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  • Two Friends Who Happened To Be Avid Fishermen Met ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    Two friends who happened to be avid fishermen met up at the casino the other day. Of course, the first thing they started doing was to swap fish stories. The one man said he had caught a fish up at the lake that weighed 400 pounds. The other man, not to be outdone, said he had gone fishing ...read more

  • What Is Your Favorite Drink? Imagine I Gave You ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jun 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,137 views

    What is your favorite drink? Imagine I gave you a large cup filled to the brim. You take a sip and say, “Ah that’s good!” What are you drinking? What happens if as you take the next sip someone unexpectedly runs into you like a linebacker hitting a running back or a five year old jumping into ...read more

  • No Charge

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    A young boy wrote a letter to his mother: Dear Mom, For cleaning my room: 25c For doing the dishes: 25c For taking out the trash: 25c For cutting the grass: 25c Total: $1.00 The mother came home and read the note. She then pulled out the dollar and placed it with his note. She then ...read more

  • A Bit Of Knife Blade

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,297 views

    Rev. John McNeil told the following story: A ship once wrecked on the Irish coast. The captain was a careful one. Nor had the weather been of so severe a kind to explain the wide distance the ship had swerved from her course. The ship went down, but so much interest was attached to the disaster ...read more

  • At A Great Parliament Of Religions, Held At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    At a great parliament of religions, held at Chicago many years ago, practically every known religion was represented, and many learned discourses were delivered. During one session, Dr. Joseph Cook of Boston suddenly rose and said: "Gentlemen, I beg to introduce to you a woman with great sorrow. ...read more

  • Robert Fulghum Writes, "All I Really Need To Know ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
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    Robert Fulghum writes, “All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don’t hit ...read more

  • Futile Renovations

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
     | 1,741 views

    Futile Renovations London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget My Brother Ken's 1971 Pontiac ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    I’ll never forget my brother Ken’s 1971 Pontiac Safari station wagon. Besides being dark brown colored and handling like a boat, it had an exhaust leak so it made some very interesting sounds. It just wasn’t a “chick magnet” kind of car. Well, when you’re a freshman in college, you’re happy just ...read more

  • Surely God Must Love Healing Since He Allows So ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2008
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    "Surely God must love healing since He allows so much of it to occur every day. He created us with healing properties within us. A cut finger, in most cases, heals itself. There has to be something severely wrong with a person for a cut not to heal on its own. A broken limb has the ability to fuse ...read more

  • This Story Comes From Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    This story comes from Reggie McNeal: I was sitting on a bench on a beach boardwalk late one afternoon, resting after an hour walk. I had passed a woman in a green uniform pushing a broom several times. She came toward my bench doing her meticulous sweeping of the sidewalk. Suddenly she stopped, ...read more

  • Courage V. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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    COURAGE V. JUDGMENT I heard a story this week about a bull that loved to chew his cud while sitting beneath a shade tree. That particular tree was located just a stone’s throw from a set of railroad tracks. And every time that train came blowing by, it would disturb his afternoon nap and frustrate ...read more

  • Let Me Introduce You To An Old Friend You've Know ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on May 3, 2009
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    Let me introduce you to an old friend you’ve know for a long time. A friend is someone that makes you a better person. Sometimes a friend loves you so much he will even hurt you to help you. Proverbs says the wounds of a friend can be trusted, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Like ...read more

  • A Holy Minister In The Hands Of God

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    A HOLY MINISTER IN THE HANDS OF GOD We must heed the memorable words written by Robert Murray McCheyne to the Rev. Dan Edwards on 2 October 1840 after his ordination as a missionary to the Jews: "I trust you will have a pleasant and profitable time in Germany. I know you will apply hard to German; ...read more

  • Born In A Barn

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
     | 2,036 views

    BORN IN A BARN Have you ever heard it said to you: "Were you born in a barn?" Or maybe this variation -- "You weren't born in a barn -- shut the door!" I tell ya what; I use to hear that said a lot growing up -- either referring to that I had left the door open, or that my room was becoming ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil With Good

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
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    OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD Stuart Holden (1874-1934), the author of "Prevailing Intercessory Prayer", was in Egypt and met a sergeant in a Highland regiment. "How were you brought to Christ?" he asked this bright Christian. The sergeant responded: "There was a private in the same company as myself ...read more

  • A Story For Peace-Lovers  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 21, 2013
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,287 views

    A STORY FOR PEACE-LOVERS (Narrated by Dorothy S. Mclaren) One morning a little girl, dressed in spotless white, with a lovely bouquet of flowers in her hands, passed by a boy who was playing in the dusty street. The sight of this pretty girl stirred the spirit of mischief in the boy’s heart and ...read more

  • Too Soon To Quit

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 3, 2009
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    TOO SOON TO QUIT Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. I heard a story of a weak, sickly man. The weak man decided to withdraw from society and die. The man owned a cabin far from any other people. There was a boulder by the edge of the porch, a huge boulder. He ...read more

  • Easter Is So Much More Than Learning How To Face ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Wessel on Apr 14, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
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    Easter is so much more than learning how to face death without fear, with courage and dignity. After all, even philosophers, poets, and scientists can do that. I remember the astronomer Carl Sagan mention in an interview that he was looking forward to death as “the last great adventure.” Walt ...read more

  • An Answered Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 57 ratings
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    AN ANSWERED PRAYER John Maxwell writes in his book, Partners in Prayer; "In the summer of 1876, grasshoppers nearly destroyed the crops in Minnesota. SO in the spring of 1877, farmers were worried. They believed that the dreadful plague would once again visit them and again destroy the rich ...read more

  • The Wrong Horse  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
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    THE WRONG HORSE Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses were ...read more