Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
A monastery in Germany trained Christian brothers for various responsibilities within the Roman Catholic Church. One Christian brother in training lived in mortal fear of being called upon to preach the sermon in the daily chapel exercises. As this young man thought about his apprehension, he
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
Count Your Blessings--No, Really!
It was a typical Indiana spring day. Outside the house, it was raining. Inside the house...it was raining. Water slowly dripped from the ceiling, reminding me that when you replace your own roof, there's nobody to get mad at when it leaks.
I should be a pretty
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025
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The Fixer-Preacher
Celebrating Pastor Appreciation Day
It’s not every day I get to stand up here and talk to everyone on a Sunday morning, but when I do, it’s for a pretty special reason. Picture this: sunlight fills the room, the choir is quietly humming, and you can smell fresh coffee in the
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Baptist
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In forensic science, there is a rule, known as the Lockyear principle, that simply stated, says that "every touch leaves an impression." Many a criminal has rued the day that that principle was discovered.
Some of us can vouch for the fact
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Anglican
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Nov 15, 2008
People will read the newspaper every day.
People will watch the news everyday.
How many of you believe everything you read in the paper and hear on the news?
Then why will we spend more time reading and
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 10, 2007
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ILLUSTRATION: “No Use but Useful”
Elderly Sister Ann in China was born into quite an educated family. She had four brothers who all became doctors. She, however, was not even taught how to read and write. She began to train as a nurse, but her father fell ill and she was required to nurse him.
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 3, 2001
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The NY Times had a story about a little boy who was riding the bus. He sat so close to a woman dressed in a gray suit that everybody assumed that he was her son & she was his mother. Until finally another lady sat down on the same seat with them.
And when the little boy put his feet up
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 21, 2001
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Illus.: “$25 For A Crippled Puppy”
A farmer was sitting on the front porch one summer evening when a newspaper boy came to deliver his paper. The boy noticed a sign on the porch which read, “Puppies For Sale.” He got off his bike and said to the farmer, “How much do you want for the pups,
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
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A VACATION OF COMPASSION
In 1958, 35 year old Englishwoman Anita Goulden went on holiday to Peru to visit her brother. Anita was a widowed, single mother who owned two haberdasheries in Manchester, England. She was about to go home by way of the United States when she saw an unbelievable
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