Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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Why can’t we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone’s sitting in a rocker, it won’t be long before a kid
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My home church always put on a Christmas play with the children of the church. And one evening, I was being especially disruptive downstairs as some of the younger children were getting ready for their parts in the play, and my pastor came downstairs to try and bring us under some sort of control.
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United Methodist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
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I heard an interesting news item this week. According to the US Government it will now cost $160,140 for the average middle class American family to raise a child to the age 18. If you are quick on the draw with your math facts you just estimated what it may cost you to raise your children. For
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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THE TABLECLOTH
The brand new pastor and his wife were assigned to their first church in Brooklyn and were to reopen it. They arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw the church, it was run down and needed a lot of work. They set a goal to have everything done in
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2003
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Did you hear about the Baptist Who got together and purchased their Pastor some rubber wadders so he wouldn’t get wet in the baptism pool so the Methodist heard
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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PRAYER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
In Point Man, Steve Farrar tells the story of George McCluskey. When McCluskey married and started a family, he decided to invest one hour a day in prayer, because he wanted his kids to follow Christ. After a time, he expanded his prayers to include his grandchildren
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Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jul 1, 2012
CALL SIN SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE?
There is a story about a Methodist preacher who often spoke on the subject of sin. He defined sin as that abominable thing that God hates. One day some of the leading laymen came to urge their pastor to stop using the word sin. The laymen told their pastor that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007
I hear parents say “Yeah my daughter has 4.0 grade point average” or “My son is averaging 10 points a game in basketball.” Not very often do I hear parents say “My child’s prayer life is really growing into something wonderful.” What kind of a dad am I, if I know my children’s grade point average
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 28, 2010
"In my humble opinion, more mature Christians tend toward mercy as they develop. I loved the idea of Real Justice as a kid. Then I
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
Protect Marriage: A recent New York Times/CBS News poll finds 59% of Americans now support a marriage protection amendment while 35% oppose it.
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Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 15, 2005
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KEEP YOUR FORK
There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things "in order," she contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes.
She told him which songs
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Pentecostal