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Is Your Church On Fire?
Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010 (message contributor)
IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE?
In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen in a while. Walking up to one man he asked, "My brother, where have you been? I haven't seen you around here in a while."
The man look the preacher up and down and sarcastically responded, "That's because I hadn't seen this church on fire in a while!"
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