Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 19, 2002
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There is a story of Billy Graham when he was visiting a city for one of his crusades. He had finished writing a letter and began to look for a place to mail it.
Walking around the city for a while, he came across a young boy. He asked the boy if he knew how to get to the post office. The boy
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 1, 2005
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In the TV series Firefly, in the episode “The Great Train Robbery,” the captain has agreed to a job to steal something. After finding out that it is medicine, which is badly needed, he decides to break his contract and return the stolen medicine. The sherif catches him returning the medicine and
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing
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Katherine Kehler gives practical advice on the need to spend the day with the Lord:
Usually our days are filled with the demands of life crying for our attention, ...but today, whether for four, eight or 12 hours, your only priority is to be with your Lord ...to bask in His love, to thank and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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I did a review of holiday specials for December 2-the 16th. These don’t include all the “musical” specials or worship services. They are the run-of-the-mill specials we saw as kids and subject our grandkids too. I counted 62 totals in those two weeks. Of these only four had any direct reference to
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Illustration from Stories for Preachers: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, though sometimes it hurts when they express it. In 1975 country singer Charlie Rich had been picked to announce the Country Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards show. The award went to John Denver, who had not
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 23, 2009
There is an old pizza delivery joke that when someone comes into the shop to ask for directions the standard reply is, “You can’t there from here.” When you are loaded down with guilt, and all your emotional baggage, and all the comforts and securities of life that you have earned, then you can’t
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Church Of God
Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN...
Jesus says that every time we come to God in prayer, we should begin with this pattern of recognition. Coming to Him in this way encourages and increases our expectations because we see Him as He is. Coming to Him in this way establishes our faith because we see
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Timothy Brown on Jan 23, 2010
Illustration for Bible Knowledge (The Apostles’ Doctrine/Teaching) - Think of the Scriptures as an absolutely accurate map. A map tells you how to get to a certain destination. But just looking at a map won't automatically transport you to Arizona or England or Peru. Getting to those places means
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Baptist
Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 19, 2013
GOING IN CIRCLES
A family who moved into a new neighborhood had a late start one morning. As a result their six-year-old missed her school bus. Though it would make him late for work her father agreed to take her to school if she gave him directions. After 20 minutes of going in circles they
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Contributed by Ed Wood on May 30, 2002
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One of the sweet Christians in church history was a little guy named Billy Bray. He was a Cornish miner. He had one of the most remarkable salvation experiences you ever saw in all of your life. Billy Bray was so happy — he shouted all the time. He bothered people. He had so much joy, just shouting
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Baptist
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Ecclesiastes tells us that the secret to happiness is to choose happiness. Don't kid yourself into believing that if you're not feeling good all the time then there is something wrong. Olympic athlete, poet, and filmmaker Alexi Pappas has some great advice to keep us grounded.
One lesson
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2002
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Two sisters I know, Joanne and Linda, when they were much younger, were playing at home one day. Joanne, the older of the two became irritated with her younger sister, Linda, and said to her. "You’re getting uglier and uglier every day." Later that same day or was the next day, their gramdma came
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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J. Paul Getty was one of the richest men who ever lived. You wouldn’t expect him to be envious of anyone. But Getty once said he was envious of those who knew how to make marriage work and be happy in marriage. Getty knew whereof he spoke, because his record was five marriages and five divorces.
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 22, 2000
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ILL. I like the story of the grandfather who took his little grandson for a walk in the woods. As they were walking along they stopped for a moment & the grandfather asked, "Do you know where we are?" The little boy said, "No!"
The grandfather asked, "Do you know where we’re going?" And the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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