Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 29, 2009
KEYS TO THE KINGDOM?
At a former church, the day I started my job as an associate pastor I was given a set of keys to the church by one of the Trustees, Bill. Bill told me, "Peter, these are not all the keys to the church, we are only giving you four keys: One key to the church building, one key
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 3, 2003
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I spent some time this week looking on the computer at actual excuses people use, or have used, or might someday use, to miss church. Here are a few: I missed church because the little guy had a cold. The whole family had to stay home to blow his nose! - I missed church last Sunday because there
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Baptist
Contributed by Mike Fox on Feb 23, 2008
Hot-Sync Your Marriage!
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Proverbs 18:21
We used to have just PDA’s. Now, like most, we’ve updated to PDA Phones, mainly for business. But when we had our PDA’s, we had a feature called "Hot-Sync". The
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Apostolic
Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Feb 20, 2001
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A few years ago, I was watching David Letterman, and he was broadcasting his show from Las Vegas. He was doing his opening monologue and he told this joke.
He said that he was standing in front of one of the casinos, and a man came up to him looking desperate.
"Please!" the man begged
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 19, 2001
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During the dark days of the American Revolution, when the Continental Army had experienced several setbacks, a farmer who lived near the battlefield approached Washington’s camp unheard. Suddenly his ears caught an earnest voice raised in agonizing prayer. On coming nearer he saw it was the great
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Wesleyan
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In a certain pond, there were two ducks and a frog who were neighbors and the best of friends. They played together all day long during the summer time.
But as the cold drew near and the water dried up, the ducks realized they would have to move. This would be easy for them, but what about their
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 14, 2002
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In his spiritual autobiography, William Barclay, the venerable Scottish scholar, tells the tragedy of losing his 21-year-old daughter and her fiance who were drowned in a boating accident. He writes, "God did not stop that accident at sea, but he did still the storm in my own heart so that somehow
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Methodist
Contributed by Dale Harlow on Sep 5, 2002
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UCLA alumni and fans made UCLA football coach Pepper Rodgers’s life miserable during a season when his Bruins got off to a horrible start. Nobody in Southern California would hang out with him. "My dog was my only true friend," Rodgers said of that year. "I told my wife that every man needs at
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dana Chau on Nov 13, 2002
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Zig Ziglar tells of the time after he gave his speech, a man came up to him and told him the following:
"When I was 10 or 11 years old, I told my parents I had homosexual feelings toward other boys. My parents said that they would support me in whatever I chose in life. Since then, I entered
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Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jan 13, 2003
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THE CALL FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
In Paul Harvey’s “For What It’s Worth Department” there was a story about a man named Speedy Morris.
Speedy was a basketball coach for LaSalle University. He was shaving one day when his wife called out to tell him he was wanted on the phone by Sports
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United Methodist
Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 16, 2003
Why do kids hide when they are doing something wrong?
Let me give you an example. My son Luke is a year old and one day when my wife and I were in the living room, Luke found himself into the kitchen trash. He quietly exited the kitchen and came into the living room, behind a couch where he
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Baptist
Contributed by Ken Dillingham on Dec 25, 2003
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Not long ago we took a Christmas trip to my home in Illinois. We witnessed a wreck outside Marshall, TX. When I got to the scene, the man was unconscious and unresponsive. What do you do? All I knew to do while all the people were gathering around this dying man was to pray. And as I prayed, a
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Apostolic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
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In what some call a denial of a basic civil right, a Missouri man has been told he may not marry his long-term companion. …The man claims that the essential elements of marriage – love and commitment – are indeed present. “She’s gorgeous. She’s sweet. She’s loving. I’m very proud of her … Deep
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