Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
Hudson Taylor, the great missionary to China, said:
"If you want God to open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing, then you should also expect the devil to open up the windows of hell
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Brethren
Swindoll says, “As a pastor, I’ve seldom had a wiser audience than in a funeral service. They really listen. Sure it’s frightening, but it’s amazing how much perspective is gained when we get a
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 28, 2002
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“You Can Keep Your Lug Wrench!”
One dark rainy night a salesman had a flat tire on a lonely road. But to his dismay he had no lug wrench. Seeing nearby farmhouse, he set out on foot. Surely the farmer would have a lug wrench, he thought. But would he even come to the door? And if he did, he’d
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Wesleyan
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 12, 2003
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Unused Spiritual Resources
During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the
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Contributed by Timothy Archer on Mar 8, 2004
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There is a story of a doctor that went to visit a very sick man, back in the days when doctors made house calls. The doctor took his dog along with him, and the animal waited outside, barking every once and a while to remind his master that he was there. The man said, “Doc, I’m scared. What can you
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
It had been a long hard winter in the Rockies. The snow piled deeper and deeper. The temperature dropped below zero and stayed there. The rivers froze over. People were suffering. The Red Cross used helicopters to fly in supplies.
After a long hard day, as they were returning to their base, the
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Selfishness is a personal thing. This is the self-contained life lived without Christ. That’s the attitude that hears a sermon and thinks, Wow, the preacher really told ‘em that time!
A preacher once had a member who was like that. He always had the same comment after the sermon, You sure
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2001
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One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused outside her door and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all,” the
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2007
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“I’m so depressed and I can’t get any dates,” the 300-pound man told his minister. “I’ve tried everything to lose weight.”
“I think I can help,” said the minister. “Be dressed and ready to go tomorrow at 8 a.m.”
Next morning, a beautiful woman in a skintight exercise suit knocked on the man’s door.
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Baptist
Contributed by William Jones on Sep 20, 2008
Tim Lahaye in his book "Revelation Unveiled" says, "Years ago I was taken to see a prosiner by the special representative of the warden's office in the reformatory at St. Cloud, Minnesota. While there, I noted that the new inmates oviously feared the institution and the long-anticipated
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Feb 17, 2010
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MY WAY OR THE WRONG WAY
How many of you remember the game show that used to be on TV called "Let's Make A Deal"? I believe it was Monty Hall who would tempt people with what was behind different doors, or he would show them a wad of cash and say you can have the cash or choose what's behind door
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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ON PREDESTINATION
During my basic training in the South African Air Force, we were out on a field trip for about a week. It was bitterly cold and raining during the entire period. Shortly after we arrived in the field, the corporal in charge had our unit line up outside.
"You, you, and you," he
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Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 26, 2009
THE APOSTLE JOHN
Here are some of the things we know about John, John was one of the apostles. In fact he was the youngest apostle. His brother was the apostle James who is beheaded in Acts 12. He is the only apostle to not be martyred for his faith. And he walked in the inner circle of Jesus.
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