Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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Pastors’ Blessings & Blisters: New Pulpit & Pew research done in cooperation with Duke University and funded by the Lilly Endowment reports that 60% of pastors say “they have never doubted their calling,” and 70% “indicate they have never considered leaving pastoral ministry.” Additional survey
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Contributed by Neal Gracey on Feb 18, 2006
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In England at The House of Commons, Princes Alice had a young daughter and her daughter had Diphtheria. Doctors told Princess Alice to stay away from her face so as to not breathe her daughter’s breath, because she then would contract the terminal disease and die.
One day as the daughter lay
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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A poor old widow, living in the Scottish Highlands, was called upon one day by a gentleman who had heard that she was in need. The old lady complained of her condition, and remarked that her son was in Australia and doing well. "But does he do nothing to help you?" inquired the visitor. "No,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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Many wives think it’s really just sex. Marriage and family therapist, Dr. Klayne Rasmussen, says men really want 3 basic things. (1) To know he is still attractive to his wife, even well past his Adonis prime. To most men, being sexually attractive is more than just being sexual. In essence it
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
A dad wanted to show his son how much he loved him, so he bought him a brand new Cadillac Escalade. The new SUV was fully loaded with chromed aluminum wheels, leather interior, three DVD players, a touch-screen CD player, a state-of-the-art navigation system, and a sunroof. The dad spared no
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Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Nov 6, 2006
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Robert Moffatt, a Scottish missionary to Africa, returned to England to recruit young men for the missionary field. He was greeted by the fury of a cold British winter. Arriving at the church where he was to speak, he noted only a small group had braved the elements to hear his appeal. What
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 17, 2006
Artificial aquarium salt.You know I used to deal with salt water aquariums as a business.Part of that required using artificial aquarium salt.It is reconstituted sea salt with specific requirements for marine fish. It is enhanced sea salt. Any old salt will not do.Even the sea salt you buy at the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Moore on Jan 16, 2007
A 6 year girl in our church had the greatest insight.
While remodeling the back of there house, an old piano became the subject of conversation. Being an upright piano the kids had grown to like the looks of it. Because it had been in a room that was exposed to the differences of hot and cold
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Quote: Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure in heart, for the shall see God
Quote: - C. S. Lewis – It is easy to say ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God,’ for only the pure in heart want to see God.
Illustration: In the forests of northern Europe and Asia lives little animal called
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
A lady visiting the Holy Land came upon a sheepfold located high on a hilltop. Her attention was drawn to one poor sheep lying by the side of the road bleating in pain. Looking more closely, she discovered that its leg was injured. She asked the shepherd how it happened.
"I had to break it
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
A few years ago the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Russia had a meltdown and created an enormous tragedy.
The disaster threatened the people in Russia and the neighboring countries, but also countries as far away as Sweden.
To make the best of a catastrophic situation, the Russian authorities
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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In 1904 William Borden, heir to the Borden dairy estate, graduated from a Chicago high school a millionaire. His parents gave him a trip around the world. Travelling through Asia, the Middle East, and Europe gave Borden a burden for the world’s hurting people. Writing home, he said, "I’m going to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
When my parents lived with me on Holmes Street, Papa asked Mama one day if we could have some of those good Kentucky Fried chicken breasts. Mama sent “Sonny Boy” to get it. In the KFC on Summer Avenue there was a person marching not just to the sound of a different drummer; she was bopping to the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by David Ward on May 13, 2007
When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to an Associated Press story, there was one
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 17, 2007
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However, Gordon MacDonald has provided a very clear set of descriptors in understanding what it means to fully follow the Lord.
(10A) The first descriptor is spectator. MacDonald notes that there many spectators around Jesus because they were curious about what He had to say and offer. They were
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
TOMORROW I’LL BE BIG (anonymous).
If only he’d say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let’s do it together, right now." But it’s always, "Wait a little. Can’t you see I’m busy? Just a minute, Timmy. Tomorrow."
Tomorrow I’ll be big. I’m only little now. Now is when I need you, Daddy. Not
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I heard a story about Christian junior high camp. One of the campers, a boy with spastic paralysis, was the object of heartless ridicule. When he would ask a question, the boys would deliberately answer in a halting, mimicking way. One night his cabin group chose him to lead the devotions before
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