Christ's Genealogy | Inspecting Jesus' Family

What Is Your God?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002

WHAT IS YOUR GOD? "Whatever you love most, serve most, seek out most, give to the most, worship the most, and care about the most is your god. Your “god” can be your career, your bank account, the way you look, a particular position or degree, influence, power, or physical pleasure. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-22, Luke 10:38-42

Tags: World, Materialism, Idolatry

You Be The Judge?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2002

YOU BE THE JUDGE? "A money belt is one thing you just can’t do without," my friend told me. ’Make sure you take travelers’ checks with you and maybe a few twenties, and tuck them in your money belt before you leave. And don’t ... DON’T go pawing through your money when you’re ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:1-4

Tags: Faith, Compassion, Obedience, Character, Leprosy, Disease  (view more)  (view less)

The Old Fisherman  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002

THE OLD FISHERMAN Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to ...read more

Tags: Heaven, Joy, Human Body

A Hug Of My Own  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002

A HUG OF MY OWN When my wife and I lived in Honduras, we spent part of our time helping a ministry called Amor y Vida (Love and Life). This ministry acted as an orphanage and hospice because the people who lived there were children who had cancer and had been abandoned by their family. While ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Christian Love

What's The Use  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 20, 2002

WHAT'S THE USE There was an old man that lived in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. The old man had a big family. One day one of the old man’s grandsons approached him with a problem. The Grandson said, "Pap, I read the Bible and I don’t understand it, and what I understand I forget as soon ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:28, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Timothy 3:16-18

Tags: Bible, Scripture, Family, Bible Study, Word Of God, Disciplines  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

All The Breaks  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 26, 2002

When he was seven years old, his family was forced out of their home on a legal technicality, and he had to work to help support them. At age nine, his mother died. At 22, he lost his job as a store clerk. He wanted to go to law school, but his education wasn’t good ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowing God, Hearing God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002

KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted ...read more

Families Are Wonderful. Families Are Challenging. ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002

Families are wonderful. Families are challenging. I am reminded of this every time I see my favorite Cosby Show episode in which Cliff, the father played by Bill Cosby, and Theo, the son played by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, have a chat about Theo’s desire to live like a “regular” person rather than ...read more

Tags: Children, Gifts Giving

Denomination: Church Of God

The Tater Family  PRO

Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 4, 2007

The Tater Family Some families make church their home. Others find other uses for the church. Take the notorious Tater family, for example. Perhaps you’ve met some of them. · The chief of the clan is old Dick Tater, who insists on running everything in church. · His brother Ro Tater keeps ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Forever Family

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

A FOREVER FAMILY Author Keith Miller tells of an outgoing 40-year-old woman who was part of a sharing group he led. Here is her story: "When I was a tiny little girl, my parents died and I was put in an orphanage. I was not pretty at all and no one seemed to want me. But I longed to be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Tags: Adoption