Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
A rich farmer from the State of Texas once went to the airport, walked up to the ticket counter, put $500 on the counter, and said, "Sell me a ticket."
The clerk responded: "Yes, sir. Delighted to. Where to, sir?"
Whereupon the farmer replied: "It doesn’t make any difference. I’ve got business in
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Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a novel offer. For $1000, he could buy all the land he could walk around in a day. The only catch in the deal was that he had to be back at his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2001
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Maybe you’ve heard the story about the rich old lady and the handsome young man she met in a in a restaurant. As the meal ended she came right to the point and asked, "Will you spend the night with me for one million dollars?" He looked her over and the mere thought of sleeping with this woman
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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Bob Russell told a story about a rich man who was determined to take his wealth with him. He told his wife to get all his money together, put it in a sack, and then hang the sack from the rafters in the attic. He said, "When my spirit is caught up to heaven, I’ll grab the sack on my way." Well he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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One day a rich man went fishing. He had all the latest and finest equipment. Hours later he had caught nothing. He walked on up the river and came upon a small boy with a stick and a bent hook. The boy had a fine string of trout over his shoulder and he was about to go home. The man questioned the
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025
[159]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOOD SEED IN THE THORNY GROUND
This poem was written for a recent message in a series I am currently doing on the Parables of the Kingdom from Matthew 13. It relates to the third soil type in the parable known as The Sower, {{Matthew 13:22 “The one on whom seed
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 5, 2001
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Paul Harvey told a story about a lady who was overweight and blamed
it on the traffic on the city street. She would go to bed at night and the traffic
outside her window would keep her awake. So, rather than lay there
awake, she’d get up and eat. Her reason for
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 9, 2001
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A young boy was sent to the corner store by his mother to buy a loaf of bread. He was gone much longer than it should have taken him. When he finally returned, his mother asked, “Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you.”
“Well,” he answered, “there was a little boy with a broken
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