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  • My Four-Year-Old Granddaughter, Amanda, Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 23, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 2,055 views

    My four-year-old granddaughter, Amanda, went to the doctor’s office with a fever. The doctor looked in her ears and said, "Who’s in there? Donald Duck?" She said, "No." He looked in her nose and said, "Who’s in there? Mickey Mouse?" Again she said, "No." He put his stethoscope on her heart and ...read more

  • Parenting  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 62 ratings
     | 4,109 views

    PARENTING There is no better opportunity for any adult to impact this world, than to develop strong Christian relationships with and through their children. A survey was taken among parents. The point was to record the negative and positive statements they made to their children in the course ...read more

  • In A Book I Just Read This Week – Every Man's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,178 views

    In a book I just read this week – Every Man’s Battle; ‘Winning the war on Sexual Temptation…’ The authors make the following observation… Sexual impurity has become rampant in the church because we’ve ignored the costly work of obedience to God’s standards as individuals, asking too often, “How ...read more

  • Across The Pond, Dawn Gilkes, Wife Of Vicar Don ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
     | 1,889 views

    Across the pond, Dawn Gilkes, wife of vicar Don Gilkes, asked children at her church to pray that Osama bin Laden and other Muslims would convert to Christianity. One parent complained, "In the current climate to voice sentiments like this, particularly in front of children ...read more

  • 3. Holman Also Reminds Us The Focus Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 16, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,348 views

    3. Holman also reminds us the focus of the Bible: God as the Bible’s Primary Subject The Bible and history begin with God (Gen. 1:1). The last chapter of the Bible describes God as the “Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Rev. 22:13 NRSV). All the way through ...read more

  • Three Pieces Of Bread: Passover

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 7, 2009
     | 5,471 views

    THREE PIECES OF BREAD: PASSOVER In a Jewish home (at Passover) the Father places three pieces of matzot bread inside a cloth. The middle of the three pieces is broken. Part is wrapped in cloth with the remaining two, and the other broken part is hidden. Jewish people have many views as to what ...read more

  • The Fifth Century North African Church Father ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 28, 2009
     | 2,489 views

    THE FIFTH CENTURY NORTH AFRICAN CHURCH FATHER AUGUSTINE SAID THAT “WHOEVER DENIES THE TRINITY IS IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS SALVATION : YET ON THE OTHER THE SIDE OF THE COIN HE SAID, “WHOEVER TRIES TO UNDERSTAND THE TRINITY IS IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS MIND.” P145 THE MOSIAC OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF ...read more

  • With One Accord

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 28, 2009
     | 3,737 views

    WITH ONE ACCORD But notice one very important phrase that some of the translations left out: "They were all with one accord in one place." This word in the Greek, "Homothumadon" has two parts to it--a sense of coming together, but in unison, in one accord. This word in the T.R., Homothumadon, ...read more

  • The Apostle's Teaching Is That Life For The ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
     | 2,581 views

    The apostle’s teaching is that life for the non-Christian is a living death. He is spiritually dead […] There is no stronger term than ‘death’. How categorical he is! You cannot say anything beyond saying that a man is dead. It is not ‘almost dead’, he is actually dead; it is not desperately ‘ill’, ...read more

  • Charles Malik, Former Lebanese Ambassador To The ...

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Nov 23, 2009
     | 2,993 views

    Charles Malik, former Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations, asked in a speech: “What has been the greatest American contribution to the rest of the world? Has it been money? Has it been food? Has it been medical skill? Has it been military might? Has it been industrial know-how?” Then he ...read more

  • Inconsistency

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 7, 2010
     | 1,981 views

    On August 6, 1945 the man once described as “an outstanding Baptist layman”, President Harry Truman, stood on the deck of the battleship “Augusta”, right after the first atomic bomb was dropped, and proclaimed “this is the greatest thing in history.” Few Americans Christians challenged his claim. ...read more

  • Christmas Preaches A Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,619 views

    CHRISTMAS PREACHES A FAITH A 2001 newspaper article explained that the president celebrated many faiths during the holidays – not only Christmas, but also presiding over a Jewish Hanukkah celebration and commemorating the end of Ramadan in a Washington mosque. Ari Fleischer, presidential ...read more

  • God's Strange Answers

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,519 views

    GOD'S STRANGE ANSWERS He was a Christian, and he prayed. He asked for strength to do greater things, but he was given infirmity that he might do better things. He asked for riches that he might be happy; he was given poverty that he might be wise. He asked for power that he might have the ...read more

  • Trials, Troubles, And Polished Gems

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
     | 5,057 views

    TRIALS, TROUBLES, AND POLISHED GEMS There is a Chinese proverb, "A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man made better without trials." Sure it doesn't feel good to go through abrasive moments of trials and problems. Sometimes they are recurring. Remember this, my Christian friend; life ...read more

  • Oh, Hosanna  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,929 views

    OH, HOSANNA On a Palm Sunday some time ago, 5-year-old Stephanie sat on her aunt’s lap while they listened to the pastor’s sermon together. He described Jesus’ approach to Jerusalem and how the crowds cried, "Hosanna, Hosanna!" At that, Stephanie perked up and began to sing, "Oh, Hosanna, now ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 4,574 views

    JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

  • The Spirit Is A Light

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Aug 8, 2011
     | 3,382 views

    THE SPIRIT IS A LIGHT If there was no light, we would all be as blind people, we could see no colours, all would be dark inside. We wouldn’t be able to read this Bible if there was no light. You see the Christian life is like a journey. And God has given us a road map, which is the Bible. Now ...read more

  • How Much Of The Spirit?

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 22, 2011
     | 1,880 views

    HOW MUCH OF THE SPIRIT? Just as the fuel gauge in our cars are not exact but gives you an idea, we can see in others just how much of the Holy Spirit they allow in their lives by their outside character. Lots of times folks will act very different in church than they do elsewhere. Who are they ...read more

  • After A Battle In The Civil War, A Chaplain Came ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 11, 2012
     | 1,797 views

    After a battle in the Civil War, a chaplain came to see a dying man. The chaplain took the soldier's hand and asked, "Brother, what can I do for you?" The soldier replied, "Chaplain, I want you to kneel down and return thanks to God for me." "Thanks for what?" asked the Chaplain. The man continued, ...read more

  • Anger Where There Should Be Joy

    Contributed by Christopher Sweeney on Feb 19, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,036 views

    When I was five years old, my sister was born. My brother’s birthday was March 7 and mine was October 6th. The logic of a five-year-old was that the older person’s birthday came earlier in the year. So when my little sister was born on August 9th before my birthday, I was naturally upset. Instead ...read more