Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2008
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Can This Be Christmas?
What's all this hectic rush and worry?
Where go these crowds who run and curry?
Why all the lights--the Christmas trees?
The jolly "fat man," tell me please!
Why, don't you know? This is the day
For parties and for fun and play;
Why this is Christmas!
So this is Christmas,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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THANKSGIVING WITHOUT MARTHA
Martha Stewart will not be dining with us this Thanksgiving. I’m telling you in advance, so don’t act surprised. Since Ms. Stewart won’t be coming, I’ve made a few small changes:
Our sidewalk will not be lined with homemade, paper bag luminaries. After a trial run, it
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Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 21, 2004
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Dr. Frederic Loomis faced the most difficult decision a physician could ever make--whether to allow a deformed baby to live or die. He had only seconds to decide. Dr. Loomis had delivered hundreds of babies, but this one was different. The infant lay in a breech position, promising at best a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2009
ALL THINGS NEW
Years ago, I had the classic New Jersey car accident: I was hit from behind as I stopped for someone in a crosswalk. The guy actually got out of his car threw up his hands and exclaimed, "What the blank are you stopping for?" I got out of my car and motioned to the crosswalk, "I
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Milt Johnson on May 9, 2002
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Leaving behind a godly legacy is a Long, and sometimes Difficult Process.
Let me try to explain this process through a simple illustration. If you have been around CBC for a while you have already seen this but I think that is worth repeating.
(Hold up a Helium filled Balloon)
When a child is
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Contributed by Izak Shipman on Jun 13, 2002
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Chuck Mistler testifies
A few years ago, we flew back to California late one Sunday night from a seminar in Washington State. Tired and hungry, we still had to face another one-hour drive home from the airport.
Trying to check out of the airport parking lot, we found at least 30 cars in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
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FROM: YS OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: Restroom Use Policy
In the past, employees were permitted to make trips to the restroom under informal guidelines. Effective immediately, a Restroom Trip Policy will be established to provide a more consistent method of accounting for each employee’s restroom time and
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Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Oct 25, 2002
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While lonely people shake their fists at heaven and angrily ask, “God why have You forsaken me? Where are you?” we Christians often forget one central fact about God’s personal experience with loneliness. Charles Swindoll reminds us in his eloquent way:
God knows, my friend and He does care.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Guy Caley on May 25, 2003
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In 1953 in Grimes Iowa, Violet Cross was getting sicker by the day. Finally her eldest son Frank insisted she go to the doctor. Eventually they ended up at the large teaching hospital in Iowa City. The diagnosis was devastating. Though Violet had never smoked she was dying of Lung cancer. One
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 25, 2003
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I set beside a tiny crib and watched a baby die, and the parents slowly turned to me and said, “Preacher, tell us why?” And I walked away from the nursery where still born babies lie, and a mother stretches out her empty arms and says, “Preacher, oh preacher, tell me why?” I saw a young girl’s
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Nov 9, 2003
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Author unknown, received by e-mail.
A young lady named Sally relates an experience she had in a seminary class given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons. One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they were in for a fun day. On
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Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 9, 2004
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Research from Barna concerning Leadership:
The Deception of Effective Leadership
Most pastors are content with the way things are going in their ministry. A national survey among pastors revealed that a majority feel they are doing an excellent or good job in leading people spiritually in
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2001
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LOVE IS ACTION
In his book, Dad, The Family Coach, Dave Simmons tells of an act of sacrificial love that occurred in a shopping mall. One day he took his eight year old Helen and five year old Brandon to the Cloverdale Mall. He needed to buy some tools in Sears.
When they pulled into
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