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    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,597 views

    J Vernon McGee told the story of the days before the Civil War in a city in the south. At the center of town, there is a commotion as a crowd gathers for a public auction to watch the proceedings. In the crowd is an uncouth, foulmouthed, loud, boisterous man who is the meanest, cruelest, most ...read more

  • Let Go! Let Go!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 6, 2023
     | 1,525 views

    LET US STUDY THE EAGLE! I read about this boy that grew up in the city of New York. The boy fell in love with “EAGLES.” He checked every book out of the school library and the public library about “EAGLES.” As he got older he watched every movie, video and documentary he could find about ...read more

  • From The Official Handbook Of The United States ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 4,589 views

    From the official Handbook of the United States Peace Corps. What it says that a Peace Corp volunteer has to do if he is attacked by an anaconda snake. The anaconda is the largest snake in the world. You might think it was the boa constrictor. The anaconda is in the family with the boa constrictor, ...read more

  • Lowell Ogden Tells The Story Of A Little Boy Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 122 ratings
     | 3,804 views

    Lowell Ogden tells the story of a little boy who lived out in the country around the turn of the century. He had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday. When he asked his father for permission to go, his dad said he could providing his chores were done early. ...read more

  • He Was A Stranger And I Took Him In  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 23, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,977 views

    He Was A Stranger and I Took him In The story is told of a Kansan who owned a general store. He was a well-intending man who made a habit of offering a verse of Scripture whenever anyone purchased something from him. The group of people who sat around the store in this rural area enjoyed the ...read more

  • Thankfulness/Contentment  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 28 ratings
     | 9,183 views

    THANKFULNESS/CONTENTMENT: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their ...read more

  • In A Book Called

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
     | 2,446 views

    In a book called “Rethinking the Church,” James Emery White tells this story. He was speaking at a conference where he mentioned using contemporary music to help those who haven’t grown up in the church to receive the truth of the gospel. Afterward, an elderly woman came up to speak to him. With ...read more

  • Love As A Token

    Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Jul 19, 2011
     | 3,821 views

    LOVE AS A TOKEN Woodrow Wilson was on a train. He was in Billings, Montana. He was making whistle stops. He was the President of the United States. He was on that last coach. He was on that platform there out behind. You have seen pictures of them. His wife was next to him. There were important ...read more

  • Joseph Smith: If Someone Had Shared Grace...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Sep 19, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,929 views

    JOSEPH SMITH: IF SOMEONE HAD SHARED GRACE... Jesus was gracious to the woman taken in adultery. Sometimes, that is what reaches people. Sometimes, Christians are like the scribes and Pharisees, choosing to be judgmental instead of gracious. In the 1820's, a young woman named Emma gave birth to ...read more

  • The Master And The Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,319 views

    THE MASTER AND THE CHILD The folklore surrounding Poland's famous concert pianist and prime minister, Ignace Paderewski, includes a story, which though fictional, provides a true picture of what God can do with us: A mother, wishing to encourage her young son's progress at the piano, bought ...read more

  • I Watched A Documentary A Few Weeks Ago About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,542 views

    I watched a documentary a few weeks ago about Wal-Mart. I found something very interest out about Sam Walton the founder of Wal-Mart. He had one vision – one goal. You know what that vision was – to capture the consumer market of America. Let me ask you – how many of you have ever shopped at a ...read more

  • Old Pete Had A Knack For Catching Fish. Every ...

    Contributed by Jerry Mckee on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,129 views

    Old Pete had a knack for catching fish. Every weekend Old Pete went fishing and returned with dozens of fish. Nobody knew how he did it. When other fisherman were unable to land more than three or four, Old Pete always came back with stringer after stringer of freshly caught fish. Curious, the ...read more

  • "worst Day - Best Day - Begins And Ends With Me"

    Contributed by Terry Miller on Mar 24, 2022
     | 875 views

    No note was written. There was no obvious clue to why I had reached the depths of a horrible pit of desperation. How could life for a forty-something get any worse than that? My Worst Day had brought me to contemplating suicide! A feeling of reaching life’s dead-end road had overpowered any ...read more

  • Let Me Get A Fry?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,309 views

    Once upon a time, last week, I picked up my son after football and he was hungry. So he and I stop at Burger King to pick up a snack. Well, I bought my son two of his basic food groups, Chicken Nuggets, and French Fries. After going through the drive-through, and tossing the bag of food in the ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,143 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept ...read more

  • I Remember Reading A Peanuts Cartoon Strip In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,595 views

    I remember reading a Peanuts cartoon strip in which Lucy comes up to her brother Charlie Brown and does something that is very unusual for her. She says--I love you. But Charlie Brown keeps responding by saying: no you don’t. And each time Lucy answers a little louder: yes I do, I really love you. ...read more

  • Thomas Norris, A Native Of Jacksonville, Florida ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002
     | 988 views

    Thomas Norris, a native of Jacksonville, Florida was a Navy SEAL officer attached to the US Military Assistance Command Headquarters in Vietnam. In April 1972 Lt Norris lead a 5 man patrol deep into enemy controlled territory in Quang Tri Province to rescue two downed pilots. He was able to locate ...read more

  • Dr. Paul Tourier Once Compared Life To A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2003
     | 1,078 views

    Dr. Paul Tourier once compared life to a man hanging from a trapeze. The trapeze bar was the man’s security, his pattern of existence, his lifestyle. Then God swung another trapeze into the man’s view, and he faced a perplexing dilemma. Should he relinquish his past? Should he reach for the new ...read more

  • In San Antonio, A Man Was Sentenced To Ten Years ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
     | 1,690 views

    In San Antonio, a man was sentenced to ten years probation for a bungled burglary of a liquor store. The burglar had cut his hand badly when he broke through the roof of the store. He tried to throw a bottle of whiskey out through the hole he had created but missed, causing the bottle to fall to ...read more

  • Thomas Kinkade, 42, Is Probably The Most Widely ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,745 views

    Thomas Kinkade, 42, is probably the most widely collected artist in history. Media Arts manages the Kinkade license and generated sales of $126 million in ’99 at an enviable 67% gross profit margin. Total retail sales of Kinkade merchandise reached an estimated $250 million. There are now 350 ...read more

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