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  • Confused People Listen Better, Not Always, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 1,635 views

    "Confused people listen better, not always, but more often than people whose minds are made up. Those folks listen only in order to critique, to see if someone else is on the right track, namely theirs. Confused people are more likely to combine kindness with whatever convictions emerge out of ...read more

  • Most Important Of All, The Discoveries Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
     | 1,430 views

    Most important of all, the discoveries of molecular biologists, far from strengthening Darwin’s claims, are throwing more and more doubt on traditional Darwinian evolution. They say that biochemicals are now known to be so enormously complex that “quite explicit instructions” were necessary for ...read more

  • A Young Lad Was Hospitalized Because A ...

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,840 views

    A young lad was hospitalized because a life-threatening condition had developed. The boy became sad during the lengthy stay. One of his school teachers asked permission from the nurse to visit the boy in his room and review grammar and math with him. When questioned by the nurse, after the lad ...read more

  • Divorce Aftershocks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,280 views

    DIVORCE AFTERSHOCKS The National Child Development Study in the U.K. tracks 17,000 people born in Britain during the same week in 1958. Comparing those individuals with those born years later, the study revealed those in both generations with divorced parents were more likely to suffer from ...read more

  • Common Sense

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 2,713 views

    COMMON SENSE When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity. The pen also wrote upside down, underwater, ...read more

  • Dwight Moody: Ready To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Kent Wise on Nov 2, 2012
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,437 views

    DWIGHT MOODY: READY TO GO Dwight Moody was traveling by boat on one of the Great Lakes when a really bad storm developed. The other passengers on the boat cowered in fear. They even started an impromptu prayer meeting asking God to deliver them from the storm. Moody didn't join in this prayer ...read more

  • Erwin Mcmanus Reminds Us That Christianity Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 26, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,321 views

    Erwin McManus reminds us that Christianity is a dangerous faith. Listen to what he says: "How could we ever think the Christian faith would be safe when its central metaphor is an instrument of death? It is not a coincidence that baptism is a water grave depicting death and resurrection"..."It is ...read more

  • When Nasa First Started Sending Up Astronauts, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,711 views

    When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including ...read more

  • On Another Cold Winters Night In 1980, Paul ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,937 views

    ON ANOTHER COLD WINTERS NIGHT IN 1980, PAUL KEATING WAS WALKING HOME TO HIS GREENWICH VILLAGE APARTMENT, IN NEW YORK CITY, WHEN HE WITNESSED TWO ARMED MUGGERS ROBBING AND BEATING A COLLEGE STUDENT. G. KEATING HAD EVERY REASON TO AVOID THE SITUATION: 1. HE DIDN’T KNOW THE STUDENT. 2. NO ONE WOULD ...read more

  • The Great Wall Of China Is A Gigantic Structure ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Dashner on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 62 ratings
     | 2,630 views

    The Great Wall of China is a gigantic structure that cost an immense amount of money and labor. When it was finished, it appeared impregnable. But three times the enemy breached it-- not by breaking it down or going around it. They did it by bribing the gatekeepers. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, in ...read more

  • The Church: A Model Home  PRO

    Contributed by Ciprian Luca on Jun 19, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,919 views

    THE CHURCH: A MODEL HOME "Perhaps the best analogy to describe all this is that of a model home. We are God's demonstration community of the rule of Christ in the (unbelieving) city. On a tract of earth's land, purchased with the blood of Christ, Jesus the kingdom developer has begun building new ...read more

  • Shadowlands Is A Powerful ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,569 views

    Shadowlands is a powerful movie Based on the life of C.S. Lewis. In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford. Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham, And American woman who was interested in his writings. Later on in the story Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private ...read more

  • Guys, You'd Better Understand This. There's A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 136 ratings
     | 2,120 views

    Guys, you’d better understand this. There’s a points system at work and the ladies are keeping score. Here’s a small sample just for your information: Duties You make the bed +1 You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows -1 You throw the bed spread over the rumpled sheets ...read more

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Hit The Nail On The Head ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 2,063 views

    Ralph Waldo Emerson hit the nail on the head when he said: THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something —have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart—but it will out. ...read more

  • A Harmonious Will

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,231 views

    Watchman Nee: "An obedient will and a harmonious will are very different. Obedience is related to actions, whereas harmony is related to character. The obedient will of a servant is seen in carrying out every order of his master. "But the harmonious will is shown in the son who knows the father’s ...read more

  • Pray

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 22, 2009
     | 2,644 views

    Pray “in the name of Jesus.” It is not a catchy phrase we attach to our prayers, that somehow validates what we have to say. It is recognition that what I have prayed about and prayed for is with the same spirit and heart that Jesus himself would have prayed; that my focus is not self-centered or ...read more

  • We Worship What We Are Becoming

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 18, 2011
     | 1,669 views

    WE WORSHIP WHAT WE ARE BECOMING "THE GODS we worship write their names on our faces, be sure of that. And a man will worship something--have no doubt about that, either. He may think that his tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of his heart, but it will out. That which dominates will ...read more

  • We Are Like What We Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,921 views

    WE ARE LIKE WHAT WE WORSHIP N.T. Wright observes, we "become like what we worship; we take on the character of our object of worship. Those who worship money become, eventually, human calculating machines. Those who worship sex become obsessed with their own attractiveness or prowess. Those who ...read more

  • Ten Basic Statements About Ministry

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
     | 1,479 views

    Ten Basic Statements about Ministry Warren and David Wiersbe, said in their book: Making Sense of the Ministry 1. The foundation of ministry is character. 2. The nature of ministry is service. 3. The motive for ministry is love. 4. The measure of ministry is sacrifice. 5. The authority of ministry ...read more

  • If There Were No Final, Ultimate Judgment Day, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,149 views

    "If there were no final, ultimate judgment day, then God's total knowledge of my life would not be so threatening. Or if He knew all things but were not all-powerful, I might be less intimated. Or even if He were omniscient and omnipotent but not altogether holy, I might have a chance to negotiate ...read more

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