Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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With tongue in cheek, Mark Twain spoke of the two-faced life we all live: I am constructed like everybody else and enjoy a compliment as well as any other fool, but I do like to have the other side presented. And there is another side. I have a wicked side. Estimable friends who know all about it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2003
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Joy Davidman tells the story of an old missionary ministering among a tribe of cannibals. The missionary was hard at work trying to convert the native chief. The chief listened patiently but at last said to the missionary, "I do not understand. You tell me that I must not take my neighbor’s
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Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
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A pastor entered a class as the lesson was in progress and asked, "Who broke
down the walls of Jericho?" A lad answered, "Not me, sir." The pastor turned
to the teacher and asked, "Is this the usual behavior in this class?" The
teacher replied, "I believe this boy is an honest boy, and I really
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 26, 2003
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ILLUSTRATION… Governor John Connally Quote
I was reading recently of events that happened back in 1963 when John F Kennedy was tragically gunned down. It was the Texas Governor of the time John Connally who was wounded in the gun attack. He and his wife Nellie were in the motorcade that day. In
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 21, 2005
Mark Noll, noted theologian and author once wrote…
“Over the long course of Christian history, the most depressing thing—because it is repeated so often—has been how tragically far short of Christian ideals we ordinary Christians so regularly fall.
Over the long course of Christian history, the
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Methodist
Contributed by Matthew Cook on May 28, 2005
Several years ago, I made a promise to my eldest son – that I would build him a fort to play in, and it would be done before I had to make a 6-month military deployment. Time was getting short, and with less than a week to go before I left, I completed the fort.
It was terrible…the nails were to
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Baptist
Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 22, 2006
A. Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book: Mowgli, the man cub, asks the animals what’s
the most feared thing in the jungle. He’s told that when two animals meet on a narrow
path that one must step aside and let the other pass. The animal that steps aside for no
one would then be the most
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
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"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Heb 4:15
"In the past when I’ve heard that verse or read it, I’ve thought that it is a very all-encompassing statement to say that Jesus was tempted
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Orthodox
Contributed by Vonnie E James on Mar 21, 2010
SALVATION BRINGS FORGIVENESS...FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS
This person was working in a certain company for may years. However for whatever reason, he was unable to get along well with the Supervisor. The relationship was like trying to stick adhesive tape on a bottle covered with grease. He never
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Baptist
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