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  • A Man Is Walking Past The Field Of A Farmer With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,573 views

    A man is walking past the field of a farmer with a cow on a roap. The farmer says, "Hey mister, where ya goin with thet there cow?’ The man replies, "I’m takin it to town to sell it." The farmer says, " You mean if it’s the Lords will you are." The man says , "Well it’s my cow and I recon I can do ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Eagerly Looking Forward To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 1,769 views

    A little boy was eagerly looking forward to the birthday party of a friend who lived only a few blocks away. When the day finally arrived, a blizzard made the sidewalks and roads nearly impassable. The lad’s father, sensing the danger, hesitated to let his son go. The youngster reacted tearfully. ...read more

  • Cartoons At Times Will Have A Scene Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Feb 26, 2003
    based on 90 ratings
     | 4,745 views

    Cartoons at times will have a scene where someone, let’s says Wild E. Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons, falls off the edge of a cliff. As he falls, he grabs hold of a twig sticking out of the side of the cliff. He hangs there for a short time. Then the twig snaps and he falls. It doesn’t matter ...read more

  • Why Does Satan Attack Us With Firey Darts Or ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Oct 10, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,439 views

    Why does Satan attack us with Firey darts or arrows? Becuase a flaming arrow does not need to hit it’s target EXACTLY, it just needs to get close enough for the fire to spread. And fire left unattended will become unmanagable! A few years ago, I had some of those nice smelling candles lit in my ...read more

  • Runner's World" Told The Story Of Beth Anne ...

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
     | 5,057 views

    "Runner’s World" told the story of Beth Anne DeCiantis’s attempt to qualify for the 1992 Olympic Trials marathon. A female runner had to complete the 26-mile race in less than two hours, forty-five minutes to compete at the Olympic Trials. Beth started strong but began having trouble around mile ...read more

  • To Be Six Years Old  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,822 views

    TO BE SIX YEARS OLD There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school. The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance. The father ...read more

  • Jesus Draws A Very Vivid Picture In This Text Of ...

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 3, 2005
     | 2,897 views

    Jesus draws a very vivid picture in this text of heaven and hell. Both are eternal. You can’t deny it. For those who would like to think that heaven is eternal, but hell is not - it can’t be done without tearing out the very words of God. In Matthew 25:46 Jesus lays eternal heaven and hell ...read more

  • Six Inches Beyond  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Gough Ii on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,204 views

    Do you any of you remember Bruce Lee? He was a world-champion martial artist and an actor, and he had a fighting style unlike any other because he developed it himself. In demonstrations, he often exhibited an almost inhuman ability in the force and power of his blows. He was once asked by ...read more

  • Strong Emotions

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,730 views

    There is nothing wrong with strong emotions; even those that center squarely upon ourselves. Witness the story of missionary Adoniram Judson. He sweated out Burma’s heat for 18 years without a furlough, six years without a convert. Enduring torture and imprisonment, he admitted that he never saw a ...read more

  • It Is Not The Critic Who Counts: Not The Man Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,831 views

    It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes ...read more

  • Pastor Don Baker Relates A Story Of Rev. Tom ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,848 views

    Pastor Don Baker relates a story of Rev. Tom Erickson: The public Library has a system called "Dial-A-Tale." Anytime a young child wants to hear a fairy tale, he can call the number and a voice comes on reading a short fairy tale to the listening young ear. However, the number is only one digit ...read more

  • It Is Not The Critic Who Counts: Not The Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,579 views

    It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes ...read more

  • In A 1998 Usa Weekend Exclusive Survey Of More ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
     | 2,395 views

    In a 1998 USA Weekend exclusive survey of more than a quarter million teens -- one of the most extensive ever -- teens responded honestly about tackling their identity crisis. An unprecedented 272,400 students wrote in and confessed their short-comings and exposed their passion to improve ...read more

  • Regression Example  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,488 views

    REGRESSION EXAMPLE Several years ago, there was an article in the Virginia Medical Monthly about a lady who regressed in her life development. This lady had three children. When her husband died, she started regressing in her development. Initially she started dressing like a twenty-year-old. She ...read more

  • John - The Apostle Of ...

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 1, 2009
     | 2,246 views

    John - The Apostle of Love John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used ...read more

  • Worthless Slaves

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 16, 2009
     | 2,941 views

    WORTHLESS SLAVES Rewards from God are never merited as something God owes us but come as a free gift from his grace. Jesus brought this home at another time with a short story. Suppose you had a slave plowing the fields. Now when that slave came in, would you say, "Sit down and I’ll get you some ...read more

  • The Murder Of Willie Stokes Jr. A Young Gambler ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 17, 2010
     | 1,489 views

    The murder of Willie Stokes Jr. a young gambler on the south side of Chicago attracted local attention when the family had an auto-body shop outfit his coffin as a Cadillac Seville, complete with trunk and front grille, windshield and dashboard, silver spoke wheels, working headlights and tail ...read more

  • The Bronze Serpent

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,764 views

    THE BRONZE SERPENT This event, the healing effected by glancing at the Copper Serpent, was so spectacular that it was probably famed region wide. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "With the decline of Egyptian control of the region in the middle of the 12th century BCE, the ...read more

  • He's My Dad.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,751 views

    "HE'S MY DAD." A group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps, looking for new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty, that its value to science was incalculable. But it lay deep in a ravine with cliffs on both ...read more

  • Ox And Mule

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 6, 2017
     | 6,956 views

    An old farmer plowed hard for many days with an ox and mule yoked together. The ox told the mule that they should play sick and rest. The mule declined saying, “No, we must get the work done for the season is short. But the ox played sick and the farmer brought him hay and corn and made him ...read more