Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
ARTHUR'S ENVY
When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted
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Methodist
Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 23, 2012
TOY STORY: FRIENDSHIP
"As iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)
Henry Ford said, "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
And what's true of a good church is true of a good friend; they love you and they help you aspire to grow and be whole.
Have
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
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Worship
Isaac Watts wrote fifty-two books, twenty-nine of them on theology. But he is best remembered for his hymns. He wrote more than seven hundred, and even today the average modern hymnal will have twenty or more of his songs--276 years after they were written. When he died he was reciting one
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
Being criticized is not a problem if you develop a positive way of dealing with it. Winston Churchill had the following words of Abe Lincoln framed on the wall of his office: "I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won’t
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
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The musical "1776" is based on the events of the first Continental Congress around the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence. The messenger comes in everyday with a message from General George Washington. It appeared such correspondence was going on for about a year. Each letter
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 9, 2005
Hudson Taylor
Hudson Taylor had definite convictions about how God’s work should be done. We can make our best plans and try to carry them out in our own strength. Or we can make careful plans and ask God to bless them. “Yet another way of working is to begin with God; to ask His plans, and to
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De Vries, Smeenge, “As a society we tend to avoid talking about unpleasant things, and death is in that category. We want to focus on happy thoughts, the beginnings rather than the endings. We work hard to accumulate and achieve, striving to do our best among the many challenges and difficulties of
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Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 15, 2004
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A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. Among the thousands of answers received were the following:
"One who multiplies joys, divides grief, and whose honesty is inviolable."
"One who understands our silence."
"A volume of sympathy bound in cloth."
"A watch
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
Being criticized is not a problem if you develop a positive way of dealing with it. Winston Churchill had the following words of Abe Lincoln framed on the wall of his office: "I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won’t
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 3, 2003
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Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old farmer was taking his hired man to task for carrying a lighted lantern when he went to call on his best girl.
“Why,” he exclaimed, “when I went a-courtin’ I never carried
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Baptist
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
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When Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, her former husband, Joe DiMaggio ordered a black vase filled with fresh roses to be set on her crypt twice a week forever. The roses arrived promptly each week until 1971, when "forever" must have ended.
Despite our best intentions, nothing of this world will last
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Baptist
What does it mean to be a Christian? A little boy asked his father that question one day. The Father who had made a profession of faith as a child but had not been active in church since becoming an adult did his best to explain what it mean to be a Christian. After the father finished his
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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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Church Of God
Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
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When it came to fishing, Simon, son of Jonah, appears to have been an angler of dubious ability. There is no record that he ever caught a fish without divine intervention. Most likely, the accounts of those miraculous catches were included in the gospels to assure readers that there was a similar
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2008
If you knew this was your last day on earth, how would you fill the time? A website asked people this question. Here’s a few answers.
* Be with my wife and kids
* I will restitute my ways, preach a good message to people around me and conduct a night vigil
* Confess my sins and then I’d go to
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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LEFTOVERS ARE SUCH HUMBLE THINGS, WE WOULD NOT SERVE TO A GUEST,AND YET WE SERVE THEM TO OUR LORD, WHO DESERVES THE VERY BEST. WE GIVE TO HIM LEFTOVER TIME, STRAY MINUTES HERE AND THERE. LEFTOVER CASH WE GIVE TO HIM, SUCH FEW COINS AS WE CAN SPARE.
WE GIVE OUR YOUTH UNTO THE WORLD, TO HATRED, LUST
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