Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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During World War II, a church building in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing. It had been sculpted centuries before by a great artist.
Taking a
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In the early 1800’s, President Andrew Jackson issued a full pardon to George
Wilson, a man sentenced to be hanged for his crime. However, believe it or not, George Wilson refused the pardon from President Jackson. But could he legally refuse the
President’s pardon?
Supreme Court Justice John
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
I met at friend at Perkins Restaurant. I arrived first and told the host a friend was coming. The helpful young host offered to place me at a table beside the reception stand, so my friend could see me upon entering. When I mentioned the cold draft, the host offered to seat us in the P.D.R., a
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
I can’t remember where I got this illustration from but I love it:
Behind a church in the small town of Flint Hill, Virginia, you will find the grave of a young seminary student named Albert Gallatin Willis who died on October 14, 1864. Albert Willis’ story is unusual. Albert Willis served with the
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Lutheran
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Gordon MacDonald, a Christian author once said this, “The world can do almost anything as well as or even better than the church. You need not be a Christian to build houses, feed the hungry, or heal the
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Mennonite
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 23, 2011
Someone suggested to me recently that if money ever became tight I should consider becoming a joke writer for Christmas crackers. So, I turned to him and asked, "What did the grumpy sheep say when the
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Anglican
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 24, 2008
(Set up. Have everyone in the congregation receive a small empty plastic cup. Enter sanctuary carrying an empty pitcher with pants pulled down around the ankles. Suggest the wearing of pajama bottoms or sweats over underwear.
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Church Of God
JOB 1: 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have
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Pentecostal
BARNABAS' GIFT
Barnabas later becomes the disciple who takes St. Paul in tow on the first missionary journey. It is on that journey that Paul discovers his calling to be the apostle to the Gentiles. So Barnabas’s gift, his free will offering of what he owned
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Catholic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
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Under Five
A little child in church for the first time watched as the ushers passed the offering plates.
When they neared the pew where he sat, the youngster piped up so that everyone could hear:
"Don’t
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Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
Many church buildings, ours included, are shaped like an upside down boat. You might even here it called the “Nave” at times, the Latin word from which we get our word Navy.
We live in a stormy world. The
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Methodist
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