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Are You A Patter?" 2 Timothy 4:11 Key Verse(S) ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 8, 2005

“Are You A Patter?” 2 Timothy 4:11 Key verse(s) 11:“Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.” Everyone seems to have a purpose; but what is mine? Do you sometimes wonder just what your calling in life is? For some it seems pretty obvious. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:11

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

A Winning Streak Of One!" 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 1, 2005

“A Winning Streak of One!” 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Key verse(s) 16“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” It’s important to make sure that every day of our lives we practice gladness and condition ourselves to finding ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Lutheran

The Two Faces Of Change!" 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 9, 2005

“The Two Faces of Change!” 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key verse(s): 2-3:“Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.” On June 4, 1783 at the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 12:1-8

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

We Read In I Timothy 6:6 "True Religion With ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 4, 2007

We read in I Timothy 6:6 “true religion with contentment is great wealth.” I have noticed, quite frankly in my life and in others as well, that when there is discontentment one of ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Work With It!" Romans 12: 1-8: Key Verse(S): 6 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 10, 2004

“Work With It!” Romans 12: 1-8: Key verse(s): 6 “We have different gifts, according to the grace given us.” “All things being equal!” Where that may be the rallying cry of today’s philosophical democratically-driven culture, it wasn’t the impetus for justice in the Brunner household as I was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8, Mark 1:21-28

Tags: Family, Parenting

Denomination: Lutheran

A Sword And A Tear!" 2 Timothy 2: 22-26: Key ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 24, 2004

“A Sword and a Tear!” 2 Timothy 2: 22-26: Key verse(s): 24-25a “And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:22-26

Tags: Christian Love, Compassion

Denomination: Lutheran

Misapplied Scriptures: Ezekiel 16:6

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 26, 2023

Introduction: Some folks, perhaps well-meaning, will take a verse completely out of its context in order to use the words for something much different than what was intended. This verse is one that to my knowledge has never been used as the person (L, to protect the identity) said to me many years ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 16:6

Tags: Misapplied Scriptures, Blood, Israel

Denomination: Baptist

Unemployed Longer: As Of November, About 1.8 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Unemployed Longer: As of November, about 1.8 million, or 1 in 5, unemployed workers were jobless for more than 6 months, compared with 1.1 million when the recession officially ended in November ‘01. Since the start of the recession in March ‘01, the average length ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Web Activity 18.8% Of Web Activity Is For Adult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Web Activity 18.8% of Web activity is for adult content, 13.8% are visits to search engines, 8% are for entertainment topics, and 7.4% are related business & finance while 4% are for classified ads. Google is the leading search engine attracting 2.8% of all ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Ephesians 6:10-16.the Helmet ...

Contributed by Jose Imperial on Jan 7, 2008

Ephesians 6:10-16.The helmet ,breastplate,shield, the belt, shoes and the sword cannot be carried by a child. It can ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Citadel Of The Spirit!" Galatians 4: 1-16 ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 22, 2004

“The Citadel of The Spirit!” Galatians 4: 1-16 Key verse(s): 16 “Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth.” There’s an old proverb that simply states, “Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.” I can remember many times in my life when, confronted by someone’s correction, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:1-16

Tags: Anger

Denomination: Lutheran

16% Of Singapore's 4.3 Million Residents Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

16% of Singapore’s 4.3 million residents are Christians. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Church Plants: This Year (2005), The 16.4 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Church Plants: This year (2005), the 16.4 million-member Southern Baptist Convention plans to plant 1,800 new churches using by-the-book niche-marketing ...read more

Tags: Church General

Eph 4:18 Says…they Are Darkened In Their ...

Contributed by Allan Kircher on May 31, 2009

Eph 4:18 says…they are darkened in their understanding… You see we can get to the point where we fell like little hamsters on that wheel, continually going nowhere in ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist

In Response To Proverbs 18:16, Zig Ziglar Said, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2003

In response to Proverbs 18:16, Zig Ziglar said, “I have been a member of two churches in my life. My first church sent me out to bring my teaching gift to my second church. I went, not only with their blessing, but by their calling. Not the calling of the second church, but by the calling of the ...read more

Tags: Gifts General, Servanthood

There Are 6,528 Languages In The World, 4,565 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

There are 6,528 languages in the world, 4,565 with out Scripture. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

We Are Heavenly Citizens – Eph.1:3-6; 2:6 – ...

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jul 8, 2008

We are heavenly citizens – Eph.1:3-6; 2:6 – however, we are ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Timothy's Story

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 5, 2011

TIMOTHY'S STORY I want to tell you a story today about a little fellow named Jason. The circumstances that Jason was born into not entirely clear. What we do know is that his birth parents, for what ever reason, decided not to care for him or could not care for him. Instead they decided to place ...read more

Tags: Adoption

Denomination: Nazarene

About 5% Of American Workers -- Or 6.8 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

About 5% of American workers -- or 6.8 million people -- were classified as "working poor" in 1999, according to the Labor Dept. ...read more

Tags: Workplace

The Record Industry Estimates That 2.6 Billion ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The record industry estimates that 2.6 billion files are illegally downloaded each month by of file trading programs. ...read more

Tags: Sin General