I want to begin this morning by giving you a pop quiz. I’m going to give you an advertising slogan and I want you tell me what the product is. “Snap! Crackle! Pop!” (Rice Krispies). “The Quicker Picker-Upper” (Bounty). “Just Do It” (Nike). “Melts in Your Mouth, Not in your Hand” (M&M’s). “Plop, Plop, Fizz,…
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Sermons on Humility
Russell Herman was a carpenter who lived in the state of Illinois. When he died at the age of 67, his will included a staggering list of beneficiaries. He left instructions for two billion dollars to be given to the city of East St. Louis, another billion and a half for the state of…
This morning, we have some very special guests with us. As many of you know, we have a Girl Scout troop that meets here in our church building a couple of Sunday afternoons a month. They are the ones responsible for supplying several of you with Girl Scout cookies a couple of weeks ago. …
I remember when I was a kid, all the old people would talk about “the good old days”. Now, I find myself in that category of old people because I’m one of those folks who looks back and think about the good old days. Apparently, I’m not alone. A survey was taken among people 50…
I heard recently about someone who used to get annoyed when he felt like preachers were being too repetitive. He said, “First, they tell me what they’re going to tell me, and then they tell me, and then they tell me what they’ve told me. Why do you have to tell me three times?…