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Story: In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, renown members of the local Mafia.
They were mean, bad and very rich.
No one had a good word to say about them.
Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or maligned by the
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Anglican
Contributed by Tony Britt on Jan 23, 2002
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A SINKING SHIP
Back in the days of steam ships, only rich white people sailed at sea. One day while sailing, something suddenly happened to the ship and it was about to sink. Terrified, the white folks aboard didn’t know what to do. Someone suggested that they do what the black folks
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2003
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FROM THE "HOUSE OF BREAD"
Christ was born in Bethlehem. The literal meaning for the name Bethlehem is "The House of Bread."
Jesus was not born in the house of royalty, or the house of riches, or the house of celebrity.
Jesus was not born in Jerusalem, or in Rome, or in Athens or
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 24, 2004
Have you ever heard of the expression, “Your name will be mud?” Do you know where it originated? Samuel Alexander Mudd was the doctor who set John Wilkes Booth’s leg after Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater in 1865. Mudd claimed he didn’t recognize Booth–didn’t really know him.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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When the preacher’s car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar.
“What happened to you, Frank?” asked the good reverend. “You used to be rich.”
Frank
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Contributed by Brian Bolton on Dec 13, 2005
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On July 29, 1981, one of the most highly publicized and glamorous weddings in history took place.
• Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana
• An estimated audience of 750 million people worldwide.
• 4500 pots of fresh flowers lined the route to St. Paul’s cathedral.
• 2500 people crowded
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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When the preacher’s car broke down on a country road, he walked to a nearby roadhouse to use the phone. After calling for a tow truck, he spotted his old friend, Frank, drunk and shabbily dressed at the bar. "What happened to you, Frank?" asked the good reverend. "You used to be rich." Frank told a
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Contributed by Susan Blader on Jan 21, 2007
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Giving in Theory
The story is told of the missionary who asked a new convert, “Pablo, if you had a hundred sheep, would you give fifty of them to the Lord’s work?”
“You know I would gladly give them,” he replied.
“Pablo, if you had fifty cows, would you give twenty-five to the Lord’s work?”
“Of
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains ... if you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles ... if you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it ... if you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
WHAT CAN I FEAR?
In A.D. 373 John Chrysostom became a hermit. He went alone into the mountains near Antioch, seeking to know God better. Although his time of isolation was cut short by illness, he discovered that with God at his side, he could attend alone against anyone or anything.
That
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Brethren
Contributed by Tony Salisbury on Feb 12, 2011
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NOT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE GOOD
For Valentine's Day several years ago I bought chocolates for everyone in my family. To help everyone remember which chocolates belonged to whom I bought different ones. One got rich dark Belgian chocolate. Another one received smooth creamy milk chocolate. All went
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A farmer went into his banker and announced that he had bad news and good news. "First, the bad news...""Well," said the farmer, "I can’t make my mortgage payments. And that crop loan I’ve taken out for the past 10 years -- I can’t pay that off, either. Not only that, I won’t be able to pay you the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Entrepreneurs are among the most generous donors, giving 25% more on average to charitable causes than other wealthy people, according to a Bank of America report. Very rich people — those with net assets of more than $50 million — gave 10 times as much on average as those with a net worth of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Not to long ago basketball star Dennis Rodman made the headlines when he kicked a cameraman during a basketball game. Luckily for Rodman, he escaped criminal charges and got by with just an 11 game suspension and a $200,000 payout to his victim. A few days after the incident Rodman discussed the
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 29, 2008
LET'S BE LIKE GOD
There’s a fable of a couple living in poor circumstances who were given the opportunity to make four wishes, guaranteed to come true. They could ask for whatever they wanted and they would have them! It seemed too good to be true. They were rather modest at first and asked for
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The May 1984 National Geographic showed through color photos and drawings the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman Cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden that the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were
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