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  • That No One Except God Is Perfect But We Don't ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 6, 2009
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    That no one except God is perfect but we don’t want people to think we are “that bad.” We pose. We pretend. We put on our plastic masks. We go to “church.” I saw a commercial recently about a new type of veneer for your teeth that is supposed to be the best yet. What I thought was incredibly ...read more

  • Finding Your Fulfillment

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Oct 16, 2009
     | 3,240 views

    FINDING YOUR FULFILLMENT Dr. Clarke, the ENT that I use, his father was a Veterinarian and wanted him to become a Physician. He did not want to go to school for that many years so he got a degree as a Chemical Engineer. After a few years, he discovered that the plan he chose was not offering him ...read more

  • Just Passing Through

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,587 views

    JUST PASSING THROUGH If a business trip took you to Pueblo for 8 weeks and your company rented you an apartment to stay in ... how much time would you spend decorating the place and making it look nice? Why? You’re just passing through, you won’t be there long. Is it possible that we invest far ...read more

  • Brainerd: Honor To God  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
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     | 3,436 views

    BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: "I do not go to heaven to be ...read more

  • Million Dollar Story

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    MILLION DOLLAR STORY A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was not to be excited. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It ...read more

  • Anyone Else?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2010
     | 1,804 views

    ANYONE ELSE? A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued: "Is anyone up there?" "I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?" "Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can't hang on much longer." "That's all right, if you ...read more

  • Judgment Epidemic

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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     | 3,353 views

    JUDGMENT EPIDEMIC At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being "judgmental." He found this pattern very upsetting. "You can’t get a good argument going in class ...read more

  • Not Long Ago, Off The Coast Of The Dominican ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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    Not long ago, off the coast of the Dominican Republic, a couple was attempting to break the free-diving record (a sport of testing how deep a person can go on one gulp of air). After Audrey had descended to the predetermined depth of 561 ft, her lift bag tragically did not inflate. What should ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • What Gets Your Attention?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 19, 2011
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    WHAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION? Two friends were sitting together in a café when a noisy car alarm interrupted their conversation. One friend said: "What good are car alarms when no one pays any attention to them?" The other friend said "Some are quite effective. Last summer, my teenager spent a lot ...read more

  • I Can't Tell A Lie

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011
     | 2,257 views

    I CAN'T TELL A LIE A grandmother was looking after her two little grandchildren, a 7-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy, and both these children had been very, very naughty. As the time drew near for their mother to pick them up, the little girl asked, "Are you going to tell Mummy how we ...read more

  • Our Love So Faint, Thine So Great

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 28, 2011
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    OUR LOVE SO FAINT, THINE SO GREAT The great hymn writer, Isaac Watts, once asked in a hymn: "Dear Lord, and shall we ever live at this poor dying rate? Our love so faint, so cold to Thee, and Thine to us so great?" Likely so, unless God himself startles us and shakes us free from our complacency. ...read more

  • Paper Mud ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
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    PAPER MUD BALLS I heard of a traveler going through China who visited a temple where the people were making paper mud balls, wadding them up, and throwing them at an idol they were worshiping. If the mud ball stuck to the idol it meant that the idol would answer their prayers. If the mud ball ...read more

  • Why Would The Angel Talk To You?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
     | 2,671 views

    There's conversation in the Peanuts comic strip between Peppermint Patty and her friend Marcie. They are walking to school and Peppermint Patty says, "I'm going to ask the teacher if I can be Mary in the Christmas play this year." Marcie answers, "She already asked me, sir." Patty continues, ...read more

  • What's Your Dream Job?

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jan 27, 2013
     | 3,006 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM JOB? What would be your dream job? According to http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/top-ten-dream-jobs.asp here are some dream jobs indicated by a recent survey: Author Jet Pilot Inventor Pro-Athlete Race Car Driver Video Game Tester Chocolate Taste tester Hit Man Pro ...read more

  • Why Worry?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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     | 5,501 views

    WHY WORRY? Alarm clock didn’t go off, A case of the depressed blues is headed your way You’re late for work, have a flat tire, try to take wife’s car it won’t start she left the lights on, Get the jumper cables jump it off, in a hurry, Blue light special speeding ticket, Boss chews you out, wife ...read more

  • Your Time On Earth

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 15, 2019
     | 1,978 views

    You’re going to spend about 150,000 hours of your life working, which is about 40% of your waking hours. The average American spends 46 hours a week at work. If you’re a professional, you spend an average of 52 hours a week working and if you’re a small business owner/operator you work an average ...read more

  • Gandhi Wanted To Be A Christian...

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2021
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     | 1,748 views

    Gandhi, wrote in his autobiography that in his student days he was truly interested in the Bible. Deeply touched by reading the Gospels, he seriously considered becoming a convert, since Christianity seemed to offer the real solution to the caste system that was dividing the people of India. One ...read more

  • Bad Attitude

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024
     | 1,203 views

    A mother and daughter, trying to make the most of the sales before Christmas, spent the day shopping. As they went from store to store in the mall, the mom complained about everything: the crowds, the poor quality of the merchandise, the prices, her sore feet. After the mother experienced a ...read more

  • Blind Bartimaeus

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
     | 739 views

    John MacArthur points out two pieces of information that help set the context for today’s narrative. i. Before modern medicine, many babies would become blind from eye infection. Venereal diseases also cause infants to go blind, which is why perhaps the disciples asked whose fault it is if a ...read more