Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Feb 24, 2013
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WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE?
I visited the home of Elvis in Graceland, Tennessee. After so many years after his death, I was amazed at the crowds of people that take the tour and listen to his life’s story. The sad thing is, the story will never change, because he has lived his life and what he has
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Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2001
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Rome was celebrating its temporary victory over Alaric the Goth in its usual manner, but watching gladiators fight to the death in the arena, when suddenly there was an interruption. A rudely clad robed figure boldly leaped down into the arena. Telemachus was one of the hermits who devoted
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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GLADIATOR
Rome was celebrating its temporary victory over Alaric the Goth in its usual manner, by watching gladiators fight to the death in the arena, when suddenly there was an interruption. A rudely clad robed figure boldly leaped down into the arena. Telemachus was one of the hermits who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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I like the story about a professor who sat at his desk one evening working on the next day’s lectures. His housekeeper had laid that days mail and papers at his desk and he began to shuffle through them discarding most to the wastebasket. He then noticed a magazine, which was not even addressed to
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
The great classical cellist Pablo Casals, in his life story entitled Joys and Sorrows, tells readers his first memory of attending worship on Christmas Eve when he was five-years-old. He walked to the church in a small village in Spain, hand-in-hand with his father, who was the church’s
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Methodist
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 14, 2009
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GULLIBLE EVE
My sister was a great story teller. She still is. She would tell a story so convincingly that I would believe it. A number of times her stories would trick me into giving her my pocket money, and at other times she would bring me to the edge of tears with a story that was just pure
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re
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Methodist
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
It was a dramatic performance in Game 7 of the World Series about a month ago: Madison Bumgarner coming in as a relief pitcher and proceeding to sow up the win for the San Francisco Giants. An impressive performance.
Let’s go back to the spring – before the first pitch was thrown on the 2014
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Baptist
Contributed by Elijah Stepp on May 11, 2008
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(From Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Ven Eckeren)
Perhaps you heard about the church that planned to have the “No Excuse” Sunday Service….
Their advertisement for their “No Excuse Sunday” read as follows….
Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say "Sunday is my only day
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
Students don’t clean their hands often or well enough. In one study, only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using the bathroom. Of these, only 33% of the females and 8% of the males used soap.
Adult hand cleaning behaviors also need improvement.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 23, 2005
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See how good you can get at learning to speak the language that your spouse understands.
See your differences as endearing rather than annoying.
Sit down with your wife after dinner, look her in the eye, and say, “Let’s talk.”
Sit down with your husband after dinner, look him in the eye, and say,
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Church Of God
Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 8, 2006
My testimony of how I gave every thing to God, then after a night of prayer He spoke to my heart after I gave Him my all and said “Now everything I have is yours.
1. God speaking me of do not worry over pensions and how our needs would be met when we are
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Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 4, 2004
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A friend often told me about the problems he had getting his son to clean his room. The son would always agree to tidy up, but then wouldn’t follow through. After high school the young man joined the Marine Corps. When he came home for leave after basic training, his father
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Pentecostal
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An atheist once teased a Christian by saying: "Say, George, what would you say if, when you die, you found there wasn’t such a place as heaven after all?" With a smile the believer replied, "I should say - well, I’ve had a fine time getting there anyway!" Then the Christian sent a boomerang back
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 6, 2009
Billy Graham told the following story: “Once while flying between cities on the African continent, I began to share my faith in Christ with some reporters who accompanied me. None seemed interested in hearing the Gospel. Suddenly the plane entered a very turbulent storm. The plane shook and began
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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