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  • Good News, Bad News

    Contributed by Ken Miller on Feb 22, 2013
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    GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking if the price of your paintings would go up after you died. When I told him they ...read more

  • That's All I Want

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 2, 2013
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    THAT'S ALL I WANT Here, I am prompted to share a humorous yet insightful Church story involving a Sunday school girl. Given the task of reciting the first verse of Psalm 23 before a huge Church crowd (including her anxious parents), this girl is said to have uttered unwittingly out of nervousness ...read more

  • Just The House He Was Looking For

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 14, 2014
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    Alan Carr tells a story about a man who was tired of his friends owning nicer homes than his, so he went to see a realtor to put his home on the market and began to search for a new one. One day as he was reading the paper, he came across a listing for a home that seemed to be just what he was ...read more

  • Watch Where Your Mouth Steps

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 1, 2020
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    Gal 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Before you condemn a person for losing a battle with their personal demons be sure you count your own battles and losses. No ...read more

  • Jack Hayford And His Wife Anna Were Vacationing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Jack Hayford and his wife Anna were vacationing in Britain during the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. While there the Hayfords saw constant reminders of royalty. That, along with visits to several castles, caused Hayford to sense what it might be like to be "raised as a ...read more

  • Buying A New Chandelier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Buying A New Chandelier The pastor called a special meeting of the congregation to approve the purchase of a brand new chandelier. After some discussion pro and con, an old farmer stood up and said, "Buying a new chandelier may seem like a good idea to you, but I’m against it for three ...read more

  • On Our Third Floor, You Will Find A Carpet Ball ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2007
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    On our third floor, you will find a Carpet Ball Table… The original surfaced for Camp Emmanuel in the early 1990’s. We thought about building one since then…one man measured, another man measured, even I measured and intended to build it. But it was never built. Finally, in 2006 -- over a dozen ...read more

  • I Did An Experiment By Asking Everyone In The ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Nov 28, 2007
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    I did an experiment by asking everyone in the auditorium to say their name outloud three times. Beforehand I asked one man to say the name of Jesus three times outloud. After everyone had said their name outloud three times I asked if anyone had heard the name of Jesus being said. Only one person ...read more

  • Ii. Robert Barrantes Is A Pastor In San Jose, ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
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    ii. Robert Barrantes is a pastor in San Jose, Costa Rica. When he first felt the call of God to plant a church he knew it would be a challenge. God called him to begin a church in one of the toughest parts of San Jose. He came up against severe opposition from the drug peddlers, pimps and bar ...read more

  • Justice Scalia, In A Supreme Court Decision ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
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    Justice Scalia, in a Supreme Court decision involving the so-called “separation of church and state” wrote: “Church and state would not be such a difficult subject if religion were, as the Court apparently thinks it to be, some purely personal avocation that can be indulged entirely in secret, like ...read more

  • Paul Describes This Situation As "Death-Dealing ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 21, 2008
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    Paul describes this situation as “death-dealing sin.” He calls it “the dead-end abyss of separation from God.” The way they put in medieval times was to describe humanity -- listen to this: humanity was portrayed as a wingless bird, stuck in its alluring conditions, too heavy to fly. Does any ...read more

  • Your Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    YOUR WILL GIVES OUT FIRST I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school, I could not understand how some of these guys did it, they could run and be fine at the finish line, I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the ...read more

  • So Far We Have Seen That God Is A Real Being Who ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
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    "So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of ...read more

  • Fact Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    FACT OR FICTION? The London Daily Mail reports that one in four Britons don’t believe Prime Minister Winston Churchill actually existed. They suspect he is a mythical character rather than a historical one. Likewise, they think historical figures such as Florence Nightingale, Sir Walter Raleigh, ...read more

  • So Humility Is Seeing Our Own And Other Peoples ...

    Contributed by Ruth Hind on Oct 11, 2008
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    So humility is seeing our own and other peoples worth with a God’s eye view and treating them accordingly. But perhaps the best way to describe humility is to turn to an example, My example is George Carey former Abof C who when he was Vicar of a large Church in Durham which was left open all the ...read more

  • Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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    Will Gives Out First I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school. I could not understand how some of these guys did it. they could run and be fine at the finish line. I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the great ...read more

  • What A Friend We Have In Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS One time a rabbi, a priest and a Christian minister were talking about how each of them celebrated Christmas. The minister and priest said that they give thanks for all of God's blessings and on Christmas morning they open their gifts. "We do it a little ...read more

  • The Late Great American Writer Of Children's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
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    The late great American writer of children’s books and poetry, Phyllis McGinley (1905 - 1978): "Families that own a surface similarity of good cheer are happy families! For one thing, they like each other, which is quite a different thing from loving. For another, they have almost always, one ...read more

  • Pride Is Deceitful

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 4, 2023
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    You can even have pride in the fact that you aren’t proud • An Amish farmer put on a new pair of overalls • Of course the Amish are famous for their simplicity • So, as he was shaving his mustache one morning he stepped back and admired his new clothes in the mirror • He said This will never do, ...read more

  • How Important Is Genesis 1:1?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 15, 2023
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    How important is Genesis 1:1? Henry Morris explains that "this one verse refutes all of man’s false philosophies concerning the origin and meaning of the world: ? It refutes atheism, because the universe was created by God. ? It refutes pantheism, for God is transcendent to that which He ...read more