Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
A young, new preacher went to visit an older, more seasoned preacher for guidance because he felt stressed over the trials of pasturing a church. The older preacher took him out to his back yard -- walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him to open it without
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 5, 2024
Use part one to open the sermon.
Part one:
Spit it Out!
One Sunday morning after church as I was shaking hands with a young dad, suddenly he said, “Pastor, excuse me, please.” He had noticed his little 4-year-old with something in her mouth. Fearing what she may have in her mouth, he demanded her
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 24, 2004
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Jack Jones wrote: "Putting a hog in the living room will not change the hog’s nature, but it will damage the living room. A lost man’s nature will not be changed by placing his name on the church roll, but the church will suffer by his being a member. Every Christian should be a church member; in
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
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Illustration: Heart Buried in Africa
There is a story of the great missionary David Livingstone. The body of David Livingstone was buried in England where he was born, but his heart was buried in the Africa he loved. At the foot of a tall tree in a small African village the natives dug a hole and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"If you are idle, you are on the way to ruin, and there are few stopping places upon it. It is
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