In the sermon on the Mount(Matt. 7:1), Jesus is saying, “Don’t be the kind of person who blames or condemns others.” For a lot of people, condemning and blaming is the only way they negotiate life. They can’t imagine how anyone can attain “success” without controlling people through
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 4, 2008
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"Hours behind the runner in front of him, the last marathoner finally entered the Olympic stadium. By that time, the drama of the day’s events was
almost over and most of the spectators had gone home. This athlete’s story, however, was still being played out.
Limping into the arena, the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Jan 17, 2008
Not everything is essential when it comes to getting along with people. I heard two deacons engaged in a heated discussion, going at it over the sound system like two grumpy old men do. Roy (not his real name) was a retired cameraman from NBC Nightly news, so when it came to electronic equipment,
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Baptist
Contributed by Randy Hohf on Feb 6, 2008
Richard Dawkins, the famous Oxford biologist who is one of the most ardent atheist scholars and debaters today, and who recently published “The God Delusion” in which he spews his hatred for religion and especially for the God of the Bible, peddles his own t-shirts stamped “Atheists for Jesus” and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Swindoll notes: Dr. Wilbur Penfeld, director of the Montreal Neurological Institute, said in a report to the Smithsonian Institute:
Your brain contains a permanent record of your past that is like a single continuous strip of moving film, complete with sound track. The film library records your
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Karen Wheat on Feb 8, 2008
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Illustration About Praising God in Worship
There’s the story of a church in an old town that was very sophisticated, dignified, and quiet. One day a visitor showed up in worship. When the preacher began to preach and say something like God is a good God, the visitor would shout, “Praise the Lord,”
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Methodist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 24, 2008
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Many of us are lost and we don’t even know it…George Orwell’s essays, offers a graphic image of human lostness. Orwell describes a wasp that “was sucking jam on my plate and I cut him in half. He paid no attention, merely went on with his meal, while a tiny stream of jam trickled out of his
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Francis on Feb 29, 2008
Consider Francis of Assisi, when he gave his life to Jesus he sensed God telling him “Francis, all those things that you have loved in the flesh you must now despise, and all those things that you formally loathed you will drink great sweetness and immeasurable delight”. On leaving the town were he
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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PROGNOSIS NOT GOOD
A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor’s office. After the checkup, the doctor took the wife aside and said, "if you don’t do the following, your husband will surely die."
1. "Each morning fix him a healthy breakfast and send him off to work in a good mood."
2."At lunch
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Baptist
FROM: "LIVING WITH JESUS TODAY" by Juan Carlos Ortiz
We have a phenomenon in the church today which I call the "ETERNAL BABYHOOD OF THE BELIEVER."
We have members of our churches who, after years of hearing messages are just the same. They continually need a minister to keep after them, changing
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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Jim Bakker’s book is titled "I Was Wrong." In the book, he admits not only to moral failure, but also acknowledges that he led many people astray by teaching theological error. He describes himself during that time of his life as ambitious and self-serving, and considered himself above
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2008
Sometimes a thing has to be repeated until we hear and understand.A man asked his physician what to do about his wife’s hearing, which he felt was deteriorating. The doctor suggested a little test, which the man applied. He went home and found his wife working at the kitchen sink. Just inside the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
President Bush Speaks Words of Hope at Memorial Convocation, April 17:
People who have never met you are praying for you. They’re praying for your friends who have fallen and who are injured. There’s a power in these prayers, a real power. In times like this, we can find comfort in the grace and
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One man challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest.
The challenger worked with all his might, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The other man had a leisurely lunch and took several breaks throughout the day. At the end of the day, the challenger was surprised and somewhat annoyed
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Nazarene
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
I remember when our children were small, and Marlys and I would set them in a high chair and feed them. OK, Marlys more than me.
If they did not want to eat, you could put all the food in their mouth you wanted, but they would spit it out. Also, if we tried to feed them something they did not want,
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 12, 2008
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The Elephant and the Ambulance
A woman’s red station wagon was crushed by an elephant at a circus.
The owners of the animal apologized, explaining that the animal, for some reason, simply liked to sit on red cars.
In spite of the damage, the woman’s car was still drivable.
But on the way to the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 26, 2008
A drunk stumbles into a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to walk into the water and stand next to the preacher. The minister notices the old drunk and says, "Mister, are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, preacher, I sure am." The
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