Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 25, 2012
A mother became hysterical with panic because her little boy had swallowed a £1 coin. She turned to her husband and screamed for him to call a doctor. The husband picked up the phone, but instead of calling the doctor, he decided to call the local Church and ask for (insert your Church treasurer’s
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 13, 2022
Too busy to read the Bible, too busy to wait and pray;
Too busy to speak out kindly, to someone who passes by the way!
Too busy working and worrying, to think of the life to come;
Too busy building earthly mansions, to plan for the Heaven above.
Too busy to help a brother, who faces trials and
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 24, 2025
One of the best testimonies of God’s goodness and love you will ever hear is from astronaut Jim Irwin. He served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15. Jim was the eighth person to walk on the Moon.
*And he told about an experience he had when he went to the moon. Jim said: "When I looked
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Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jul 7, 2004
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"They knew that they had a serious problem before they even pulled over to the side of the highway to check it out. The car shrieked and shuttered. Something was dragging on the pavement- and whatever it was, it sounded expensive.
They got out of the car to survey the damage and sure enough it
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Lutheran
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THE GOD SQUAD
This week, we finished remodeling our old house and started moving into our new house. But last Monday I threw my back out while working on the house. I was frustrated and hurting. But the pain was not as bad as the feeling of not being able to finish my tasks which what I wanted to
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
ILLUSTRATION THE FLOOD IN CONTEMPORAY TERMS
AUSTRALIA - rising flood waters stranded 500 people… The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more heavy rain… high alert for severe weather and flooding. Local rivers are already at their peak. Many roads and bridges are underwater and the town of
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Baptist
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SPIRITUAL RIVER RAFTING
The necessary safety equipment for river rafting and spiritual river rafting:
i. The Helmet – Helmets protect the most vital and vulnerable part on a person their head – their thinking!
1. Spiritually: We need to be wearing the helmet of salvation as we ride the wave of
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Contributed by Charles Trout on Mar 9, 2001
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Often in reflection, what we have feared most wasn’t all that bad.
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One of my all time favorite TV shows, for having good moral lessons as plot lines, was the "Andy Griffith Show." There was an episode where young Opie was having his "Milk nickel" bullied away from him and could not
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Contributed by Danny Thomas on May 21, 2001
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The Tiger, the Man and God
A man was being chased by a tiger. He ran as hard as he could until he was at the edge of a cliff with the tiger in hot pursuit. The man looked over the edge of the cliff and saw a branch growing out of the side of the cliff a few feet down. He jumped down and grabbed
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Contributed by Tony Britt on Feb 6, 2002
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Jacob Koshy grew up in Singapore with one driving ambition: to be a success in life, to gain all the money and possessions he could. That led him into the world of drugs and gambling, and eventually he became the lord of an international smuggling network. In 1980, he was arrested and placed in a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2002
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THE TROUBLE TREE
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a
rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his
electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I
drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
On
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During the preparations for an evangelistic crusade in Latin America, a very poor, unshaven man came to one of the week-long biblical counseling courses. It was unusual to see a man of this condition attending an in-depth training session. Most often, those with a better education and social
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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A young man grew up in a rough Boston housing project called Columbia
Point in a family of nine children. Although he’d been a hardworking
student, paying for college seemed impossible. But his mother’s favorite expression was. "Pray, and the Lord will make a way somehow." He viewed that as
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Baptist
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Recently a "Husband Shopping Center" opened in Dallas, where women could go to choose a husband from among many men. It was laid out with five floors, with the men increasing in positive attributes as you ascended up the floors. The only rule was once you opened the door to any floor, you must
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Geese
It’s those stately geese I find especially impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as
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Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2005
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A young man and woman were taking off on their honeymoon. After they landed at the airport, they rented a car and started heading off to enjoy a week in marital bliss. As they drove into the country, the man was unfamiliar with the area. He pulled out to pass a slower vehicle and hit a semi truck
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Mature Audiences: One person will turn 50 in the United States every 7.5 seconds for the next 18 years! The U.S. Census Bureau projects there are 25.3 million Americans between ages of 50-59, and expect that figure will jump to 37.7 million by 2006. "This aging population is growing and it is one
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Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
In Pakistan eighteen-year-old Mohan Shazad grew up making bricks for less than a dollar a day. To free himself from that near-slavery, he began selling Christian literature to the brick kiln workers.
“Late last September as Mohan was riding his bike home from a day of selling literature, two men
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