Contributed by Darrell Jones on Mar 1, 2003
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Living Thief.
A minister tells the story of a preacher who asked a man why he did not join the church..The reply was that the dying thief did not join the church and he was saved. "Well," said the minister, "if you do not belong to a church, perhaps you help by supporting missions?" "No," said the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 17, 2003
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[That’s the Only Problem]
The young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home.
Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there.
After getting up a head of steam and warming up to
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
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It helps to have a powerful father. I read the story of some small boys playing football but ’big lads’ came along and stole the football. One of the boys went up to these teenagers and said, ’Give our ball back.’ The ’big lads’ declined the invitation. The small boy asked again and the
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Baptist
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There is a story of a woodpecker who was pecking on a tree. Just as he flew away, lightning hit the tree and split it right down the middle. The woodpecker heard the noise, turned back, and said, “Look what I did!”
A lot of us are like spiritual woodpeckers. We walk around consciously and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2003
A university English professor was new to the campus. He heard some students discussing a final test that was coming up. The students had a copy of the test in one of their sciences class. They were laughing because the science professor in this class used the same test every year that he had
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2003
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A young boy moving about as fast as molasses in winter approached his father reading the newspaper on the porch, "Dad, why does the wind blow?" "I don’t know, son." "Dad, where do the clouds come from?" "I’m not sure, son." "Dad, what makes a rainbow?" "No idea, son." The young boy leans against
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 12, 2004
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Mary was far from home, far from her family, and far from what she expected that first birth to be. But the whole setting for the child’s birth was apart of an elaborate plan to provide access for lost humanity into God’s family. Why did God experience such a humble birth?
He became poor so we
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 22, 2004
Our Daily Bread, July 31 1992 [sharing an article]
In 1991 a Gallup poll showed that 78 percent of Americans expect to go to heaven when they die. However, many of them hardly ever pray, read the Bible, or attend church. They admit that they live to please themselves instead of God. I wonder why
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 11, 2004
My youngest brother, afflicted with Down’s Syndrome, could catch and tie up a half ton bull that others were afraid to get near. The bull did not offer to harm him. Mom was busy about her regular duties, but happened to look out toward the lot, and saw the bull standing at a fence post most of the
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Methodist
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Dec 9, 2004
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The world says when you get the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on. You can choose to do that. With a tenacity and determination you can hold on tight to your rope, and guess what? God will just let you hang there. You will find yourself getting tired—your faith will falter; where is God;
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Robert Robinson on Oct 17, 2005
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A Mercedes Benz TV commercial has a camera follow their car as it collides with a cement wall during a safety test. The car comes through the test amazingly well — far less damage to the body than you would expect, and leaving the crash dummy without a mark. A man then interviews the company
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him—too far behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. His father put an end to his son’s complaints by saying, “If you think you can write better hymns, then why don’t you?” The boy went to his room and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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Once, when a stubborn disputer seemed unconvinced, Lincoln said, “Well, let’s see how many legs has a cow?” “Four, of course,” came the reply disgustedly. “That’s right,” agreed Lincoln. “Now suppose you call the cow’s tail a leg; how many legs would the cow have?” “Why, five, of course,” was the
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Listen to me now. There was this Christian man who was asked if he could remember the sermon that was preached recently. When told ‘no’, he was asked why he even went to church if he seemingly got so little out of it. His reply went something like this: ‘well I don’t recall all the meals that
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Story – Silver shoe kid.
I worked for years in a department store.
There was this kid that worked in the China Department.
A place of high value products.
This kid was offered a much better position – turned it down!
Why? Because he walk out each day with a set of silverware I each shoe.
Big
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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