Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A teen boy was trying to sneak his date back into her home very late at night. He stood at the door as she headed up the stairs, but she was met at the top by her angry father. He told her to go to her room, then walked down to the young man. “Did I hear the clock strike four just a few moments
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In England in 1649, Charles I was executed, and Lord John Culpepper was entrusted to protect Charles II. Forced into exile during twelve years of Oliver Cromwell’s reforms and bloodhsed. FInally, just before Culpepper’s own death Charles II was to return to reign over the Monarcy. When it was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The story is told about a deacon who always went to church. He had to walk every mile in those days and he had a long way to go. He always looked really sharp in his clothes. On this day, however, when he got to church he was the worst looking guy you ever saw. He was dirty and wet all over and he
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Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007
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The Printer and the Potato Chips
While working as a pressman in a print shop, I met a salesman who told this story. A customer of his had a pressman who thought he could make more money in business for himself. So, he quit his job and financed a small print shop of his own. Things went well and he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two wealthy Christians, a lawyer and a merchant, joined a party that was going around the world. Before they started, their minister earnestly asked them to observe and remember any unusual and interesting things that they might see in the missionary countries
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
POEM: DON’T QUIT
When things go wrong as they sometime will,
when the road your trudging seems all up hill,
When funds are low and debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
rest if you must but please don’t quit.
Life is queer with it’s twist
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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Two brothers were left alone in the kitchen. The older brother pulled the egg carton out of the refrigerator. He pulled the eggs out of the refrigerator and told his little brother, “I’ll give you five dollars if you let me break three of these eggs over your head.” The little brother said, “You
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Craig Brian Larson, a Chicago pastor, wears many hats including serving as editor of the pastors’ resource “Preachingtoday.com.” He is especially talented in providing pastors with great anthologies from the movies that are excellent illustrations for sermons.
He shares this story. “As a kid, I
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Methodist
C.R. Smith was one of the founders of American Airlines, and he once made a stopover in Nashville, Tennessee. When he did, he found two desks in the American Airlines corridor of the airport. On one, a phone was ringing away. Sitting at the other, with his feet propped up, was a man reading the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Heckman on Mar 7, 2008
U.S. News teamed up with the Internet site Beliefnet on a survey to learn more about why, how, where, and when people pray. Here is a summary of the more than 5,600 responses to the survey.
75.6 percent of those who responded are Christian.
64 percent say that they pray more than once a day.
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two wealthy Christians, a lawyer and a merchant, joined a party that was going around the world. Before they started, their minister earnestly asked them to observe and remember any unusual and interesting things that they might see in the missionary countries
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Something goes wrong in just about every wedding. Most of the time it seems funny (…at least later on.) I’ve officiated at a lot of weddings, but there’s one I’ll never forget. It was not anyone associated with our church, but this couple wanted to use our old sanctuary, and I agreed to marry
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Illus. The other night I put the boys into bed. “Good night, go to bed, no talking. See you in the morning” Pretty clear right?
I was 5 feet from the door and I heard them talking.
So I went back in. Reminded them, no talking. Go to bed!
10 minutes later I hear giggling. I walk in just as a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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Jesus stated, “Unless you eat the flesh . . . and drink His blood, you have no life in you” (v. 53). Eating flesh and drinking blood sounds like the Lord’s Supper or Communion, where Jesus spoke of the bread as his body and the cup as his blood (Matthew 26:26-28). Warren Wiersbe tells us, “I do not
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
“I am the greatest” I like boxing. Not the biggest fan, but I enjoy it. I just read this past week that Jermain Taylor is going back to his original trainer, the one he became champion under. We should be proud of him as Arkansans, from what I hear he is an outstanding young man, not your
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 15, 2008
a. Entirely sanctified
This idea was hugely important for the early Church of God reformers. They believed that this was one of the primary beliefs that made them as Church of God people distinctive. They believed and called people to be entirely sanctified meaning that God would sanctify his
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