Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
WHO OWNS THE CHURCH?
My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?"
I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?"
I tried to tell him that the
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Holiness
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...?
The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the
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Baptist
Every year, in US they are at least 50,000 couples who are married just for the citizenship… I know a bright young man; his name is __________, who after several years of waiting his green card, with no possibility to run his own business without legal papers, decided to take this short cut. He
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
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CHILDLIKE FORGIVENESS
A few months ago, I was in El Paso holding an evangelistic meeting, and the young people were serving dinner to the mothers being that it was Mother’s Day. I was seating in a chair watching what was going on, and right in front a four-year-old girl pushed a two-year-old boy,
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Adventist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 15, 2013
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New Perspective
A guy was crossing the street to visit his neighbor. As he started to cross the street, a car was bearing down on him, so he stopped and backed up to the curb. The car stopped, so he started to cross, and the car started to move toward him. He changed direction and went back to the
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
I was sitting on my deck at home one day this week having a brief devotional with the Lord. I looked up into a tree and saw a very small bird, a tiny yellow finch. I looked at him, and he looked at me. He was perched there without a care in the world, feeling safe and sound on his God-given turf.
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Charismatic
RECEIVING A WONDERFUL GIFT
The only son of a very wealthy man had his 21st birthday on Christmas Day. His mother gave him some gold cufflinks and engraved gold pens. His uncle and aunt bought him a set of TaylorMade R9 golf clubs that combined Flight Control Technology and Moveable Weight
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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PERCEPTIONS OF GOD
Most Christians today perceive God like one person noted: God is a lot like our pastor. I don’t see him through the week and I don’t
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Contributed by C Vincent on Sep 22, 2009
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Dr Livingstone’s guides were either ignorant or determined to deceive him as he traveled with the gospel; he was quoted as saying he would have been better off without them;
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Assembly Of God
My daughter, Jennifer, once sent me a prayer she wrote:
“I pray for:
• Wisdom – to understand my man;
• Love – to forgive him;
• Patience – for his moods;
Because,
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United Methodist
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 26, 2003
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FREEING GOLLUM
In the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, we are introduced to a frightening creature named Gollum. He lives in the area known as Middle Earth and goes about with a croaking throat muttering. At one time he possessed the ring of power and it corrupted him with its evil.
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Methodist
Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 22, 2004
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I heard the story of a game warden that saw a fellow heading downstream with his fishing pole and tackle box. He went up to him and asked to see the man’s license. The man said, “Warden, I don’t need a license. I’m not fishing. I’m just carrying this here pole and tackle box. No law against
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 17, 2009
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POWER OF THE FLESH
A certain man was in very big trouble. He was sacked from five jobs. When he could not feed his family again, his wife ran away, leaving him with three daughters. To worsen his sorrow, his first daughter became pregnant while in form three. When he tried to beat her, she said,
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Pentecostal
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