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  • At Last I Understood: In The Final Analysis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,904 views

    "At last I understood: in the final analysis, forgiveness is an act of faith. By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am. By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out. I leave in God’s ...read more

  • Though A Friend Be But The Duplicate Of A Man's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,541 views

    "Though a friend be but the duplicate of a man's self, yet there may often happen secrets to one, that may not be convenient to divulge to the other. If they be such as the disclosure of them to a friend shall not only not benefit him, but shall bring grief upon him, I cannot think it an act of ...read more

  • Thanks, Franki

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,676 views

    THANKS, FRANKI During the Christmas play, three six-year-old boys acted out the role of the wise men. As they presented their gifts at the nativity scene, each boy stepped forward and stated what they were offering to Christ. The first held out his arms and said, "Gold." The second boy knelt ...read more

  • Spirituality And Justice

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,853 views

    SPIRITUALITY AND JUSTICE Quoting Major Campbell Roberts when he spoke at the launch of this TSMP goal, "Two hungers are emerging, a hunger for - Spirituality and a hunger for – Justice. If we can live out and help another find a relationship with Jesus that energises them to live and act justly ...read more

  • So We Preach Repentance To You Today. We Call ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,004 views

    "So we preach repentance to you today. We call you as the Spirit constantly calls all of us, to turn from sin, to turn from worldly thinking, to turn outward from ourselves, to God, to seek Him, to seek Godly thinking and acting so that we might effectually follow ...read more

  • We Dare Not Confine Theology To Seminary Coffee ...  PRO

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 2,176 views

    We dare not confine theology to seminary coffee shops where professors and students play mental badminton. It affects all of us. Some people lose their faith because of a sharp sense of disappointment with God. They expect God to act a certain way, and God "lets them down." Others may not lose ...read more

  • Worship Cannot Be Confined To A Particular Place  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,492 views

    Worship cannot be Confined to a Particular Place In the Muslim religion there are three cities which are considered sacred: Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. The Muslims believe that to worship in the city of Jerusalem is as good as performing 1000 acts of worship anywhere else in the world. Mecca and ...read more

  • As Abraham Lincoln Prepared To Sign The ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
     | 2,586 views

    As Abraham Lincoln prepared to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, he took his pen, moved it to the signature line, paused for a moment, and then dropped the pen. When asked why, the president replied, "If my name goes into history, it will be for this act, and if my hand trembles when I sign it, ...read more

  • Pleasures Of God

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2003
     | 3,781 views

    John Piper writes, "if God wants to love us infinitely and delight us fully and eternally, he must preserve for us the one thing that will satisfy us totally and eternally; namely, the presence and worth of his own glory. He alone is the source of full and lasting pleasure. Therefore, his ...read more

  • Martin Luther Once Spent Three Days In A Black ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Feb 11, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 2,865 views

    Martin Luther once spent three days in a black depression over something that had gone wrong. On the third day his wife came downstairs dressed in mourning clothes. "Who’s dead?" he asked her. "God," she replied. Luther rebuked her, saying, "What do you mean, God is ...read more

  • The Most Comprehensive Sex Study In Recent Years, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,474 views

    The most comprehensive sex study in recent years, made by researchers at the University of Chicago, states that only 5 percent of men have homosexual desires, and only about half of them ever act out their desires. The statistical evidence clearly suggests that most homosexual men live very ...read more

  • Vengeance

    Contributed by Steve Moore on Nov 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,025 views

    Philip Yancey writes…. ‘Vengeance is a passion to get even. It is a hot desire to give back as much pain as someone gives you. The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off by every act of vengeance ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 2,081 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: “I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • Ever Watch Your Kids – Maybe They Don't See You ...

    Contributed by Glenn Teal on Dec 10, 2005
     | 2,403 views

    Ever watch your kids – maybe they don’t see you and they do something wrong like on America’s Funniest Home Videos. There was this sweet little girl maybe 4 or 5 who is video taped stealing from the cookie jar and is interupted cookie in hand. At the moment of her getting caught she screams at ...read more

  • Definition Of Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,738 views

    Definition of Leadership There are lots of ideas of what leadership is. 1 : the office or position of a leader 2 : capacity to lead 3 : the act or an instance of leading - Merriam Webster "The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,207 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • Rick Warren Simply Defines A Servant As One ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006
     | 2,342 views

    Rick Warren simply defines a servant as one “always on the lookout for ways to help others.” He continues with the definition. “Real servants maintain a low profile. Servants don’t promote or call attention to themselves. Instead of acting to impress and dressing for success, they “put on the apron ...read more

  • Sometime In The 1200's A Theologian Named John ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 13, 2006
     | 1,998 views

    Sometime in the 1200’s a theologian named John Duns Scotus “and the Pope walked through the Vatican Gold Chambers. As the story goes, the Pope turned to the theologian and said, ‘Dr. Scotus, no longer can the church say ‘silver and gold have I none.’’ To which Scotus reportedly replied, ;And no ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln's Attitude On Restoring The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 8,261 views

    Abraham Lincoln’s Attitude On Restoring the South God does not hold our old sins against us, nor does He act like forgiveness is a favor to us, even though it is. When President Lincoln was asked how he would treat the rebellious southerners when they were defeated, he said, “I will ...read more

  • Philip Yancey On Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,145 views

    PHILIP YANCEY ON REVENGE "The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off by every act of vengeance always takes its unhindered course. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both ...read more