Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
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"Easily the most puzzling incident in the sports world occurs in baseball when a batter steps up to the plate and lets the pitcher throw three strikes without taking a single cut at the ball. . . . Even more disappointing is to see a person in the ball game of life step up to the plate and never
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 15, 2003
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Brenda Nichol, a teacher’s aide in Glen Campbell, PA knows the meaning of not forsaking the Lord [SBC Life, June/July 2003]. She was suspended for one year, without pay, for wearing a necklace with a cross. The PA Public School code prohibits employees from wearing religious accessories. She had
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Dr. Charles Ryrie says that according to the laws of chance, it would require two hundred billion earths, populated with four billion people each, to come up with one person whose life could fulfill one hundred accurate prophecies without any errors in sequence. Yet the Scriptures record not one
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Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 8, 2009
The 80-year-old had married a beautiful 28-old-woman. He often wondered if she had married him just for his money. One night as they sat in front of the fireplace in their large, elaborate home, the husband turned to his wife and asked, “If I lost all my money, would you still love me.”
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
A tortoise and a hare started to dispute which of them was the swifter, and before separating they made an appointment for a certain time and place to settle the matter. The hare had such confidence in his natural fleetness that he did not trouble about the race, but lay
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A column entitled “Lite Fare” that appeared in The Christian Reader shares this story by Sherrie Murphree of Odessa, Texas: “My husband has an almost boundless appetite for ice cream, and it was obvious at a Sunday school party where he helped himself to a good sample of every flavor available.
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004
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"Rules to Help Women Understand Men"
1. Learn to work the toilet seat. If it’s up … don’t come tell us about it. Put it down.
"Rules of Male-Female Relationships"
1. The Female always makes the Rules.
2. The Rules are subject to change at any time without prior notification.
3. No Male can
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 14, 2005
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“But the tongue is as volatile as it is vital. It was Washington Irving who first said, ‘A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.’ It was James, the half brother of Jesus, who first warned: The tongue is a fire…a restless evil and full of deadly poison (James
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 17, 2010
She is almost ninety years old, and apparently she's BEAUTIFUL. I am a Chaplain in an aged care facility and I meet a lot of 90 year olds. Some look pretty good for their age but SARAH catches your attention. The perfect Hollywood star, aging gracefully and looking years younger without the use of
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I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR HIM
Following a great victory, King Cyrus of Persia took as prisoners a noble prince, his wife, and their children. When they were brought into the leader’s tent to stand before him, Cyrus said to the prince, "What will you give me if I set you free?" He replied, "I will give
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 9, 2004
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Bill Hybels writes the following in his book, ‘Courageous Leadership,’
Ten years ago I sat in a little restaurant during my summer study break and wrote these words; The local church is the hope of the world and it’s future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
For the first time, I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Joel Vicente on Sep 21, 2002
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Illustrate: Attitude is everything!
1. A chaplain told a young soldier who’s laying on a cot, “Son, you lost your right arm in this war.” The young soldier said, “No, I kept my left arm in this war”
2. A neighbor told her Christian neighbor after a care accident, “Aren’t you mad at God for this
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 8, 2009
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 famed command of Mosby’s Raiders during the Civil War. Because
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