Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 23, 2009
I guess I’ve always liked good news. When I was a student at Central College in Iowa, I worshiped at our Campus Church. Each week there was a pretty heavy prayer of confession that was usually preceded by recounting some really bad news stories of the previous week. Eventually a group of us
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 10, 2018
Back in ’09 there was a house fire that led to a dramatic rescue. One of the family’s sons was trapped in the house. A quick-thinking neighbor had someone get on his shoulders in order to reach the boy. Their bravery and ingenuity allowed five-year-old John to escape just seconds before the
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeeva Sam on Mar 20, 2001
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Late one summer evening in Broken Bow, Nebraska, a weary truck driver pulled his rig into an all-night truck stop. The waitress had just served him when three tough looking, leather jacketed motorcyclists - of the Hell’s Angels type - decided to give him a hard time. Not only did they verbally
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
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AFFLUENCE AND GRATITUDE
In his new book 'Jesus, Lord of Your Personality,' pastor Bob Russell points out that having a lot doesn’t tend to produce a grateful spirit.
"Have you had a taste of the best this world has to offer? You went to Hawaii once on vacation, so now it’s harder for you to enjoy
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 6, 2007
STAY ON YOUR JOB AND WORK FOR THE LORD
You have to stay on your job and work for the Lord.
You can’t work for the Devil at night and for the Lord in the day.
He don’t give no part time pay, you have to work night and day.
You have to stay on your job to work for the Lord.
You have to stay on your
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2001
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Mother Teresa visited Australia. A new recruit to the Franciscan order in Australia was assigned to be her guide and “gofer” during her stay. “Thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this woman, he dreamed of how much he would learn from her and what they would talk about. But
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 18, 2001
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You see, TV evangelists have a reputation for exploiting people financially. Now, this is not universally true, but that doesn’t matter. BECAUSE - the media has so stereotyped TV evangelists – as always having their hands out (stealing for little widow ladies), that we desperately want to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 6, 2001
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I know that sometimes it seems that everybody and his brother wants something from you.
IT HAD BEEN A HARD WINTER IN THE ROCKIES. THE SNOW PILED DEEPER AND DEEPER. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW ZERO AND STAYED THERE. THE RIVERS FROZE OVER. PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING. THE RED CROSS USED
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 12, 2001
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In a church in the Deep South where the preaching style was a “talk back” sort of style. The pastor was getting the congregation exited about their prospective future.
The preacher said, “this church is like a crippled man who needs to get up and walk under the power of Jesus.”
The
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Glenn Teal on Nov 20, 2001
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I love the opening scene from the movie: Sense and Sensibility starring Emma Thompson. As the movie opens a dying father leaves his inheritance to his son after making the son promise that he will be very generous to his sisters. On the way home from his father’s deathbed the son’s hard-hearted
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 5, 2001
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Billy Bob goes to a diner for breakfast, buys a coffee a sits down to drink it. He looks on the side of his cup & finds a peel off prize. He pulls off the tab & yells, "I WON! I WON! I WON a motor home, I WON a motor home!"
The waitress looks to the owner wide-eyed, knowing that the biggest
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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QUINCY, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- It was the tip of a lifetime for Chicago waitress and mother of two Colleen Gallagher.
Feeling blue in the midst of a dull shift at the Windy City’s swank Excalibur Club, Gallagher’s fortunes took a sudden turn for the better when John Boc, chief executive of
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Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
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Keeping a spending log - What does it say about you?
Try this exercise sometime. Look at the entries
in your checkbook or computer budget program.
Factor out bills like utilities, and compare
how much money you spend on certain categories
each week. How much money do you spend eating
out or
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Lutheran
Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Apr 15, 2002
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The closer to sharing a person comes, the closer to God he gets.
Sharing has nothing to do with wealth . . .
Sharing has nothing to do with health
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002
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Families are wonderful. Families are challenging. I am reminded of this every time I see my favorite Cosby Show episode in which Cliff, the father played by Bill Cosby, and Theo, the son played by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, have a chat about Theo’s desire to live like a “regular” person rather than
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