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  • Am I True To Myself?  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,956 views

    Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don’t want to keep on a ...read more

  • There Is Always A Thrill In Belonging To A Noble ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
     | 1,689 views

    There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War. He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the ...read more

  • Staying By The Stuff

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,968 views

    STAYING BY THE STUFF. A. MY GRAND MOTHER USED TO TELL US BOYS ABOUT AN OLD PERSIAN LEGEND, B. THAT TALKS ABOUT A KING WHO NEEDED A FAITHFUL SERVANT AND HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE. C. HE TOOK BOTH, AT FIXED WAGES, AND TOLD THEM TO FILL A BASKET WITH WATER FROM A NEARBY ...read more

  • There Is Always A Thrill In Belonging To A Noble ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,117 views

    There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War. He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the ...read more

  • Sitting Down

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,219 views

    SITTING DOWN It’s said that when Henry Ward Beecher was a boy, he had a teacher at school who asked one of the boys in class a question which the boy answered. The teacher became angry and told the boy he was wrong and commanded him to: "Sit down!" The boy was obviously confused because he’d ...read more

  • The "Group-Think" Impulse  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Jun 1, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,522 views

    THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more

  • Being Crucified With Christ

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Aug 11, 2016
     | 7,688 views

    As I was typing up the many pages of notes I would use for my weekly podcast sermon, I needed to replace some letters in a name in part of my document with "M-E," so it would read correctly as I recorded. I was trying to use the ’Find & Replace’ command, but it looked a little ...read more

  • The Children Of God Who Are Enjoying The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 3, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,203 views

    The children of God who are enjoying the abundant harvest of eternal life and provision of God are to give a free will offering in portion to the blessings that God gives them. Exodus 23:16 tells Christians to what portion to give, “…with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.” ...read more

  • What America's Children Really Think About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 1,005 views

    What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents, (William Morrow, $25) by Ellen Galinsky, reports the findings of a study of 1,000 3rd through 12th graders. From their perspective, the thing they desire most is that their parents would bring less stress home from work, and they want ...read more

  • Using Our Ability

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,062 views

    USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

  • The Crown Of Life

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 7, 2014
     | 3,148 views

    Finally, for those who are willing to lay their life at the altar, the reward by way of a Crown promised is not one of incorruptibility (I Cor 9:25) or rejoicing (I Thess 2:19) or glory (I Peter 5:4) or righteousness (2 Tim 4:8) but paradoxically the one of Life (Rev 2:10). Hallelujah!!! No wonder ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, "Indeed, If We Consider The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,159 views

    C. S. Lewis, “Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when ...read more

  • A Recent Barna Research Group Survey On What ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,318 views

    A recent Barna Research Group survey on what Americans believe confirms what this brief scenario illustrates: we are in danger of becoming a nation of relativists. The Barna survey asked, “Is there absolute truth?” Amazingly, 66 percent of American adults responded that they believe that “there is ...read more

  • What Is Great Learning?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
     | 3,803 views

    WHAT IS GREAT LEARNING? Thomas Fuller was born in Africa about 1710. He was sold as a slave in Virginia in 1724. There is some disagreement about whether someone taught him to count to 100 or if he taught himself. He never had a day of formal education. He taught himself to figure in his head how ...read more

  • Indeed, If We Consider The Unblushing Promises ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 25, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 2,538 views

    "Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around about drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis - Weight Of Glory: If We Consider The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 7, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,729 views

    C. S. LEWIS - Weight of Glory: If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition ...read more

  • The Agony Of Deceit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 3,084 views

    C. S. Lewis gave us the following insight: Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he ...read more

  • A Letter For Joe

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
     | 2,555 views

    A LETTER FOR JOE Joseph Parker was a popular preacher in London, England in the late 1800's. He was the pastor of the large City Temple. One Sunday as he was going to the pulpit a woman in the balcony tossed a piece of paper on the platform before him. He picked it up and read it. It contained ...read more

  • In Front Of Our Own Church, Our Church Sign Has ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 21, 2003
     | 2,686 views

    In front of our own church, our church sign has been tampered with. Today, on it is the phrase, “Jesus Loves You”. Kids recently jumbled up all the letters and made it read other things. I placed it back in correct order and found 6 letters missing. I think a christians life is to say to others ...read more

  • Spiritual Lasik

    Contributed by David Heflin on Feb 13, 2007
     | 1,656 views

    Spiritual Lasik I have heard people talk about how LASIK dramatically changed the way they saw everything. They could see with greater focus and vividness, in a way they never imagined. Lasik harnesses the power of light in the form of a laser. It is heat that cuts into the retina to correct the ...read more

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