Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 10, 2002
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Let me close off with a baptism I was able to witness in Lexington. A man after the service was baptized, he was in a wheel chair, he had MS. Before he was baptized into Christ, he shared this story. He said that he was so pumped about being baptized that he woke up at 4 in the morning. And
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Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
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Let me tell you of the story of a dog named “Gelert.” Gelert’s master was a prince from North Wales who lived in the 13th century in the town of Beddgelert.
The prince returned from a hunt, walked into his bedroom and found his infant son missing and his crib bathed in blood. There by the crib
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Adventist
Contributed by Darrell Jones on Feb 21, 2003
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A fellow I met in Fredericktown Mo. said to me concerning the use of Marijuana. "Marijuana was made by God, so it must be alright to smoke it." I told him, "God also made rattlesnakes, I sure would
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003
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The selfless love to which God calls you and me produces a deep joy in our hearts. This joy or happiness of the Spirit has three dimensions.
Joy is the assurance of faith that we are acceptable to God and that God’s good providences are working on our behalf. This joy is an inner calm
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jun 4, 2003
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My sheep hear my voice and come to me!
Someone once asked a banker how he trained his staff to recognise counterfiet notes:
The banker said, thats simple, I have them handling the real thing all day, so
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Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Sep 21, 2003
I once saw a famous painting that helped me understand the feelings of Matthew on that day. The Call of Saint Matthew, by the Renaissance painter Caravaggio, shows the scene.
On the left side of the painting, Matthew sits at a table, counting coins that he has earned in his work as a tax
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004
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Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith. Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs. In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed. A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year
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Contributed by Eric Vertein on Mar 27, 2004
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That reminds me of a king, who went out hunting one day. In the forest, he was surprised to come across several trees which had targets painted on them, and in each of the targets, perfectly in the center, there was an arrow. “I must find this incredible archer and make him part of my special
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004
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BOY CONFESSING : Bless me Father for I have sinned... Father, I had bad thoughts...
PRIEST : Did you entertain them?
BOY : No Father...
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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Let me begin by telling you a story about a little girl that pretty well sums what I’m talking about here. A little girl was reading on an airplane when the man beside her noticed her storybook, entitled, "Jonah and the Whale." The man asked if the little girl believed the story. So, after saying
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004
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… when friends and strangers see Amy and me out with our six kids – hers, mine, ours, and “all ours” – they love to describe us as a ‘90s version if the [Brady Bunch].
We definitely meet all the criteria of a blended family. Somehow in the blending process we haven’t gotten too mixed up.
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 16, 2005
“If you had asked me a couple of weeks ago to define the word tsunami I would have probably given a humorous response, suggesting that it was an item on an Japanese menu or the name of a new Korean car. Today, however, there is nothing funny to be said that that awful word tsunami. This
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Contributed by David Flowers on May 17, 2005
It reminds me of the true story of a 37 year-old man in the Soviet Union who astonished friends and neighbors one day. He had been thought dead for eighteen years, when one day he emerged from under a pile of goat poop shrieking, “I want to work! I want to live!”
His neighbors were astonished
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