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  • A Little Girl Walking In A Garden Noticed A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 153 ratings
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    A little girl walking in a garden noticed a particularly beautiful flower. She admired its beauty and enjoyed its fragrance. “It’s so pretty!” she exclaimed. As she gazed on it, her eyes followed the stem down to the soil in which it grew. “This flower is too pretty to be planted in such dirt!” ...read more

  • In The Book "A Window On The Mountain," Winston ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,573 views

    In the book "A Window on the Mountain," Winston Pierce tells of his high school class reunion. A group of the old classmates were reminiscing about things and persons they were grateful for. One man mentioned that he was particularly thankful for Mrs. Wendt, for she more than anyone had ...read more

  • The Definition Of Barbecuing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2003
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,142 views

    THE DEFINITION OF BARBECUING It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion: 1) The woman goes to the store. 2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert. 3) The woman prepares the ...read more

  • The Dawn Of Goodness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2003
     | 2,865 views

    THE DAWN OF GOODNESS There is the story of a young lady who was a bright student. Unfortunately, she did not have assurance. Her name was Marian. She was working her way through college by cleaning the dorm rooms of her fellow students. She was often annoyed by their in ability to say “thank you” ...read more

  • A Day To Diet?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,922 views

    A DAY TO DIET? Do you diet on Turkey day, or do you hide your food journal for fear you will fill all its pages on this one day? Here’s what Jeanne McManus of the Washington Post says about the tradition of eating on Thanksgiving day: "I believe in tradition. I believe in Thanksgiving. I ...read more

  • In 1986 Paul Vitz, Wrote A Book Entitled, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,494 views

    In 1986 Paul Vitz, wrote a book entitled, Censorship: Evidence of bias in our children’s textbooks. Now, Paul Vitz is not some Bible-thumper, he is a professor of psychology at N.Y.U. and for his study he systematically examined some 90 widely used school textbooks. He wanted to answer the ...read more

  • Griping Is Not An Unusual Trait Shared By A Good ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,030 views

    Griping is not an unusual trait shared by a good number of believers whether they are at work, at home or in church—demanding bosses, nagging wives, stubborn kids, boring preachers, incompetent government, rising prices, the list of our objects of complaint goes on and on. If we fined ourselves ...read more

  • I Recently Read A News Story About A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,817 views

    I recently read a news story about a little village in Austria named Rattenberg. It is “the smallest town in Austria, and getting smaller each year. The town has lost 20 percent of its population in the past two decades, and as of 2005 had only 440 residents. The reason? Darkness. Rattenberg is ...read more

  • When A Fellow Pastor Was A Child, His Family Sold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Vertein on Dec 12, 2005
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     | 1,699 views

    When a fellow pastor was a child, his family sold evergreens for Christmas. Since they did the trimming throughout the year, they could tell which tree was the fullest, and they would tag it, so that no one else would take the tree that they wanted... Spiritually, we probably resemble Charlie ...read more

  • An Old Circuit Riding Preacher Had Finished His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    An old circuit riding preacher had finished his last meeting of the year before winter set in and made it impossible to travel across the hills of West Virginia. The church where he was leaving received an offering for him and wrapped it in a napkin. He sat on his horse and kindly thanked the ...read more

  • God's Loving Son  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    Illus.: “God’s Loving Son” A certain rich man died and left no heirs. When his household goods were auctioned off, an elderly lady dressed in shabby garments was the only one to bid on the picture of the dead man’s son. It had been greatly cherished by the wealthy father because his only child ...read more

  • When Do We Usually Want To Know God's Will? When ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 29, 2008
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    When do we usually want to know God's will? When we've run out of answers. Thank God for the times the answers run out and we must look to him! Tony Dungy is the coach of the Indianapolis Colts who won the Super Bowl last season. He is a devout Christian and has written a book, not about ...read more

  • We Need More Training  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,284 views

    WE NEED MORE TRAINING I have decided to join the US Army. Depending on whether or not I could pass the physical.... Well, let's assume I did. In that case, I figure it should only take me about one week of training and I'll be ready to go to Iraq or Afghanistan. OH COME ON NOW! We all know better ...read more

  • Just Before General Eisenhower Died, Billy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,392 views

    Just before General Eisenhower died, Billy Graham was invited to visit him at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC He was told he could stay thirty minutes. When he went in, the general was wearing his usual big smile, even though he knew he didn’t have long to live. Later Billy Graham told what ...read more

  • The Other Night I Put The Boys Into Bed. ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
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    Illus. The other night I put the boys into bed. “Good night, go to bed, no talking. See you in the morning” Pretty clear right? I was 5 feet from the door and I heard them talking. So I went back in. Reminded them, no talking. Go to bed! 10 minutes later I hear giggling. I walk in just as ...read more

  • I Feel Nudged Up Into Sharing This Experience. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,939 views

    I feel nudged up into sharing this experience. Usually, life brings with it its mysteries where at times you enjoy the Lord’s abundant provision while on other occasions you enjoy lack! In this particular day, we had no electricity in the house and there was no kerosene to light up the kerosene ...read more

  • As A Boy, Larry Crabb Stuttered But Now He Is A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,472 views

    As a boy, Larry Crabb stuttered but now he is a popular speaker and psychologist. He recalls one time as a young man when felt pressure by expectation to pray out loud because that was the tradition of his church. In a terribly confused prayer, he recalled “thanking the Father for hanging on the ...read more

  • Ill - In 2006 Elizabeth Shoaf Was Abducted While ...

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Mar 20, 2008
     | 2,880 views

    ILL - In 2006 Elizabeth Shoaf was abducted while walking home from school. The predator was a local man – weird past… He put Elizabeth in a bunker he had dug in the woods, and there molested her for 14 days! How do you survive that? Elizabeth used several techniques to shut her mind down and keep ...read more

  • A Bug's Life: Small Steps Of Faith

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,077 views

    A BUG'S LIFE: SMALL STEPS OF FAITH A Bug’s Life, Start time 6:30 Overview from Belknapp: Dot complains to Flik about her underdeveloped wings. She wants to fly now! Flik encourages her, showing her that a seed that starts out small eventually grows into a towering tree-it only takes time and ...read more

  • Are You Worth Saving?

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 3,728 views

    ARE YOU WORTH SAVING? Bishop Moore tells the story of a little boy who was swimming one day in a lake when suddenly he suffered some type of physical difficulty and could swim no farther. The boy struggled for his life. He had gone under twice, when he felt the strong arm of a man lifting him. The ...read more