Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
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One morning there was a terrible snowstorm and so here was this mother of three small children outside shoveling snow out of the driveway. A neighbor also shoveling snow at the same time yells out to her, “Why isn’t your husband outside helping you with this chore?” Well, she said, “Someone
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In the 44th chapter of his book, My Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis responds to Christ’s admonition to turn our focus away from the things of this world with the following prayer:
“To what have we come, Lord? Behold, we bewail a temporal loss. We labor and fret for a small gain, while loss of
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Contributed by Michael West on Mar 17, 2008
The distance between us and the moon is 250,000 miles, but from here to the sun, it’s a whopping 93 million miles. To make it easier, they start talking light years and that’s where I get lost real fast.
For instance let’s take 10 million light years. How far is that in laymen terms? Multiply 5
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A vicar was retiring after 25 years in the parish. As he came to clear out his bedroom, he found a small bowl with 5 eggs and £1,000 in it. Baffled he called his wife, "Darling, what is this little basket under the bed with five eggs and £1,000 in it?"
"Oh," she said "I must confess that everytime
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2025
A few years ago at the Women’s Banquet, I was the head cook and decided to make meatballs, along with pasta, Italian bread, and salad. I announced we had plates with 1 meatball for a small serving and 2 meatballs for a regular serving. Some people were saying, “they are going to starve us.” They
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
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Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad Church
10. The church bus has gun racks.
9 . The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor.
8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version."
7. There’s an ATM in the lobby.
6. The choir wears leather robes.
5. Worship
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FOR SAFETY’S SAKE . . . ( source unknown)
Do NOT ride in automobiles:
they cause 20% of all fatal accidents.
Do NOT stay home:
17% of all accidents do occur in home.
Do NOT walk on the streets or sidewalks:
14% of all accidents happen to pedestrians.
Do NOT travel by air, rail, or water:
6%
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Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 27, 2002
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One of my favorite preachers is Dave Stone from the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s the preacher in a church that has 17,000 people. Dave has written books and is a popular motivational speaker. He was chosen as an influential leader in his community. But Steve Carr, a
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Recently we asked a lady how it was that she became a Christian. She’s actively involved in church and loves the Lord, but we knew that her parents weren’t church-goers. She said that one Sunday when she was 10 years old, she walked to a church down the block from her house and just went in. An
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Let me give you a for instance. How many people here today have been told by well meaning parents that they just don’t want to impose religion on their children, that they want to wait until they make up their own minds for them to choose?
I am not going out on a limb here, but if there is one
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
This week in my reading I read a question which sobered or stunned me. It comes from the book “The church of Irresistible Influence” and it asks this question; “If your church were to close its doors today,
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Contributed by Hal Seed on Aug 21, 2008
CHRIST: AN ALL-ACCESS PASS
Mark and Susie Alderson have been attending New Song since what we call our "portable days." In the early days of the church, we would pack a trailer full of equipment, unload it at a local school, hold church there, and then pack up and put the trailer away.
Mark is
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Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007
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Separatists?
A church had a sign in front: JESUS ONLY. One night a storm blew out the first three letters and left US ONLY. Too many churches have come to that. (Vance Havner, from The Vance Havner
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