Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
Every profession has its favorite stories, and the legal profession is no exception.
A beginner attorney was defending a man accused of biting another man’s ear off during a barroom brawl. A witness to the fight was on the stand, and the young attorney was cross-examining him: “Did you actually
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
Sometimes a thing has to be repeated until we hear and understand.A man asked his physician what to do about his wife’s hearing, which he felt was deteriorating. The doctor suggested a little test, which the man applied. He went home and found his wife working at the kitchen sink. Just inside the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
There was a lad who lived in the area where an old and wise sage would offer people counsel for their lives. He always knew the right answer, and those who listened to his counsel profited in their lives.
In the village was a lad who thought he could trick the sage into giving a wrong answer. He
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
A young man who had heard the Gospel accepted Christ. A little while after this, a Christian teacher asked him: "What have you done for Christ since you believed?" He replied: "Oh, I'm a learner."
"Well," said the questioner, "when you light a candle do you light it to make the candle more
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Pentecostal
Contributed by David Moore on Dec 5, 2008
I remember a neighbour of mine dying with acute Leukemia. He was a believer who needed much encouragement, and one day a woman from his church told him God had revealed to her that He would spare his life, like he spared the life of Hezekiah. He asked me what I thought. I shared some deep
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Baptist
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DEAD MAN BLEEDING
The question about impossibilities applied to God's sovereignty is a display of foolish unbelief. A lady brought her husband to the psychiatrist as a last ditch effort; the man thought he was dead. The shrink did everything he could to convince the man otherwise, but the crazy
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United Methodist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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Just for fun let’s have a top ten list of "How to Know when you are growing old."
10. The gleam in your eye is the sun hitting your bifocals.
09. You get winded playing cards.
08. You know all the answers but nobody asks the questions.
07. You need your glasses to find your glasses.
06. You
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 7, 2007
TV viewing in USA and UK. TV Viewing average in America is 4 hours a day, 2 full months a year, 60% while eating dinner, more TV each year than spent at school. They watch 200, 000 acts of violence, they watch 16,000 murders by the time their 18. ( source national statistics)
And if you think
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
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Poem called Hope
It’s magic and it’s free. It’s not in a prescription. It’s not in an IV. It punctuates our laughter, it sparkles in our tears. It simmers under sorrows, and dissipates our fears. Do you know what Hope is? It’s reaching past today. It’s dreaming of tomorrow. It’s trying a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 4, 2008
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"Hours behind the runner in front of him, the last marathoner finally entered the Olympic stadium. By that time, the drama of the day’s events was
almost over and most of the spectators had gone home. This athlete’s story, however, was still being played out.
Limping into the arena, the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 18, 2008
The whole concept of aiming has also become a metaphor for at least a multi-million dollar business about life and business goals and plans. People and companies pay big bucks for help in answering questions such as, ‘What are you aiming at?’ ‘What will give us the most bang for the buck?’
Slogans
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Church Of God
A few weeks ago, during our Friday night devotional, I asked my teens how many of them had seen "Schindler’s List", Steven Spielberg’s recent movie about the Holocaust. I asked them: was the Holocaust right or was it wrong? They said it was wrong, and so I asked them this question: why was it
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 1, 2022
Morris Siegel, the owner of a small Kosher New York deli, was being questioned by an IRS agent about his tax return.
He had reported a net profit of $60,000 for the year.
Why dont you people leave me alone? the deli owner said.
I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is
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Independent/Bible