Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
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A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued:
"Is anyone up there?"
"I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?"
"Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer."
"That’s all right, if you really believe
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 4, 2003
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A young African boy listened intently as the missionary teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas Day. ’An expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our love for one another’.
When Christmas came the boy brought the teacher a very beautiful sea shell.
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 7, 2003
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In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology problem like
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Contributed by William Yates on Mar 18, 2004
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Tradition has it that Michelangelo was teaching some art students one day. He walks over to one of his students and then starts painting on his canvass. He then hands the student the brush. The student is awestruck. He asks: "How can I finish what you have started?"
"Let this inspire you to finish
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Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005
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NEVER REALLY CONNECTED
One night I saw my 7 year old daughter walking around with a cell phone. She was talking away. She would ask questions, wait for a reply, and give answers to apparent questions: "Yes...no...maybe...I’ll have to check on that..." and so on. Finally, worried about the bill
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Contributed by George Rennau on May 24, 2005
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When my Dad was in the Korean War his job was stretching telephone wires across battlefields from forward positions to the commander. They used those lines of communication to direct the troops. In this way the commander had recognizance and intelligence to guide them.
If there were no lines of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
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British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. The truth is that in order to enjoy the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the
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Contributed by Anthony Craver on Apr 28, 2006
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How big is God? Think of the size of the universe. The nearest star is about four light years away from earth. How far is that? That is the distance that light travels in four years. Light travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second. This means that the nearest star is about 24 trillion
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
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There’s story about an atheist who traveled around giving lectures at colleges and universities.
At one of these lectures, he gave the challenge he gave every time. “If there’s a God, I challenge him to strike me down in the next 5 minutes.”
Of course, the time went by and the tensions rose,
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When we come to talk about the character of God, we realize that we cannot say everything the bible teaches us about God’s Character at once. We need some way to decide which aspect of God’s character to discuss first, in the same since, do we line up the characteristics by important, by power, or
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
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Story – Jesus this, Jesus that.
Few years ago I was talking with folks from this church – they needed a pastor.
Really liked their church, seemed like great people.
After awhile I noticed – Jesus didn’t seem to have anything to do with this church.
Presbyterian – by the way.
I, pointed this
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