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  • Offer Up Your Gift — Antonio Stradivarius  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,368 views

    Offer up Your Gift - Antonio Stradivarius A young boy Antonio loves music, but his voice was high and squeaky, and so he did not make the tryouts for the Cremona Boy’s Choir. When he took violin lessons, the neighbours persuaded his parents to make him stop. Yet Antonio still wanted to make ...read more

  • Finding Peace Of Mind

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,314 views

    Finding Peace Of Mind Duke University did a study on “peace of mind.” Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are: · The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness. · Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation ...read more

  • Valuable To God

    Contributed by David Vanheuvelen on Dec 8, 2007
     | 3,268 views

    You are valuable to God. I can state that without fear of exaggeration. His Word makes it clear that He willing bought and paid for you. As I said before, a thing is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. God was willing to give His Son and Jesus was willing to give His blood – that is ...read more

  • Doctrine Of Atonement

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
     | 237 views

    We need to have core beliefs that do not change over time – NO MATTER WHAT! The doctrine of atonement is under attack today. It is attacked by folks who look at humans and see each one as basically good who occasionally do bad things. They talk about each person’s freedom to become your ...read more

  • 26 Year Old Kyle Macdonald Had A Red Paper Clip ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,670 views

    26 year old Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house? He advertised the paperclip on craigslist.com and two ...read more

  • Follow Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
     | 5,503 views

    "FOLLOW ME." To understand that calling and Jesus’ invitation, we need to understand the context. In Jesus’ day, childhood education started at age five as young boys went to the synagogue school to learn Hebrew and memorize the Torah. By the time of his bar mitzvah at age 13, a typical Jewish ...read more

  • Wayne Was Quite Bright And Very Interested In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,709 views

    Wayne was quite bright and very interested in theology and spiritual matters. But there was a vacuum in the “inner parts” of our relationship. When I’d bring up a problem in my life, or express sadness or fear, Wayne would simply go away. It was a little eerie. I’d be sharing something very ...read more

  • Christian Football!!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,165 views

    CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL!! Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during the invitation. Draw Play - What many children do with the bulletin during worship. Half-time - The period between Sunday school and worship when many choose to leave. Benchwarmer - Those who do not sing, pray, work, ...read more

  • Christian Football!!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,162 views

    Humor Illustration: CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL!! Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during the invitation. Draw Play - What many children do with the bulletin during worship. Half-time - The period between Sunday school and worship when many choose to leave. Benchwarmer - Those who do ...read more

  • Catholic Churchgoers Worry Financial Fallout Will ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,695 views

    Catholic Churchgoers worry financial fallout will impede the work of the church. A new survey of people who attend Mass at least twice a month finds “a growing uneasiness” with the way the church handles money, says Frank Butler, Foundations & Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, survey ...read more

  • What Is Your Money Doing To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 4,088 views

    WHAT IS YOUR MONEY DOING TO YOU? On their way to church on Sunday, a mother gave her child a one-dollar bill and a quarter. "Sweetheart," the mother said, "you can place either one in the offering plate. It’s entirely up to you." As they were driving home, the mother asked the daughter what she ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards On Freedom Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 3,988 views

    Jonathan Edwards on Freedom of the Will “If any think it is a more perfect definition of the Will to say that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses, I am content with it; though I think it enough to say, it is that by which the soul chooses: for in every act of will whatsoever, the ...read more

  • Dubai (Afp) –

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 4, 2010
     | 672 views

    DUBAI (AFP) – "Once-bustling Dubai will open the world’s tallest skyscraper on Monday, boasting new limits in design and construction… "Bill Baker, a structural and civil engineer and partner in Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), which designed the tower, said Burj Dubai has set a ...read more

  • Imagine A Very Dangerous Rope Jungle Bridge (As ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
     | 2,093 views

    IMAGINE A VERY DANGEROUS ROPE JUNGLE BRIDGE (AS THE LAW) WE MUST CROSS IT – BUT WE COULD NEVER DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE ITS SO DANGEROUS TO CROSS ONE FALSE STEP AND WE WILL PERISH INTO THE CHASEM – BUT WE HAVE A GUIDE WHO GOES BEFORE US (CHRIST) HE HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS ...read more

  • Disciplines: The Decathlon

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    DISCIPLINES: THE DECATHLON The Olympic decathlon is internationally recognized as the most demanding test of individual athletic ability there is. It is the event that determines the world's greatest all-around athlete. Originating in a contest held at the 708 B.C. Olympiad to single out Greece's ...read more

  • Memory And Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,585 views

    MEMORY AND TRUTH Two middle-aged couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, "Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?" "Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques, such as visualization, association and ...read more

  • The Importance Of Focus

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Feb 3, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,018 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF FOCUS When the Alaskan Pipeline was being built, there were many Texans who went to Alaska and found work on the pipeline. The Texans could only work a few hours in the frigid weather, yet the Eskimos, the native Alaskans, could work indefinitely in the cold. They decided to ...read more

  • An Outward Expression Of An Inward Experience

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,481 views

    AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD EXPERIENCE David Ring was born with cerebral palsy. He had complications at birth and he was technically dead for 18 minutes after delivery. No oxygen reached his brain and a portion was permanently damaged. His family’s story was catastrophic – his father had ...read more

  • Mickey Mantle, An Almost Mythical Baseball Star ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,291 views

    Mickey Mantle, an almost mythical baseball star who feared he had failed to fulfill career expectations because of alcohol abuse and whose recent years were haunted by self-recrimination, died of cancer. He was 63. The former New York Yankees center fielder and a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame ...read more

  • So This Is For Those Of You Who Are Football ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,568 views

    So this is for those of you who are football fans. The following football terms that have been applied to the church: A Benchwarmer- is someone who does not sing, pray, work, or apparently do anything but sit in the pew. A Draw Play – is what many children do with the bulletin during ...read more