Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
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Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the midwest, my friend trains employees in proper dress codes and etiquette.
One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her.
Thinking of her responsibilities, she scolded,
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Jun 2, 2003
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GOD SPEED
A very wealthy, religious little old lady was a soft touch for any panhandler she happened to meet on the street.
One day she met a very shabbily dressed man and impulsively pressed a five dollar bill into his hand, smiled warmly and whispered, “God speed.”
The next day the shabbily
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Baptist
Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
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A New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take this course. A pre-test was given to evaluate the students’ biblical knowledge. One student defined the Epistles as "wives of the Apostles." A pastor was so
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 16, 2004
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E. Stanley Jones tells of the time he was about to board a plane when he heard God, in his spirit, telling him not to get on the plane. He learned later that the plane crashed and there were no survivors. When he shared his experience with someone, they said, “You mean to say that you were the
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Methodist
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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The post office maintains a "dead letter office." To it come all the letters that cannot be delivered. At Christmas many write to Santa Claus, especially children.
One employee of the post office was very interested to see how many people ask for things and how many people thank others for giving
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 27, 2004
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Now there have been truly scientific studies done of Identical twins which have identical genes. If homosexuality was a biological condition produced inescapably by genes then if one identical twin is homosexual, in 100% of the cases his or her twin should be as well. Using a sample of 14,000
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Independent/Bible
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THE VILLAGE ATHEIST WAS NOT A BAD MAN, HE JUST DIDN’T BELIEVE. HE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN CHURCH...AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN THE AREA. ONE DAY THE CHURCH BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE WHOLE TOWN RAN TOWARD IT TO HELP EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES.. INCLUDING THE VILLAGE ATHEIST HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING
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Nazarene
I read this story about Leonard Bernstein:
Leonard Bernstein, the conductor, was once asked, ‘What is the hardest instrument to play?’ Without a twinge of hesitation, he replied, ‘Second fiddle. I can always get plenty of first violinists. But to find one who plays second violin with as much
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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SALT-CRAVING
Salt creates thirst. Try eating just one Ruffles potato chip. You cannot eat just one chip. They are salty which creates a thirst for more. When people look at our lives here do they thirst more for the living Jesus?
Chuck Swindoll says an appropriate grave marker for many might be
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 26, 2009
Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was impeached by the state House by a 114 to one vote. After racing back to his Chicago home before the vote could deprive him of a ride home on the state plane, Blagojevich once again said he was the victim of a rush to judgment.
"And the fight goes on," he told
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Christian Missionary Alliance
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MATERIALISM BUYS
One highly successful advertiser stated "I am a success because I can convince people that the longing they have in their lives can be fulfilled with the stuff I have for them to buy. I know that they will buy into my item and in turn buy my product only to discover that after a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Potion – transforms Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde, and another potion transforms him back
- Two personalities in one body: a mild man who seeks to do right, and a crazy monster with no conscience against evil.
- We are in a similar
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