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  • The Artist And The Gardener

    Contributed by Matthew Carpenter on Apr 1, 2011
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    THE ARTIST AND THE GARDENER Both the artist and the gardener begin with contemplation, paying close attention to what is already there. The gardner looks carefully at the landscape; the existing plants, both flowers and weeds; the way the sun falls on the land, and so on. The artist regards their ...read more

  • How God Calls It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,236 views

    HOW GOD CALLS IT A major league baseball player hit the ball far out in left field. Bases were loaded. The one who was on 2nd base made it all the way to home plate and he collided with the catcher. Immediately, the one team yelled, "He's safe, he's safe, he's safe." The other team yelled, "He's ...read more

  • God As My Guard  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,083 views

    GOD AS MY GUARD I remember one time driving on a completely unknown route. It was dark, early in the morning, just after midnight. I didn’t know the way and I thought I can drive ahead and somehow will find the town I was looking for. It was the time when all the routes in Kenya were very poor ...read more

  • If You Want It Bad Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,925 views

    IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH When a person first comes to faith in Christ and gets a taste of His grace, they can’t get enough of the Bible. Pat Summerall, the well-known sports announcer, trusted Christ with his life and overcame alcohol in the late 60’s. As he describes his life with Christ, he ...read more

  • Where's Your Security  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Aug 11, 2011
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     | 4,745 views

    WHERE'S YOUR SECURITY (NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Investors lost $1 trillion in the in the stock market Monday as the debt crisis in Europe, lackluster economic news and a downgrade to the U.S. credit rating spark fears of a double-dip recession. Investors placed their wealth in the hands of a man ...read more

  • The Glue Trap Of Lust

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,329 views

    THE GLUE TRAP OF LUST Adam Hamilton tells the story of moving into his house after it was built only to discover that it was infested with mice. So he got glue traps which have a scent that attracts the mice. They step on it and then are stuck. Then the mice need to be killed and disposed of. He ...read more

  • Time To A Pig

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
     | 3,462 views

    TIME TO A PIG Reminds me of a man who was walking past a farm, and noticed a farmer feeding pigs in a most extraordinary manner. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree directly. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another ...read more

  • Doing What We're Supposed To Be Doing

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 15, 2012
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    DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A high school teen came home from school to find his mother in the kitchen making supper. She asked what was new in school today. He said that a lot of the teens in his class were saying that the world was going to end that night and I was wondering what you ...read more

  • Years Ago I Read An Autobiography Of A Lady ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 2, 2012
     | 2,596 views

    Years ago I read an autobiography of a lady named Patty Roberts. She had been the wife of Richard Roberts and the daughter in law of Oral Roberts. She and Richard were often the musical portion of Oral Roberts television specials. Patty had a simple faith and struggled with the financial aspect ...read more

  • A Jealous Wife  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,167 views

    A JEALOUS WIFE A man worked in an office with several attractive ladies. His wife, constantly jealous, had a list of questions ready every day. Then she would examine his coat. If she found a blond hair she would accuse, "You’re having an affair with a blond woman." If she found a red hair, black ...read more

  • If Crumbs Of Joy Now, What Next?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    IF CRUMBS OF JOY NOW, WHAT NEXT? A widely respected man known as "Uncle Johnson" died in Michigan at the incredible age of 120. Perhaps his advanced years could be credited in part to the cheerful outlook that characterized his life. One day while at work in his garden, he was singing songs of ...read more

  • Ali Kissed 'em!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    "ALI KISSED 'EM!" Former boxing writer Harold Conrad visited a women's prison with heavyweight fighter Muhammad Ali. "All the inmates lined up," wrote Conrad. "They were ooh-ing and aah-ing as he went along. There were some good-looking ones. But he kissed only the ugly ones." After they left the ...read more

  • The Blue And Red Spigots

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Sep 13, 2012
     | 2,327 views

    THE BLUE AND RED SPIGOTS John Michael Cussick (Surfing for God, 104) took out two brass spigots. One has a red knob and the other has a blue knob. The red knob represents how we often look at the Christian life. The assumption is that the source from which the water flows is a cesspool and so we ...read more

  • God Is Not An Editor

    Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012
     | 2,564 views

    GOD IS NOT AN EDITOR "God is looking for common ordinary people like you and me who are willing to let Him use as He sees fit. He wants to write our story, He doesn’t want to be our editor. But, we want to write the story and then we call God in as our editor. When the story gets messy then we ...read more

  • Storage Wars. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,392 views

    I enjoy watching a TV show called Storage Wars. In this reality show people bid on storage units that have been abandoned after having five minutes to look at them from the doorway. I enjoy watching because many times they find some great treasures worth a lot of money buried in all the other ...read more

  • She Thinks I'm Real!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
     | 2,006 views

    A story is told of a family that went into a restaurant. The waitress walked up and, looking at the young boy, said: “What will it be?” The boy eagerly shouted back: “I’ll take a hamburger, French fries, and a chocolate shake.” The mother immediately interrupted: “Oh, that’s not what he ...read more

  • A Young Second Lieutenant At Fort Bragg ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,979 views

    A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so; let me take a look." The ...read more

  • One Day As My Two Year Old Daughter And I Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,384 views

    One day as my two year old daughter and I had finished our shopping at the mall, I was walking ahead of her continually asking her to "hurry up." I wanted to get home, but she was enjoying all the sights and sounds. As she walked right behind me, I looked back to see my daughter had stopped to ...read more

  • I'm Going To Tell You A Metaphoric Story Based ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,312 views

    I’m going to tell you a metaphoric story based upon a metaphor written by Silvia Hartmann. There was a merchant ship at sea. It was a beautiful day. The sea was calm, the sun was warm, and the breeze was full and refreshing. A nor’easter blows and a storm engulfs the ship. The Captain looks to ...read more

  • A Few Blocks Below My College Was A Restaurant ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 11, 2007
     | 769 views

    A few blocks below my college was a restaurant that served only breakfast – and it was a great breakfast, cheap. What made this breakfast unique was that, except for the manager, everything was handled by mentally handicapped folks. They were the cooks, the waiters and waitresses, the busboy, the ...read more