Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 15, 2009
Try this next time you’re stopped by a policeman for speeding. Try saying, “Officer, I’m sorry for speeding, but I’ve never robbed anybody. I’ve never cheated on my income tax, and I’ve stopped at every stop sign in town.”
Do you think that would work to keep yourself from getting a ticket?
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2010
In a major city in a large public park, there was a beggar who held out his cup. A businessman enjoying a break was in that same park and watched that beggar. He was a distance behind the beggar and he noticed that everyone passing by put at least a few coins in his cup. Interested in how this
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
BREZHNEV'S HOPE
As Vice President of the U.S., George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev's widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 25, 2002
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When I was a freshman at Lincoln Christian College, I had an experience that made me seriously question my calling into the ministry. My professor for a class on the Life of Christ had approached me about leading the group in a Scripture reading and prayer to begin our class time. I agreed. But
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RESOLUTIONS THROUGH THE YEARS
Has anyone decided what your New Year’s Resolutions will be for 2011? Before you do it, let’s take a look at how Resolutions tend to work out… Here are some examples:
2007: I will read at least 10 books this year
2008: I will try to finish the book I started last
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 29, 2003
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During Sunday school, our pastor, who was teaching the adult class, selected a middle-aged couple to act out the burning bush scene from the Old Testament. The husband was asked to supply the voice for God and his wife would read Moses’ lines.
All went well until they got to verse 15. The wife, as
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A church member went to his pastor, Phillips Brooks, to tell him he was going to the Holy Land. He said that it was his intention to visit Mount Sinai. "In fact," the man told the minister, "I plan to climb to the top of that mountain and when I get there read aloud the Ten Commandments."
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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Spiritually Complacent Barna Research reports that since ’91, Americans have become more spiritually complacent. 40% of born again Christians do not attend church or read the Bible in a typical week, 30% are not "absolutely committed to the Christian faith" and 70% are not involved in a small group
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