Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 28, 2001
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Many years ago a small Jewish boy asked his father, "Why must we surrender our Jewish faith and start to attend Lutheran services here in Germany? The father replied, "Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us and support our business adventures!" The young lad never got over his
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 29, 2005
Let me tell you a story about a small island in the South Seas inhabited by a group of people who had very little contact with the outside world. Theirs was a beautiful island – lush vegetation, wonderfully sweet-tasting fruit, and many domesticated animals good for eating. It was a tropical
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Small businesses create more than 60% of net new U.S. jobs and account for half of the private
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire.
Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
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Bobby is a small 4th grader who somehow caught the unwanted attention of a bully in the 6th grade. One day, the bully said, “After school I’m gonna beat you to a pulp.” With no apparent fear, Bobby simply said, “Ok,” and went on his way. What the bully didn’t know is that Bobby’s 11th grade
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Mennonite
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 22, 2007
While leaving our small-town carnival, our sons, ages six and two, were walking hand-in-hand behind my husband and me. We overheard Tyler tell his younger brother, Cory, "This is what heaven is like—except it’s
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Church Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 12, 2008
Carl S. Dudley wrote: “In a big world, the small church has remained intimate. In a fast world, the small church has been steady. In an expensive world, the small church has remained plain. In a complex world, the small church has remained simple. In a rational world, the small church has kept
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These small acts of service won’t show up on our “to do” list. Opportunities for Mundane Service have a way of surprising us … sometimes in our busiest moments --- which means we have to be willing to be interrupted.
I had one such unscheduled event a while back when a man came to my office
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Lynn Malone on Sep 12, 2005
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I heard the story of the minister who was leading a building campaign in his church and need to raise some additional funds. Sound familiar? One day, the minister was checking the store room (we know this isn’t a story about Benton United Methodist Church because there ain’t no store room!), and
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Methodist
Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
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Isn’t it strange that princes and kings
And clowns that caper in sawdust rings
And common people like you and me
Are builders for eternity?
Each is given a bag of tools,
A shapeless mass, a book of rules;
And each must make ‘ere life is flown,
A
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