Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 2, 2006
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A.J. Gordon was the great Baptist pastor of the Clarendon Church in Boston,
Massachusetts. One day he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying
a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired,
"Son, where did you get those birds?" The boy replied, "I trapped them
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
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DOES YOUR GOD BLEED?
A little boy went up to a missionary Sunday School leader in a pagan country. The boy said, "I like what you say about the God of the Bible but I can’t see him. But if I go to the temple I can see my God."
The missionary said to the little boy, "Listen, does your God
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One man started the bidding: “12 pieces of silver!”
“13!” Said Hosea.
“14 pieces of silver!”
Hosea’s bid was “15!”
The low bidders were beginning to drop out, but one man continued bidding: “15 pieces of silver and five bushels of barley!”
Hosea said, “15 pieces of silver, 5 bushels of barley and a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 24, 2010
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A Nation of Bible Illiterates
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians.
• 48% could not name the four Gospels.
• 52% cannot identify more than two
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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CHEAP PURCHASE--HIGH PRICE
In Decision magazine some time ago, Karen Morerod wrote about shopping in a store for a sweater. She was looking for one at minimal cost, so she went to the clearance rack. As she flipped through the sweaters, one caught her eye. It was the right color and the right
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 27, 2011
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MYSTERIOUS LIFE PRINCIPLE
A wise old professor of biology stood before his class of eager students. The Professor held a little brown seed in his hand. Quietly he spoke to his class.
"I know just the composition of this seed. It has nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon. I know the exact proportions. I
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Contributed by David Tack on Nov 23, 2011
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"The atonement in Jesus Christ’s blood is perfect; there isn’t anything that can be added to it. It is spotless, impeccable, flawless. It is perfect as God is perfect."
Ref: Tozer, A.W. The Radical
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