Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
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A preacher’s family had started putting up a nativity scene in their front yard. All of them were carrying out the little statues to put in the nativity scene. Finally everything was in place - Mary & Joseph & the manger & the baby, & angels & shepherds & all the barnyard animals.
Then
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 17, 2002
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ILL. I like the story about the 3rd-graders who were asked to write down the 7 wonders of the world. So they took blank pieces of paper, & started writing down what they thought were the 7 wonders of the world.
After a while, the teacher collected the papers & began looking at their answers,
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I felt a suspicious "bump" as I pulled my car into the driveway and came to a stop in our carport. Sure enough, one of the rear tires was flat, exposing the metal cord of the steel-belted radial. The next morning, when I visited the tire dealer, I noticed that the same brand of tire on the other
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on May 18, 2004
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Max Lucado suggested this scenario..
You came home cranky because a deadline got moved up. She came home grumpy because the day-care forgot to give your five-year-old her throat medicine. Each of you was wanting a little sympathy from the other, but neither got any. So there you sit at the dinner
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Methodist
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 7, 2005
ILLUS: I am always kind of leery about the complements I receive as a preacher of the gospel. I know that many of them are very sincere but I always feel a little unworthy when someone really brags on a message that I have preached.
The greatest complement that I ever received was in a
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Baptist
Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 26, 2006
ILLUSTRATION... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [may need Buzz L toy to explain]
I was watching a cartoon with my kids the other day and a great example of unity piped into my home through the TV. The cartoon was Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (one of Nate and Ian’s favorite
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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We know the widest thing in the universe is not space; it is the potential capacity of the human heart. And one of the worlds greatest tragedies is that we allow our hearts to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The brains calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"It is so easy to confuse our daily busyness with our daily business. Many of us earn our living in business, but waste much of the rest
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The man who doesnt relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of
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Contributed by William Neel on Jan 23, 2003
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When I was in the marines, the training for commandos included cliff assaults. The theory was that a commando raid should be a surprise, done as quickly and as silently as possible on the area with the lightest defenses. The lightest defense is at the point where attack is least expected. More
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Believe it or not, the following announcements actually appeared in various church bulletins.
1. Don’t let worry kill you -- let the church help.
2. Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
3. Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
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TAKE MY HAND
The story is told of a man and his boy who was with him, when a little fellow, in Scotland, and for the first time he possessed what in that country is known as a top-coat. They were walking out one cold day, and the way was slippery. The little fellow's hands were deep down in his
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