Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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J. Paul Getty was one of the richest men who ever lived. You wouldn’t expect him to be envious of anyone. But Getty once said he was envious of those who knew how to make marriage work and be happy in marriage. Getty knew whereof he spoke, because his record was five marriages and five divorces.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003
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I’M NOT GENTLE, I’M ANGRY
"Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 22, 2000
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ILL. I like the story of the grandfather who took his little grandson for a walk in the woods. As they were walking along they stopped for a moment & the grandfather asked, "Do you know where we are?" The little boy said, "No!"
The grandfather asked, "Do you know where we’re going?" And the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Luthy on Apr 28, 2003
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The best-selling book among all Christian books right now is The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Warren begins his book with these words…
“It’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Second are the strugglers. Everyone else always gets the breaks. Your name is not Kennedy, it is just Smith or Jones, leaving you feeling like you come from the wrong side of the tracks. You struggle to make eye contact. Your clothes don’t announce a winner, and your looks are so plain that you are
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 23, 2004
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A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on his way down. “Is anyone up there?” he cried out. “I am here, I am the Lord, do you believe me?” the voice said. “Yes, Lord I believe, I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer.” “If you really believe you will be alright, I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kevin Bockus on Jan 7, 2008
Without forgiveness we tend to stack events of the past one on top of another.
It is similar to CO poisoning. Carbon Monoxide begins collecting at the floor level and you never notice it. But, as it continues to fill a room it stacks up until it is at the level that you begin to breathe it in.
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Holiness
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 28, 2008
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Eileen Guder, author of God, But I’m Bored:
“You can live on bland food so as to avoid an ulcer; drink no tea or coffee or other stimulants, in the name of health; go to bed early and stay away from night life; avoid all controversial subjects so as never to give offense; mind your own business
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
A WWII battleship was responding to the distress signal of a sinking ship. When they arrived on the site, they found a raft full of survivors, with a German sub hiding below. If you’re the captain, what do you do? Do you attempt to rescue the life raft, leaving your vessel vulnerable to attack, or
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Lutheran
There was a girl named Maria who had broken up with Jimmy. She told him she simply didn’t want to be with him anymore. But after about a year of being broken up, she wrote Jimmy a letter. She said, “Jimmy, I miss you bad. I think of you all day and all night long. You dominate my mind and I
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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WHY ENOCH NEVER RETURNED
A little child gave a most exquisite explanation of walking with God. She went home from Sunday School, and the mother said, "Tell me what you learned at school." And she said: "Don't you know, Mother, one day they went for an extra long walk, and they walked on and on,
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Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 12, 2013
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a man bought a lawn mower from a boy at a yard sale and took it home. After many tries he could not get it to start and went back to the boy. "I thought you said it ran great" he told the boy. The boy said it does, but you have to cuss at it first! The man said, I can't cuss I'm an elder in my
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Main Idea: Explains why believers in Christ are called Christians.
Verse: “the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” (Acts 11:26 NKJV).
One day a man carrying bananas walked by a house in Central America. A woman cried out, “Hey, banana man!” His name is not banana man. Why does he
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Charismatic
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 25, 2021
Atheist to girl: “You don’t believe there is a real Jonah who was swallowed by a whale do you? No one believes that stuff any more!”
Girl – “I sure do, and when I get to Heaven, I’m going to find Jonah and talk to him about it!"
Then the atheist laughed and said mockingly, “And what if
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Maya Angelou, a great contemporary American poet, writes about how she dealt with slavery and prejudice in her moving poem entitled, "Still I Rise." Her words could well have been written by Joseph, who had been made a slave in Egypt. Can we face our own difficulties with this kind of confidence
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Disciples Of Christ
Contributed by Mark Engler on Oct 12, 2005
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Terry Bowland in his book Make Disciples – Reaching The Postmodern World for Christ writes this: “Many today balk at the teaching of the church. ‘Do you mean to say,” they ask, ‘that all those outside the church have no hope whatsoever? What about all the sincere folks who never come to Christ?
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 12, 2006
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Copper Wire illustration :
Copper wire can be used for a lot of different purposes, you can use it for a close line, you can bend it and manipulate it around your gate to keep the cows from getting out or whatever but it has much more potential that that. Inside of that copper wire is protons and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
Psa 17:1 A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips. May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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