Contributed by Ken Kersten on Mar 17, 2003
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It seems that one day a kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put on his cowboy boots?
He asked for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn’t want to go on. Finally, when the second boot was on, she had worked up a sweat.
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 10, 2001
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One of the strongest cases of a man using his tongue to bless God and curse man relates to Augustus M. Toplady. He blessed God with the beautiful hymn of adoration that he penned, “Rock of Ages.” It is a moving, biblical tribute to Christ and His finished work of redemption. Yet the same mouth
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Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 23, 2001
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A man in a small village had been found guilty of starting a malicious rumor about another man. This rumor was not only untrue, but had seriously damaged the other man’s reputation and family. As is often the custom in small villages, the accused was taken before the chief of the village who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2004
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OXYMORONS
(contradictory words)
Act naturally
Advanced basic
Airline food
Almost exactly
Alone together
Artificial intelligence
Awful good
Campaign promise
Civil war
Clearly misunderstood
Computer jock
Definite maybe
Diet ice
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a.Fools are defined by Holman’s Bible Dictionary as: FOOL, FOOLISHNESS, AND FOLLY Translations of several uncomplimentary words which appear approximately 360 times throughout the Old and New Testaments to describe unwise and ungodly people. The words are especially predominant in the Wisdom
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Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 1, 2008
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THE WINDOW
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2011
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CAST THE FIRST STONE
A woman named Marilyn Helleberg told about being a teenager at church camp. She said an ugly rumor got started there about two of the counselors and it quickly became the talk of the camp.
The next day, at Morning Prayer, the minister read the story of the adulterous woman.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2011
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SIGN YOUR NAME OR FORGET IT
J. Vernon McGee tells of an incident that happened in one of his pastorates. A man came to him and said, "I want to tell you about a certain situation." He told him about a certain man who was involved in a particular sin. The man wanted to do something about it. He
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I HAVE A COMPELLING FOCUS TO REACH MY GOD POTENTIAL…
MY CANDLE? I FIND THE ROOM SO DARK… WILL MY LITTLE LIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WILL I CONSIDER MY SEEDS, MY LITTLE CANDLE, THE LIGHT…
James 3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a
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WORDS MATTER
The Book of James in the New Testament reminds us that words can direct, delight or destroy (ch. 3). Is this true? Look no further than to what happened in Germany in WWII. For every word in Hitler’s poisonous book, Mein Kampf, it cost the life of 125 people.
Here are some words to
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 24, 2010
Sandy Sheppard- One of the funniest parties I ever attended was to “roast” Walt, a good friend and mentor, who was celebrating his 50th birthday. Each guest told a humorous story about Walt and presented him with a gag gift. Then Carol got up to speak. “My mother told me if I can’t say something
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 24, 2016
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Pastor Randy Kanipe tells the story of a Sabbath time away from his church while he was struggling with failure. He happened to be walking by a cow pasture and stopped to gaze over the fence, pondering the ’green pastures’ that he imagined God leading him through - my attention was drawn down to a
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Contributed by James Dina on Jul 18, 2020
No obstaculice la oración. Aquellos que viven sin rezar en el mundo, viven sin Dios en sus vidas. "Derrama tu ira sobre las naciones que no te reconocen, sobre los pueblos que no invocan tu nombre." (Jeremías 10:25). Restringir la oración es peor que no rezar. Las segundas
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Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 23, 2022
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Recently, the Lord moved me from Arkansas to Louisiana. I was so happy to leave Arkansas and be released from it – it had felt like an overgrown prison to me.
As I drove south on the interstate, I was thanking and praising God for a new start in a new place when He impressed upon me that I could
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Charismatic