Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
Kent Hughes told an old Middle Eastern story that shows the futility of salvation by works. A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust skyward.
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Contributed by John Perry on Jul 27, 2010
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THE IMPORTANT-LOOKING LAWYER
A young lawyer was setting himself up in his first private practice. As he sat in his office, which was basically bare except for his desk with a telephone on it and a book case filled with important-looking legal books, he wondered how long it would be before he got
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Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 13, 2008
I'm sure that by now many of you have seen the movie "The Bucket List." It's the story of two men who meet by chance as hospital roommates. As the story develops, we soon discover that one of the men is terminally ill, and the other man is incredibly wealthy. With hours to spend in their
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
Couldn't You Endure Him?
According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"There is nothing quite so dead as a self-centered man a man who holds himself up as a self-made success, and measures himself
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Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 29, 2009
"The masses blink and say: 'We are all equal — Man is but man, before God we are all equal.' Before God!
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
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A recent issue of Christianity Today magazine has an interesting article on doubt. The author (Mark Buchanan) tells of meeting a man who called himself a skeptic. He asked if the man had ever read the Bible. The man answered, “No, not really. I told you, I’m a skeptic. I don’t believe it.”
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Congregational
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Sometime ago, a traveling evangelist was riding along and singing to himself a song called, “I’ve Been Redeemed.”
A fellow passenger heard him and began to sing along. When they finished singing the evangelist asked the stranger if he had been redeemed.
The man said, “Yes, praise the Lord.”
So
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
NOT "IF"
Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God.
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
LETTER OF REFERENCE
There's a story about a Jewish man;
* Who applied to work for First International Bank of Israel;
* That bank asked for a letter of recommendation;
* And the young Jewish man put down his Rabbi to be the reference.
* The Rabbi wrote, 'His father came from the distinguished
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