Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 10, 2009
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COMMITMENT OR CONTENTMENT?
Four masked men came in with assault rifles screaming at the preacher and members during the worship service. They said that anyone who would deny their faith could leave safely, but the pastor had to stay and face the outcome.
Silence fill the church, and finally,
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 27, 2023
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Are you struggling with self-control in any of these areas that are addressed in the Book of Proverbs?
• Uncontrolled lust.
Proverbs 6:26: “For the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.”
• Uncontrolled spending.
Proverbs 21:20: “In the house
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 6, 2024
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Two warships with the largest full-load displacement in the world are the US Navy aircraft carriers.
The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower weigh about 91,400 tons. They are 1,092 feet in length overall and have a speed well in excess of 30 knots with their nuclear-powered 280,000 horsepower
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 8, 2024
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One day shortly after the birth of their new baby, the mother had to go out to do some errands. So, the proud new papa stayed home to watch his wonderful new son.
Soon after the mother left, the baby started to cry. The father did everything he could think of to do but the baby wouldn’t stop
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 12, 2024
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One day shortly after the birth of their new baby, the mother had to go out to do some errands. So, the proud papa stayed home to watch his wonderful new son.
Soon after the mother left, the baby started to cry. The father did everything he could think of to do but the baby wouldn’t stop crying.
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 14, 2001
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Leadership Magazine carried a story about 4 young men, Bible College students, who were renting a house together. One Saturday morning someone knocked on their door. And when they opened it, there stood this bedraggled-looking old man. His eyes were kind of marbleized, & he had a silvery stub of
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Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001
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Fishing Story
Story # 1:
Jimmy an orphan from a foster home, is fishing by himself on the end of a pier. Full of curiosity like most ten year olds, he leans over the edge to look at an insect crawling next to him and falls into the water. Unable to swim, he frantically splashes and screams,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
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MAVIS LAYS AN EGG
On a bright, beautiful day, full of promise, Mavis laid an egg. This was not an extraordinary event since Mavis was a chicken, but Mavis was not pleased.
"An egg? An egg? What do I want with an egg?" said Mavis to herself. "An egg is just not in my plans. I’ll have to get rid
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE CARRIED THIS STORY ABOUT 4 YOUNG, BIBLE COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO WERE RENTING A HOUSE TOGETHER. “ONE SATURDAY MORNING SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR AND WHEN THEY OPENED IT, THERE STOOD THIS BEDRAGGLED-LOOKING OLD MAN. HIS EYES WERE KIND OF MARBLEIZED, AND HE HAD A SILVERY STUB OF
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Contributed by Roger Haber on May 30, 2001
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About everyone here has probably seen the film Titanic. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers died when it sank on April 15, 1912. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that many of those people didn’t have to die. A lot of people climbed into the twenty lifeboats, but many were only half full.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2002
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A CORRECTIVE LOOK AT GOD--COMMUNION MEDITATION
"George Buttrick, former chaplain at Harvard, recalls that students would come into his office, plop down on a chair and declare, 'I don’t believe in God.' Buttrick would give this disarming reply: 'Sit down and tell me what kind of God you don’t
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
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THE BEGINNING OR THE END?
At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, September 15-17, 1787, James Madison penned these words:
“Whilst the last members were signing [the Constitution], Dr. [Benjamin] Franklin, looking towards the president’s chair, at the back of
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 10, 2003
He was from South Carolina and all this Baptist preacher ever wanted in life was to provide leadership to a Bible College. All his life, he worked for the position and eventually attained it. As he fulfilled his life’s dream and vocation, the disease of Alzheimer’s struck his wife. Her health
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