Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
The father of a small boy would occasionally sneak into a neighbor’s orchard and pluck some of the choicest fruit. He always made sure, however, that "the coast was clear." One day with his son tagging along, after carefully looking in every direction and seeing no one, he crept through the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
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Be rich toward God.
Grandparents are often accused of spoiling the grandchildren
Why?
The children see grandpa sitting on the floor
playing with his toddler grandchildren.
The son or daughter is shocked and jealous:
"Dad, I’m surprised.
You never got down on the floor and played with
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Lutheran
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
I Can’t See You
One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to his son, “Jump! I’ll catch you.” He knew the boy had to jump to save his life. All the boy could see, however, was flame, smoke, and
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy.
“I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy.
“I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Whenever I hear the word “everlasting” I am reminded of Everlast boxing gloves. I recall living in Moberly, Missouri where the Everlast Boxing Equipment company is located. The building where the company first began production has been abandoned for a new facility; however this presented a bit of
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022
One day, when Vice President Calvin Coolidge was presiding over the Senate, one Senator angrily told another to go “straight to hell.”
The offended Senator complained to Coolidge as presiding officer, and Coolidge looked up from the book he had been leafing through while listening to the debate.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2023
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"If you want God's favor, there are two ways to relate to him. You can relate to him as an heir, or you can relate to him as a slave. The difference is that a slave tries to become acceptable to his master by presenting him valuable service; but the heir trusts that the inheritance of his
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 29, 2023
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Kids say the darndest things.....even in church!
One day as I was cleaning, I began singing one of my favorite gospel songs, "Soon and very soon, we are
going to see the King!" I just love that song.
Well, my young son, Cory, was in the next room listening to my song. Suddenly, he
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Story: Andrew Carnegie, the famous steel magnate of the 19th Century had a sister who complained that her sons were always asking for money but never replied to her letters. So Carnegie bet her £100 that he could get them to reply within a week.
So he sat down and wrote to each of his nephews
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2002
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C.S. Lewis in "Mere Christianity" said about Jesus, “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg—or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice.
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Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002
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In November of 1999 in Lubbock, Texas, Jimmy Allen, the former President of the Southern Baptist Convention, spoke about one of the greatest hurts of his life. His daughter-in-law and his two grandsons, had all become infected with HIV from a tainted blood transfusion received during her first
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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AND, DRIVER, HURRY PLEASE
If you think using cellphones is a distraction while driving a car,
just imagine how affected a woman was while traveling on an intercity
bus in northern Greece last weekend. As we pick up the story, the
passenger was so deep in conversation when the driver reached her
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Contributed by Andrew Clark on Aug 23, 2002
A Methodist Prayer
I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will, rank me with who you will.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you.
Exalted for you, or brought low for you.
Let me be full, let me be empty,
Let me have all things, let me
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Holiness
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Dec 27, 2002
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During a Christmas pagent, one child had been forced to be in the program by his parents. The young teen continued to voice his concerns as they
practiced. He would mutter things like "How can people believe that Jesus is the Son of God?" and "just what makes everyone believe that this is the way
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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DRUG PROBLEM
A little old lady was amazed at how nice the young man was next door. Every day he would help her gather things from her car or help her in her yard. One day, the old lady finally ask the young man, "Son, how did you become such a fine young man?"
The young man replied, "Well, when
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Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003
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The great soccer player Pele, was a smoker when he was younger. His father caught him one time and instead of getting angry, he called his son to the porch where they spoke his father saying, “Pele, you realize that if you continue smoking you will not play as well as you could.” Pele said “Yes,
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
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LIFE LESSON:
Jaime Rodriguez, a schoolteacher in Chicago, Ill., was named as the worst offender on the city’s list of employees with unpaid parking tickets. After checking into things, he discovered it was actually his 26-year-old son, also named Jaime, who had run up $11,040
in unpaid tickets.
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