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  • A Young Camel Asked His Mother ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 5, 2007
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    Illustration: A young camel asked his mother “mother why do we have very large feet with three large toes?’ The mother camel answered “in order to walk on the sands of the desert!” The young camel again asked his mother “mother why do we have very long legs?” again the mother camel replied in ...read more

  • Bill Bright Tells The Story Of "A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 4, 2005
     | 3,721 views

    Bill Bright tells the story of “a man who traveled to a certain city one cold morning. As he arrived at his hotel, he noticed that the clerks, the guests—everyone—were barefoot. In the coffee shop, he noticed a fellow at a nearby table and asked, ‘Why aren’t you wearing shoes? Don’t you know about ...read more

  • Adventurer Robert Young Pelton Was Confronted ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
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    Adventurer Robert Young Pelton was confronted with the price of commitment while in Afghanistan. "When I was being shelled on a front line north of Kabul, I asked a 23-year-old Taliban fighter, ’Why don’t we dig trenches to escape the bombardment?’ "He looked at me and asked, ’If you didn’t come ...read more

  • A Little Girl Asked Her Mother, "Mommy, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Culler on Mar 21, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
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    A little girl asked her mother, “Mommy, why do you cut the ends off the meat before you cook it?” The girl’s mother told her that she thought it added to the flavor by allowing the meat to better absorb the spices, but perhaps she should ask her grandmother since she always did it that way. So ...read more

  • People" By Apologetix, That Christian Parody ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,333 views

    "People" by Apologetix, That Christian Parody Band (www.AplogetiX.com) James was caught by Herod; Herod captured Peter. They were sharing Herod’s outbreak of attacks upon believers. James would have to face the sword and Peter would escape it. They were not afraid of dying; they both knew that ...read more

  • Fox's Book Of Martyr's Tells Us This About The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 18, 2007
     | 1,912 views

    Fox’s Book of Martyr’s tells us this about the following martyr’s in the 1st century: i. Peter: Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that ...read more

  • Unity: Members Of The Body Of ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 10, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION : Unity: Members of the body of Christ are truly dependant on one another. Three Indonesian mothers, Eti , Rebekka, and Ratna, were imprisoned two years ago for teaching Muslim children in their Sunday School. Prison was shocking, discouraging and very hard at first. One of the women ...read more

  • Margin Or Messiah?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
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    MARGIN OR MESSIAH? Richard Swenson wrote a book in the 1990's titled, "Margin" in which he describes modern society as so overcommitted and over scheduled that we have no space left for rest. A reviewer writes: Overload is not having time to finish the book you're reading on stress. Margin is ...read more

  • Ancient Christian Fable - There Is No Other Plan

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 13, 2023
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    There is an ancient Christian fable ... that tells of Jesus encounter ...as he reentered ...Heaven. As the angels spoke with him, ...Gabriel, noticed ...that Jesus bore the marks of the cross, ...and being inquisitive, ...said to Jesus: Master, ...you must have suffered terribly for those people ...read more

  • Stuck In A Rut

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 14, 2025
     | 186 views

    The U.S. standard railroad gauge—the width between the rails—is 4 feet, 8 ½ inches. Strange number, isn’t it? You’d think something so crucial would be more logical. So why that width? Because American railroads were built by British expatriates, and that’s how they did it in England. Why ...read more

  • To Risk  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2001
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    To laugh is to risk appearing the fool To weep is to risk appearing sentimental To reach out for another is to risk involvement To expose feelings is to risk exposing, your true self To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss To love is to risk not being loved in ...read more

  • What Things?  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Daugherty on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
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    "WHAT THINGS?" Luke24:16 In these two words, "What Things?" are found one of the most profound lessons of forgiveness. They are a quote from Luke, by our Lord after His crucifixion. Jesus was walking with two men going to Emmaus. Their language and languishing betrayed their disappointment. ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
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    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
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    CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa ...read more

  • Most Of The New Testament Epistles Were Written ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Ward, Sr. on Dec 11, 2002
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    ”Most of the New Testament Epistles were written from prison. Bunyan wrote Pilgrim¹s Progress from jail. Florence Nightingale, too ill to move from her bed, reorganized the hospitals of England. Semi paralyzed and under constant menace of apoplexy, Pasteur was tireless in his attack on disease. ...read more

  • Just Like Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,409 views

    JUST LIKE ME John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites ...read more

  • Hite Of Folly. Sensationalistic Sex Surveys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Hite of Folly. Sensationalistic sex surveys suffered further damage with the release of new research on the fidelity of American spouses. According to a new study by Tom W. Smith of the National Opinion Research Center, roughly 15 percent of married or previously married Americans have committed ...read more

  • Half Of Americans In A Recent Poll Said They Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% saw it as a "sign of personal or emotional weakness," according to the National Mental Health Association. Other topics measured included alcoholism (seen ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • You Likely Have Never Heard Of Jeff Foran, Who ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
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    You likely have never heard of Jeff Foran, who lives in Foreman, Arkansas. Apparently Mr. Foran, aged 38, was drunk – very drunk, it looks like – one night in May and went out for a drive. Well, as he was driving, his cigarette fell out of his fingers and out the window. Not to waste a good ...read more