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  • There Was A Farmer That Found An Eagle Egg Where ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There was a farmer that found an Eagle egg where the mother had died or left the egg. So he placed it under one of his hens and it hatched in the hen house. At first, the eagle scratched like a chicken and ate like a chicken. But The bigger he got, he became aware that he was not a chicken. He ...read more

  • An Organization In Montana Offered A Bounty Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    An organization in Montana offered a bounty of five thousand dollars for every wolf captured alive. Two hunters named Sam and Jed decided to head for the hills and make some money capturing wolves. Day and night they scoured the mountains and forests searching for their valuable prey. Exhausted ...read more

  • I Heard About A Rabbit And A Snake Meeting In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
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    I heard about a rabbit and a snake meeting in the forest. The rabbit said, "We don’t know how we look. Why don’t we describe each other to the other so we’ll know how we look?" The snake said, "Good idea. You’ve got a pink nose, long ears, and a fluffy little tail." The rabbit liked that, and he ...read more

  • Just For Fun Let's Have A Top Ten List Of "How To ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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    Just for fun let’s have a top ten list of "How to Know when you are growing old." 10. The gleam in your eye is the sun hitting your bifocals. 09. You get winded playing cards. 08. You know all the answers but nobody asks the questions. 07. You need your glasses to find your glasses. 06. You ...read more

  • There Is This Common Saying That All That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Jan 31, 2008
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    There is this common saying that all that glitters is not gold. There are many metals and stones that glitter but they are not all gold. Gold is precious to man and that explains why many people all over the world are seeking it. In searching for gold therefore people usually come across its ...read more

  • Jesus Changed All That. And I Love The Way He Did ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 1, 2008
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    Jesus changed all that. And I love the way he did it. Talk about detail! John tells us that Jesus “spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.” Whenever I read these words, I think about another occasion when God did something remarkable with mud. In Genesis 2:7 ...read more

  • Have You Ever Tried To Count The Stars?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 6, 2008
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    Have you ever tried to count the stars? Itss impossible, you cannot do it. Look into the sky on a clear night, out of the glare of streetlights, and you will see a few thousand individual stars with your naked eyes. With even a modest amateur telescope, millions more will come into ...read more

  • Small Things Add Up. They Fill Spaces In Our ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
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    Small things add up. They fill spaces in our lives that tend to squeeze out the more important things. Sand can bury a car, a house, or a person. Grains of sand are very small but when they are combined with a large number of other grains of sand, it is a force to be reckoned with. Sand also ...read more

  • T.h. Huxley, A Well-Known Agnostic, Was With A ...

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jun 22, 2008
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    T.H. Huxley, a well-known agnostic, was with a group of men at a weekend house party. On Sunday morning, while most of them were preparing to go to church, he approached a man known for his Christian character and said, "Suppose you stay at home and tell my why you are a Christian." The man, ...read more

  • A Drunk Stumbles Into A Baptismal Service On ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 26, 2008
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    A drunk stumbles into a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to walk into the water and stand next to the preacher. The minister notices the old drunk and says, "Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, preacher, I sure am." The ...read more

  • Leonard Sweet Stated In His Book The Jesus ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
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    Leonard Sweet stated in his book The Jesus Prescription for a Healthy Life said this: "The promise of God is health and wellness. Faith in God is physically good for you. Denying God is bad for your health. The first undisputed mention of disease in the Bible includes the words 'I am the Lord who ...read more

  • In A Speck Of Watery Material Smaller Than The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    In a speck of watery material smaller than the dot over this i, all the future characteristics of the child are programmed—the color of his skin, eyes and hair, the shape of his facial features, the natural abilities he will have. All that the child will be physically and mentally is contained in ...read more

  • Sour Religion

    Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
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    SOUR RELIGION A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon, she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined ...read more

  • Harmful ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 25, 2008
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    Harmful talk: I remember years ago, standing at the church door next to the sr. minister greeting people at the end of the service. This one guy, every week would come up to the minister and say, “Pastor, you’d better keep your eye on that youth minister or some day he’ll have your job.” Now, he ...read more

  • Dean Niferatos Was Riding The Number 22 Chicago ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
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    Dean Niferatos was riding the Number 22 Chicago Transit Authority bus in Chicago. The bus brimmed with dozing office workers, restless punkers, and affluent shoppers. At the Clark and Webster stop, two men and a woman climbed in. The driver, a seasoned veteran, immediately bellowed, “Everybody ...read more

  • H. Abraham Lincoln Once Passed A Slave Block And ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 2, 2009
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    H. Abraham Lincoln once passed a slave block and saw a young girl being sold. His heart melted. He put up a bid, and eventually she belonged to him. After he paid the money, he told her, “You are now free.” “What does that mean?” she asked. “It means that you’re free,” Lincoln answered. “Does ...read more

  • It Is The Story Of A Blind Boy With His Father ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
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    . It is the story of a blind boy with his father on a hill flying a kite. The young lad had the kite string in his hand and a smile on his face which was pointing to the skies. Eventually someone came and asked the unspoken question “What can you possibly get out of flying the kite?” The boy ...read more

  • Wailing And Laughing  PRO

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on May 26, 2009
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    WAILING AND LAUGHING Now, you may realize that in those days in Middle-Eastern custom, people usually wailed loudly at funerals. I grew up in a Greek Orthodox country and until today the custom requires a loud and visible weep for the dead. Can you imagine how perplexed I was when I watched people ...read more

  • The Foolishness Of Trying To Cover Up Our Sin Is ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 8, 2009
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    The foolishness of trying to cover up our sin is well illustrated with the story of the drunk husband who snuck up the stairs quietly. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in a fight earlier that night. He then proceeded to climb into bed, smiling at the ...read more

  • The House Of Shammai Say, A Man May Not Put Away ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 16, 2009
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    "The house of Shammai say, a man may not put away his wife, unless he finds some uncleanness in her, according to Deu. 24:1. The house of Hillel say, if she should spoil his food, (that is, as Jarchi and Bartenora explain it, burns it either at the fire, or with salt, i.e. over-roasts or over-salts ...read more