Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2003
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My father-in-law came to visit us. He bought us a gas grill. It was too large to fit in the trunk of my wife’s car so they decided they would have to put it in the back seat. We had two toddlers and one of the carseats was in the back seat. My wife told her father, "Just take the car seat out and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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As a father, I have had moments in the lives of my
children that I was so overwhelmingly proud of them I did not know what to do or how to act. As I think back on these special memories, I recall doing something that almost seemed inappropriate for the moment.
What I was beholding called for
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 3, 2011
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THE HITCHHIKER
There was a man the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no cars were passing. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.
Suddenly, he saw a car coming towards him and stop. Without further
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
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David Brainerd was an American colonial missionary to the Indians who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: “I do not go to heaven to be advanced but to give honor to God. It is no matter where I shall be
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Baptist
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From Stories for Preachers: The pastor of a local church decided to take drastic action on stewardship: he hired an electrician to wire the pews. The next Sunday he said, "Today is Stewardship Day. We will be making our pledges publicly, in church, this morning. Who will pledge $50 a week?" As he
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Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 29, 2004
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John Stephen Ahkwari
Today friend, I’d like to take your mind back to October 20, 1968. I invite you to come with me to the Mexico City, Olympic Stadium. The time, 7.00 P.M. The closing ceremonies had just been completed. The spectators and athletes, still warm from the euphoria of the
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Contributed by Kent Wise on Nov 2, 2012
IDENTIFYING THE ONES IN POWER
It does not take one long in business to identify the power brokers in a meeting or situation. When I was at Tyson Foods, I would attend monthly cost meetings where our seating arrangements were always pre-assigned. The seating never changed for the middle table.
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Mar 27, 2003
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David Brainerd was an American colonial missionary to the Indians who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: “I do not go to heaven to be advanced but to give honor to God. It is no matter where I shall be
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Charismatic
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Jan 6, 2003
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There was a man the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night in the middle of a storm. It was late at night and no cars were passing. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car coming towards him and stop. Without further thought, he got
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BRAINERD: HONOR TO GOD
Let me leave you with some words from the famous American colonial missionary to the Indians, David Brainerd, who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards:
"I do not go to heaven to be
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Anglican
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 19, 2004
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As the crowded airliner was about to take off, the peace was shattered by a five-year-old boy who picked that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother did to try to calm him down, the boy continued to scream furiously and kick the seats around him.
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JESUS. THE TEACHER
Of all the responsibilities and great offices that Jesus filled, His being a teacher rated near the top, if not at the top. When He gave the Sermon on the Mount, He seated Himself and His disciples came to Him: and He opened His mouth and taught them.
Let us think of the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 11, 2010
We were standing in line to go into Church. It was a long line and we had to wait for some time for the doors to be opened. Although the auditorium seated 1,500 people, some people would have to come to the next service or sit in a "bad seat". You had to get to Church early to get a "good seat" (3
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LINES TO A SKELETON...
The mss. of this poem was found in the Museum of the Royal
College of Surgeons, London, near a perfect human skeleton. It
was first published around the early 1900’s
It Has a Profound Message!!!
Behold this ruin! ’Twas a skull,
Once of ethereal spirit filled.
This narrow
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Holiness
Contributed by Gene Barron on Jan 19, 2002
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False Standard of Measurement
A little boy came running to his mother, shouting, “Mother, I am nine feet tall.”
His mother responded, “Don’t talk such nonsense.”
“But,” he said, “I really am nine feet tall. I measured myself.”
“Well, how did you measure yourself?” asked his mother.
“I
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