Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2008
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Larry Stewart had lost his job and was living in his car. Hungry but broke, Stewart went into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast. His plan was that when the check came he would claim he couldn’t find his wallet. When that happened, the owner of the diner, Ted Horn, came from behind the
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Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
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BUYING THE STEREO
Philippians 4:11
I had an interesting experience buying a stereo as a teenager. I dreamed of getting one for Christmas when I was 19. I knew it would make me happy. I could hear the music playing and see myself swaying. I really needed it. But, Christmas came and went and I
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Calvary Chapel
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
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WHEN WE LOOK DOWN AT EARTH
On December 24, 1968 the world watched as Commander Frank Borman and his crew made history during the first manned flight to orbit the moon. The members of the Apollo 8 mission had an important message for the world that Christmas Eve -- they read from the biblical Book
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 19, 2003
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[Long-Winded Driving]
A pastor and his wife were driving to visit Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas.
Their daughter asked the inevitable question, “Are we almost there?”
The father said, “No, we are still 150 miles away.”
She asked, “Well, how long is that?”
“Well, honey, it’s about three more
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Contributed by Marty Boller on Oct 29, 2005
Is it dangerous to spend so much time talking about Narnia & Aslan?
One little girl named Hila wrote to Lewis asking him to tell her Aslan’s OTHER NAME. Lewis responded with clues from the stories.
“Well, I want you to guess. Has there ever been anyone in THIS world who…
Arrived at the same time
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 2, 2007
Recently a photograph of two sculptors decorating a new post office in a suburb of Cologne, West Germany, appeared in our daily newspaper. Two giant hands, each two meters long, seem to be grasping for each other but in vain. One hand, the higher hand, juts right out of the side of the building
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 8, 2008
You plan to have a photograph of all of the grand kids, in their most precious Christmas clothes... it will be the perfect gift for Grandma. But when you go to have the photograph made little Johnny will not sit still... Andy has pulled the bow out of his sister’s hair... the one you paid $16 to
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
The more personal a gift is the more it is treasured.
Illustration: Bob and Becky Braffhart are missionaries to Mali. She is teacher. He is a builder and projects manager. He has helped construct the Mali woman’s hospital where Allie Cornoyer will be this Christmas. Their first son was
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 14, 2011
LAST LAUGH
Religion in its highest form is a belief in a being greater than themselves. There are some people who would deny this: they are called "atheists" and say that God in any shape or form is neither necessary nor possible, and so couldn’t possibly exist.
When the Russians sent a
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Baptist
Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 2, 2002
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I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned-- the dark meat and white,
But I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation,
The thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
And gazed at
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Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Mar 9, 2003
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It’s likely that if Jesus were still living among us today, He would be considered a criminal. Everyone would be mad at Him…
· The FDA for turning water into wine without a license
· The EPA for killing fig trees
· The American Medical Association for practicing medicine without a license
· The
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Baptist
Contributed by Tom Doubt on Oct 29, 2003
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That Thursday evening, just as Isabel was reaching the peak of her fury, we were watching TV news of the storm. A reporter, standing on the beach at Nags Head, rain hat blowing all over the place, was telling us how the high waves were producing a storm surge. Reporters are obliged to speak from
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 8, 2005
My Grandfather Smith used to like to tell the story of how he dated my Grandmother "to be" in a horse and buggy. He would drop Mabel Lake off at her house, then he would head the horse for home. He would lay the reigns over the front of the buggy and lay back. Most of the time he would go to sleep.
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Christian Church
Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 21, 2001
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I’m amused by the story of the boy who was fishing on a stream when a group of teenagers arrived on the scene with their rods and reels and fancy flies. They thrashed the water as they joked and laughed casting and reeling in repeatedly but catching nothing. The boy sat intently watching the tip of
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
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In his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey tells the true story of a Texas couple who had trouble with pride. An argument ensued one day when the husband felt that his wife had spent too much on sugar at the grocery story. The argument was never resolved. They lived together for
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Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Feb 15, 2008
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A man went to his neighbor and asked to borrow his chain saw. The man said, “I can’t, because I’m eating black-eyed peas”. The
neighbor said, “No, I’m serious, I have a tree laying in my drive way and I need to borrow your chain-saw” The man said, “I can’t be-
cause I’m eating black-eyed peas”. The
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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A "POWERFUL" GROANER
One day in the middle of the woods, a hawk, a lion, and a skunk were arguing about which one was the most powerful. The hawk said it was because he could fly down and catch his dinner so quickly they could not get away.
The lion said he could run the fastest and had the
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