Contributed by Vernon Price on Apr 10, 2012
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NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
One night in a church service a young woman felt the tug of God at her heart. She responded to God's call and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
The young woman had a very rough past, involving alcohol, drugs, and prostitution. But, the change in her was evident. As
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Adventist
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An old missionary couple had been working in Africa for years, and they were returning to New York City to retire. They had no pension; their health was broken; they were defeated, discouraged, and afraid. They discovered they were booked on the same ship as President Teddy Roosevelt, who was
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 12, 2003
Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the hymn “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee”
Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.
Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,
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Notice what captures your imagination. What is that you dwell on when you’re alone? The movie In the Line of Fire, Clint Eastwood is asked “what do you see in the dark when the demons come.” What is it that draws our attention to itself? It may be our families, work
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
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I once heard of a minister who announced to his congregation on Sunday morning, "Folks, I have here In my hands three sermons - a $100 sermon that lasts five minutes, a $50 sermon that lasts fifteen minutes, and a $10 sermon that lasts a full hour.
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Baptist
Contributed by Noah Kaye on Apr 21, 2005
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A young minister, in the first days of his new church, was asked to conduct a funeral for a man who had just died. Standing before the open casket and consoling the widow, he said, "I know this must be a very hard thing, Mrs. Vernon. But we must
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Mennonite
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I heard a story about a visitor to a mental hospital for the criminally insane. The visitor was shocked to see that only 3 guards were supervising more than 100 dangerous inmates. He asked the guide, “Don’t you fear these people will plot an escape and overpower
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
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A missionary went to Sierra Leone, West Africa. When she first arrived there, she was fascinated to see people wearing American T-shirts even when they didn’t know what the words meant. Her biggest laugh came the day she saw a man wearing
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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Bill Vaughn was quoted as saying, “Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” He also said, ‘An optimist stays up until midnight to see the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Disney is returning to family-fare movies, reports Oren Aviv, the new President of Production at Walt Disney Pictures. The company is cutting 650 employees and phasing out its R-rated movies. Aviv says he will see to it that what the company
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Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Jul 2, 2007
A term we medics would often use at the scene of an accident was “rubbernecker”. This was the people who would drive by the scene, straining to see the action without any intention of helping out. They were just curious, but without any compulsion or compassion.
They were just like
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Baptist
Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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A life time atheist was found reading the bible while on his death bed. A friend asked him what he was doing. He answered, “I am looking for loop holes!” By living in a daily relationship with Jesus Christ we won’t have to
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Lutheran
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 23, 2008
Have you ever wondered why a pigeon walks so funny? According to an interesting article in the Detroit Free Press, a pigeon walks the way it does so it can see where it's going. Because it can’t adjust its focus as it moves, the pigeon
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 20, 2009
In a way, as Pastor Rod Parsley observed in Culturally Incorrect: How Clashing Worldviews Affect Your Future, today’s worldview isn’t that different from the Sadducees of Jesus’ day. Parsley engages in a bit of word play that goes like this (The Sadducees did not
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Living in sin is like having a running car in a closed garage: the more we live in sin, the more Carbon Monoxide will inevitably come out. It is a byproduct of our exhaust as sinful people. The visible smoke will also build up over time, and it is harder to see that we need
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