Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration- Mistake at the Movies
A young fellow named John had purchased movie tickets for his girlfriend and himself. While he got the popcorn, she went inside to find seats.
By the time he was served, the previews were being shown. As he fumbled his way in the dark, he sat down and gave his
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 26, 2007
*ILLUSTRATION*
I was out in the front yard working in my flower beds this past Thursday with my grandson when this bird came and rested in the tree right next to where we were.
Mason will be 2 years old next week and he got so excited as he pointed at the bird and his gaze was intently on the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
There’s a story about an old Cherokee chief sitting before a flickering fire with his grandson. The boy had broken a tribal taboo, and his grandpa wanted to help him understand what made him do it. "It’s like we have two wolves inside us," said the chief. "One is good, the other is bad. Both
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Baptist
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Norman V Peale wrote a book called, “The Power of Positive Thinking.” His manuscript was turned down by 18 different publishing companies. In his disgust he threw the manuscript in a trash can, but his wife Marquette went to get the manuscript out of the can. Rev. Peale dared her to, so she leaves
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 21, 2008
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One morning after a terrible snowstorm, Susan was outside shoveling her driveway. She stopped to wave hello to her neighbor, and he asked her why her husband wasn’t out there helping her with the chore.
She explained that one of them had to stay inside to take care of the children, so they drew
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 15, 2009
When I first came to Geneva, I was struck by how many attractive older women there are here. I thought they must have been strikingly beautiful as young women. When we had our 40th anniversary, I got to see pictures of our lovely women. They were all attractive, still I realized that they had grown
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ted Mulder on Nov 20, 2004
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Paul Harvey wrote in Guidepost Magazine about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting ability that he still felt empty inside.
One summer, however, he & his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek, AZ. Sunday morning came &
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
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THE "GLUE" OF JESUS
The diameter of the Earth around the equator is 7,926.6 miles. The earth’s circumference is about 25,000 miles. It weighs an estimated 6,000 million, million, million tons.
And it just hangs there in mid air. Not held up by anything visible.
The earth is spinning 1,000
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Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 3, 2000
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An old American Indian tale recounts the story of a chief who was telling a gathering of young braves about the struggle within. "It is like two dogs fighting inside of us," the chief told them. "There is one good dog who wants to do the right and the other dog always wants to do the wrong.
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 7, 2001
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David Wilkerson once noted in a message he delivered: “I believe there is nothing more dangerous to a Christian than to carry a resentment against God. Yet I am shocked by the growing number of believers I meet who are peeved at the Lord. They may not admit as much-but deep inside, they hold some
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Evangelical Free
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Video Illustration: Ghost – Toward the end of the movie Sam the departed soul battles his friend who is trying to kill his wife. The man ends up killing himself in the battle and discovers he has made a wrong choice and he is hauled away into torment and darkness by demonic spirits. Sam tells his
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 13, 2011
OOPS...
A secretary was leaving the office one Friday evening when she encountered one of the bosses, Mr. Jones. He was standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand.
"Listen," said Mr. Jones, "This is important, and my secretary has already left. Can you make this thing
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Brethren
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 30, 2008
Why do you do what you do? Why do you want something? Why do you want it so badly? Can you let it go? Do you want something simply for yourself? BTW, it is real easy to deceive yourself into believing that you something for others but in reality it is a selfish ambition. I told people before how as
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Church Of God