Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
From just before the time of Christ (when Jesus was a child, Hillel was still alive).
"He [Hillel] would stand at the gate of Jerusalem and meet people going to work. He questioned them, "How much will you make at work today?" One person would answer, "A denarius." Another
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2002
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The following words come from THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE, by Gary Smalley and John Trent:
His leaving had been abrupt and unforeseen. His wife had come home from shopping one day and found the note on the refrigerator. The words were brief and cold. He was tired of trying to make their marriage work. He
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Contributed by Tim Shockley on Apr 16, 2001
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One of the loneliest times we can have comes when we face a time of need without having a loving friend to talk to about it. Everyone needs at least one trusted friend in whom to confide. Elisha A. Hoffman, author and composer of more than 2,000 gospel songs, was pastor of a church in Lebanon
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
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Jean Nidetch, a 214 pound homemaker desperate to lose weight, went to the New York City Department of Health, where she was given a diet devised by Dr. Norman Jolliffe. Two months later, discouraged about the 50 plus pounds still to go, she invited six overweight friends home to share the diet and
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The scene is a four engine jet liner. The pilot’s voice comes on the intercom: "Those of you on the left side of the plane have probably noticed that one of our engines has failed. Please do not be alarmed. We can still fly on three engines, but we will probably arrive about 15 minutes late." A few
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Sep 24, 2001
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Dale Hays tells of a Haitian pastor who told his congregation this gruesome parable:
A certain man wanted to sell his house for $2,000. Another man wanted very badly to buy it, but because he was poor, he couldn’t afford the full price. After much bargaining, the owner agreed to sell the house for
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
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There was a young man named David who killed six innocent people in New York. He was finally caught and sent to prison for life.
One day a fellow inmate began to tell David that God loved him, and was ready to forgive him for all his sins, even the murders he had committed.
It took a while, but
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2002
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The being we call God is unique. His name is I AM, it is not God. The astrologer worships his footstool -- The sun worshiper loves just, one small star. The animist, the works of His hands The Satanist prays to a created and lesser being. The materialist is consumed by a temporary condition
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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WHAT WILL YOU GIVE?
On one of Matthew Rogers' recent work trips to the Dominican Republic, everyone in the group was encouraged to leave behind any clothes or gear they didn’t want, because someone there could certainly use them. He was just going to give away some of his old worn out clothes,
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
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One of the most frequent headlines the past several months has been the Firestone tire safety issue on certain Ford Sport Utility Vehicles. However, not only have these two companies been linked together by business deals, they have also been linked together by marriage.
In 1947 Harvey Firestone,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
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I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze
A young Marine saluted it, and then
He stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He’d stand out in any crowd.
I thought, how many men like him
Had fallen through the
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
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Because of her late arrival at a railroad station, a lady had but five minutes to make connection with an outgoing train. As she ran toward the train, a Pullman car porter waved her to slow down and said, “Lady, you better take it easy or you are going to come down with Americanitis.” “What’s
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
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In A Forgiving God in an Unforgiving World, Ron Lee Davis retells the true story of a priest in the Philippines, a much- loved man of God who carried the burden of a secret sin he had committed many years before. He had repented but still had no peace, no sense of God’s forgiveness.
In his parish
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 17, 2001
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Joe Theismann enjoyed an illustrious 12-year career as quarterback of the Washington Redskins. He led the team to two Super Bowl appearances--winning in 1983 before losing the following year. When a leg injury forced him out of football in 1985, he was entrenched in the record books as Washington’s
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 27, 2002
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John Newton was a rough, dirty sailor with a foul mouth and an appetite for rotten living. He hated life and life hated him. He was captain of a slave ship. Then someone placed in his hands a copy of Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ. He also had the gift of a good mother who told him about
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 27, 2003
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If you don’t believe in miracles, listen to this story.
There was a young girl who lived on New York, and her parents didn’t allow her to play in the streets, so she had to play upstairs. Now where she played it was a third floor window and she would always play by this window. One day she was
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Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2003
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August 1999 Landover, Maryland
100 years of Christian fellowship, unity, and community outreach ended last Tuesday in an act of congregational discord. Holy Creek Baptist Church was split into multiple factions.
The source of dissension is a piano bench which still sits behind the 1923 Steinway
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 11, 2003
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One day a father and his daughter were out for a leisurely drive in the country. It was a hot summer day and the windows were rolled down. Suddenly the daughter began screaming and fidgeting in her seat. A bee had just flown inside the car through the open window. This would not have been a problem
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