Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Apr 2, 2001
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A hurricane had struck. People were huddled together. A preacher was praying with great oratorical effects in the midst of this violent storm, crying out "Send us the spirit of the children of Israel, the children of Moses, the children of the Promised land." At this, an old man with less oratory
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 3, 2001
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On summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice, "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?" Smiling the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear, I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by James May on Apr 19, 2001
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One of the all-time greats in baseball was Babe Ruth. His bat had the power of a cannon, and his record of 714 home runs remained unbroken until Hank Aaron came along. The Babe was the idol of sports fans, but in time age took its toll, and his popularity began to wane. Finally the Yankees traded
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Lynn Floyd on May 4, 2001
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In February 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team slipped its foot into a glass slipper and walked away with a gold medal at Lake Placid, New York. Those collegians had shocked the world by upsetting the powerful Soviet team, and then they grabbed the championship from Finland while the crowd chanted,
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Contributed by Larry Sarver on May 10, 2001
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Illustration: On April 20th of this year Missionary Veronica ``Roni’’ Bowers, 35, and her 7-month-old daughter, Charity, seated in her lap, were killed by a single bullet when the jet fired on the Cessna plane they were riding in. The Peruvian Air-force had shot at the plane because it mistakenly
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 1, 2001
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The Bear and the Atheist
An atheist was walking through the woods looking at the beautiful trees and flower that had just bloomed. Because he was an atheist he couldn’t thank anyone for the beautiful landscape that he was witnessing. As he was gazing at the sky he saw a bear running toward him,
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Contributed by Craig Simonian on Jun 8, 2001
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Last time, I mentioned the movie City Slickers… where Billy Crystal asked Curley what the meaning of life was. He pointed his finger up. “Your finger is the meaning of life?” “No, one thing. One thing is the meaning of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2001
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(Based on my sermon on Laodicea and Revelation 3:19-20. Re:Jesus’s call to us to repent, and that He is still knocking, calling, waiting for us to repent.)
"We can be thankful that Jesus still loves Laodicea and is still knocking. In fact, He has been knocking on some of our hearts so long that
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 3, 2001
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Someone tells about a man who pulled up to a red light and saw a truck towing a trailer with many sheep inside. The man rolled down his window and yelled to the truck driver, "You shepherds don’t move your sheep around like you used to."
To which the truck driver replied, "I’m not a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2001
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Michelangelo was browsing about in a marble shop one day. His attention was drawn to one particular piece. He walked around and around it, pondering its beauty. After a time, he told the shopkeeper that he wished to purchase it. The shopkeeper, evidently an honest soul, agreed that though it was
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Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 17, 2001
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IN REFERENCE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AMERICA, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SAID, “THESE ACTS OF MASS MURDER WERE INTENDED TO FRIGHTEN OUR NATION INTO CHAOS AND RETREAT. BUT THEY HAVE FAILED. OUR COUNTRY IS STRONG. A GREAT PEOPLE HAS BEEN MOVED TO DEFEND A GREAT NATION. TERRORIST ATTACKS CAN SHAKE
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2001
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Somebody asked Winston Churchill one time what most prepared him to lead Great Britain through WW2? This was Churchill’s response: "It was the time I repeated a class in grade school." The questioner said, "You mean you flunked a grade?" Churchill
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