Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
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WORKING HARD AT COMPLAINING
There was a lady who lived alone in a suburban apartment complex. Upset at the noise from the adjacent apartment that she claimed was disturbing her, she immediately picked up the phone and called her landlord. “You need to get up here right away,” she told him. “There
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2002
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AN HONEST DAY'S WORK
The USS Astoria (C-34) was the first U.S. cruiser to engage the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island, a night action fought 8-9 August 1942. Although she scored two hits on the Imperial flagship Chokai, the Astoria was badly damaged and sank shortly after noon, 9
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
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A NEW WORK SCHEDULE
A union shop steward is addressing a union meeting...
"Comrades. We have agreed on a new deal with the management. We will no longer work four days a week."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd.
"We will finish work at 4 PM, not 5 PM."
"Hooray!", goes the crowd, again.
"We will
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2003
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John Kenneth Gailbraith, in his autobiography, A Life In Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family's housekeeper. It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I had a nap. Shortly thereafter the phone rang. Lyndon Johnson was
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
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WORKS VS. FRUIT
A machine in a factory works and turns out a product, but it could never manufacture "fruit." Fruit must grow out of life, and, in the case of the believer, it is the life of the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). When you think of "works," you think of effort, labor, strain, and toil; when you
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Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
ALL THAT WORK FOR WHAT?
In November 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
CLEANING IS HARD WORK
When I was in Bible College. Fridays were not fun. Those were the nights we had "work sections." You heard me -- "work sections." We changed out of our holy threads to work-clothes and started cleaning the College, from scrubbing potatoes to scrubbing floors. And none of this
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
CHRIST MAINTAINS THE WORK
This truth is pictured in the book Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. There’s a scene in which Christian is taken into a room by the Interpreter, who is explaining various truths to him. Here is the scene. (I’ve smoothed out some of the King James English in a couple
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 4, 2009
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
As a Marine Sergeant, there were many times when I helped out the young troops in my charge with various sorts of favors. Sometimes I was the local financial aid officer, assisting a young Marine in between pay days with the money necessary for a car insurance payment.
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Christian Church
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
THE MORTAL WORK OF ART
Shelley Jackson is a writer. Yet, you cannot read anything she's written in a magazine, book or screen. Instead, you have to look at people. Her story is written on human skin. Her story is called "Skin." Jackson calls it "a mortal work of art." It is a fictional piece
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 6, 2012
"I WORK FOR CHRIST."
Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for takeoff. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. Hendricks noticed how gracious one of the flight attendants was as she spoke with them.
After the plane finally took off, he told the flight
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