What does it mean to be a Christian? A little boy asked his father that question one day. The Father who had made a profession of faith as a child but had not been active in church since becoming an adult did his best to explain what it mean to be a Christian. After the father finished his
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Baptist
Contributed by Brent Long on Mar 20, 2011
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TRYING TO HELP
An older man approached a young stranger in the post office and asked, "Sir, would you address this postcard and write a short note for me? I have such a difficult time writing these days."
The younger man gladly did so, and when he was finished, he asked the older gentleman,
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Apostolic
Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 17, 2012
Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper scene on a dining room wall in Milan. As a visitor stood viewing the finished work, he commented on the realism of several goblets on the table, exclaiming that they were so real he felt as though he could reach out and pick them up. Upon hearing those
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 12, 2008
The idea that the people were lost and didn't know their way reminds me of a story of a drunk man who came home and his wife put him to bed. She was a very saintly woman and she said, "John do you want me to pray for you?" "Yes," he says. "Dear Lord, I pray for my husband
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Lutheran
Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
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A WALK BY FAITH
I have a friend in Alaska. Some years ago he was a rising executive in a large, influential business. Then God spoke to him to quit his job and go to full-time Bible college. He did so, with no guarantees and no looking back.
After he finished Bible college, to the amazement of
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 30, 2001
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Nancy Spiegelberg captured the scene in the Garden with these lines:
In the dark place of olive trees
You had a chance to turn Your back
on us and say:
¡§Father, forget them; they¡¦re not worth
the price.¡¨
Instead, in the dark place, above
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
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DRIVING THE WRONG WAY
An older gentleman was driving home from work when his cell phone rang. His wife was on the line in a panic and said, "Honey, be careful driving. I just saw on the TV that some maniac is driving the wrong
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 30, 2002
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In this year’s hot holiday film, "The Santa Clause 2," there is a line that made me sit up and take notice. Charley, Santa’s son, says to a cynical principal who later in the story becomes Mrs. Claus, something to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Churchshoppers.com claims it is the largest on-line U.S. church directory with 103,473 churches and adding more daily. It allows searchers to enter criterion based on a variety of preferences. Search results provide profiles of the churches, web
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011
PRIDE AND DIRTY LAUNDRY
A woman looked out of her window every morning and commented on the dirty laundry on her neighbor's line. One day she noticed it was sparkling clean.
"Maybe she's using a new detergent,"
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Christian/Church Of Christ
HAPPY FAMILIES
Leo Tolstoy opened his novel, Anna Karenina with this line:
"Happy families," he said, "are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
I don’t know if that’s entirely true, but, of course,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 23, 2007
Illustration: A group of soldiers on the front line sneak out of battle, go deeply into safe territory, and play cards in a shack somewhere; they are unlikely to be attacked by the enemy because they have fled from the battle. It is the same with us - if we are not aggressively seeking to make a
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
That great truth inspired Count Zinzendorf to write the following lines in the glorious hymn “Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness,” translated by John Wesley:
Bold I shall stand in that great day,
For who ought to my charge shall
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Other
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
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Bob Munford tells of a certain Italian harbor that can be reached only by sailing up a narrow channel between dangerous rocks and shoals. Over the years, many ships have wrecked, and navigation is hazardous. To guide the ships safely into port, three lights have been mounted in the harbor on three
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2002
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By the twelfth day of the siege of the Alamo in 1836, Travis knew that time was running out. That Saturday evening, as the sun began to set, he stood before the tired group of Texans who had gathered in the courtyard of the Alamo chapel. He offered them the chance to escape the fortress before it
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