Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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THE STORY OF THE FLOWERS - Graveside Committal Service
Earl Wheatley of Meridian, Mississippi, shared a funeral observance that has proved quite effective. Before the funeral he tells the funeral director that he needs three flowers: a red one, a white one and a yellow one.
These three flowers
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Contributed by Ryan Peters on Mar 10, 2009
Psychology Today
The Dangers of Loneliness (Aug 2003)
Friendship is a lot like food. We need it to survive. What is more, we seem to have a basic drive for it. Psychologists find that human beings have fundamental need for inclusion in group life and for close relationships. We are truly social
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Pentecostal
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Ordinary Joe – An Unsung Hero
There are many characters in the cast of the Christmas story that have gripped the Church’s imagination but there’s one that has rarely had a place in the spotlight. Joseph.
There’s the Magi, exotic and somehow still gleaming in their silks after the long, dusty road
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Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
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VA Baily wrote about the time he realized the plan and purpose of life.
I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself, "I am going to be in here forever."
Christmas was beginning to become such a drag. I kinda
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2001
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THE WAY WE LIVE
Idolatry in its larger meaning is properly understood as any substitution of what is created for the creator. People may worship nature, money, mankind, power, history, or social and political systems instead of the God who created them all.
The New Testament writers, in
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2002
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At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend and missions agent of Albert Schweitzer in Britain. Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant but once he did happen to open his
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 28, 2002
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BRAGGIN' 'BOUT DAD
Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about who had the better father:
The first boy says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $100.”
The second boy says, “That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece
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Contributed by Ronald Keller on Apr 6, 2003
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I remember hearing of a man who was deeply in debt. The bill collectors called constantly. One in particular was extremely harassing. The man finally told the bill collector: “When I cash my pay check, I put the name of all my creditors in my hat. I shake the hat. Then I reach in and randomly
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Nazarene
Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 11, 2004
In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary was in critical need of $10,000 to keep the work going. During a prayer meeting, renowned Bible teacher Harry Ironside, a lecturer at the school, prayed, “Lord, you own the cattle on a thousand hills. Please sell some of those cattle to help us meet
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Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007
In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes:
“There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to start paying him five
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Teen Perspective on Woes Roper National Youth Survey reports what teens view as the top 6 causes of American society’s problems:
· 56% Selfishness/People not thinking of the rights of others.
· 52% People who don’t respect the law and the authorities.
· 48% Wrongdoing by politicians.
· 47% Lack of
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There were 13 treasuries in the courtyard...each one bearing a letter that signified the purpose of that particular treasury. Each one was shaped like a tall box with a trumpet...a large cone coming out of it... When someone would toss their money into it, it was possible to make the coins roll
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend of Albert Schweitzer and a kind of agent for Schweitzer in Britain.
Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant, but once he did
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 4, 2008
Illustration: What Is Wisdom?
An angel appears at a teachers meeting and tells the teacher that in return for his unselfish and outstanding behavior in teaching the students to the best of his ability, the Lord will reward him with his choice of infinite wealth, wisdom or beauty. Without
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