Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 28, 2004
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A man was walking along our North shore mountain road and saw a First Nations man lying with his ear to the ground. As he approached the First Nations man, he heard him talking.
“Chevy pickup truck. Large tires. Green. Man driving with large German shepherd in passenger seat. Loaded with
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Images are highly influential. They become emblazoned on the wall of our minds and they evoke a wide range of responses. Millions of people will remember the fireman carrying the baby out of the ruins of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Neil Armstrong taking that first step on the moon
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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MARY MOTHER OF JESUS
A capable journalist-author named Jim Bishop wrote a fairly reliable analysis of Jesus’ birth in his book, The Day Christ Was Born. His description of Mary, the young mother-to-be, bears repeating:
She no longer noticed the chafe of the goatskin against her
leg,
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Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 6, 2004
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A.W. Tozer, "The Divine Conquest" -
“While few would dare thus to voice their secret feelings, there are millions who have imbibed the notion that they hold in their hands the keys of heaven and hell. The whole content of modern … contributes to this attitude. Man is made large and God
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Paul told Timothy to do the work of an evangelist. That was not his gift. He had the pastoral gifts of shepherding, teaching, and administration, but he still had to work outside his comfort zone. He may not have been called to be an evangelist or especially empowered for that type of
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Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 3, 2011
MISS GAD-ABOUT
Years ago a man named Phillip Keller went from being a shepherd to a pastor, in his book on the 23rd Psalm he talks about one particular sheep that he had. Phillip took great pride in maintaining his fields, they were far greener than that of his neighbor, much better then the
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Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
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“It’s not a picture of a CEO of a church –– sitting behind a desk or in a boardroom, making decisions, tapping gavels, dispatching memos, and announcing edicts it’s not a picture of a dynamic speaker who can hold an audience in his hand and bring people to tears and it’s not even a learned scholar
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Contributed by John Harvey on Dec 7, 2006
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Take for instance the story of Shrek. Now this is not about an ogre who is friends with a talking donkey, but about a wild sheep in New Zealand. Shrek was a young sheep when he escaped form his shepherd. This is not an uncommon occurrence, because sheep are notorious for wandering off. What is
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Baptist
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000
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Fred Smith, in his book Learning to Lead wrote “The shepherd or pastor’s ultimate goal is not to please the sheep but to please God.” Cecil Paul the Author of Passages of a Pastor says that pastors need to free themselves from and I quote “The Tyranny of Evaluation.” Tim Hansel writing in his
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 25, 2007
1.Some people have such bad nerves that they cannot sleep in church.
2. If people sleep during the sermon, the pastor needs to wake up.
3. Sometimes how well you sleep depends on how little you lie.
4. If you cannot sleep at night, don’t count sheep, talk to the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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All We Need This Christmas Season
Bow before the manger baby
Call upon him now and sing
Born of Mary in a stable
Near her breast this holy thing
He was bound by things created
Alive alone to set us free
Worshipped by the joyful shepherds
Midst the sounds of infant glee
Honor him who lay in
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