Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
The whole concept of aiming has also become a metaphor for at least a multi-million dollar business about life and business goals and plans. People and companies pay big bucks for help in answering questions such as, ‘What are you aiming at?’ ‘What will give us the most bang for the buck?’
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Lastly and perhaps most importantly this 8th commandment encourages us to become generous persons. I love the story of the IRS auditor who was talking with a minister on the phone---He asked, “Now this Joe Smith that I’m talking about…does he attend your church?” “Yes, he does,” the preached
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
A city dweller turned farmer went to the local feed store to get some answers: his best cow had stopped producing milk.
“Are you feeding her right?” asked the storeowner.
“Just what you sold me,” replied the rookie.
“Are you milking her every day?” the owner asked.
“Just about. Sometimes when I
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
Every profession has its favorite stories, and the legal profession is no exception.
A beginner attorney was defending a man accused of biting another man’s ear off during a barroom brawl. A witness to the fight was on the stand, and the young attorney was cross-examining him: “Did you actually
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THERMOMETER V. THERMOSTAT CHRISTIANS
Are you a thermometer (circumstantially led) or are you a thermostat (influencer of your surroundings) believer?
Let me explain. A thermometer is circumstantially led. Depending on the temperature, the mercury moves up or down. It moves according to the
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Baptist
Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Sep 25, 2008
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The Invisible Church
Warren Weirsbe tells a story of a free-lance missionary that visited a pastor friend asking for financial support. "What group are you associated with?" his friend asked. The man replied, "I belong to the invisible church."
His friend then asked, "Well, what church are you a
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DEAD MAN BLEEDING
The question about impossibilities applied to God's sovereignty is a display of foolish unbelief. A lady brought her husband to the psychiatrist as a last ditch effort; the man thought he was dead. The shrink did everything he could to convince the man otherwise, but the crazy
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United Methodist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 2, 2009
H. Abraham Lincoln once passed a slave block and saw a young girl being sold. His heart melted. He put up a bid, and eventually she belonged to him. After he paid the money, he told her, “You are now free.” “What does that mean?” she asked. “It means that you’re free,” Lincoln answered. “Does
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Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Apr 18, 2009
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THE FAITH OF THOMAS
What if you told your son, "I put 100 dollars in the bank for you." And he said, "Are you sure? I want to see the deposit slip."
You say, "Son, you've got to believe me!"
The boy answers, "Well, maybe I can just withdraw it look at it and put it back. Dad, can you give me
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Contributed by Luis Marquez on Jan 17, 2010
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¿Desanimarme yo...por qué?
Un niño está viendo su equipo jugar beisbol, el recién llegado le pregunta: ¿Cómo va el juego?, él contesta: Vamos perdiendo 18 a 0. Oh, no te desanimes, le dice el espectador a lo que el niño contesta: ¿Desanimarme yo...por qué? Mi equipo aun no ha ido a
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
GOD DID HIS PART, I DID MY PART
The little boy wanted to join a church. So the deacons were examining him. They asked, "How did you get saved?" His answer was, "God did His part, and I did my part."
They thought there was something wrong with his doctrine, so they questioned further. He
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Pentecostal
The Greek Exegesis of the Greek term "I am the gate".
Gate or Door - Thura Thoo-rah! The opening or the closure.
1. Old Testament models for the shepherd image, for going in and out, and for door prediction (especially in the messianic context of Ps. 118:19-21: "Open for me the gates of
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 24, 2010
WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO?
In the movie The Untouchables, Eliot Ness, played by Kevin Costner, is frustrated because he cannot bring down Al Capone. So he asks for a street wise Irish beat cop, played by Sean Connery, for his help. The Irish cop agrees under one condition. He said always be
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Methodist
Contributed by John Sears on Jul 20, 2011
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GOOD WITHOUT GOD
An atheist organization recently got into hot water when it put up a billboard that crossed over onto church property. The message on the billboard read, "I can be good without God." What do you think? The funny thing is I agree, I think they are right!
They have hit something
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Christian Church
At ten minutes to seven, on a dark, cool, evening in Mexico City in 1968,John Stephen Arkwari of Tanzania, painfully hobbled into the Olympic stadium-the last to finish the marathon.
The winner had already been crowned, and the victory ceremony was long finished. So, the stadium was almost as
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