Contributed by Richard Sharp on Oct 27, 2007
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Ill- The Fable of the Jealous eagle (Taken from an old "Our Daily Bread")
The Great Evangelist DL Moody once told a fable of an eagle who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day the bird saw a sportsman with a bow and arrow and said to him “I wish you
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 31, 2007
A young intern came into our hospital ward one evening, shaking his head. "There’s an old man out there by the vending machines," he said, "and he’s putting dollar bills into the money changer. Every time he gets his quarters, he yells, ’Jackpot!’ and dances around." The other nurses and I
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
"Holy Ground"
Recently, I came across an internet story about (one of my childhood idols and American icon) Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Perhaps most of you are aware that Fred Rogers, was a Presbyterian Minister, and died – February 27 - in 2003 at the age of 74.
But what you
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 24, 2007
The last written words of Martin Luther were, “It is true, we are beggars all.” If you spend any time at all with beggars, you realize that one thing they are not plagued with is modesty. They simply cannot afford to be modest.
On a trip to Denver, my family and I witnessed a panhandler across the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 30, 2007
In the movie, Hotel Rwanda, based on a true story from the Rwandan civil war and genocide, Paul Russebegina played by Don Cheadle goes and makes a deal with the leader of the genocidal Interahamwe militia to get more supplies for his hotel where he is hiding refugees. The deal goes fine, but this
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Lutheran
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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A millionaire decides to throw a massive party for his fiftieth birthday. During the party he grabs the mic and he announces to his guests that down in the garden of his mansion he has a swimming pool with two great white sharks in it. “The man who dares to swim across that pool gets 1 MILLION
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 21, 2008
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Develop and Attitude of Gratitude
1 Thessalonians 5:18
A woman was visiting some people who lived on a farm, and she noticed a pig limping in the backyard with a wooden leg. She asked the farmer, "What happened to the pig?" The farmer said, "Oh, Betsy is a wonderful pig. One night the house
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
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Dr. Thomas M. Carter, an ex-convict, tells a thrilling story of his mother who constantly followed him with her prayers. On one occasion while he was in prison, she received a telegram stating that he was dead and asking what she wanted done with his body. Stunned by the news, she opened her Bible
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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While pastoring a church in north Louisiana I was helping a friend with a problem he had with a car. He was a mechanic by trade and profession. His wife made the best biscuits you ever put in your mouth. Having stopped at the right time several times before I knew when she set them on the table. He
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Mar 3, 2008
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Jeff Foxworthy is a comedian who became famous through his “You Might Be A Redneck If …” routine. Well, I came across some “You Might Be A Preacher If …” statements.
You might be a preacher if …
· You’ve waded in a creek wearing a necktie
· You’d rather negotiate with terrorists than the church
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Michael West on Mar 29, 2008
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Our religion has become ineffective in the world. We are being rejected more each day. The world wants us to take our little god and go somewhere else. Our religion has become powerless because we believe in a powerless god. Our religion is weak because our god is weak. Our faith is weak because we
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Mar 30, 2008
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A lady was walking down the street in Atlanta when a man grabbed her purse and ran away. She was terrified. She was from a small town in Alabama and had never even known anyone that had something like this happen to them. Much to her relief a police officer was heading her way. When he got
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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Ideal Love
a. There was a Dad who took his kids to do a little shopping. As they drove up, they spotted an eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, "Daddy, Daddy. Can we go? Please. Please. Can we go?"
"Sure," He said giving
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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Australia has two animals pictured on their Coat of Arms. They are an Emu and a Kangaroo. These are some strange choices to those who don’t know why they are there. The Emu is nothing but a big, dumb bird and a kangaroo just looks funny while it hops along to escape danger. But there’s more to it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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LARRY BURKETT STATES, “A VERSE IN PROVERBS SAYS THAT GOD HAS ASKED FOR OUR FIRST FRUITS: THE FIRST AND BEST OF ALL THAT WE RECEIVE. THAT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD TITHE FROM OUR TOTAL GROSS INCOME BEFORE TAXES. ANY PROFIT MADE FROM THE SALE OF A HOME OUGHT TO BE TITHED UPON, BECAUSE IT IS, IN FACT, PART
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GOD LIGHTS THE WAY
My brother-in-law has a friend named Pedro. The first time Pedro ever read the Bible, was when he was in prison. But once he "saw the light," he couldn't get enough of it. He read the entire Bible through in a matter of weeks. He would hold the Bible kind-of under the table
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2008
John Quincy Adams said: “All that I am my mother made me.”
Abraham Lincoln said: “All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
Dwight L. Moody said, “All that I have ever accomplished in life, I owe to my mother.”
Napoleon said, “Let France have good mothers, and she will have good
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Christian Church
Contributed by Pete Pawelek on May 28, 2008
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The senior pastor was doing the children’s sermon one day at his church. He had decided to talk to the kids about how to write a good sermon, in hopes of inspiring some to grow up and go into the ministry. So he asked the children, "What makes a good sermon?"
Of course all the little kids raised
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Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jun 22, 2008
There are seasons when doubts and fears abound, and so suffocate us with their fumes that we cannot even raise a cry. Then the indwelling Spirit represents us, speaks for us, and makes intercession for us, crying in our name, and making intercession for us according to the will of God. The cry
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Baptist
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