Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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THE HEAVEN OF SERVICE
Dr. Laura Schlessinger writes: "I was out at my mother and father’s house, a seventy mile round-trip from my own, because my mother needed a little help. She needed a little help because my father, who has full-blown Alzheimer’s, had taped duct tape all over the three long
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Contributed by Tim Zingale on Nov 13, 2001
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The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar.
As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar.
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Bill Hybels is the Pastor of the largest church in America, Willow Creek Community Church, just outside of Chicago, Illinois. His ministry began as an outreach from another church to teenagers during the early 70’s. They called the youth ministry Son City. He and his wife Lynne recount the story of
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on May 4, 2001
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WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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The Rhone River begins its journey in the Switzerland Alps, some 5000 feet above sea level. It is one of the most important commercial waterways in France, stretching more than 500 miles in length. The river that glistens and sparkles through France, however, is much different than it was at its
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Contributed by Patrick Malone on Mar 20, 2005
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I’m sure many of you will know the story of Victor Hugo’s epic tale LES MISERABLES. Well let me remind you this morning of the opening picture. Jean Valjean, our hero, is released on parole from 19 years of hard labour on a chain gang? His crime, he was caught trying to steal a loaf of bread. And
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Apr 4, 2004
Could we with ink the oceans fill
And were the skies of parchment made
And every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above
Would drain the oceans dry,
Nor could that scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky
Frederick M.
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Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
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We know we have a healthy body when each and every member is working together and looking out for one another. Paul uses a lot of analogies comparing the human body and the church. There is not one part of our body that is not dependent on another part.
Behold, a team went forth to play a game
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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PREACH THE WORD
I am greatly diappointed in the preachers of today,
With their logic and their ethics, their aristocratic way;
With their science and their theories and their new theology,
Full of everything but Jesus and His love for you and me.
There is plenty in the Bible for preachers of
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 4, 2007
Max Lucado tells of a friend of his who teaches under-privileged children in an inner city church. Her class is a group of 9 year olds who love life and aren’t afraid of God. There is one exception though, a timid girl named Barbara. She lives in a home that has left her afraid and insecure. For
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Christian Church
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Aug 9, 2008
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Last week during fellowship, I told some of you about a scene from the Dark Knight, the new Batman movie. Have any of you seen the movie?
The Joker threatens the city of Gotham, so the mayor decides to begin evacuating the city. The prison is emptied and put on a ferry to carry them away so that
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
Talk About Doing Good, or Do Good
In A Pretty Good Person, Lewis Smedes wrote:
A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public school to African-American children. The white parents decided that, if they had to let black children in, they would keep their children out. They let it
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 1, 2008
REDEEMED, REDEEMED, REDEEMED...
A.J. Gordon was the great Baptist pastor of the Clarendon Church in Boston, Massachusetts. One day he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired, "Son, where did you get those birds?"
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