Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 17, 2013
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STANDING UP ON THE INSIDE
A five year old girl was having one of those trouble-filled days with her mother. It seemed they spent the day arguing back and forth. Finally the mom had enough. "Jenny, go sit in the corner, right now! Don’t get up until I tell you to!"
Jenny went to the corner and sat
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Independent/Bible
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I know of a priest back in New York City who went to Ireland to visit his relatives. While he was staying at his cousin’s farm, they decided to have some fun with him. After doing some chores in the fields, they told him to come in for dinner just as soon as he was through rounding up the sheep
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
ILLUSTRATION: President Abraham Lincoln was trying to make a point, but the individual he was talking with was unconvinced and stubborn. So Lincoln tried another tactic. He said, “Well, let’s see now. How many legs does a cow have?” The disgusted reply came back “Four, of course.” Lincoln agreed,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 26, 2008
According to Wikipedia:
"…Biblical references suggest that King David and the prophet Daniel prayed three times a day. In Psalms, David states: "Evening, morning and afternoon do I pray and cry, and He will hear my voice" (55:18). As in Daniel: "[...] his windows being open in his chamber toward
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
A number of years ago Jim Carry stared in a movie that considered this very idea. In the movie “Liar, Liar”, Jim Carry plays a lawyer who is particularly good at stretching the truth. After promising, and then breaking his promise, to show up at his five-year-old son’s birthday party, the son
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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BIBLICAL TRUTH
Both George Gallup and George Barna, eminent pollsters and close church observers, have noted declining biblical literacy in the church. The majority of born-again Christian do not believe in absolute truth. 60% of Americans can’t name five of the Ten Commandments. 50% of high
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 18, 2022
"Embraced By the Light" or is it more like.... "Embraced By the Darkness?"
The idea of Hell and judgment are nowhere to be found in Betty Eadie’s bestseller, Embraced By The Light, on the N.Y. Times bestseller list. In November 1973, Eadie allegedly died after undergoing a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2002
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World’s Biggest Liar Contest
LONDON (Nov. 14) - The World’s Biggest Liar will defend his title against a small but devious group of challengers in a pub in northern England Thursday.
George Kemp beat five-time winner John Graham last year with a string of tall tales including one about his
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Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
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The Book "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" speaks of the destruction of early Christian texts during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletion of 303 A.D., after which it continues: “As a result Christian documents—especially in Rome—all but vanished. When Constantine commissioned new versions of these
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Christian/Church Of Christ
A news story from Wales told of a feud in a church looking for a new pastor. It read:
"Yesterday the two opposition groups both sent ministers to the pulpit. Both spoke simultaneously, each trying to shout above the others. Both called for hymns, and the congregation sang two--each trying to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2002
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In the summer of 2002 Tulsa Oklahoma had a burglary suspect that did something quite unusual. According to the KOTV television news, Edward McBride kicked in the door of a house, and grabbed a duffle bag full of electronic gear. As he left the house, a man working next door saw him and called
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Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
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Being shocked by electricity can be very dangerous. Just ask professional golf legend Lee Trevino. He was struck by lightning while sitting under a tree during a tournament several years ago. He said, “It bolted my arms and legs out stiff, jerked me off the ground”. He went on to explain that he
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Vineyard
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