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  • If You Really Want To Earn The Respect Of Others, ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2009
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    If you really want to earn the respect of others, you begin by respecting yourself. This means doing what is right in God’s eyes. Not cutting corners. Not engaging in lifestyles and activities that you know would be wrong in God’s eyes. Lying, cheating, stealing, being selfish, outbursts of rage ...read more

  • A Giving Testimony

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
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    A GIVING TESTIMONY I have experienced this both personally and in our church. As a church, when we began to support missions with faith promises – God began to pour blessings to our church. Last year we gave more to missions than ever before, and the church income was more than ever, nearly ...read more

  • Getting Organized  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,114 views

    GETTING ORGANIZED In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I curl ...read more

  • George Duncan Once Went To Visit Some Friends In ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
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    George Duncan once went to visit some friends in the English countryside. For years they had lived in an old-fashioned, rundown building. To Mr. Duncan’s surprise, he discovered that the house had been completely remodeled. The people had installed new lights, an electric stove, and many other ...read more

  • Common Good  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
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    COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

  • Barn Rising

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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    BARN RISING Herman Ostry’s barn was under water because of a nearby creek. The Nebraska farmer invited a few friends to a barn raising. But it was not a typical barn rising (I said raising). They didn’t build a new barn. No, Mr. Ostry needed to move his entire 17,000 pound barn to a new ...read more

  • Well, In The Bible, Names Are Very Significant ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 2, 2009
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    Well, in the Bible, names are very significant and they are significant in other cultures as well. Talking about the Mexican Indians, and somehow or another something of their culture comes up, and the face is very important to an Indian, just as it is in the Orient, we know of course that face is ...read more

  • We Learn An Impt Lesson About Change In General ...

    Contributed by John Perry on May 11, 2010
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    We learn an impt lesson about change in General Stonewall Jackson's famous valley campaign. Jackson's army found itself on one side of a river when it needed to be on the other side. After telling his engineers to plan and build a bridge so the army could cross, he called his wagon master in to ...read more

  • Missionary Martyred In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2010
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    Missionary Martyred in India That reminds me of a story I read about a missionary in India last month who was constructing a new church when he was killed by an extremist anti-Christian group. He had gone to a nearby town to purchase materials for the final phase of construction but never returned. ...read more

  • Loss Of Original Purpose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    LOSS OF ORIGINAL PURPOSE In the town of Delburne, Alberta, there was an old water tower built in 1926. Standing empty, the building was bought by two men who wanted to turn it into a dining and cocktail lounge. Plans called for a bar to be built on the second floor. Something similar has already ...read more

  • Is That All?  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 14, 2011
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    IS THAT ALL? Listen to the words of Francis Chan: "You go to a building, someone gives you a bulletin, you sit in a chair, you sing a few songs, a guy delivers maybe a polished message, maybe not, someone sings a solo, you go home. "Though Christians believe in an almighty and all powerful God ...read more

  • Have A Heart

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 28, 2023
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    HEARTBEAT? DO WE EVER SAY: THANK YOU? DO WE EVER GET TIRED AND WEARY? DO WE EVER LISTEN TO HEAR THE HEART BEAT OF GOD? John 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. On the average your heart beats around 70 times a minute, 100,800 TIMES A DAY. ...read more

  • Prejudice Is Forming Opinions Before You Know Facts

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2024
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     | 891 views

    In 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After they expressed their ...read more

  • The House God Moved

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 12, 2025
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    The story of that little church in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, still stirs my heart. In 1874 the congregation built a modest wooden building, but the land they truly wanted had been refused by its owner. Two years later a storm struck the town, the kind of storm that tears apart homes and ...read more

  • Not For Words Alone!" Ephesians 2: 8-10 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 24, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,415 views

    “Not for Words Alone!” Ephesians 2: 8-10 Key verse(s): 8a: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God . . . ” Did you ever receive a gift, a gift so unexpected and so exciting that you just couldn’t contain the level of your ...read more

  • There's A Joke About A Man Who Was A Keen Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    There’s a joke about a man who was a keen church goer. The pillar of the church. I looked up pillar of the church in my A-Z of Christianity: a big thick thing that holds everything up and restricts vision. (From Bacon Sandwiches and Salvation by Adrian Plass published by Authentic – a very funny ...read more

  • The Brothers Grimm Tell A Story About A Father ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
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    The Brothers Grimm tell a story about a father and mother, their young son and the father’s very aged father that lived with them. The old man was feeble and his hands shook. His mealtimes were often noisy and messy because he would clatter the silverware together and he would spill his food or ...read more

  • More Than A Decade Ago, Matt Thom, A Few Help...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 1, 2008
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    More than a decade ago, Matt Thom, a few helpful young teens and me conceived of and set in motion a tree house for our back yard. The tree had a great section where branches came together but it wasn’t large enough for a good side platform. Instead, we placed four 12’ pressure treated 4x4’s around ...read more

  • God's Hand Upon Our President, Pt. ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “God’s Hand Upon Our President, Pt. 2” Proverbs 21:1 says; “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD; He directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases.” Proverbs 21 is a powerful truth that must be grasped so Christians may pray in faith that God is fully able to put into effect His ...read more

  • God's Will And The Tablecloth

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 8, 2010
     | 2,715 views

    GOD'S WILL AND THE TABLECLOTH It happened in 1948, just a few days before Christmas. A flash flood ravaged a small town, leaving a gaping hole in the wall of an old church building--right behind the pulpit. The young pastor knew there was no time to fix the damage and decided to make the best of ...read more