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  • Once The Devil Was Walking Along With One Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,410 views

    Once the Devil was walking along with one of his cohorts. They saw a man ahead of them pick up something shiny. "What did he find?" asked the cohort. "A piece of the truth," the Devil replied. "Doesn’t it bother you that he found a piece of the truth?" asked the cohort. "No," said the Devil, ...read more

  • Is It Wrong For A Christian To Declare ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,734 views

    Is it wrong for a Christian to declare bankruptcy? To answer, we need to separate the moral from the ethical, or the biblical from the legal. Our legal system allows individuals and businesses to have some protection from creditors through the various bankruptcy laws. However, I don’t believe a ...read more

  • In 1961 A.w. Tozer Was Given The Opportunity To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    In 1961 A.W. Tozer was given the opportunity to speak to a group of ministers on a subject of his choice. Not surprisingly he chose to speak to them about the holiness of God. During that talk he said the following words: “I believe we ought to have again the old biblical concept of God which makes ...read more

  • Selfish  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,327 views

    Selfish A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first pancake; I can wait.” Kevin ...read more

  • Time Is Often Represented By A Straight Line ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,048 views

    “Time is often represented by a straight line drawn on a page. We call this a time line. To get a grasp of what the eternality of God means, when you have drawn your time line you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn”. (Green, M. P. (1989). Illustrations for Biblical ...read more

  • In 1961 A.w. Tozer Was Given The Opportunity To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,257 views

    In 1961 A.W. Tozer was given the opportunity to speak to a group of ministers on a subject of his choice. Not surprisingly he chose to speak to them about the holiness of God. During that talk he said the following words: “I believe we ought to have again the old biblical concept of God which makes ...read more

  • Look Different

    Contributed by John Bright on Sep 23, 2025
     | 111 views

    These folks to whom Peter is writing used to look like everybody else. They were a part of the world, so they partied and did all the other things average folks did back then. The Roman world in which Christianity first spread was highly sexualized, and many of the practices today that are ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody Also Says It Well, "Happiness Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,746 views

    Dwight L. Moody also says it well, “Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 2,440 views

    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • How Far Do We Take This? Jesus Doesn't Say. I ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 13, 2009
     | 1,550 views

    How far do we take this? Jesus doesn’t say. I can’t tell you but I can make suggestions that push you to a greater dependence on God and a greater obedience. Albert Schweitzer left his status as a professor, gave up his organ playing and went to Africa as a missionary doctor. He believed this ...read more

  • Evangelistic Casting

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2010
     | 2,705 views

    EVANGELISTIC CASTING We're not told that every fish in the sea swam to the net. We're not told that a certain number of fish were caught in the net. We're told that Jesus first indicated His awareness that they had caught nothing, then gave a command that they cast their net on the right side of ...read more

  • What's Your Motivation?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2012
     | 5,932 views

    WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION? Suppose someone were to offer me a thousand dollars for every soul I might earnestly try to lead to Christ. Would I endeavor to lead any more souls to him than I am endeavoring to do now? Is it possible that I would attempt to do for money, even at the risk of blunders or ...read more

  • You Can't Eat Just One  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jan 22, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,080 views

    YOU CAN'T EAT JUST ONE Lays® Potato Chips uses the slogan "You can't eat just one." They know a secret: most of us will lose self-control and give in to temptation if they can get us to just eat one. One gives in to two; two in to five; and before you know it, you've eaten an entire bag of chips! ...read more

  • The Fiancee: A Young Woman Brought Her Fiancee ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 7, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,623 views

    The Fiancee: A young woman brought her fiancee home to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancee to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man. "I am a biblical scholar," he ...read more

  • The Word Of God Is Not Bound.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,693 views

    Voltaire was born in Paris, France in 1694. As a philosopher, historian and free thinker, he became a most influential and prolific writer during what has been called the Age of Enlightenment. He vehemently opposed the Christian faith and wrote many rather scoffing works expressing his disdain ...read more

  • Joy In Christ Requires A Commitment To ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jan 8, 2001
    based on 144 ratings
     | 7,516 views

    “Joy in Christ requires a commitment to working at the Christian lifestyle. Salvation comes as a gif, but the joy of salvation demands disciplined action. Most Christians I know have just enough of the Gospel to make them miserable, but not enough to make them joyful. They know enough about the ...read more

  • The Human Rights Commission Of Saskatchewan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,798 views

    The Human Rights Commission of Saskatchewan Canada ruled last month (July, 2001) that even references to biblical passages that condemn homosexuality could be seen as "hate speech." The Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper and Hugh Owens of Regina were ordered to pay $1,500 to 3 homosexual activists ...read more

  • Why People Give According To Dr. Ron L. Jones, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,363 views

    Why People Give According to Dr. Ron L. Jones, pastor, author and VP of development at College of Biblical Studies in Houston people give: (1) Because they feel connected to the cause represented by the ministry. (2) Because they believe the ministry is producing changed lives. (3) Because they ...read more

  • Creationists Impact Films: The Evolution Fight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,034 views

    Creationists Impact Films: The evolution fight has reached the big, big screen. Several Imax theaters are refusing to show movies that mention the subject—or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth—fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin ...read more

  • One Of The Basic Characteristics Of Infancy Is A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 1, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,093 views

    “One of the basic characteristics of infancy is a lack of self-control. Not only do babies need diapers, they must be carried because they lack the necessary control and muscle coordination to sit up much less walk or run. If babies are healthy and normal, in time they will develop more and more ...read more