Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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Robert Fulghum wrote in the Kansas City Times, "Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.
"These are the things I learned:
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Contributed by Egerton Gbonda on May 1, 2008
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LEAVING YOU IN GOOD HANDS
The story is told of a mum who would take her son to nursery school, kiss him good bye and would always say to him "Darling, I’m leaving you in good hands, OK?" She will do this every day she takes her son to school.
When the son was of age and mum was quite old now and
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 16, 2007
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You Know It’s A Bad Church Business Meeting When...
…People arrive at the meeting, clutching copies of books about "spiritual abuse."
…You’re asked to try on a pair of bloody gloves.
…A loyal supporter presses a can of Mace into your hands.
…The church constitution suddenly becomes revered as
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us when we were down on Romney Marsh – and he went for a drive with Maddy.
When he came home, he said to me: “Dad, is Mum all right?”
“Yes”, I replied “Why do you ask?”
“Well”, Jez replied “When we were driving across the Marsh and we came to some black sheep – Mum called them “rainbow “sheep.
I
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
Poet Roxie Lusk Smith wrote:
“The Masters Touch”
Deep beyond my mind I know of God’s unfailing skill;
He makes the scope of time to bow to his all-mighty will.
I cannot doubt the master’s art remolding such as I,
An erring child, with willful heart; remade by Him on high.
My weakened soul was
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Let’s look at two scenarios about the importance of actions, or lack of actions and how we impact a person searching for the truth.
T.S. - Let’s explore what the church should look like to people who are seeking a spiritual encounter with the Lord.
Scenario 1: “The visitor”
John and Amanda
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Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 2, 2013
WAITING FOR KINGDOM BENEFITS
My wife and I live in a suburban neighborhood and moved in eleven years ago. I did not spend much time in my garden because there were no trees against the fence and my neighbors could look right into the property.
I went to the nursery and bought some trees. They
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 19, 2025
[138]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IF YOU LIVE IN SIN YOU WILL NEVER WIN
There is nothing truer than the title of this poem. Those who live in sin and claim it as their own will never win in the end.
Asaph who wrote Psalm 73 had a problem when he observed people. The godless were always
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Oct 6, 2007
Have you ever had an instructor for a course who was born and raised in an eastern culture?
-Did they teach differently than your western instructors?
-I had two professors in seminary who were easterners. One was from India and the other from Korea.
-Westerners are all about the facts – don’t
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Lutheran
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 11, 2023
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The following are actual church bulletin board bloopers found in churches across the United States.
The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.
The Pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 23, 2025
[140]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN DESPAIR BUT NOT ALONE
There is some personal sorrow in this poem and some of the poem’s content comes from experience, not a pleasant one.
When writing this – a task that was difficult because of the way I used the rhyme scheme – I appealed to the Psalms and my
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 23, 2025
[209]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – OUR PILGRIM JOURNEY HOME
Here is an explanation – The title of this poem expresses the walk and life of a Christian who lives for a short time in this world and then is called home. There is a slight touch of Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress here.
The KJV is the only
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 9, 2022
Where does the expression “jumpin’ Jehoshaphat!” come from? A reader wrote in to ask, and I had a lovely time trying to figure it out. No one is sure how Jehoshaphat’s name ended up in this interjection, or why he’s jumping, but there are several interesting possibilities.
This mild oath first
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