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  • A. People Usually Do Not Understand How ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
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    a. People usually do not understand how wonderful the good news really is. They often think that they have to be a good person or a church-goer to get to heaven. They have tried that and it doesn’t work. People usually do not understand that coming to Jesus is like taking a shower. You don’t clean ...read more

  • A Lot Better Job

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 6, 2011
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    A LOT BETTER JOB A little girl crawled up into her great grandmother's lap one day. And looking up into her great grandmother's face she saw all those lines and wrinkles. Then she felt her own smooth skin. She said to her great grandmother, "Did God make you?" Her great grandmother said, ...read more

  • You Are My Best Gift

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 28, 2011
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    YOU ARE MY BEST GIFT A daughter of a renowned preacher, who was used to gifts her loving dad used to purchase and bring for her after every overseas' trip, was once in for a major disappointment. Due to a mess-up in the airport customs, the gift was lost and her doting Dad landed home without a ...read more

  • Some Time Ago A Man Was Staying In A Cottage In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Some time ago a man was staying in a cottage in the Swiss Alps. Early one morning he heard what sounded like an earthquake. Hurriedly he got out of bed and ran to the front desk and asked if there was something wrong, if the mountains were breaking up? He was scared. The man at the front desk ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been Really Thirsty? When You're ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Have you ever been really thirsty? When you’re really thirsty, you’ll about drink anything as long as it’s wet – because you’re thirsty. I once read a newspaper article about how a criminal on the run gave himself up because he was thirsty. The police had apparently surrounded this man so that ...read more

  • Two Brothers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Two Brothers You may have heard about the two brothers who were wicked, ungodly, lewd men. The were perverts, adulterers, drunkards, thieves, brawlers, blasphemous- you name it One of the brothers died, and the other brother came to a preacher sand said, “I will give you a thousand ...read more

  • What Are You Willing To Do For $10,000,000? In ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
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    What are you willing to do for $10,000,000? In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Kim, in their book The Day America Told the Truth, reported a survey where that question was asked. Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following: Would abandon their entire ...read more

  • Two Ladies On A Train  PRO

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
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    Two Ladies on a Train • Years ago a man found himself on a train between two ladies. • And Unfortunately for him the two ladies were arguing constantly about whether the window should be open or shut. • The lady farthest from the window argued that she would die of heat stroke if it wasn’t ...read more

  • The Tabernacle And Later The Temple Had Many ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Jan 3, 2008
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    The Tabernacle and later the Temple had many furnishings… incense altar, laver, lamp, censers, the ark and various implements and tools, but NO CHAIR! The work of the priests was never finished! It is still so with Roman Catholicism today… “In the Eucharist Christ gives up the very body which he ...read more

  • I Read The True Story Once About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy. “I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my ...read more

  • I Read The True Story Once About A Woman Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    I read the true story once about a woman who was babysitting for the 2 year old son of her preacher. The boy was sleeping in her home one night while the preacher and his wife were out of town and the boy woke up at 4:30 a.m. crying for his daddy. “I didn’t know what to do until I remembered my ...read more

  • Deuteronomy 14:25 - Verse 25 – "Take The Silver ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 17, 2008
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    Deuteronomy 14:25 - Verse 25 – “take the silver with you” more accurately translated really means, “Bind the money in your hand” is an instruction to not compromise God’s tithe money for that yearned for item, travel expense, vacation focus or anything else between the time it is put aside for God ...read more

  • Lady Last Minute Shopping With Kids In Tow, This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    Lady last minute shopping with kids in tow, this lady was really having a hard time during her Christmas shopping trip. As she shoved her way into a chrowded elevator, she said, "I dont know who’s responsible for all this Christmas stuff, but they ought to arrest him, string him up, and shoot ...read more

  • The Jewish Roots Of "tongues"

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2019
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    • Talmud taught about power for all people in the Ten Commandments: R. Johanan said: What is meant by the verse, The Lord giveth the word: They that publish the tidings are a great host? — Every single word that went forth from the Omnipotent was split up into seventy languages. The School of R. ...read more

  • Do It Again, Lord!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
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    There’s a story of a group of college students who went to visit the home of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church. They noticed there were indentions on the floor of his room where he knelt to pray each day. After the tour, the class loaded on their bus. When the teacher counted, there was ...read more

  • Some Weeks Ago I Was Watching The Health Channel ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Nov 16, 2002
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    Some weeks ago I was watching the Health Channel on TV. They showed and described different types of plastic surgery procedures. I was amazed at the things that plastics surgeons can do now-a-days. If you need more luscious lips, they can inject collagen and make your lips downright pouty. If ...read more

  • The Sign In The Window Read: "Boy Wanted". Young ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
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    The sign in the window read: “Boy Wanted”. Young John Simmons, though he was lazy, saw his opportunity and applied. He was quickly hired by elderly Mr. Peters. The pace was leisurely so he enjoyed the job. Toward the middle of the afternoon however, he was sent up to the attic — a dingy place full ...read more

  • This Is A Series Of Quotes From Cybernation.com, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 29, 2005
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    This is a series of quotes from cybernation.com, an excellent resource. These all deal with the issue of TRUTH. “What is truth?” said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. – Francis Bacon You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey Falsehood is cowardice, the ...read more

  • I Have Found That There Are Two Ways Of Getting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Aug 9, 2003
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    I have found that there are two ways of getting angry. One of them I call the “microwave oven” anger. A microwave, as we all know, heats things up in a hurry; but I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but it seems there is an “equal and opposite” principle at work also, and food heated in a ...read more

  • From Michael Mccartney-- A Case In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2004
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    Illustration from Michael McCartney-- A case in point of some one thinking incorrectly. Last Wednesday night I had an individual come to church. He was drunk and came into the café building being provocative and vulgar with me. He said, “Pastor Mike I have come to get you to beat the devil out of ...read more