Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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One day a minister was having lunch with a Catholic friend. He asked him why he prayed through the Virgin Mary. He answered, “It is because she is closer to Jesus than anyone else. She can get His ear and attention.” He said, “Suppose you wanted to have an interview with the president of the U.S.
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 19, 2004
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"Sometimes our hate sounds louder in our actions than in the volume of our voices that claim love as the grace-filled answer." - Pastor Greg Buchner - Wakelee Church (www.wakeleechurch.net) on the
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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American Confidence: According to a recent Gallup poll the top 5 institutions that earned the confidence of the American public are the military (82%), the police (61%), the presidency (55%), the
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Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 5, 2007
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A preacher in a small town in Oklahoma said that early one Monday morning, the only BANK in town called all three churches with the same request, "Could you bring in Sunday’s
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
LAMED FOR THEIR FAITH
Vance Havner: At the Nicene Council, an important church meeting in the 4th century A.D., of the 318 delegates attending, fewer than 12 had not lost an eye or lost a hand or
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
Quote: George W. Truett said: “To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!” –(quoted in “Toolkit,” Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p.
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Tony Campolo tells of a conversation he had on an airplane:
It was one o'clock in the morning when I boarded the red-eye flight going from California to Philadelphia. I was looking forward to getting some rest, but the guy next to me wanted to talk.
He asked, "What do you do?"
Now when I want to
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
"The world does not need sermons; it needs a message.
You can go to Bible college and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to
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Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 18, 2004
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A young boy was part of a group of young people from his church who, as a service ministry, took the Lord’s Supper to homebound or hospitalized members of the church. He and his friends visited one elderly gentleman in particular who was in the hospital--nothing serious, just a minor illness--and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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Top 10 Family Issues 1. Anti-Christian Culture: Stripping away of Christian heritage and traditional values. 2. Divorce: Ongoing wave of broken marriages and families—inside and outside the church. 3. Busyness: Participation in numerous activities crowding out quality family fellowship. 4. Lack of
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Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 9, 2010
In an effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases:
*Blocking: Talking endlessly to the preacher at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting.
*Extra Point: What you receive when you tell the
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