Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE?
In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen
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Methodist
Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 17, 2004
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I want to close with a real life story. It is about missionary John Hyde who went to India a little over a hundred years ago.
John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 15, 2009
The first time I had to speak in public was when I was in fourth grade. The elementary school I attended was part of the college down the street from my house. I think I was a shepherd in the college's presentation of "Amahl and the Night Visitors."
I was pretty nervous--scared, really--about
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 14, 2001
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Paul Harvey made this comment on one of his radio programs. He said, "You know, in every Ramada Inn in the U.S. there is an AIDS prevention kit in the drawer of the night-stand." Then he repeated it. He said, "In every Ramada Inn in the U.S., in the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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I want you to imagine with me for a minute we are all living in a time when we had no fire. We have no way to produce a great deal of warmth at night; we have no way to cook what we kill in the forest. Someone has told that all we need to do is pray for it and it will come. So imagine we want to
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THE SPIRIT TOLD ME TO
A young man went on a week's silent retreat. Midway through the week, in the early afternoon on the Wednesday, he was feeling hungry, and so he decided to sneak down to the shops when he thought no one was looking.
Unfortunately, as he started to go out of the gate of the
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Anglican
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 18, 2005
Again, R.C. Sproul said it this way about God’s seperateness. “When the Bible calls God holy, it means primarily that God is transcendentally separate. He is so far above and beyond us that He seems almost totally
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Baptist
Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
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Television has become increasingly violent. Consider shows like "WWF Smackdown". In Dallas last July (1999), a seven-year old boy accidentally killed his 3-year-old brother when he imitated a "clothesline" move he had scene on a TV wrestling
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Thelander on Oct 31, 2001
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Max Lucado tells the story of Bob, who was born into the land of coats! His mother loved the color blue and made Bob’s first cost a lovely shade of blue. Every time she noticed her son in his lovely blue coat, she cheered, "Yes, Bob!" He felt good in his blue coat, but Bob had to grow up and go to
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United Methodist
Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Dec 10, 2001
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There was a teenage boy and his grandfather who went fishing one day. While fishing, the old man starts talking about how times have changed. The young fellow picks up on this and starts talking about the various problems and sexually transmitted diseases going around. The teen says, "Grandpa, they
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2002
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An elderly woman requests birth control pills from her Doctor to help her sleep. "But Lady", the Doctor exclaims, "You’re 74 years old. You don’t need birth control pills!" "Oh yes I do", the Lady answers calmly. "I crush them up into a powder
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Contributed by Ian Biss on Jul 2, 2002
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There was a guy who tried to rid his house of mice. He bought a mouse trap but had no cheese. To remedy the problem, cut out a picture of cheese from a magazine. He loaded the trap with the artificial cheese and went to bed. When he checked the mousetrap that following morning he was quite
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Grace Brethren
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 23, 2002
ILL. Do you remember? A few years ago the topic of the day on an Oprah Winfrey show was "Having Affairs With Married Men." She had brought together several people who were having affairs to get their comments on how they felt about it.
One lady responded very positively, saying that her affair
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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Addressing a national seminar of Southern Baptist leaders, George Gallup said, "We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously...The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are remarkable similar in both groups. Eight out of
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A teenage boy found himself in a parked car with a few other rather unscrupulous friends. He knew that he was where he shouldn’t be. The car was tucked away in a private location to keep their deeds secret. Soon, a bottle of 151 rum made its way around the car. Each teen took a large gulp and
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Baptist
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 15, 2003
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Engineers tell us that the only way that metal can safely be used is after
testing it. And it must exceed the testing requirements. Repeatedly. The
metal to be used must be pure. And in order for it to be purified, it must go
through fire. It must be melted, and molded to fit the designers
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Baptist
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