Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010
I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 21, 2010
I remember as a kid watching the TV series called "KUNG FU" staring David Caradine. The blind Master Po (Keye Luke) calls his young student "GRASSHOPPER" to "EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED". We are not grasshoppers but we often see ourselves as such (Numbers 13:33) and we don't need a Shaolin monk to tell
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Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 31, 2023
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Well ... This short discourse is called ... "Kissing Frogs"
Ever feel like a Frog?
Frogs feel slow, ... low, ... ugly, ... puffy, ... drooped, pooped.
I know! ...... One told me.
The Frog feeling comes when:
You want to be bright... but you feel dull.
You want to share...but you are
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 13, 2001
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ILLUSTRATION… Brett Blair 1999
The Chevy Nova was a relatively successful American car for many years. Encouraged by U.S. sales, Chevrolet began to market the American Nova throughout the world. Unfortunately, the Nova did not sell well in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Additional ads
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2001
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A preacher was once holding a revival in an old tent. One night a man walked in an old shirt and cut off overalls. When the alter call was given he walked down the isle and got saved. After he finished praying through, the preaher asked him, "sir what was it that i said in my message that caused
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Jun 18, 2001
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An anthropologist was studying a primitive tribe in South America that years earlier had been reached by a Christian missionary. After having lived among the tribe for several weeks, the anthropologist met with the tribe’s leader. He said, “You have a wonderful culture, but it is a shame that the
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 19, 2001
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[Education in the Red-Light District, Citation: Joseph Aldrich, "How to Be a Redemptive Person," Preaching Today, Tape No. 113.]
When my wife and I went to Dallas Seminary, we decided we wouldn’t live in the "cemetery" housing.
Instead, we lived in the high-class, red-light district.
If you want
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In late fall of 1777, Gen. George Washington and has rag tag army of militiamen suffered 2 defeats at the hands of the British at Brandywine and Germantown. He and his 11,000 men retreated to Valley Forge, PA to establish winter headquarters. It was a dark time for the revolution. Many died of
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 17, 2001
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“Dr. Garl Restored My Sight!”
There was this soft-spoken man who was a commuter on the Long Island Railroad—on the five o’clock local. Every evening, after the train had left the subway, he would begin a journey through the car from front to back. At each seat he would stop and say, “Excuse me.
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Contributed by David Whitten on Nov 29, 2001
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Two strangely connected events that occurred in 1865 greatly impact American lives even today.
1) General William Booth founded the Salvation Army and now millions are fed, clothed and given shelter in the name of Jesus. As Booth proclaims "A heart to God and a hand to man".
2) The other event
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 29, 2002
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A story is told of a thief who robbed John Wesley. While the thief walked away, Wesley shouted, "If you should someday come to your senses and know what you have done is wrong, turn to God for forgiveness through Jesus Christ." If we have the promise of Heaven, because we belong to Jesus, then
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 29, 2002
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Last Tuesday, I went to listen to Dana Scott, sister of Rachel Scott, who was one of the students killed at Columbine High School.
And one of the points of Miss Scott’s message was that we need to be more compassionate toward those who are not like us, such as the social rejects, or physically
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