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A MODERN VERSION OF THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS:
A large, mulit-national, retail giant moved into a new city. We’ll call it “Stuff Mart.” They put an add in the paper inviting applications for people to work for one month to stock their shelves, and received 100 applications. The manager
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Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 2, 2001
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Jackie Chan movie. This man is very innovative in the way that he makes fight scenes. Instead of just using normal karate chops and the like, he will use common every day items and create unbelievable fight scenes with them. In one scene, he fights off dozens of men with a common every day step
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Contributed by Tony Earl on Nov 22, 2006
#1 [MERCY] A mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death.
"But I don’t ask for justice," the mother explained. "I plead for mercy."
"But your son does not deserve mercy,"
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 27, 2004
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WANTED: MOVERS
Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store.
He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the
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Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 1, 2004
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“Our Chains--His Slavery!” Matthew 20: 20-28 Key verse(s): 28: “. . . just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
“Just sign here on the dotted line here Mr. Brunner and we will be done.” As I lifted my hand, grip on pen, ready to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 17, 2009
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THE CROSS: SOLUTION TO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS
I remember when my first car, a beautiful 92 Chevy Cavalier, developed and alignment problem. I would be driving down the freeway, and it pulled to the right pretty hard. In fact, you really had to work against the car to make it get in the left lane. On
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 8, 2011
JAMES AND JOHN TALKING
This is how I imagine it was before Salome approached Jesus about one of the boys being at either side of him in his kingdom. Remember these two disciples were the "sons of thunder."
James: What do you reckon I’m sure that he'll be King soon and I want to sit on my throne
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 7, 2016
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The famous first national Salvationist here in Sri Lanka, Arnolis Weerasooriya whose picture we all walk past every day said something about the cross. Can you remember reading it, it is on his picture. That’s right he said, “Cross is the attraction.” He died from cholera some years later on the
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The Parable Of The Free Agent Hockey Players
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a rich sports owner who went out at 6 AM on July 1st , free agency day, to find players for his hockey team. At the local Starbucks he found a Superstar player. He said, “I’ll make you a good offer. - $5 million per
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
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HOW TO BE A SERVANT
You need to answer a very important question this morning. Are you more interested in being served or being a servant?
A first grade teacher asked her students, "What do you do to help at home?"
One little girl said, "I dry the dishes."
One of the boys said, "I sweep the
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Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 11, 2011
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REACTIONS CAN BE WORSE THAN ACTIONS
While in seminary, I worked at a local Christian radio station. Part of my duties was to take hourly meter readings from the transmitter and place them on a log sheet that was subject to FCC review. The building featured indoor/outdoor green carpet, and the day
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