Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2007
The music/worship leader of a large church led fantastic worship services and choirs. Out of 800 people there were 200 in choir. Each Sunday morning he would receive a note from the same person. The note was always critical telling him where he had failed to lead worship. Imagine every Sunday,
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 8, 2007
The Humanist’s Prayer
Lyman Abbot once paraphrased the Lord’s Prayer to reflect the philosophy of those without God. We might call it the Humanist’s Prayer:
Our brethren who art on earth,
Hallowed be our name.
Our kingdom come,
Our will be done on earth,
For there is no heaven.
We must get
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 5, 2008
When we reach for the sponge that we use to wipe off the counter, the first thing we do is get the sponge wet, because the sponge is crispy and crusty and hard and brittle, and we can’t use the sponge for anything until we get it wet. People come with crusty and hard hearts. Take that hard heart
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Feb 15, 2008
We have all heard the expression, “It’s enough to make a preacher cuss”. There’s the story of a boy trying to sell a broken down lawnmower. The local pastor walked up and he was able to persuade him to buy it. The pastor pulled on the rope several times but the mower wouldn’t start. The boy told
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Church Of God
Philip Keller in his book entitled “A Gardener Looks At The Fruit of the Spirit” says that self control in the biblical sense “means my ‘self’ my whole person, my whole being, body soul and spirit come under the control of Christ. It means that I am an individual governed by God. My entire life,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
I love bumper sticker theology. It may not always be the most sound theological statements, but they generally at least have the ability to make you think. The one in particular that I am thinking about said, "God is my Co-pilot." Do you remember the sticker? It took a great deal of heat. Perhaps
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 9, 2008
A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. “Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!” it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign directly underneath the banner
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 17, 2008
One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white,
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 21, 2008
Robert Clinton has studied and written a great deal about leadership. Clinton has come to the conclusion that over 70% of leaders don’t finish well. For Christian leaders, he offers six factors that contribute to leadership failure.
One is, leaders quit learning and growing. Contentment is
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Baptist
Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 23, 2008
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Robert Clinton has studied and written a great deal about leadership. Clinton has come to the conclusion that over 70% of leaders don’t finish well. For Christian leaders, he offers six factors that contribute to leadership failure.
One is, leaders quit learning and growing. Contentment is a
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 25, 2008
It’s frustrating because we often don’t know what to do. It’s almost like the rule are constantly changing. Anybody remember the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes? It was about a kid and how in his imagination his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, comes to life and they have great fun together. One of their
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Church Of God
Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
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Before performing a baptism, the pastor approached the young
father and said solemnly, "Baptism is a serious step. Are
you prepared for it?"
"I think so," the man replied. "My wife has made appetizers
and we have a caterer coming to provide plenty of cookies and
cakes for all of our guests."
"I
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Lutheran
Contributed by Brian Menear on Apr 27, 2007
When airlines train new pilots, they test them in a simulator. This simulator presents them with problems and malfunctions they might face in a flight. The problems start out small and progress to the most severe. Only after they master dealing with the small ones do they move onto the most
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Illustration: In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial Legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, “It is the Day of Judgment! Let’s go home and get ready!”
But another member of the Legislature, who happened to be a deacon
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Baptist
There were 13 treasuries in the courtyard...each one bearing a letter that signified the purpose of that particular treasury. Each one was shaped like a tall box with a trumpet...a large cone coming out of it... When someone would toss their money into it, it was possible to make the coins roll
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A. I WAS READING IN ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE, THAT THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, WHICH SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE WAS THE NORTH STAR, IS 30 LIGHT YEARS AWAY, AND THE LIGHT FROM IT TAKES 30 YEARS TO REACH OUR EYES.
1. THE ARTICLE ALSO SAID THAT IF THE NORTH STAR DIED, IT WOULD BE DEAD 30 YEARS BEFORE WE WOULD KNOW
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Note the high honor our Lord places upon marriage and the wedding ceremony in his very first miracle. It honors God when we come to a wedding pure and proclaim our trust in God for the marriage to succeed!
By his presence at the marriage feast, the Son of God said, ‘This is an honorable thing’
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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