Contributed by John Shearhart on May 16, 2002
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Have you ever heard these humorous epitaphs?
1. “Here lies Anne Mann. Who lived an old maid, but died an old Mann.”
2. “Beneath this sod, a lump of clay lays Arabella Young; who on the 21st of May began to hold her tongue.”
3. “The children of Israel wanted bread, the Lord sent them
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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Erick Clapton, arguably the greatest living rock guitarist, wrote a heart wrenching song about the death of his four year old son (March 20, 1991). He fell from a 53rd-story window. Clapton took nine months off and when he returned his music had changed. The hardship had made his music softer, more
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Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 24, 2002
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A doctor called one of his patients into his office to deliver some very important news. "I have received the results of your tests and I have some bad news and some good news", said the doctor. The patient was quiet for a moment, sensing the severity of the announcement. "Let me have the good
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Baptist
Contributed by Esteban Ulloa on Dec 17, 2003
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Se cuenta la fábula de un mercader en Baghdad que envió a su siervo al mercado. El siervo retornó más pronto de lo esperado, pálido y temblando. Le dijo a su amo, “Cuando estaba en el mercado sentí que alguien me estaba empujando, cuando me di vuelta vi que era la muerte la que me empujaba.
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Contributed by Esteban Ulloa on Dec 17, 2003
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Se cuenta la historia del funeral de una señora. Al final del servicio fúnebre los hombres que estaban cargando el ataúd chocaron accidentalmente con una pared, tumbando el cajón. Al caer el ataúd al piso se escuchó un fuerte quejido dentro del cajón. Ellos abrieron el cajón y encontraron que la
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Contributed by Timothy Archer on Mar 8, 2004
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There is a story of a doctor that went to visit a very sick man, back in the days when doctors made house calls. The doctor took his dog along with him, and the animal waited outside, barking every once and a while to remind his master that he was there. The man said, “Doc, I’m scared. What can you
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
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I love the story about the little girl who, shortly after her young playmate was tragically killed, went to comfort her friend’s mother. When she returned home, her father asked her what she had said to the grieving mother.
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
Deion Sanders seemed to have it all. He was an all pro corner back for the Dallas Cowboys, and a outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds. He had money, fame, and power. However, when his wife filed for divorce his world fell apart. He ran his sports car off of a high embankment
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Contributed by Erick Riddle on Sep 3, 2004
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2 Corinthians 1:1-11
One of the ways to share the comfort you have received from God is to go to the visiting hours and the funeral.
In the late ‘80’s I was preaching full time for a small church in Michigan and worked part time in the local funeral home. I frequently saw people from the church
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Over in England, every day at noon a man by the name of Jim went to his church, sat down on the front row for five minutes, then slipped out. One day his pastor asked why he did this. Jim answered, "The world wears me down, and so I sit here in church and bow my head and say, 'Jesus, this is Jim. I
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Contributed by Robbie Bankens on Oct 5, 2004
It’s been said that if a bird were to fly around the earth just once, every 1000 years and gently rub it’s wing on the tip of Mount Everest as it flew by, that when the last grain of the earth had been rubbed away by
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Pentecostal
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• A Methodist minister was continually bragging to his Baptist minister friends about the greatness of his church. No matter what they said, he always found a way to claim that the Methodists were better. Eventually his friends got tired of this, and decided to play a prank on the Methodist. One
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 15, 2004
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Passing through a country graveyard, a man was struck by the inscription on a tombstone. The stone was by the side of the path where everyone could see it. It had been placed there in memory of a young man who died at the age of seventeen. It was, "Reader, stop and think; I am in eternity! and you
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 18, 2004
Play 2:40 & fade of “Tears of Heaven” by Eric Clapton - lyrics on powerpoint)
I am a fan of Eric Clapton’s music but until this week I didn’t know what motivated Eric to write the song we just heard. “Tears of Heaven” won Eric Clapton a 1993 Grammy and Song of the year award. I know Eric
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 8, 2004
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Dr. Ian Paisley, the fiery Irish cleric and politician was reputed to have been preaching one Sunday on the End Times - and in particular on the Day of Judgment. As he reached the climax of his address he said that on the Day of Judgment "there would be wailing and gnashing of teeth." At which
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A train was filled with tired people. Most of them had spent the day traveling through the hot dusty plains and at last evening had come and they all tried to settle down to a sound sleep. However, at one end of the car a man was holding a tiny baby and as night came on the baby became restless
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Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is,
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