Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2005
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This is a true story that has come back to me on several occasions as a joke.
Wilma had been a member of our church for many,many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking with me, she would make points by lightly tapping me on the chest
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 22, 2005
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TAKE THIS EXAMPLE: There is the account of Charles Schwab, the wealthy industrialist. In one incident he went to court and won a nuisance suit at age 70. After the trial he was given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: "I’d like to say here in a
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Baptist
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Les and Leslie Parrot share in their book Relationships this thought:
“Recently a pioneering band of researchers studied the age-old mystery of what makes people happy. Their answer is not what you might expect. What appears consistently at the top of the charts is not success, wealth, achievement,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 21, 2005
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When you hear the Christmas story, you get a picture in your head of what things must have looked like at the birth of Jesus. Sometimes it’s interesting to find out how others envision that scene. I read recently about a children’s Sunday School class that heard the Christmas story and sang the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006
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Maturity is recognizing that the choices we make carry consequences. I had a good laugh at a story in the newspapers sometime back about a teacher who found a great way to make students pay for their crimes. Troublemakers at Riverside Brookfield High in Chicago are being forced to serve after
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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THE WORLD NEEDS MEN...
who cannot be bought;
whose word is their bond;
who put character above wealth;
who possess opinions and a will;
who are larger than their vocations;
who do not hesitate to take chances;
who will not lose their individuality in a crowd;
who will be as honest in small
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Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jul 26, 2006
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In his book Why Prayers are Unanswered, John Lavender retells a story about Norman Vincent Peal.
When Peale was a boy, he found a big, black cigar, slipped into an alley, and lit up. It didn’t taste good, but it made him feel very grown up…until he saw his father coming. Quickly he put the cigar
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Baptist
Contributed by Daniel Harman on Aug 28, 2006
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THE SLEEP SON
A mother watched her son begin to drain of energy as the week went on. By the end of the week he’d lost his desire to get out of bed. She heard the alarm go off through his bedroom door. Apparently he just kept punching the little snooze button on the top. Finally, after 3 or 4 extra
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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As you can see, Mark Anthony was a man with “chiseled features.” He was known as the “silver-throated orator of Rome.” He was a brilliant political leader as well as a military leader. He was known for his courage and strength. Plus, he had a great deal of charisma. In fact, he had all the
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I remember during the first war against Iraq a number of books hit the shelves tying the events of the war to the prophecies of the Bible. Imminent theologians staked their reputations on works tying the Middle East conflict of 1991 to the beginning of the end. According to their complex
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
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They were sitting on the back porch of the parsonage and the man said, "Pastor, I’ve got something to tell you. I’ve never told this to a soul, it’s extremely difficult to tell you this now, but my wife and I have had a fight almost every day for the past 30 years of our marriage."
The pastor was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A man was preaching to a church in Australia. The congregation had big black Bibles and severe expressions... And they knew their Bibles, and were proud of that. It was a smallish group, so he decided to engage them in dialogue:
’Who knows who the Pharisees were?’ They did. ’The Pharisees got a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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An old story tells of a desert nomad who awakened hungry in the middle of the night. He lit a candle and began eating dates from a bowl beside his bed. He took a bite from one and saw a worm in it; so he threw it out of the tent. He bit into a second date, found another worm, and threw it away
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