Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 2, 2005
There is a scene in "Rainman" where Charlie grabs Raymond by the neck. Raymond grabs a notebook and records the time and date of the offense. Though there is very bad language in this scene and most churches would not want to
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Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
Do any of you remember the loss of the vessel called the "Central America"? She was in a bad state, had sprung a leak, and was going down. She therefore hoisted a signal of distress. A ship came close to her, and its captain asked, through the trumpet, "What is wrong?" "We are in bad repair and are
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 12, 2003
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Every child knows that “He knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake.”
The child knows there is a direct correlation between being good and getting presents.
I love the commercial where the little boy is writing his letter to Santa…
Dear Santa. I have been a very, very good
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Baptist
Why is it that we can be so intolerant about other people’s faults and so blind to our own?
o When you get angry, you have a bad temper; when I get angry, I’ve had a bad day.
o When you don’t like someone, you’re a bigot; when I don’t like someone I’m a good judge of character
o When you
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
Both Fridays and the number 13 have both been considered “unlucky” down thru the ages.
The number 13, for example:
The Turks so disliked that number that they practically removed it from their vocabulary (Brewer, 1894).
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
Many buildings don’t
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Contributed by Michael Walther on Oct 10, 2011
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THE MIND IS LIKE SILLY PUTTY
"The peace of God which passes understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4.7)
Our minds are wonderful creations of God. But did you know they need to be guarded? When I was a boy I used to play with Silly Putty. You could do a lot
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Lutheran
Contributed by Tim Smith on Jun 16, 2013
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Dave Navarro has written an article entitled, "The 5 People Who Secretly Control Your Life." In it, he says, what you may not realize is just how many people influence your life, feeding you ideas about what is "right," "wrong," "good," "bad," and practically every other subjective decision-making
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Methodist
Contributed by Gregory Fisher on Sep 27, 2017
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At the age of 3 years old, our family lived with my maternal grandparents while my father was in seminary. One day the kid living next-door to us came up to me and said, “Greg Fisher I am going to give you a bloody nose.” The next thing that happened—when he did, in fact, punch me in the
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Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 10, 2008
Dale Earnhardt said, following one race, “I cried a little bit in the race car on the way to the checkered flag. Well, maybe
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The educator becomes Gods mind at work to help grow the best possible plants in Gods garden. He exists to prepare the soil, to sow the
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008
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BLESSINGS FROM HURRICANE IKE
Tuesday I went out, by myself at first, but later in the day Cindy went with me, to check on many of you. No, I didn’t make it everywhere, but I did make it out I think to most of the communities where we have members. As I visited with folks, and even more folks
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Methodist
Contributed by Kent Lenard on Oct 25, 2004
Lloyd Ogilive tells a story about when his family took a vacation by sailing from New York harbor to Quebec.
They were going through the locks that allow ships travel up the river where they have to move to higher elevations. You come into a lock at the level of the water where you are. Then
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Contributed by David Goering on Aug 24, 2018
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Your family and one of your best friends families has decided to go camping, but you forgot to bring a container for water, on your way to the campsite your friend sees a container in the ditch he stops and picks it up, it has a skull and crossbones on the outside of the container, it says poison
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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THE LIGHT THAT SAVES
The story is told of a remarkable event that took place a little more than 30 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Darrel Dore was working on an oil rig when the rig suddenly started to wobble. Before too long, the rig tipped to one side and crashed into the water. Darrel found
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