Contributed by Mark Price on May 12, 2006
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I have been told that in the jungles of South America, that monkey trappers use jars with narrow mouths, hung in trees by wire, to trap their prey. They hang the jars on the branches, and place rocks inside. As the monkeys travel through the trees, the branches rattle the stones in the jars. The
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 15, 2006
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In 1979 I was living in a town called Te Aroha in New Zealand, We had a wind storm which destroyed many homes- one gust was so strong that it wound the wind meter off the scale (over 200 MPH) no one believed their home would be damaged when they built them but that night over 50 homes were
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Pentecostal
When I was a single parent in Georgia one of my boys and my daughters passions were to go to the monster truck show. I mean we made it a date every year. And well with type of crowd and noise they just look forward to it. At this time Gerard who is my ten year old now was only two. And he was
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hoover on Aug 3, 2006
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Well I thought that since we just celebrated Christmas that I would start out this morning by sharing some of the most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts. So here they are, the top five most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts…
5. Hey, now there’s a gift.
4. If
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 28, 2006
Millions of people upon this planet this Christmas will celebrate with big celebration’s, but they will completly miss the point of the celebrations.
Could you imagine returning home to find your house decortated top to bottom with lights and party decorations and when you get to the door you
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Baptist
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Perserverance:
In Sydney, Australia you can climb the Sydney Harbor bridge...for a fee of course $145 per person...
This opportunity is available because a gentleman by the name of Paul Cave had the vision to establish the business Bridge Climb... At one stage it looked like the business would
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Lutheran
Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
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“Which Kind Are You?”
A lot of Christians are like wheelbarrows—not good unless pushed.
Some are like kites—if you don’t keep a string on them, they fly away.
Some are like kittens—they are more contented when petted.
Some are like a football—you can’t tell what way they will bounce next.
Some are
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
Imagine a father giving his son a special toy for his birthday. And the boy likes it. A lot. In fact, he likes it so much, he goes overboard. He just wants to play with it all the time. Then, the father tells him it’s time to put it up. But the boy becomes disrespectful of the father. “Why
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Most of us have gone to the zoo before and at the zoo, even if we cannot stand the snakes there is always that pull to go and see them. There are some places that have pythons that are 12 to 18 feet long. In my mind he wasn’t pretty, in fact my thinking is that the only good snake to me is a dead
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 8, 2007
b. In the war being waged in Iraq there are soldiers of various ranks and experience who have different tasks. All soldiers receive the same pay but some enjoy an easier way of life than others. Infantrymen, for instance, live in small compounds and have few conveniences. They are vigilant
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Men, regardless of race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor’s degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in 4-5 years claims the Department of Education. Men also get worse grades than women. Men are going to college in greater numbers and are more
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 25, 2007
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Some of the saddest words in the New Testament are concerning the disciples at the Last Supper. Jesus had repeatedly told them of his betrayal and coming suffering and death. He announced that one of them was about to betray him, and the next verse says, “A dispute arose among them as to which
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
ILL: Man who doesn’t read, not advantage over the man who can’t; without Bible; no advantage over those who don’t read it.
The Clue to Personal and Corporate Revival (Neh)
South African minister John DeGruchy tells about going through a security gate at Heathrow Airport: My carry-on emitted the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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A certain atheistic barber was conversing with a minister as they rode through the slums of a large city. Said the unbeliever, "If there is a loving God, how can he permit all this poverty, suffering, and violence among these people? Why doesn’t he save them from all this?"
Just then a disheveled
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Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
Jesus reminds me here of the long distance runner. Think of the Marathon runner. There has to be a settled determination in your heart if you are going to win a Marathon.
You train for the distance, for the conditions, your diet and liquid intake has to be measured and controlled; the opposition
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Baptist
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Charles Swindoll says, ¡§To walk by faith does not mean that we stop thinking. To trust God does not imply becoming slovenly or lazy or apathetic. What a distortion of biblical faith! You and I need to trust God for our finances, but that is no license to spend foolishly. You and I ought to trust
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Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 26, 2009
Old Testament scholar Christopher Wright states in his book Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament,
"I find myself aware that in reading the Hebrew Scriptures, I am handling something that gives me a closer link with Jesus than any archaeological artifact could do...Above all, this is where he
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Methodist
Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009
ASK JESUS TO COME TO YOUR MARRIAGE
Some years ago on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an 8 year old boy from West Virginia and who was rescued from a coal mine was a guest. Through their conversation it became obvious he went to church a lot, so Johnny asked him if he attended Sunday school
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