Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 22, 2004
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An African missionary named William Chalmers was approached one day by two chiefs. They said, ‘We want Christian teachers, will you send them?
The missionary sadly said that he had no one to send.
Two years passed and the chiefs returned. The missionary himself could arrange to go now and
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 11, 2004
Writing about God’s sure guidance, British pastor Frank W. Boreham recounted a time when a minister visited his home in New Zealand. Being young and inexperienced, Boreham sought the counsel of his guest. He said that one morning they were sitting on the veranda, looking out over the golden plains
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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During construction of Emerson Hall at Harvard University, president Charles Eliot invited psychologist and philosopher William James to suggest a suitable inscription for the stone lintel over the doors of the new home of the philosophy department.
After some reflection, James sent Eliot a line
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Sometimes the cup of iniquity is full and the people are ripe for judgment. In such a case it may happen as it did in the flourishing and extraordinarily beautiful city of Messina, Sicily, the third largest city in Italy. In the early morning of December 28, 1908, the city was almost entirely
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Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 23, 2007
Mark Twain was a brilliant writer who used his fair share of idioms, and he used our idiom this morning when he wrote Pudd’nhead Wilson in 1894. This is what he wrote, Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 19, 2007
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You Know You Overdid Thanksgiving When....
Paramedics bring in the Jaws of Life to pry you out of the EZ-Boy.
The "Gravy Boat" your wife set out was a real 12’ boat!
You receive a Sumo Wrestler application in your e-mail.
Friday you set off 3 earthquake seismographs on your morning
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jan 25, 2008
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It had been a good day in Mosul, Iraq. Five So. Baptist workers were making progress toward a water purification project. They had met with officials and laughed with new Iraqi friends. They were headed home for a night’s rest before starting again the next morning. But they never made it
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Baptist
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PROGNOSIS NOT GOOD
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. After the checkup, the doctor took the wife aside and said, "if you don’t do the following, your husband will surely die."
1. "Each morning fix him a healthy breakfast and send him off to work in a good mood."
2."At lunch
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in
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Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Jun 22, 2008
T.H. Huxley, a well-known agnostic, was with a group of men at a weekend house party. On Sunday morning, while most of them were preparing to go to church, he approached a man known for his Christian character and said, "Suppose you stay at home and tell my why you are a Christian." The man,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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Soldiers in Your Cup
A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee. The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 26, 2008
According to Wikipedia:
"…Biblical references suggest that King David and the prophet Daniel prayed three times a day. In Psalms, David states: "Evening, morning and afternoon do I pray and cry, and He will hear my voice" (55:18). As in Daniel: "[...] his windows being open in his chamber toward
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
Two elderly southern women were sitting together in the front pew listening to a fiery preacher
He was banging the pulpit and the ladies were cheering him on
When he condemned the sin of stealing the two church ladies cried out loudly “AMEN BROTHER”
When he condemned the sin of lust they yelled
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Baptist
Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
SOUR RELIGION
A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon, she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined
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