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  • In Our Church There Are Several Couples Who ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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    In our church there are several couples who built houses last year. All of them lived in rental homes until their new homes were completed. How many of them do you think spent a lot of time fixing up those rental homes? Yes, they wanted it to be clean and comfortable and functional, but they did ...read more

  • Sue's Parents Were Very Wealthy. They Attended No ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 30, 2004
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    Sue’s parents were very wealthy. They attended no church. A friend of Sue invited her to a church service. She accepted the Lord. When telling her parents, they told her if she attended this church again, she would have to leave home. Being only 16 years old, it was a hard decision. Sue went to ...read more

  • Grumbling Because Of Lack Of Soap

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 11, 2004
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    Illus.: “Grumbling Because of Lack of Soap” In some parts of Mexico hot springs and cold springs are found side by side. And because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon, the women often bring their laundry and boil their clothes in the hot springs and then rinse them in the cold ones. ...read more

  • Standing On The Word  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 21, 2004
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    Standing on the word I saw my two year old daughter natalie carry my bible by the case’s handle. She dragged it in front of a tall table we have, and as I was about to take it away from her the Lord stopped me and said: "I’m showing you something." She took the bible layed it on the floor and then ...read more

  • Author And Lecturer Leo Buscaglia Once Told About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Jan 1, 2005
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    Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once told about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child; the winner was a four-year-old boy. His next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little ...read more

  • Around The Corner I Have A Friend, In This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For life is a short and terrible race... Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him. ...read more

  • In The Movie "It's A Wonderful Life", George ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 5, 2006
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    In the movie "It’s A Wonderful Life", George shares with Mary all his wishes and plans. After throwing a rock at the old house he explains how he knows what he will do today, tomorrow, and the next day. How he’s going to see the world, and go to college, and build things. You can tell that ...read more

  • Memorials  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
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    • Noah’s Memorial was an Ark. • Abraham’s Memorials was found in his altars. • Isaac’s Memorials flowed from his wells. • Moses’ Memorial was the Law (which included the Tabernacle and it’s furnishings). • Caleb’s Memorial was a mountain discovered in his youth but captured in his old ...read more

  • In The Days Before Connecticut Became A State, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 1, 2007
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    In the days before Connecticut became a state, the colonial legislature was in session when a thick black cloud blocked out the sunlight. Someone shouted, "It is the day of judgment! Let us go home and get ready!" But one member of the legislature, who happened to be an old church deacon, stood ...read more

  • Dogs  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dogs An old dog was watching a young dog chase his tail. The young dog stopped to rest, and told the older dog, “I believe happiness is in my tail, and if I catch it, then I will have happiness” The older, wiser dog said, “I caught mine once. . . and I found out that happiness is not in the ...read more

  • Senior Citizens

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Senior Citizens A group of Florida senior citizens were talking about their ailments: • "My arms are so weak I can hardly hold this cup of coffee." • "Yes, I know. My cataracts are so bad I can’t even see my coffee." • "I can’t turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck." • "My blood ...read more

  • Dorothy Sayers, In A Book Of Her Essays Entitled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dorothy Sayers, in a book of her essays entitled The Whimsical Christian, has one essay called “The Greatest Drama Ever Staged,” where she writes, “The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore — on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has ...read more

  • Maybe The Most Famous Of All The Unexpected ...  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
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    Maybe the most famous of all the unexpected heroes of 911 was a 32 year old Oracle salesmen named Todd Beamer, the determined Christian on flight 93 who called up the GTE operator to find out what was happening, prayed the Lord’s Prayer with her over the phone, added, “Jesus, help me,” then said, ...read more

  • Looks Can Be Deceiving  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
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    Looks can be deceiving - David was small but became a great King - Most of the Apostles were simple men with little education Years ago a tall truck approached a low railroad overpass. The driver paid no attention to the warning signs and found himself wedged under the bridge. No one on the ...read more

  • I'm Going To Be Forty This Month, But I ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
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    “I’m going to be forty this month, but I approached thirty with more apprehension, I think, and the sense of time gone by. I’ve had more time to learn about myself, ten more years. “I no longer fool myself, not easily anyway. I know when I’m making excuses and when I’m making choices, and the ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning, A Pastor Was ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 3, 2008
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    Illustration: One Sunday morning, a Pastor was sharing a “Children’s sermon” with the children of the church. He was talking to them about the importance of loving one another and getting along with one another. He used the passage of scripture that I just read to explain to the children that God ...read more

  • A Preacher Remembered When His Daughter Was Two ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
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    A preacher remembered when his daughter was two years old and he was watching her at the house. His wife was shopping and he was watching a basketball game, while he was supposed to be watching the little one. You know how that goes, as he was watching the game, all of a sudden he looked up and ...read more

  • I Met My Best Friend In A Texas High School In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2008
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    "I met my best friend in a Texas high school in 1981. We were both military brats who’d spent time in Germany so we had some stuff in common. "While my mom was organizing old photos in 1986, we discovered that my family and my best friend’s family had stayed at the same hotel in Munich during the ...read more

  • An Archaeologist Digging In The Negev Desert In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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    An archaeologist digging in the Negev Desert in Israel came upon a sarcophagus containing a mummy. He called the curator of a prestigious museum. “I’ve just discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a man who died of heart failure!” the excited archaeologist exclaimed. The curator replied, “Bring him ...read more

  • Thomas Jefferson And John Adams Were Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS WERE GREAT FRIENDS, BUT WHEN JEFFERSON DEFEATED ADAMS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ADAMS TOOK IT PERSONALLY. V. "YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT! YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT!" NO WORDS FOR 11 YEARS. FRIENDS VISITED OLD, BITTER ADAMS, WHO SAID, "I ALWAYS LOVED JEFFERSON AND I ...read more