Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 14, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This is one may surprise you. “The 3rd most common mistake is the buying and selling of cars,” as Ron Blue says. Why? The buying and selling of cars plays right into pride and ego. When pride and ego get involved, logic goes out the window. Someone has said, “Logic and automobile purchases do not
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 25, 2008
                
                
                
                    I remember seeing a carton showing a scholarly man sitting on top of a great pile of books, looking at himself in a mirror, and above his head a question mark.  He has mastered every subject of learning, but couldn’t answer the problem of himself!   The infection of sin has warped human nature so
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We’re like the little boy who was sitting in church one day.  The preacher was going on and on about how great heaven would be.  He talked about the streets of gold and the angels and about seeing God face to face.  He concluded his message by asking the members of the congregation to raise their
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A River Funny
A preacher was winding up his temperance sermon with great fervor: "If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river."
The congregation cried, "Amen!" 
"And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river." 
The congregation
                    
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                    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 13, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Church in Riverside, California, was having lunch with Billy Graham. Ruth, Billy’s wife, had made a classic southern lunch of fried chicken, collard greens, and the works. It was Greg’s first time to meet Billy Graham; he was nervous. Greg says, “I had many questions
                    
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                    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 10, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A new preacher at the local church walked into 
     the auditorium of His new church.  He thought it 
     would be best to move the piano from the right 
     side of the stage to the left side of the stage, 
     so he moved it.  Soon after he was fired for the 
     disruption caused by the new
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Charles Spurgeon the great English Victorian preacher wrote of the death of Richard Baxter, the great Puritan preacher. Baxter lay dying. Some friends came to see him. They asked him what we all asked at times like that, “How are you doing?” Baxter was weak and obviously near death. But with great
                    
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                    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 22, 2009
                
                
                
                    FALLING ASLEEP IN CHURCH
Please don't think I'm complaining about folks who fall asleep in church. I understand some people can’t help it. I am convinced that some people fall asleep in church during the sermon because their have a physical ailment. Some folk must have a snooze button attached at
                    
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                    DELIVERING DEATH NOTICES
When I lived in Albuquerque I was trained by the Albuquerque Police Department to deliver death notifications to people in town. The Police Department used local preachers wearing suits with Police Chaplain badges instead of sending uniformed officers because it was
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Hensley on Aug 15, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One afternoon, while playing golf at Bay Hill in Orlando, I was teamed up with the legendary football coach, Lou Holtz.  As one of the men spoke of our team, he questioned Mr Holtz about his silence, afterall he was known as the "master motivator"!
Lou looked at him and said, "It is hard to be a
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE
"Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; 
where there is hatred, let me sow love; 
where there is injury, pardon; 
where there is doubt, faith; 
where there is despair, hope; 
where there is darkness, light; 
and where there is sadness, joy. 
O Divine Master, grant that
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Watchman Nee:
"An obedient will and a harmonious will are very different. Obedience is related to actions, whereas harmony is related to character. The obedient will of a servant is seen in carrying out every order of his master.
"But the harmonious will is shown in the son who knows the father’s
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Mar 13, 2010
                
                
                
                    CHURCHES AND CULTURE
In survey after survey, researchers find that the lifestyles of born-again Christians are virtually indistinguishable from those of nonbelievers. The divorce rate among Christians is identical to that of nonbelievers. Christian teens are almost as sexually active as
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
                
                
                
                    WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS
Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the
                    
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                    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 27, 2008
                
                
                
                    As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times better than any
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Dec 9, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: "I wish you would explain to me something." "Well, what is it? I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher." 
     "What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: "I wish you would explain to me something." "Well, what is it? I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher."  
"What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 22, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    This being Easter our leadership met and decided, "You know, we want to get a really special speaker. Why don’t we call the best preacher in the world and ask him to speak."
   And they did and he said "No".  
So they said, "Well if we can’t have the best speaker, as least we can get the smartest
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There is a tale told of that great English actor Macready. An eminent preacher once said to him: “I wish you would explain to me something.” 
“Well, what is it? I don’t know that I can explain anything to a preacher.” 
“What is the reason for the difference between you and me? You are appearing
                    
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