Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 10, 2009
                
                
                
                    JOY IS BLACK
I recently read the following letter that was sent to Dr. Michael Youssef, pastor of The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta. The letter was sent by Mrs. Lane, who has been a primary school teacher for 38 years:
Dear Michael,
One day I was trying to teach my students the difference
                    
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                    BLACK AND WHITE
A little girl was attending a wedding for the first time. She whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" 
Her mother replied: "Because white is the colour of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."
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                    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 12, 2008
                
                
                
                    Men In Black.  
Begin video with Will Smith’s character at the training center for Men In Black.  He arrives late.  He says, “Excuse me, but why are we here?”  A marine promptly stands up and says, “We are here because you’re looking for the best of the best sir!”  Will Smith laughs and says, “This
                    
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                    STAND BY ME
I played the video of the song, "Stand By Me" by Home Free in a recent worship service right before I came up to preach.  Our people wondered:  "Pastor Larry, why play a secular song for a Sunday morning service??"
Maybe I need to share what I discovered about the
                    
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                    THE BLACK AND WHITE BOXES
   
I have in my hands two boxes which God gave me to hold. He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black, and all your joys in the white."  I heeded His words, and in the two box both my joys and sorrows I stored.
   
But though the white became heavier each day, the black
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Sep 12, 2023
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    With football season in full swing, I often think of my high school football days. I wasn’t very good at all but, as the saying goes, the older I get the better I was. One of my few highlights from those days was a kickoff return. You may be thinking that my story is about a game winning return but
                    
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                    Spiritual Problem--Spiritual Cure
I picked up a recent book which I received from the AACC Convention called "Caring for People God's Way." The book is written by three people Tim Clinton, Archibald Hart and George Ohlschlager. The book is considered a new guide for Christian Counseling and is
                    
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                    After choosing the title of this sermon I began looking for an illustration that captured the sense of what I meant by a “black market sacrifice.”  And to my great distress I found one – kind of.  The search for an illustration became the illustration.  Confused?  Let me explain.
	When I prepare
                    
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                    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
                
                
                
                    MORE THAN A BLACK MARK
A preacher was addressing his congregation when he held up a large piece of paper.	He then took from his pocket a marker pen and made a black dot in the centre of it. Then he held the paper up before the people and asked them what they saw. 
One person quickly replied, "I
                    
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                    MINISTRY DURING BLACK PLAGUE
Many years ago, in Europe, there was a great plague that killed one third of the population. It was called the black plague. Tens of thousands were killed each and every month and the population was terrified by the thought of facing death in their families and homes,
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 23, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SPIRITUAL ANARCHY
In his [Barna’s] new volume he flatly states that moral anarchy has arrived and rules our culture today. The argument hinges on a substantial amount of attitudinal and behavioral evidence: record bankruptcy levels, frivolous lawsuits, the rapid growth of the pornography industry,
                    
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