Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
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A PADDY’S DAY JOKE
Paddy was tooling along the road one fine day when the local policeman, a friend of his, pulled him over. "What’s wrong, Seamus?" Paddy asked. "Well didn’t ya know, Paddy, that your wife fell out of the car about five miles back?" said
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Contributed by George Rennau on Mar 30, 2003
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We heard the story of a man who asked for a Gideon Bible …He said the paper is very fine and perfect for rolling his cigarettes. The Gideon gave him the Bible on the condition that he before using the pages that he read them front and back. The man proceeded to smoke his way through Matthew,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 1, 2003
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He made free use of the Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessings of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to the church papers. He showed them his tattered Bible and
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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Charles Cooley, regarded by many as one of the most brilliant American sociologists, propagated a concept called the “looking-glass self.” This view essentially states that a person’s self-concept is largely determined by what he/she believes the most important person in his/her life thinks about
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Contributed by Timothy Schultz on Oct 14, 2004
We didn’t know that my father would die as young as he did: while on a vacation with my mother to Florida. He was 49 years old. His life had some rough times but what a blessing that in mid-life he made a deeper commitment to Christ. Sharing the Lord and giving to others was a regular habit,
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Mennonite
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 9, 2005
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Days after being shot in the leg, a 2-year-old Lancaster boy is home again after being released from the hospital Tuesday morning June 4th.
Pedro Melendez was shot last week in what police call a case of road rage.
Police said Jon Eichelman shot the boy
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Salvation Army
ILLUSTRATION
The test of a financial loss would reveal whether or not we are depending on God and whether or not we understand that our possessions belong to him. Once the great evangelist John Wesley was on a trip, he got word that fire had destroyed his home. Instead of being upset, he declared
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Charismatic
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
The Jewish teachings echo Peter’s words…The Talmud says {Sepher Musar apud Drus. de Quaesitis, Ep. 54. & in loc.}, "the wife ought to take care of the family, to educate her children, to serve and minister to her husband in all things, "calling him her own lord"; which is
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The first Christmas is a miraculous story of the eternal God becoming of no reputation and then humbling Himself to accept a cruel death on a cross. Sure there were angel choirs. Kings came from far away to worship Him. But the true Christmas story is about smallness, humility and servanthoodLet
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Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 19, 2009
I WANT TO MATTER
I once asked a friend of mine what was his biggest fear? After listening to his response, I told him that my biggest fear in life is being insignificant. If I can’t make a difference in the lives of those around me, and impact their lives for the sake of the Kingdom, then my
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Methodist
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010
"O God, Help!"—Spurgeon
God's strongest saints realize their weaknesses, and appeal to Him for strength. One Sunday morning, as Charles H. Spurgeon passed through the door back of the pulpit in the Tabernacle, and saw the great crowd of people, he was overheard saying, "O God, help!" Strong as
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
UNCONVERTED MINISTERS
Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is
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Baptist
Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 18, 2011
WHEN THE VEIL IS REMOVED
There are many pictures of Mt Taranaki in NZ. It looked beautiful. It may be difficult for one to see it for oneself as it is generally covered in clouds. When the clouds are removed, the sight of the mountain takes one’s breath away.
Many know a lot about the Lord and
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Pentecostalism did not begin at the turn of the century on Azusa, but 2,000 years ago in an upper room.
A.W. Tozer said, "The Great Commission is not the first call to the church." Tozer reminds us that Jesus first told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and tarry there until they were endued with
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 31, 2007
Here is an ancient Jewish understanding of the Star, 21. Trumah : 86. The stars
Verse 860. "Then the seventh window will be opened to the whole world, and its star is the star of Jacob. This is what Bila’am said, "There shall come a star out of Jacob" (Bemidbar 24:17), and this star will
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
Charles Haddon Spurgeon: ‘That the king should say to the petitioner, “Bring your case before me, and I will grant your desire,” is kindness. But for Him to say, “I will be your secretary. I will write out your petition for you. I will put it into proper words so that your petition shall be framed
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 5, 2008
Pastor Dave Kinney said, "Satan is not invincible, but he is invisible, he’s not a respecter of God’s people, but he has to respect the blood over God’s people! He’s not fearful of the culture’s elite, but he is terrified of Calvary’s eternity! He’s not silent as a lamb around us, but he is
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