Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 11, 2009
In the early days of the American frontier, an Indian chief heard the message of the gospel and was wonderfully saved. Such an indescribable peace flooded his soul that he couldn’t keep from talking about the Lord. Another chief visited and wanted to know who this Jesus was, what He had done, and
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
OBJECT LESSON: YOUR REPUTATION
(Light a candle on stage.) It’s easy to keep a fire going. What do you do to it? Not much. You work to get it started, and then it pretty much burns on its own. You may have to protect it, maybe do a little maintenance on it. But the fire is automatic. But if
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Apr 4, 2007
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Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas. She was the patient of doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. One of his favorite patients was Edith Burns.
One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
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My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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Paul Powell once said “Many churches today remind me of a laboring crew
trying to gather in a harvest while they sit in the tool shed. They go to the
tool shed every Sunday and they study bigger and better methods of
agriculture, sharpen their hoes, grease their tractors, and then get up and
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 2, 2002
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Illustration: The Trouble with Money
Guys, just remember, if you get lucky, if you make a lot of money, if you get out and buy a lot of stuff--it’s gonna break. You got your biggest,fanciest mansion in the world. It has air conditioning. It’s got a pool. Just think of all the pumps that are going
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Evangelical Free
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Take a clear glass or cup and fill it with dirty water. Say this is a type of our sinfull soul before God’s forgiveness. Then dump it out in a bucket and say this is Christ forgivness, He cleans out all the sin. Then wash in the cup in a clean bucket. This is a type of baptism in Jesus name. Then
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Apostolic
Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 28, 2025
An airliner was making its way from New York to San Francisco. Midway across the country, one of the engines caught fire.
The captain came on the intercom and calmly reassured the passengers,
> “Don’t worry. The fire will be out soon. This aircraft can fly just fine with three engines.”
Not
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Contributed by Mike Gillett on Feb 28, 2007
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We call this “exegesis.” The Greek word exegeomai means basically “to lead out of.” When applied to the Biblical text, it carries the sense of “reading out” the meaning. The meaning comes from the text. The noun, therefore, could refer to “interpretation” or
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2001
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"The idea that ’the Spirit can work somehow,’ that God can bring something out of it if we just sort of throw it out there, is unjustifiable from those who aim to know the living God and can see his integrity and dedication to quality
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
JUDGMENT JOKE
It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning; they shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
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A REFUGEE FOR THANKSGIVING
In her book entitled "It’s Not in the Ministry Manual," Mary Ann Cejka relates a time when her students welcomed a refugee for Thanksgiving dinner one year. The following is an excerpt from this story: , taken from the
Fernando did not look like what I thought a
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 29, 2004
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I DECLARE YOU THE WINNER
I was watching some little kids play soccer. These kids were only five or six years old, but they were playing a real game- a serious game- two teams, complete with coaches, uniforms, and parents. I didn’t know any of them, so I was able to enjoy the game without the
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