Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 3, 2009
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Three preachers on fishing trip. The Methodist says, "Hey guys, since we’re not catching anything, why don’t we pass the time by sharing our secret sins?" The Pentecostal says, "I think that would be great!", but the Baptist says, "I don’t know...I think that’s a bad idea." After a half an hour
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Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 5, 2009
WHO’S WATCHING YOU?
Years ago, my brother and I were fishing off a pier with four other people. It was so hot that the fish (white bass) were just floating on the surface of the water and had no interest in biting any bait. Those of us on the pier all decided just to snag the fish with treble
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Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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One day, the Sun and the Wind argued over who was stronger. They see a man walking with a coat and decide to settle their dispute by seeing who can make him remove his coat. The Wind blows fiercely, but the harder it blows, the tighter the man clutches his coat. Then, the Sun gently shines its warm
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
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A man on staff with Chuck Swindoll got sexually involved with his secretary. The church chose not to handle it in public, but rather deal with this privately. The next year, 17 marriages of senior leadership people in the church broke up! Paul is clear that when a leader sins, he/she needs to be
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Contributed by Joey Nelson on Aug 6, 2001
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For several years, controversy had centered on a strange monk from Wittenberg. Political and religious leaders felt that his teachings, which included salvation by grace through faith alone in Christ alone, might spark a rebellion. Accused of heresy, he stood trial on April 17, 1521. He never
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Together, nine physically handicapped persons conquered Mount Rainier. One of the mountain climbers had an artificial leg. Another was an epileptic. Two were deaf, and five were blind. Despite these handicaps, the nine successfully negotiated the 14,000 foot climb and got back down again. Asked how
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 24, 2003
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In St. Louis there is a railroad switchyard.
One particular switch begins with just the thinnest piece of steel to direct a train away from one main track to another.
If you were to follow those two tracks, however, you would find that one ends in San Francisco, the other in New York.
You see
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 17, 2003
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"We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Neither the belief in Christ nor any other will automatically remain alive in the mind. It must be fed, and as a matter of fact, if you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn
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Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 20, 2004
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The original prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled by Antiochus IV (Epiphanes) who betrayed the Jews by taking over the temple and offering a pig upon its altar. He forbade Jews to sacrifice and to keep the Sabbath day and other Jewish traditions. He even forbid any Jews from having copies of their
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Contributed by Timothy Schultz on Oct 14, 2004
We didn’t know that my father would die as young as he did: while on a vacation with my mother to Florida. He was 49 years old. His life had some rough times but what a blessing that in mid-life he made a deeper commitment to Christ. Sharing the Lord and giving to others was a regular habit,
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Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God. Over time the paths to these places became well worn. As a result, if one of these believers began to neglect
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Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 20, 2005
Scott was the leading literary figure in the British Empire. No one could write as well as he. Then the works of Lord Byron began to appear, and their greatness was immediately evident. Soon an anonymous critic praised his poems in a London paper. He declared that in the presence of these brilliant
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I spent many years as a teacher in Further Education. My subject was business studies and one of the topics that I taught was marketing. It is said that to market any product or service successfully you have to pay attention to the 4 ps. These stand for Product, Price, Place and Promotion. In
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Someone (Zan Holmes) reminds us of our marching orders as Christians: "Christianity is a come-and-go affair. We come up to the mountain, but we must go back down again. We come to worship, but we must go to serve." (Raymond McHenry. ed. McHenry’s Quips, Quotes And Other
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Front Page The percentage of adults reading the front section of a daily newspaper from ‘00 to ‘05 increased from 51.4% to 53% in the 87 metro markets surveyed by The Media Audit. At the same time those reading the other 11 sections of a daily paper declined with the weekend TV guide declining the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Blog Boom The Pew Internet & American Life Project finds the blog population has grown to about 12 million American adults or 8% of adult internet users. The number of blog readers has jumped to 57 million, or 39% of the online population. 64% of bloggers blog to share practical knowledge or skills
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