANOTHER ROOM A young child was diagnosed with a terminal disease. The parents knew that he would die soon. The child as well knew that his death would be soon. One night he was sitting in his mother's lap watching television with her. He looked up into her eyes and said, "Mommy does ...read more

  • Who Influences Whom?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 15, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,853 views

    WHO INFLUENCES WHOM? I heard a joke about Bill and Hillary Clinton recently. It seems they were on vacation one weekend, and decided to go for a drive to see the beautiful countryside. After a while, they needed to stop for gas. They pulled into a tiny gas station, and out walked a man to help ...read more