Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
If you go to one of these fancy department stores like Peebles or Nieman Marcus, you can buy a perfume by Marc Jacobs called Essence, that is if you’ve got money to blow. The stuff costs $60.00 for 3 ounces. Why is it so expensive? Because they claim to have distilled from the gardenia flower
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
The judge in the criminal case of the state vs. Bob Jones said, “The defendant will rise as the charges are read.” Mr. Jones’s attorney stood and motioned for Mr. Jones to stand, but he remained seated.
The judge then asked, "Mr. Jones, are you the defendant in this case?"
"No sir, your honor,
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
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LET GOD PUT IT TOGETHER
One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was open just enough that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
THE BIBLE FOUND ME
G. Campbell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists and agnostics disturbed him (e.g., Charles Darwin, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, and Herbert
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Contributed by Jim Bennett on May 7, 2011
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MOM'S ONE-LINE SERMONS
In John 2:5, at the wedding in Cana, Mary, mother of Jesus, tells the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." That's "Mary's One-Line Sermon."
Now, my mom preached some great one-line sermons to me as I was growing up. She had a one-line sermon from Revelation
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 1, 2013
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IF HE HAD DIFFERENT GODS
James Michener, writing in his book, The Source, tells the story of a man named Urbaal, who, was a farmer living about 2200 B.C. He worshiped two gods, one a god of death, the other a goddess of fertility.
One day, the temple priests tell Urbaal to bring his young son to
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 15, 2023
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Two men were walking through a field one day when they spotted an angry old bull who wanted them out of his pasture. Instantly, they darted toward the nearest fence. The storming bull followed in hot pursuit and it was soon apparent that they wouldn't make it.
Terrified, one man shouted to
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 11, 2024
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What are the 5 Solas of the Reformation?
The 5 “Solas” of the Reformation (“solas,” meaning, “alones”) are five principles that are foundational to the doctrine of salvation that were the focus of the Protestant Reformation. These five "solas" led to the rejection of the false teachings
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
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The New Testament speaks to work: if a man will not work, he should not eat. (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
But too much work ... without rest ... is not a good thing.
We should build into our lives ... a rhythm of working ... and resting.
When God created the world, ... He wasn't giving us a law
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME
If tomorrow starts without me,
And I’m not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn’t get to say.
I know how much you love
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Why is it important that we let God be first in out life? Because we may touch others when God is leading. Miss Thompson taught Teddy Stallard in the fourth grade. He was a slow, unkempt student, a loner shunned by his classmates. The previous year his mother died, and what little motivation for
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Contributed by Cajun Pauley on Jun 23, 2007
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Entranced
<i> By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was going.– Hebrews 11:8 HCSB </i>
There once was an old Christian who was often entranced by his love for the Lord. One summer evening,
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