Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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Somebody came running up to John Wesley and said, "Your house just burned down!" The great preacher replied, "I don’t have a house. I manage a house for the Lord, His house just burned down. Since I’m His son, and He wants me covered, I guess He’ll find me another place to live."
That is how we
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I sat down with our senior high kids awhile ago to discuss our plans for youth activities for this year. I expected to get some ideas of fun things to do, lets go bowling and to laserquest and whitewater rafting yadda yadda yadda… You know what they decided? They asked me to find two Friday night
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Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
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Listen to the words of a Minister who ended up with a ruined marriage and a ruined ministry after a one night stand "adultery isn’t something that happens with the act -- it happens months beforehand. It’s an attitude. You disconnect
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2001
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Growing up as a missionary kid in the De. Rep. of the Congo, we were forced out of our mission station by communist rebels in 1964. I was only 8 years old at the time; but I remember that our family, with 20 others white people on the station had received a radio message that the rebels were close
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Contributed by Martin Field on Aug 7, 2001
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It’s not easy to step up against the authorities. Let me illustrate: During his years as premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev denounced many of the policies and atrocities of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin. Once, as he reproached Stalin in a public meeting, Khrushchev was interrupted
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
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The news has played up the fact of racial motivations and hatred of jocks. It becomes increasingly clear that one of the targeted groups on that HS campus was Christians.
Cassie Bernall
Cassie was a 17-year-old junior with long blond hair, hair she wanted to cut off and have made into wigs for
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Johnny Carver on Apr 12, 2002
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Eric woke up in the hospital after a devastating accident at his work place. He had a severely broken neck and a number of other traumatic injuries. When he was able to speak with the doctor, he asked what his chances of surviving and walking again. The doctor told him that only 3% of patients with
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
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A Texas rancher met up with a Wisconsin dairy farmer. The two men began talking about their land and the milkman told the cattleman that he operated his business on 125 acres. The Texan scoffed at such a small parcel of land. He said, "Yankee, that ain’t nothin’. On my ranch I can get in my truck
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Grace Brethren
Contributed by Steve Steve on Oct 27, 2002
I was looking up events in the United States that we celebrate. There’s Arbor Day, New Year’s Day, Alaska admission day, Utah admission day, trivia day, twelfth night day, Jackson day, and of course Elvis’ birthday. And that’s just
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Church Of God
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A young, awkward boy grew up in southern California, plagued by a learning disability that in later years would be called dyslexia. But with his mother’s encouragement and admonishment, he became a strong and capable leader. Years later he was commanding thousands of your Americans in war. When
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United Methodist
Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005
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Growing up, I was a huge fan of the University of Kentucky basketball. I still follow them closely, but nothing like when I was younger. I idolized their players, I knew all their stats, I watched their games on TV like it was a life or death struggle. My favorite player when I was in third grade
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jul 10, 2005
A general rode up to a gunner standing by his gun. He took out his field glasses and looked around. "Pierre," he said to the gunner, "you see that little cottage over there. The one near the clump of trees." "Yes, sir," said Pierre turning pale. "There’s a nest of Prussians in there. I want you to
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Baptist
Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Oct 10, 2005
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If I yell up to you in the middle of the night, that your house is on fire; I do not want you to sing praises to me, tell me how much you love and trust me, and go back to sleep. I know you trust me when I see you run out the front door with a kid under each arm. I know you trust me when
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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A Jewish man, in tears, walks up to another Jewish man. "What’s the matter?" "I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better Jew, and he comes back a Christian. What am I to do?"
The other man responds "You know, it’s funny that you say that, because I sent my son to Jerusalem to become a better
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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About 70% of the couples that cohabit will end up divorced, not counting breakups of those who never marry. (The Foster
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Married couples with children at home make up only 23.5% of households today. Only 7% have a working dad and a stay-at-home mom.
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