Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2003
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“The worst threats the church has ever encountered have come more from within than without. External pressures are like water on a grease fire– causing the church to intensify and spread. Internal strife and bickering are like
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 24, 2003
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An evangelist went to a back woods church in the hills of Tennessee not knowing it was a snake handling church. He was setting up on the podium with the pastor when a couple of men brought in a box full of snakes and dumped them out in front of the evangelist. The evangelist turned to the pastor
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Contributed by Joel Vicente on Apr 19, 2003
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President Calvin Coolege went to church, and afterwards was asked by a friend what the minister spoke on. “He preached on sin.” The friend asked what the preacher
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 14, 2003
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Parable: There once was a thriving little church in the country. Internal squabbles developed that tore the church apart. Attendance dwindled until the church died. It time a middle-class neighborhood grew up around the church. One day a newcomer, tired of looking at the run down church,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2003
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My dad was a preacher at a small church in Northwest Indiana. Sometimes he would take me and my little brother Steve to the Thursday morning Bible study. George, an elderly gentleman, would split his donut with my little brother. One Sunday my brother came to church with a sandwich bag full of
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Contributed by Dennis Fakes on Nov 10, 2003
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A man came to the Lutheran Church and asked to see the pastor. “Pastor,” he said, “My dog died and I would like a Christian burial for him.”
The Pastor said, “I’m sorry to hear about your dog, but we Lutherans don’t do funerals for dogs. You might try the Baptist church down the street.
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Contributed by Tim Gresham on Jan 10, 2004
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A little girl became restless in church as the preacher’s sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy,
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 22, 2004
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A pastor in a small Methodist church in Georgia asked his congregation one morning, ‘How many of you here are Methodist’s?’ Everybody but one little old lady raised their hand.
After the service he asked her what she was and she said, ‘I am a baptist’.
Why are you a baptist
Don’t really know, My
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Contributed by Tad Mills on Jan 26, 2004
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A bar is the closest thing to a church the world has.
The TV Show “Cheers” was set in the friendliest bar you’ve ever seen.
Sam was like the pastor
The bartenders like were the deacons
Waitresses were like the greeters and ushers
It’s almost like a counterfeit church.
“Where Everybody Knows
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jan 28, 2004
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A man went to church with an angel as guide. The church was filled, but oddly, there was no sound. The organist played, but no music could be heard; the choir’s lips moved, but no song came forth. The pastor went through the motions of preaching, but the man heard nothing. He asked the angel,
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Contributed by Richard White on Feb 18, 2004
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According to church tradition St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year A.D. 270. Now some have rejected the story because of its similarity to that of Paul. At that time the Roman Emperor was imprisoning Christians for not worshipping the Roman gods. During this persecution Valentine
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Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 3, 2004
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Jerome was a Church Father who translated the Greek manuscripts into Latin and put the Bible in the language of the people. He purposefully lived in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. One night while living in Bethlehem, Jerome had a dream that Jesus visited him. The dream was so real to him that
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A skeptic attended church for four Sundays on which the preacher presented the basic beliefs of Christanity. The skeptic listened intently to the sermons. After the fourth message he came forward, saying he had received Christ as his Savior. The delighted preacher asked which of the four sermons
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It matters not how spiritual a church may profess to be, if souls are not saved, something is radically wrong, and the professed spirituality is simply a false experience, a delusion of the devil. People who are satisfied to meet together simply to have a good time among
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Contributed by Wes Richard on Apr 11, 2005
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Sometimes small churches look at themselves and say, “Oh, we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we are too small. We don’t have the resources.” And their vision gets limited by their circumstances and instead of taking giant steps of faith, they take baby steps. I’m reminded of the story of
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