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  • Author And Authority

    Contributed by Segun Adeyeye Nuga on Jun 20, 2011
     | 5,787 views

    AUTHOR AND AUTHORITY If we consider the relationship between author and authority, you will agree that an author has ...read more

  • The Authority Of The Believer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,408 views

    THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER In Santa Cruz there's a strip called Pacific Avenue, and there's a number of bars. And I remember walking down Pacific Avenue, and it was getting a little rowdy. And there was two or three very burly guys in kinda tight T-shirts that looked like they could kill you, ...read more

  • Voice Of Authority

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 12, 2011
     | 3,088 views

    VOICE OF AUTHORITY When I was serving with YWAM in the summer of 1982, we played a concert at a school in Amsterdam. As the concert ended, the students began to come up to us and talking with us, and believe it or not, some even asked for our autographs. At that moment a tall, thin, man with a ...read more

  • Under Authority

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,550 views

    UNDER AUTHORITY I used to be a substitute teacher. Most of the time, I had good classes. Sometimes I had bad classes. But one day, I had a horrible class. Kids were running around the room, throwing paper wads, screaming and yelling. One kid ran out the side door into the courtyard and came back ...read more

  • Authority At The Airport

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 25, 2011
     | 3,347 views

    AUTHORITY AT THE AIRPORT Someone the other day told me they had a problem with Security at the airport from something they left in their carry on. Then it got me to thinking, which is a bad idea anyway, about my TSA encounter. I had an early morning flight and I got through security at about ...read more

  • When It Comes To Faith Conquering Our Worrying, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Mar 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,812 views

    When it comes to faith conquering our worrying, we need to have a child like faith. A child does not worry all day long whether his house will be there when he gets home from school, or whether his parents will have made dinner. ...read more

  • Lighthouse Laws

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
     | 6,230 views

    LIGHTHOUSE LAWS In U.S. Navel Institute Proceedings, the magazine of the Naval Institute, Frank Koch illustrates the importance of obeying the Laws of the Lighthouse. Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on ...read more

  • The Sufficiency Of Scripture  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 18, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,873 views

    THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE Wayne Grudem summarizes this conclusion: "The sufficiency of Scripture means that Scripture contained all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, ...read more

  • The Talmud States That A Bat Kol (Heavenly ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 8, 2010
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    "The Talmud states that a Bat Kol (heavenly voice) was heard (on two separate occasions) declaring that Hillel and Samuel were worthy of the Shekinah (Divine Presence)…" [from "Jesus the Pharisee" by Harvey ...read more

  • From The Talmud: "Elijah Prayed That The Keys Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 4, 2010
     | 2,370 views

    From the Talmud: "Elijah prayed that the keys of resurrection might be given him, but was answered, Three keys have not been entrusted to an agent: of birth, ...read more

  • The Greatest Blessing Comes When God Defeats The ...

    Contributed by John Perry on May 11, 2010
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    The greatest blessing comes when God defeats the will of man and we surrender to His will. Someone has referred to ...read more

  • Card-Carrying Authority

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 22, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,783 views

    CARD-CARRYING AUTHORITY A Department of Water Resources representative stops at a Texas ranch and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation." The old rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there." The Water ...read more

  • Who Says So?

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,783 views

    WHO SAYS SO? A previous church I served had a lot of acreage and had turned part of it into 3 softball diamonds. Monday - Thursday nights, all summer long, various church leagues played their slow-pitch games there. Three of the leagues ran everything for their evening but one league was run ...read more

  • Boss Rules

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 27, 2011
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    BOSS RULES Rule 1. Your boss is always right. Rule 2. If you think the boss ...read more

  • Tough Teacher

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,243 views

    TOUGH TEACHER A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in ...read more

  • The Only Opinion That Counts

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
     | 2,702 views

    THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head." ...read more

  • A Life Time Atheist Was Found Reading The Bible ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
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     | 4,148 views

    A life time atheist was found reading the bible while on his death bed. A friend asked him what he was doing. He answered, “I am looking for loop holes!” By living in a daily relationship with Jesus Christ we won’t have to ...read more

  • Go With The Flow  PRO

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Feb 12, 2008
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     | 3,868 views

    6. YOU TRUST HIM WITH WHATEVER IS TROUBLING YOU. Anybody having anything trouble you these days? It’s probably part of God’s sense of humor that I went on a whale-watching trip this week, the week we start learning about Jonah. PICTURE OF WHALE TALE I’ve been on whale-watching tours only twice ...read more

  • Only Those Who Do Not Seek Power Are Qualified ...

    Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jun 29, 2008
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     | 3,572 views

    "Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold ...read more

  • Who's The Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 6,426 views

    WHO’S THE BOSS The young husband was henpecked, and he was going to a psychiatrist about the problem. The doctor told him, "You don’t have to let your wife bully you! Go home and show her you’re the boss!" The young man got home, slammed the door, shook his fist in his wife’s face, and growled, ...read more

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