Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 8, 2001
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Illus.: “When Blind Eyes Were Opened”
D.L. Moody, the famed evangelist, told this story at one of his meetings: One evening just before Christmas, a man was walking through the streets of an Eastern city. The store windows were all beautifully decorated, and he observed three little girls
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 29, 2002
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YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH
"Maybe it’s time we reconsider what it means to be intelligent,” says David Brooks of the Weekly Standard. After being questioned about his experience and smarts for the job as President, George W. Bush has amazed us during these troubled times. Experts are confounded.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 6, 2002
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POWER IN THE CROSS-COMMUNION MEDITATION
There is power in the cross. It's undeniable. Even unbelievers seem to squirm when considering its potential.
David Brooks, of the Weekly Standard, reports "of the conniption being thrown by the American Atheist, the group founded by the late
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
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A person who calls himself frank and candid can very easily find himself becoming tactless and cruel.
A person who prides himself on being tactful can find eventually that he has become evasive and deceitful.
A person with firm convictions can become pigheaded.
A person who is inclined to be
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 9, 2003
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A man went to an asylum for the criminally insane.
He was a bit surprised to find that there were three guards to take care of a hundred inmates.
He said to one of the guards, "Aren’t you afraid that the inmates will unite, overcome you, and escape?"
The guard said, "Lunatics never unite."
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Decker on Mar 1, 2004
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Four-year-old Little Johnny asked, "Mummy, where do babies come from?
"The stork, dear." replied Johnny’s Mom.
"Mummy, who keeps bad people from robbing our house?" Asked Little Johnny.
Johnny’s mother answer, "The police, dear."
"Mummy, if our house was on fire, who would save us?"
"The
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Baptist
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 17, 2005
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Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, “Certainly the preacher won’t think of anything for which to thank the
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Baptist
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 17, 2005
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Being much concerned about the rise of denominations in the church, John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, “Are there any Presbyterians here?” “Yes!”, came the answer. Then he asked, “Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any
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Baptist
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 17, 2005
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Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the
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Baptist
Contributed by David Ward on Sep 24, 2006
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In the spring of 2002, Denise Banderman left work early so she could have some uninterrupted study time before her final exam in the Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. When she got to class, everybody was doing their last-minute studying. The teacher came in and said he
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2010
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THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH
Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist:
"A cultist is one who has a strong belief in
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 7, 2011
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KNOWING THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE
Brian Brown tells the story of being at the community pool with his family. Kids were screaming, playing, and splashing in the pool, music was playing, the lifeguard whistles were blowing and in the midst of the conversation, his wife shooshes him. He said, "What are
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Methodist