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  • Parable Of An Old Farmer And His Massey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012
     | 6,720 views

    PARABLE OF AN OLD FARMER AND HIS MASSEY FERGUSON “One cool spring morning a old man got up and opened the back door to his little farm house. It’s early in the morning and there are still a couple stars out; the grass is covered in dew. He walks over to the barn and pulls the large doors open to ...read more

  • Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 18,377 views

    Grace The boy stood defiantly. “Go ahead, give it to me.” The principal looked at the young rebel and asked, “How many times have you been here?” The child sneered rebelliously, “Apparently not enough.” “And you have been punished each time?” the principal responded. “Yeah, I been ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2006
     | 1,442 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of ...read more

  • Over The Edge

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 27, 2006
     | 1,165 views

    Over the Edge The Adirondack Mountains make a breathtaking backdrop for wilderness canoeing. Two friends and I had taken vacation time to get away from it all and live out of our canoes for a week. Each day we would take a new direction to explore the area. One day we took one of the finger ...read more

  • Just An Old Shoe Box

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,547 views

    JUST AN OLD SHOE BOX It was just an old shoe box with a pink faded ribbon wrapped around. The old house was sad and sat strangely quiet… Ever since momma was called to go home. It’s like she had just turned loose of living… Dutifully to follow dad on. My Brother and I had moved things for ...read more

  • Genghis Khan's Hawk  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,060 views

    GENGHIS KHAN'S HAWK One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the woods to have a day’s sport. Many of his friends were with him. They rode out gaily, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the servants with the hounds. It was a merry hunting party. The woods ...read more

  • Henry Ward Beecher Was One Of The Great ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 20, 2000
    based on 206 ratings
     | 9,229 views

    Henry Ward Beecher was one of the great preachers of the 19th Century. He was ill one Sunday, so a substitute pastor walked up to the pulpit as the worship service began. Seeing that Dr. Beecher would not be speaking that day, a number of people got up and headed for the door. The substitute ...read more

  • Minister Visited A Lady In A Retirement Home. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 2,164 views

    MINISTER VISITED a lady in a retirement home. As she lay in her hospital style bed he spoke with her. Beside her bed was a dish full of peanuts. He ate one and then another and before he knew it he looked down and the dish was empty. ’I am so sorry he confessed, I ate all the peanuts you ...read more

  • In February Of 1996, John Howard Opened A Ku Klux ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 1,694 views

    In February of 1996, John Howard opened a Ku Klux Klan museum and apparel store called The Redneck Shop in Laurens, S.C. Asked by a reporter what the reaction was by townspeople, Howard said, "The only people I’ve had a problem with, who took it as an insult and a racial situation, have been ...read more

  • Someone Tells About A Man Who Pulled Up To A Red ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 183 ratings
     | 5,200 views

    Someone tells about a man who pulled up to a red light and saw a truck towing a trailer with many sheep inside. The man rolled down his window and yelled to the truck driver, "You shepherds don’t move your sheep around like you used to." To which the truck driver replied, "I’m not a ...read more

  • Look To The Stars  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,523 views

    Title: Look to the Stars One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the ...read more

  • Simplicity Is The Answer For People Tired And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 3,151 views

    Simplicity is the answer for people tired and weary. Simplicity is marked by a contented lifestyle that rests in God’s grace. It is the commitment to clear out, scale down, and realize the essentials of what we truly need to live well. The intimate search for wholeness is not found by ...read more

  • We Are Walkers Through The City Of This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Elmer on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 1,833 views

    - “We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture there without the light giving word, lest we slip with our feet. Each man should use the word of God personally, practically, and habitually, that he may see his way and see ...read more

  • God Does Not Change – Even In The Bad Times. I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 13, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 1,977 views

    God does not change – even in the bad times. I think that is why Matt Redman writes that he is going to choose to say “Blessed be your name” Blessed be Your name, When the sun’s shining down on me When the world’s "all as it should be" Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name, On the road ...read more

  • 65279;one Day, My Son Jonathan Came Home From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 2,938 views

    One day, my son Jonathan came home from preschool with a picture of Adam and Eve he had colored. He began to tell me the story of creation, and it seemed as though he had his facts down pretty well. "Adam and Eve disobeyed God because they ate the fruit God told them not to eat," he ...read more

  • Earl Allen's Book, Sign Of The Star, Relates The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,152 views

    Earl Allen’s book, Sign of the Star, relates the Suffering Servant to the Christmas story. Allen wrote: “Near the cradle of Bethlehem stands the cross, God’s Christmas tree—you can’t make anything else out of it. The blood of Jesus Christ has been the red ribbon strung from that first coat of skins ...read more

  • On One Occasion Michelangelo Turned To His Fellow ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Beehler on Apr 16, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,173 views

    On one occasion Michelangelo turned to his fellow artists and said with frustration in his voice, "Why do you keep filling gallery after gallery with endless pictures on the one theme of Christ in weakness, Christ on the cross, and most of all, Christ hanging dead?" he asked. "Why do you ...read more

  • A Muslim In Africa Became A Christian And Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jun 19, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,552 views

    A Muslim in Africa became a Christian and some of his friends asked him, “Why have you done such a thing?” He answered, “Well, its like this: Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions. You didn’t know which way to go; and there at the fork were two men—one ...read more

  • There Was This Parrot Who Lived In A Bar. Well ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,524 views

    There was this parrot who lived in a bar. Well the barkeeper decided to sell the bar and a group of church people who needed a new church bought it to convert it to a place to meet for worship. So the bar was open it’s last night for business. After midnight when the bar closed down and the ...read more

  • Video Illustration: The End Of The Movie The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,455 views

    Video Illustration: The end of the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. It’s were the three have a show down in the cemetery court yard. This scene paints a picture for us today on how we are to deal with the Bad and the Ugly of the church. The truth is we are in a duel with both. But the Good ...read more