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  • A Young Lady Was Calling To Get An Appointment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
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    A young lady was calling to get an appointment for a massage. She called information to get the number for "Angels Touch Massage." She called the number and asked for prices. The person on the other end said "I would be glad to give you a massage, but I don’t think you would want a massage from ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Paul Azinger Was Diagnosed ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 11, 2008
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    Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer. After chemotherapy his cancer is in remission and he is back playing golf. Paul Azinger writes,” I have made a lot of money since I’ve been playing golf and I’ve won a lot of tournaments but that happiness is always temporary. The only way ...read more

  • Sometimes It Concerns Me, The Number Of People ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 21, 2008
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    "Sometimes it concerns me, the number of people who can quote my songs… but they can't quote the scriptures ... I mean, if entertainment is what you want, I suggest Christian entertainment … because I think it is good. But if what you want is spiritual nourishment, I suggest you go to church or ...read more

  • Before Performing A Baptism, The Pastor ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
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    Before performing a baptism, the pastor approached the young father and said solemnly, "Baptism is a serious step. Are you prepared for it?" "I think so," the man replied. "My wife has made appetizers and we have a caterer coming to provide plenty of cookies and cakes for all of our guests." "I ...read more

  • More Than Feeling" By The Rock Group Boston Was ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
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    "More than Feeling" by the rock group Boston was very popular in the 1970's and now with the Guitar Hero video game. The irony of this song is that it is all about feelings and emotions. "I looked out this morning and the sun was gone Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself in a ...read more

  • Perhaps The Economy Can Teach Us ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008
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    Perhaps the economy can teach us something… Tom Ehrich “Economy puts Christ back into Christmas” “so a lifestyle built on credit-funded excess doesn’t look like adult behavior. Large houses look different now. So do large wardrobes, large travel budgets, large parties. The question many are ...read more

  • I Came Across This True Account From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
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    I came across this true account from Reader’s Digest: My cell phone quit as I tried to let my wife know that I was caught in freeway gridlock and would be late for our anniversary dinner. I wrote a message on my laptop asking other motorists to call her, printed it on a portable inkjet and taped ...read more

  • Kids Mirror ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    KIDS MIRROR PARENTS An American Bible Society study conducted by Weekly Reader Research found children do mirror their parents’ behavior. Parents who attend church weekly tend to have teens that worship weekly, while 78% of parents who never attend worship services have teens who never attend, ...read more

  • Go Through The Optical Illusions: (Slides ...

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 13, 2009
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    Go through the optical illusions: (slides 1-6) The eyes can be deceiving. The brain may tell us one thing while our eyes see another. Dog: How do we respond? (7) Most of us warm to animals. Children begging: How do we respond? (8) The sight of children may cause us to think more deeply about the ...read more

  • Around The Corner I Have A Friend, In This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For life is a short and terrible race... Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him. ...read more

  • On Christian Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    ON CHRISTIAN JOY Billy Sunday said, "To see some people today you would think that the essential of Christianity is to have a face so long you could eat oatmeal out of the end of a gas pipe." William Barclay said that "A gloomy Christian is a contradiction in terms, and nothing in all religious ...read more

  • Aging Are Leaving No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    AGING ARE LEAVING NO INHERITANCE An AARP analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances finds 21% of people born after 1964 thought they would inherit money someday. But with each passing year, the pressures on the nest-eggs of older people will only grow. A lot of ...read more

  • A Pastor Name Richard Wurmbrand Was Imprisoned In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2009
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    A pastor name Richard Wurmbrand was imprisoned in Communist Romania for being a Christian. He gave this account: “Hungry, beaten, and rugged, we had forgotten theology and the Bible. We had forgotten the ‘truths about the Truth,’ therefore we lived in ‘the Truth.’ We could not think anymore. In our ...read more

  • 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

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...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

  • In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010
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    In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn't. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
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    Corrie ten Boom on Humility Corrie ten Boom was once asked if it were difficult for her to remain humble. Her reply was simple. “When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the back of a donkey, and everyone was waving palm branches and throwing garments onto the road, and singing praises, do ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
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    FOCUS ON CHRIST The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some ...read more

  • Why Would The Angel Talk To You?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 24, 2012
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    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