Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Gifting Occasions: About 53% of the gifters’ $2,062 annual budget is spent to buy gifts for holidays. After Christmas, which accounts for $843, Mothers Day is the next. The remaining 47% of the annual gifting budget is spent for gift occasions. Birthdays top the list with the typical gifter buying
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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One day a pastor had been working all morning on his sermon when His computer crashed and he lost it all. He went upstairs and told his wife, and she was amazed at how well he was taking it. She said, “It’s amazing how calm you are and how happy you seem even though you’ve lost a lot of work.” Then
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
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One day Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, "I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is a distinct philosophy of
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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- Did you know that the first modern-day lottery was started in 1963 in the state of New Hampshire. And now there are 37 states who have lotteries, including Illinois. And in 1997, statewide lotteries suckered $16 Billion dollars from Americans.
- Did you know that the state of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2001
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One man challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest.
The challenger worked with all his might, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The other man had a leisurely lunch and took several breaks throughout the day. At the end of the day, the challenger was surprised and somewhat
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 12, 2001
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Philip Henry used to call the Lord’s day the queen of days, the pearl of the week, and observed it accordingly. His common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord’s day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians--"The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed;" making it his chief
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 10, 2001
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One day C. H. Spurgeon was walking through the English countryside with a friend. As they strolled along, the evangelist noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: GOD IS LOVE.
Spurgeon remarked to his companion that he thought this was a rather
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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One day as I waited outside of Nigerian medical clinic for a blood test I sat next to a little boy named Ben. It was obvious he had never been in a medical clinic before and he was deathly afraid of what the doctors would do to him. When the man with a white coat called his named, Ben turned to me
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Lucy who has planned a picnic for the next day. She says to Charlie Brown, "I just hope to goodness that it doesn’t rain ..." Walking away, Charlie answers, "Hoping to goodness is not theologically sound." Charlie’s right. "Hoping to goodness" is not sound. Fixing our hope upon God
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
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One day, in 1888, Alfred Nobel picked up the morning newspaper and read his obituary. It was his brother who had passed away, but an over-zealous reporter, who had failed to check the facts, wrote that the world saw Alfred Nobel as the inventor of dynamite, an armaments manufacturer, a merchant of
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Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
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A man came home one day to a cranky wife. Arriving at 6:30pm, he spent an hour trying to cheer her up. Then he had an idea. "Let’s start over and pretend I’m just getting home." He went outside and came back in. His wife
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 2, 2002
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One day C.H. Spurgeon noticed a barn with a weather vane on its roof. At the top of the vane were these words: God is love. Spurgeon said to his friend that he thought this was an inappropriate place for such a message. He said, "Weather vanes are changeable, but God’s love is constant. His friend
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
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Andy came to work one day, limping something awful. One of his co-workers, Josh, noticed and asked Andy what happened.
Andy replied, "Oh, nothing. It’s just an old hockey injury that acts up once in a while."
Josh, "Wow, I never knew you played hockey."
Andy, "No I don’t. I hurt it last year
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