Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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I was a supply preacher for a small town Texas Church, coming in early Sunday, preaching a sermon to the congregation, and then leaving after lunch. Arriving early one Sunday I sat down at a local donut shop, opened my Bible and went over my sermon notes.
A man was sitting down the counter from
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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Church For Fanatics
One man wrote "I was a supply preacher for a small town Texas Church, coming in early Sunday, preaching a sermon to the congregation, and then leaving after lunch. Arriving early one Sunday I sat down at a local donut shop, opened my Bible and went over my sermon notes. "
A man
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
WASTE MORE TIME
In his book God Came Near, Max Lucado tells this story:
Norman Geisler, as a child, went to a certain church because he was invited by some neighbourhood children. He went back to the same church for Sunday School classes for 400 Sundays. Each week he was faithfully picked up by a
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Brethren
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
There is a story of the Congregational Pastor Henry Ward Beecher who was a great Congregational pastor of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York for several years. He was one of the greatest preachers of the 19th Century. People would travel for hundreds of miles just to hear him speak. Henry
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Other
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 12, 2008
That reminds me of the four-year old boy saying his prayers one Sunday night: “Dear God, we had a good time at church today – but I wish you had been there!” What
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On Tithing:
W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. God did just that and in a few years his income increased and he was tithing
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
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Had some friends over for lunch after church. It is our custom to serve wine when guests come over for a meal. To us it shows how special they are. They explained that they don’t drink on Sundays out of respect for
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Lutheran
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2003
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In the late 1800’s into the days of the Great Depression, there was a great evangelist that caught the imagination of the people. He was known not just as a great speaker but a great baseball player... his name was Billy Sunday.
One wouldn’t say that he stood in the pulpit, for he would range
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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I’ve heard a story once of a little boy who brought his broken toy to the altar one Sunday morning. He asked God to fix it for him. God said He would fix the toy. No problem. So the kid became real excited that God was going to fix it, and he got up with his toy and went home. Every morning of that
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Mar 28, 2005
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I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left – a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning the parents and the remaining child
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Lutheran
Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 2, 2006
Chalmers Illustration
The other day I was reading a story from Graham Twelftree’s book ‘Get the Point Across’ about two African chiefs who came to the missionary Chalmers and asked for Christian teachers for their villages, but he apologised saying he didn’t have anyone to send.
Two years went by
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Methodist
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Apr 10, 2011
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NOT IN VAIN
In Washington, a Sunday school class was disrupted by a boy who wouldn’t behave. He also kept the other children from paying attention. The faithful teacher became discouraged and felt that his efforts were in vain. The mischievous youngster grew to manhood and travelled west, where he
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 26, 2011
ALABAMA JUDGE: CHURCH OR JAIL
Is going to church a privilege or a sentence? It depends upon you and the particular church. For some in Alabama, it is a sentence:
BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say non-violent offenders in southern Alabama will have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
"Holy Ground"
Recently, I came across an internet story about (one of my childhood idols and American icon) Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Perhaps most of you are aware that Fred Rogers, was a Presbyterian Minister, and died – February 27 - in 2003 at the age of 74.
But what you
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Pentecostal
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