Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2001
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In 1993 Gerald Sittser, a professor at Whitworth College was driving home from a family outing. In the car was his mother, wife of 20 years and four children. A drunk driver swerved across the center line and hit them head on. In an instant he lost his wife, his two year old daughter and his
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 3, 2001
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A THIRD GRADERS EXPLANATION OF GOD
Written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his third grade homework assignment to "Explain God."
One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die so there will be enough people to take care of things on
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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From the book: Stories for the Heart (p. 246, Catherine Marshall)
There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Patrick Doherty on Nov 18, 2001
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HE THINKS HE KNOWS YOUR SISTER
There was an elderly man and his hard of hearing wife travelling from Memphis to Nashville. The trip was progressing along fine until they began having car trouble. Pulling into the nearest gas station the mechanic struck up a converstation with the old man.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002
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I Can’t Remember
A few years ago, rumors spread that a certain Catholic woman was having visions of Jesus. The archbishop decided to check her out.
’Is it true, m’am, that you have visions of Jesus?’ asked the cleric.
’Yes,’ the woman replied.
’Well, the next time you have a vision, I want you
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 21, 2002
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It shocks us when we realize that great men and women go through periods of deep, dark depression. For instance, Winston Churchill said, "Depression followed me around like a black dog all of my life." A young lawyer in the 1800’s suffered such a deep depression that his friends did everything they
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Patience:
And, of course, my favorite given to me some time ago by my elder, married daughter, Jennifer:
I pray for -
Wisdom - to understand my man;
Love - to forgive him;
Patience - for his moods;
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United Methodist
Contributed by John Harvey on Feb 11, 2004
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WHAT'S GOD GOT TO DO WITH IT?
If you “Google” the word love, and you have to be very careful doing this, you will find all sorts of websites,120,000,000 to be exact. Here are some examples that you will find:
I love Dogs.com
I love Cats.com (Although this one is a plea to spay or
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Baptist
Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 24, 2004
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In a back yard there once lived an apple tree and a thorn bush. The apple tree produced nice juicy apples that everyone liked to eat. Kids would climb up the tree and pluck the apples. Worms would eat the ones that fell on the ground. Birds would peck away at the fruit from the top. The owner
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Lutheran
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 3, 2004
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“Bearish Schedule--Bullish Timing!” Galatians 5: 22-24 Key verse(s): 22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Part of the fun of living are those times and events in our lives that happen spontaneously; that
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2009
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D.L. Moody Illustrates How to Grow Spiritually
In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: “Tell me,” he said to his audience, “how can I get the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2009
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GOD'S PROVISION: THE HOLY SPIRIT
Without the Holy Spirit the church could not exist. It is He who inspired the writers of Scripture, and He who dwells in every Christian, giving us life in Christ. All our efforts are dust and ashes apart from Him.
A young man asked an old rich man how he made his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2011
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VACANT HOMES, VACANT LIVES
TIFTON, GA — The most interesting thing about Tifton is an abandoned Victorian house filled with thousands of bats. Tift County declared the once-elegant house in the town’s historic district off limits after a bat specialist said that maybe 20,000 bats had moved in,
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 23, 2011
MELT IT, DON'T HAMMER IT
Alexander Maclaren once said, "Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it."
The writer from the 1930’s, Somerset Maugham, had a mother who was an extraordinarily beautiful woman his father was an extraordinarily ugly man.
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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A STUDY OF IMPATIENCE
In March of 2006, the Associated Press and Ipsos surveyed 1,003 adults concerning Americans’ attitudes and behavior regarding impatience. Some of the findings included:
• While waiting in line at an office or store, it takes an average of 17 minutes for most people to lose
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