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                    Opening Humor: Before a pastor began to preach one Sunday morning he thought he should explain why he had a Band-Aid on his chin. "As I was shaving this morning I was thinking about today’s sermon when I lost my concentration and accidentally cut my chin with the razor." He then went on to preach
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Proverbs 17:22, A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 
The Fixer-Preacher
Helping the church with Pastor Appreciation Day
I was recently invited to preach for the Sunday morning service. 
Ice Breaker: For an introduction, I stated the following:
This is
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Humor involves sentiment and character. Humor is of a genial quality; dwells in the same character with pathos,
                    
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                    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 16, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Have you ever heard these humorous epitaphs?  
1.  	“Here lies Anne Mann.  Who lived an old maid, but died an    old Mann.” 
2.	“Beneath this sod, a lump of clay lays Arabella Young; who on the 21st of May began to hold her tongue.”
3.	“The children of Israel wanted bread, the Lord sent them
                    
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                    A lady purchased a parrot whose previous owner had taught him profanity and decided that she would reform him. The parrot learned a number of Christian words and Bible verses to replace the cuss words. However, the owner caught him cussing one day and grabbed him and said, "I'll teach you
                    
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                    Children’s letters to the Pastor
Dear Pastor, I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won't be there. Stephen. Age 8, Chicago
      
Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 8, Nashville.
Dear Pastor, Please say
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 13, 2023
                
                
                
                    President [Lincoln]  prefaced a discussion of the draft Emancipation Proclamation by reading aloud from a favorite humorist. In response to the disapproval of some members of his cabinet, Mr. Lincoln said: Gentlemen, why don’t you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I
                    
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                    A pastor was scheduled to address a large Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.   His wife, who often reminded him to preach shorter sermons, said to him, “I am giving you an envelope in which is a message for you.  Open the envelope just before you speak and it will really help
                    
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