Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
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I recently went to an art exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC featuring the work of the artist Grandma Moses. Her art work is best described as American Folk Art with primitive and colorful paintings of rural scenes. When I look at her work it brings me a warm and content feeling, despite its
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Methodist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
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A FATHER’S BLESSING by Morgan Cryar (a Christian music artist) from Decision magazine. From Stories for a Man’s Heart, P 240. Compiled by Alice Gray
Many a morning as a child I stumbled through the darkness to our family’s truck, fell back to sleep, then was awakened by the sound of the truck
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 19, 2010
One of the best ways to bear everlasting fruit is to share your Christian testimony with other people. This morning we have a YouTube clip with part Drew Brees’ Christian testimony.
Drew gave this testimony earlier this season in an interview with Jill Ewert from the Fellowship of Christian
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Someone took the time to do the research for us. If we live to 75…
We will spend 3 years in school (24 hours a day)
7 years eating
14 years working
5 years driving/riding in airplane
5 years talking
1 year recovering from sickness
24 years sleeping
15 years amusing ourselves
Now what if you spent
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 18, 2000
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A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. "I’ve been good for six months now," he wrote. But after a moment’s reflection he crossed out "six months" and wrote "three". After a pause that was crossed out and he put "two weeks". There was another pause
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2001
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In the middle of a forest, there was a hunter who was suddenly confronted with a huge, mean bear. In all his fears, his attempt to shoot the bear was unsuccessful. He turned away and started to run as
fast as he could. Finally, he ended up at the edge of a very steep cliff. His hopes were dim. But,
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Apr 3, 2001
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From Reader’s Digest:
It’s time to pay my income tax
And, brother, that’s no joke.
For after paying IRS
I find that I R broke!
—Jerry Henderson in Lubbock, Texas, Avalanche-Journal
As April 15 draweth nigh,
My spirits start to droop.
A poor, downtrodden slave am I,
In short, an income
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
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There’s a story about a child psychologist who wanted to observe how different children respond to negative circumstances.
They got a room and filled it with horse manure. Putting the pessimistic child in there, they observed how he responded.
Predictably, he whined and cried, and despaired that
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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CHRISTMAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly non-memorable songs such as "Winter Wonderland," "Frosty the Snowman"
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Charles Colson writes in his book, How Shall We Live, the solution to the modern day identity crisis of the American Christian. "How do we redeem a culture? How do we rise to the opportunity before us at the start of a new millennium? The answer is simple: from the inside out. From the individual
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Bucket Theology
Two buckets of water were mentioned in the Bible. Do you remember what Pilate did when he had a chance to acquit Jesus? He called for a bucket and washed his hands of the whole thing. Matthew 27:24: “When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Jan 28, 2005
I can’t go to heaven if i haven’t got it right down here.I think we need to take the words of Jesus serious and start speaking to this thing so that we can stay saved.The Message Bible in v.10 say’s, "When you’ve done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, ’The work is done. What we
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FINDING HAPPINESS
There is a fairy tale story about a rich merchant, loaded with riches but unhappy. He asked around, "How can I find happiness?" A wise man tells him, "Look for a happy man, and ask him to sell you his shirt."
The merchant searched for a long time until at last he found a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Teens Want Modest Clothes: Students at Mountain View High School in Mesa, AZ, have presented a petition to Dillard’s Phoenix division. They are asking the department store chain to offer modest alternatives to teen clothing that resembles the attire of pop music stars like Britney Spears and
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The problem for Evolutionists is that the Fossil Record does NOT show gradual development. Instead it shows what is known as the Cambrian Explosion. This is the sudden appearance of animal life, fully formed and unchanged up to the present --- with no record of fossil ancestors prior to them.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 13, 2007
There was a large PREACHERS’ convention held in Nashville, Tennessee. And during the BREAK, several of the PREACHERS ran across the street from the CONVENTION CENTER to purchase some SNACKS from a CONVENIENT STORE.
The STORE CLERK started CHECKING out the PREACHERS one by one—CHIPS, GUM,
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Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
I knew a professional body builder growing up. This guy owned the gym where I worked out. His nickname was Newt. (Because he turned several shades of red when he was working out.) As a body builder, Newt would go through cycles. A cycle started with heavy lifting and a lot of strength training.
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Pentecostal
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