Contributed by Timothy Jones on Jan 13, 2003
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A college-football coach was faced with the possibility that his star player might be declared academically ineligible, so he pleaded with the math professor not to flunk the kid. "Tell you what, coach," said the professor, "I'll ask him a question in your presence. If he gets it right, Ill pass
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Holiness
Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
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CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
A minister was speaking to the Sunday school about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy laughter and it can’t buy love” he told them.
Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” Stunned
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Pentecostal
The story is told that, at the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, who would later become the President of the United States, led the Allied relief efforts in Europe. The efforts of these valiant soldiers kept hundreds upon hundreds from starvation, and a new
word entered the Finnish
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Baptist
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 13, 2003
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According to the “Almanac for Farmers & City Folk,” the largest number of collect calls is made on Father’s Day. Today, your Heavenly Father is calling out to you. He’s been trying to get through for some time. Long before you thought of Him, He thought of you. But He’s not calling collect. He
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 12, 2003
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Christian rock pioneer Larry Norman gives an example of how we let religious talk get in the way of communicating to people.
He says we generally go up to a guy and say, “Hey, have you been saved?”
“What?”
“Have you been born again?”
“What?”
“You know, washed in the blood?”
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jason Cole on Mar 30, 2004
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One lady wrote in to a question and answer forum.
"Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health.
What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered.
Dear Bewildered,
Beat your preacher with a cat-of-nine-tails with 39
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jul 7, 2004
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• A forgetful husband thought he had conquered the problem of trying to remember his wife’s birthday and their anniversary. He opened an account with a florist, provided him with dates and instructions to send flowers along with an appropriate note signed, "Your loving husband." His wife was
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
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The Juggler
A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. “What are those machetes doing in your car?” asks the cop.
“I juggle them in my act.”
“Oh, yeah?” says the doubtful cop. “Let’s see you do it.” The juggler gets out and starts tossing and catching the knives.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 10, 2004
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Years ago the gospel was preached to a number of tribes in Central Africa. Many people responded to the message and received new life in Christ. Since they had no church building where they could gather for a time of prayer, they cleared a central spot in the jungle for that purpose. Soon
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 13, 2004
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A retired person became interested in the construction of an addition to a shopping mall. Observing the activity regularly, he was especially impressed by the conscientious operator of a large piece of equipment. The day finally came when he had a chance to tell this man how much he’d enjoyed
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Contributed by Richard Wafford on Nov 24, 2004
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A.W. Tozer writes, "whoever will listen will hear the speaking heaven. This is definitely not the hour when men take kindly to an exhortation to listen, for listening is not today a part of popular religion. We are at the opposite end of the pole from there. Religion has accepted the monstrous
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Baptist
Contributed by John Stevenson on Dec 26, 2004
I like the bumper sticker that says, "Jesus is the answer, but what is the question?" The truth is that it doesn’t matter what is the question. He is the answer to all of the major questions of life.
A rather vain student went to his professor and asked him a very technical theological question.
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
TUG OF WAR
We play tug of war. The team that is able to pull the other team over their side wins. Each member must pull with his or her strength and body weight. We are all different - some stronger, some weaker; some fat some thin; but all must put their strength and weight in. It doesn’t
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 5, 2005
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Lewis B. Smedes in his book How Can It Be All Right When Eveything is Wrong?” put this admitting into these words…“Grace is rather an amazing power to look earthly reality full in the face, see its sad and tragic edges, feel its cruel cuts, join in the primeval chorus against its outrageous
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Methodist
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 3, 2005
There is an Arabian fable which tells about a man who went to his neighbor and asked to borrow a rope. "I can’t lend it, because I am using it to tie up a pile of sand." his neighbor answered.
"But," the man came back, "you can’t tie up a pile of sand with a rope."
To which his neighbor slyly
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