Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
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The Church is expanding. 12 disciple grew to 120 in a upper room followed by Peters sermon 3000 believed, shortly after 5000 were add then came persecution till AD 313 Edict of toleration around 10 million Christians at this time. By the year 1000 this had grown to 50 million. By the end of the
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
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French novelist/playwright Alexandre Dumas once had a heated quarrel with a young politician. The argument became so intense that a duel was inevitable. Since both men were superb shots they decided to draw lots, the loser agreeing to shoot himself. Dumas lost.
Pistol in hand, he withdrew in
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
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There was a boy who was very popular among others his age. He was an excellent leader in his school groups. One of his friends visited him and saw a homemade plaque in his room with the words "I Am Third" on it. His friend asked him what it meant and he replied, "It is the motto I try to use in my
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 3, 2008
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It is sometimes hard to imagine the wrath of God because most (if not all) of our experience with wrath and anger has been selfish anger. The two hundred pound man who flings the hundred pound woman across the room in a drunken rage. The mother of the four-year-old boy that flies off the handle
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
BAG OF CANDY
A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson.
After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 1, 2009
A group of four-year-olds were presenting a Christmas Pageant. Everything moved along smoothly until the children playing Mary and Joseph arrived at the inn in Bethlehem.
‘Do you have any room for us?’ asked young Joseph.
‘No, the inn is full,’ replied the innkeeper.
‘But it’s so cold outside,
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
ILLUSTRATION: Crab grass within your soul.
Crab grass if gotten early in the spring can be eliminated from your yard but if you allow it an inkling of room to grow, it will take over your yard. That is what arrogant pride will do in your soul.
Just as you need to apply grab grass preventative to
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 17, 2011
COMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAJESTY
It isn’t good to be too comfortable in the presence of majesty.
There is a story about a man named Lear who was hired to give Queen Victoria art lessons. Things were going well, and Lear started to feel quite at home in the palace. He enjoyed standing in
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THE NAPKIN
The master of the house sat down to his meal. As the courses were served, the servents would clear the table as the guests finished eating. During the meal however, the master of the house, folding his napkin and placing it aside his plate, left the room for a period of time. A new
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Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
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NEVER GIVE UP
Haddon Robinson tells the following story. I hope you appreciate it as I did.
It was New Year’s Day, 1929, and Georgia Tech. and UCLA were battling it out in the Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech. fumbled the football late in the first half. Roy Riggles recovered for California. Picking up the
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Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jun 17, 2005
I WANT TO BUY AN HOUR
A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
The dad replied: "Yeah, sure, what is it?"
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
The dad got mad and said,
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 27, 2024
A Leaky Roof Lesson
Acting Quickly on Friendly Advice
Some of the best counsel we ever receive is not complicated—it’s simply practical, timely, and humble enough to follow.
This little story reminds me that wisdom often begins with a small adjustment made quickly, before a problem becomes
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
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FINALLY CHRISTMAS
Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North
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