Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
: There was a lady who died in 1916 named Hetty Green. She was called America’s greatest miser. When she died in 1916, she left an estate valued at $100 million. But she was so miserly that she ate cold oatmeal in order to save the expense of heating the water. When her son had a severe leg injury,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
Illustration: There was a lady who died in 1916 named Hetty Green. She was called America’s greatest miser. When she died in 1916, she left an estate valued at $100 million. But she was so miserly that she ate cold oatmeal in order to save the expense of heating the water. When her son had a severe
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Contributed by Ted Mulder on Mar 24, 2007
John Elderidge wrote in his book The Journey of Desire
“Nearly every Christian I have spoken with has some idea that eternity is an unending church service… He goes on to write – We have settled on an image of the never-ending sing-along in the sky, one great hymn after another, forever and ever,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, "It is the day of judgment! Let us go home and get ready!"
But one member of the legislature, who happened to be an old church deacon, stood
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VULTURES AND HUMMINGBIRDS
Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 2, 2011
DRINKING COFFEE AND TALKING
One evening a man and his wife called another couple to see what they were doing. "Oh," said the other wife, "we're just drinking coffee and talking."
As she hung up the phone, she demanded, "Why don't we ever do that? They're just drinking coffee and talking."
Her
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 18, 2013
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FEW WHO BEAR HIS CROSS
In Thomas á Kempis' book, The Imitation of Christ he says,
Jesus has many who love his kingdom in heaven, but few who bear his cross. He has many who desire comfort, but few who desire suffering. He finds many to share his feast, but few his fasting. All desire to rejoice
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Contributed by Jason Evans on Oct 4, 2016
Let’s say there is a man who owns a brand new $100,000 car. He decides he wants to take it out one day to go to the store and parks in a lot around a lot of other cars. When he comes out it has been stolen. When they find the thief and arrest him the thief says "Well you should have known better
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 13, 2022
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A REALLY BAD DAD JOKE?????
It was a nice summer day when 2 flies came upon a picnic lunch. Finding only baloney, they promptly ate their fill.
The flies then flew to a nearby well for a drink, then they sat on the pump handle to rest and talk.
After a few minutes, one said he
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Illustration: In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial Legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, “It is the Day of Judgment! Let’s go home and get ready!”
But another member of the Legislature, who happened to be a deacon
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Baptist
Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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Maybe the most famous of all the unexpected heroes of 911 was a 32 year old Oracle salesmen named Todd Beamer, the determined Christian on flight 93 who called up the GTE operator to find out what was happening, prayed the Lord’s Prayer with her over the phone, added, “Jesus, help me,” then said,
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
“In the late l800s there were just two deacons in a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. One Sunday, one of the deacons put up a small wooden peg in the back wall so the minister could hang up his hat. When the other deacon discovered the peg, he was outraged that he had not been
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
In Matthew Chapter 22 we read of a parable that Jesus gave. A king made a marriage for His son, and he sent forth his servant to bid people to the wedding. He told them that he had prepared a dinner, and asked them to come to the wedding. They would not come, so he sent the servant forth again.
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Apostolic
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 22, 2007
Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China. Saw many come to Christ during one period of time. Many had heard the gospel message and had been newly saved. One particular older Chinese man came up to Taylor and said with joy in his heart, ‘How long have you had this wonderful news in your land?’ WELL
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
Many people talk about near death experiences: Some people have even experienced near death experiences and they find themselves in a dark tunnel approaching a marvellous light. Many medical experts will debunk and explain these near death experiences as mere neurological actions of the brain and
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Internet Impact 80% of American adults - 178 million people - regularly go online these days, usually for about 11 hours a week, finds a recent Harris Poll. This compares with only 18 million in ’95. Once considered the playground of the young, educated, wealthy and geeky, the online world is now
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