Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished.
As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his
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Contributed by William Huegel on Dec 30, 2005
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Booker T Washington, the renowned black educator, was an outstanding example of this truth. Shortly after he took over the presidency of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he was walking in an exclusive section of town when he was stopped by a wealthy white woman. Not knowing the famous Mr. Washington
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Contributed by Brian Eatock on Feb 12, 2006
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Muhammad Ali was in his prime, and as he was about to take off on an airplane flight, the stewardess reminded him to fasten his seat belt. He came back brashly, "Superman don’t need no seat belt." The stewardess quickly came back,
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Holiness
Contributed by Mark Wood on Mar 14, 2006
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Charles Spurgeon said “We have plenty of people nowadays who could not kill a mouse without publishing it in the Gospel Gazette. Samson killed a lion and said nothing about it. The Holy Spirit finds modesty so rare that He takes care to record it. Say much of what the Lord has done
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Contributed by Phillip Weaver on Apr 9, 2006
We’re often reluctant to go about tooting our own horn; we’re discouraged from doing so. When we do, it often has a way of coming back to haunt us. A man was honored by receiving an honorary doctorate at a major university. When he was introduced to the audience, the announcer said, “A very
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Joke: A Sunday school teacher was teaching about the bad Pharisee who thanked God that he was not like the publican. She concluded by saying, “Now let’s
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There¡¦s fear, and then there is fear. The 82nd Airborne Rangers train at Fort Bragg, NC. The division commanding general was inspecting, and as he reviewed the ranks of paratroop trainees, he carefully scrutinized one West Virginia recruit standing proudly at attention, jump wings and boots
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Contributed by Robert Travis on Jul 19, 2001
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I read a story once about a little
frog that wanted to go south for the winter. It was too far to
hop and he did not have wings to fly. Two Little birds felt sorry
for the little frog and together they came up with a plan. The
little birds would hold each end of a stick in their beaks, and
all the
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 7, 2001
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They that know God will be humble," John Flavel has said, ’ and they that know themselves cannot be proud." quoted in
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 7, 2001
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Winston Churchill was once asked, "Doesn’t it thrill you to know that every time you make a speech, the hall is packed to overflowing?" "It’s quite flattering," replied Sir Winston. "But whenever I feel that way, I always remember that if instead of making a political speech I was being hanged, the
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