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  • What A 95-Year-Old Woman Worries About  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,697 views

    WHAT A 95-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WORRIES ABOUT A ninety-five year old woman at the nursing home received a visit from one of her fellow church members. "How are you feeling?" the visitor asked. "Oh," said the lady, "I'm just worried sick!" "What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked. "You look ...read more

  • True Christianity

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,427 views

    This past Wednesday, many across our country and others, went to their local churches to have ashes placed on their foreheads, as a sign of repentance. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period that many “give-up” something in preparation for the coming of Easter. In the ...read more

  • At A Convention With Their Wives, Two Businessmen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 230 ratings
     | 4,467 views

    At a convention with their wives, two businessmen who had been roommates in college crossed paths. They sat in the lobby all night talking. They knew they would be in trouble with their wives. The next day they happened to see each other. "What did your wife think?" "I walked in the door ...read more

  • Trading Down: The Majority Of Affluent American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,766 views

    Trading Down: The majority of affluent American consumers only occasionally indulge in luxury across most product categories. That means half of the high income shoppers aren’t likely to buy anything but items on the sale rack or the more affordable brands presumably offered for lower-income ...read more

  • There Is No Substitute Or Shortcut To Gain The ...

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Dec 15, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,876 views

    There is no substitute or shortcut to gain the measure of God you desire in your life. Time before God in His presence releases the store house of heaven that is full of blessings and opens the flood gate of revelation you desire! Intimacy with the living God is the hall mark of every great man or ...read more

  • I. Tadlock States, ‘the Loss Of Perspective Is ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 27, 2007
     | 741 views

    i. Tadlock states, ‘The loss of perspective is another cost of hurry sickness. Perspective means a balanced way of seeing things-the capacity to see people or things in their relationship to each other. You see things as they are rather than in some distorted manner. It’s hard to ...read more

  • Looking Back, Looking Forward  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 48,863 views

    LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Hudson Taylor founder of China Inland Mission) used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One looked back while ...read more

  • Francois Fenelon Was The Court Preacher For King ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,034 views

    Francois Fenelon was the court preacher for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, "What does this mean?" Fenelon replied, "I had published ...read more

  • Whereas "Belief" Suggests Bare Opinion, "Faith," ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,434 views

    Whereas “belief” suggests bare opinion, “faith,” whether in a car, a …medicine, a protégé, a doctor, a marriage partner, or what have you, is a matter of treating the person or thing as trustworthy and committing yourself accordingly. The same is true of faith in God, and in a far-reaching way. ...read more

  • Loren Mead: The Mission Of God And His Church Is ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
     | 1,225 views

    Loren Mead: The mission of God and His church is “to see that no pain is unshared, not hurt unnoticed, no hunger untouched, no loss grieved alone, no death unknown, and no joy uncelebrated…The Church is to identify itself with the suffering that creeps into every life, every home, every ...read more

  • Hands On --- Show Your Key ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 21, 2009
     | 1,504 views

    Hands on --- show your key chain: PUSH – I have had this key chain for at least 9 years – It is a constant reminder to me about the importance of perseverance in prayer –especially through difficult circumstances. The acrostic meaning of the key chain is: P = Pray U = Until S = Something H = ...read more

  • The Past Is Just The Beginning

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 5,199 views

    THE PAST IS JUST THE BEGINNING There is in Washington D.C., a sign over the entrance to the U.S. Patent Office -- where new things are the order of the day. The sign proclaims: "The Past is but Prologue." One day a tourist asked a cab driver what the sign meant. Said the cabbie: "It ...read more

  • 7-Eleven Time  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,391 views

    7-ELEVEN TIME Essayist Noelle Oxenhandler writes, "But increasingly we live in the twenty-four-hour time of commerce, of convenience. It is 7-Eleven time, the fluorescent time of unmodulated, shadowless light, where coffee and doughnuts are available at all hours, where the rhythm of breakfast, ...read more

  • The Testimony Of Jesus Is The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,763 views

    “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy”. This means that prophecy at its very heart is designed to unfold the beauty and loveliness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the present age, therefore, the Spirit of God is not only to glorify Christ but to show believers things to come ...read more

  • Tolerate

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Jun 1, 2010
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    TOLERATE To tolerate means I can disagree with you while still respecting you. One person is a Republican, another Democrat. We put aside our differences and get along. One person is a (Florida) Gator, another a (FSU) Seminole. We put aside our differences and get along. Some ...read more

  • Listening And Obedience

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 8, 2011
     | 7,048 views

    LISTENING AND OBEDIENCE I heard Henri Nouwen at Austin College several years ago. I remember what he said about listening and obedience. The word 'obedience,' he said, comes from the Latin obaudire, which means 'to hear.' By contrast the Latin word for 'deaf' is absurdus, from which we get our ...read more

  • What Is "Daily Bread"?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    WHAT IS "DAILY BREAD"? Martin Luther wrote in 1529: "What does daily bread mean? Everything that nourishes our body and meets its needs, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, yard, fields, cattle, money, possessions, a devout spouse, devout children, devout employees, devout and faithful ...read more

  • It's Not The Water  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,730 views

    IT'S NOT THE WATER Little Betsy had faithfully attended baptism classes. Her mother, wanting to be sure her daughter understood its significance, asked, "Honey, what does baptism mean?" "Well, it isn't the water that makes you clean ..." she began. Smiling, Mother thought, Yes, she ...read more

  • Salt In The Shaker

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,521 views

    SALT IN THE SHAKER A strange sign greets visitors to Vienna, Austria. Translated from the German, it says, "Welcome to Vienna, where the salt is in the saltshaker." What they mean is that they "don't put salt on the streets in the winter"! The church is the salt of the earth, but we do no good ...read more

  • Francois Fenelon Was The Court Preacher For King ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 3,382 views

    Francois Fenelon was the court preacher for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, “What does this mean?” Fenelon replied, “I had ...read more