Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Life is all memory except for the one present moment that goes by so quick
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John Tillotson said, "He who provides for this life, but does not take care for eternity, is wise
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Baptist
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I just recently read a story about Benjamin Franklin when he was a young boy. He had just turned seven years old when his friends and family gave him some money for his birthday. It was a pocketful of small coins. The story does not say exactly the amount he was given. Like most all children, he
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United Methodist
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 8, 2010
A pastor friend was telling me about two men in his church who are stricken with Alzheimer’s. One man is a retired pastor. He and his wife still attend church. Sometimes it takes this retired pastor longer than usual to say something. My friend spoke of being patient with him as they
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Baptist
Contributed by Eugene Morell on Feb 24, 2012
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MOTHER'S ARMS
There was a teenager who didn’t want to be seen in public with her mother, because her mother’s arms were terribly disfigured. One day when her mother took her shopping and reached out her hand, a clerk looked horrified. Later, crying, the girl told her how embarrassed she was.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Dec 28, 2012
Dr. Herbert Jackson was a missionary to the Philippines. He tells a story about something that happened to him when he was just getting started on the mission field. He was given a car that wouldn't start without a push, so he quickly devised different ways of getting that car started without him
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Baptist
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 19, 2007
Last summer when I was working at the seminary on grounds crew, I was put in charge of a special task. I was to oversee the labor of three other workers. We were suppose to clean up the yard for our new Dean of Student Life. There were a lot of different plants growing in a bed around the front of
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Lutheran
Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
William Barclay wrote: “For most of us the threat of life is not so much that we should plunge into disaster, but that we should drift into sin. There are few people who deliberately and in a moment turn their backs on God; there are many who day by day drift farther and farther away from him.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
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The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her preacher father always paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day she asked him why.
The Pastor was so proud that his daughter was so observant of his mesages. He smiled and answered, "Well, honey,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 21, 2009
Author, John Kehoe wrote an article called Authentic Relationships. I quote, “I have a good friend who is the most authentic person I know. People love being around her because she is so real, with no pretense. She makes everyone feel special, not in a phony way; she makes them feel special because
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Salvation Army
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CONVERTED NOT ONCE, BUT OFTEN
A person of no less stature than Ruth Graham, the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary and the wife of a world-famous evangelist, struggled with this idea of a "moment of conversion." She was raised in the faith and knew that she was secure in Christ, and yet she
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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