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  • We Earn It!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011
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    WE EARN IT! But Americans regard approval, success, and status as rewards for performing well. When this value system gets translated into the Christian life, salvation becomes a matter of our efforts. A cartoon picturing modern day Pharisees was captioned, "We ...read more

  • They Get An "A," You Get An "A," What's Wrong ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 20, 2011
     | 1,635 views

    THEY GET AN "A," YOU GET AN "A," WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? On the first day of class the professor says, "I have this very complicated Math problem, the solution of which shall constitute your grade for the entire semester. I'm giving you the problem now so you can start working immediately if you ...read more

  • Inlets And Outlets

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011
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    INLETS AND OUTLETS My favourite spot here on Cape Sable Island is the walk from Cat Rock to Clam Point. It’s a beautiful location, quiet and peaceful, and I love meeting God there. But along the way, you will walk by several ponds. Some of the ponds are quite nice. But some of them are not. ...read more

  • John Newton's Self-Assessment  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
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     | 3,916 views

    JOHN NEWTON'S SELF-ASSESSMENT Two or three years before the death of John Newton (former slave ship captain and eventual author of the song, "Amazing Grace"), when his sight was so dim that he was no longer able to read, a friend and brother in the ministry called to have breakfast with him. ...read more

  • The Master's Hand

    Contributed by James Kelly on Aug 11, 2012
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    THE MASTER'S HAND An auctioneer was taking bids on household items. He was tired and wanted to go home. There was only one item left an old violin. It wasn’t much to look at and no sound came from it. It was a seemingly worthless instrument. The auctioneer started the bid who will give me one ...read more

  • Jaymalis Davis Was Highlighted In The ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 1,312 views

    Jaymalis Davis was highlighted in the Times-Picayne series entitled, “Louisiana Incarcerated.” He lives in central city surround by drugs, crime and unemployment. His mother is crack addicted and largely absent from his home and his father, who was in and out of jail for drugs and car theft and ...read more

  • Ministry In The Hard Places

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 2,647 views

    During his first year of seminary, Alan Hirsch led a small group of newly converted Christians that included “gays, lesbians, Goths, drug addicts, prostitutes, and some relatively ordinary people.” After graduating, he and his wife were called to go to South Melbourne Church of Christ in 1989 where ...read more

  • Who Am I?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 15, 2012
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    QUOTE John Newton: • “I am not what I could be, • I am not what 1 should be, • But I am not what I used to be" • How imperfect and deficient I am! • I am not what I wish to be, • Although I abhor that which is evil and would cleave to what is good. • I am not what I hope to be, • But soon ...read more

  • Caught

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 28, 2012
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    Caught in this conflict, man is obliged to wrestle constantly if he is to cling to what is good, nor can he achieve his own integrity ...read more

  • Already Approved

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Mar 14, 2013
     | 2,276 views

    ALREADY APPROVED I remember trying to get approved for our first mortgage. There were a number of difficulties and it was very frustrating both for me, and I'm sure for our agent. But after all the sweat and tears we got approval and consequently the offer on the house we wanted was accepted. Some ...read more

  • The Meaning Of Life. The Wasted Years Of Life. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 23, 2013
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    The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: grace. We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an ...read more

  • James Baldwin, An American Writer, Once Said, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    James Baldwin, an American writer, once said, “Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but ...read more

  • Statistics On Lying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,008 views

    Our Daily Bread published an article on lying in the August 28, 1992 edition. In that devotional reading, it stated that lying seems to be a way of life for many people: “We lie at the drop of a hat. The book The Day American Told the Truth says that 91 percent of those surveyed lie routinely ...read more

  • James Madison The 4th President Of The U.s. Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    James Madison the 4th President of the U.S. said of grace, “Grace, it is a free gift of God...to neglect grace is to neglect Him.” The Book of Mormon disgraces grace as in Moroni 10:32-33 “Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny ...read more

  • The Cookie Thief

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 4,626 views

    The Cookie Thief by Valerie Cox A woman was waiting at an airport one night, With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops. Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, That the man sitting beside ...read more

  • The Happy Hypocrite." It Is A Story About A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    “The Happy Hypocrite." It is a story about a man who was born with an awful facial deformity. He grew up alone and lonely. When reaching adulthood, he decided to move from his town to begin a new life. On his way he discovered a beautiful mask that fit his making him look handsome. At first the ...read more

  • Lois K. Blanchard Pictures Christ As Still ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Lois K. Blanchard pictures Christ as still walking the streets today. She asks these pointed questions: If Jesus came to your home to spend a day or two-- If he came unexpectedly, I wonder what you’d do? I know you’d give your nicest room to such an honored Guest, And all the food you’d serve to ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Said, "The Surest Sign That God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Oswald Chambers said, "The surest sign that God has done a work of grace in my heart is that I love Jesus Christ best: not weakly and faintly, not intellectually, but passionately, ...read more

  • Missionary/Evangelist Stanley Jones Wrote: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Missionary/evangelist Stanley Jones wrote: "Swami Shivananda, a famous swami in India, used to tell his disciples: ’Kill the mind and then, and then only, can you meditate.’ The Christian position is, ’You shall love the Lord thy God with all your mind’--the intellectual nature; ’with all your ...read more

  • Author Dwight Small Made An Eloquent Application ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Author Dwight Small made an eloquent application of godly love to marriage: "Godly love is not born of a lover’s need, nor does it have its source in the one loved. God’s love empties itself to give what the other needs. "Its motives rise wholly from within its own nature. Godly love lives in ...read more

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