Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 30, 2003
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THE ANSWER IS NO
I had a friend growing up who had the ugliest bicycle I’d ever seen. It was a hand-me-down made from the parts of other bicycles. It was so ugly it didn’t even have handlebar grips. He was always complaining that his hands would slip off the slick handlebars. He pestered his dad
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Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 20, 2002
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[No Answer]
A man in Dundee, Sctoland, was confined to bed for forty years, having broken his neck in a fall at age fifteen.
But his spirit remained unbroken, and his cheer and courage so inspired people that he enjoyed a constant stream of guests.
One day a visitor asked him, “Doesn’t Satan ever
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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These are actual answering machine answers recorded and verified by the
world-famous International Institute of Answering Machine Answers
*Hello, you are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
These are actual answering machine answers recorded and verified by the world-famous International Institute of Answering Machine Answers
*Hello, you are talking to a machine. I am capable of receiving messages. My owners do not need siding, windows, or a hot tub, and their carpets are clean. They
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Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 15, 2001
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Actual answering machine answers recorded and verified by the
world-famous International Institute of Answering Machine Answers.
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Hi. Now you say something.
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Hi, I’m not home right now but my answering machine is, so you
can talk to it instead. Wait for the beep.
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Hello. I am David’s
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Expect an answer. If no answer is desired, why pray? True prayer has in it a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2002
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THE REAL ANSWER
PGA Tour professional golfer, Paul Azinger, enjoyed the finest season of his career in 1993. That year he kept the longest active winning streak on Tour (seven years) enjoying three victories.
He captured his first major title by defeating Greg Norman on the second hole of
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 25, 2002
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AN ANSWERED PRAYER
John Maxwell writes in his book, Partners in Prayer;
"In the summer of 1876, grasshoppers nearly destroyed the crops in Minnesota. SO in the spring of 1877, farmers were worried. They believed that the dreadful plague would once again visit them and again destroy the rich
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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PRAYERS ANSWERED
I have had prayers answered--most strangely so sometimes--but I think our heavenly Father’s loving-kindness has been even more evident
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 10, 2004
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ASTOUNDING ANSWER
When you think of what prayer really is it’s astounding that we’d get an answer at all. Ambrose Bierce once said that to pray was …
"To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2009
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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
Sometimes we look in the wrong places to find answers. The story is told of a drunk who was seen by a police officer looking for something. The drunk was down on his hands and knees and explained in slurred speech to the police officer that he was looking for his wallet.
The
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 11, 2010
THE LORD'S ANSWER
A man once said to a servant of the Lord, "I am such a helpless, miserable sinner; there is no hope for me. I have prayed, and resolved and tried, and vowed until I am sick of my unavailing efforts."
"Do you believe that Christ died for our sins, and rose again?" was the
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Christian Church
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 25, 2021
My sister didn’t do as well on her driver’s-ed test as she’d hoped. It might have had something to do with how she completed this sentence: “When the ______ is dead, the car won’t start.”
She
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 10, 2015
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Krister Sairsingh, a former Hindu from Trinidad who is now the Chaplain to international students at Harvard. Let me read you some excerpts from his story. After making great progress in the Hindu spiritual disciplines something happened that unsettled him deeply.
During my final year of high
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Methodist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 27, 2002
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QUESTION AND ANSWER
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
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 27, 2003
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An unknown confederate soldier wrote:
I asked God for strength that I might achieve
I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey
I asked for health that I might do greater things
I was given infirmity that I might do better things
I asked for riches that I might be happy
I was given poverty
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2002
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HUGGING IS THE ANSWER!
Perhaps I feel this way because my wife is affectionately known as "The Happy Hugger." If it’s moving she’ll stop it and hug it, and if it’s not moving she’ll dust it off and sell it!
However, there’s another reason I believe hugging is the answer. According to Greg
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 19, 2002
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Simplicity is the answer for people tired and weary. Simplicity is marked by a contented lifestyle that rests in God’s grace. It is the commitment to clear out, scale down, and realize the essentials of what we truly need to live well. The intimate search for wholeness is not found by
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