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  • The Holy Father Reminds Us Of The Words Of St. ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 3, 2009
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    The Holy Father reminds us of the words of St. Cyril: we "call upon God in his mercy to send his Holy Spirit upon the offerings before us, to transform the bread into the body of Christ and the wine into the blood of ...read more

  • #8230; "If A Child ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 10, 2001
    based on 172 ratings
     | 3,328 views

    ILLUSTRATION… “If a child lives”, from a sermon called The Divine Family If a child lives with criticism, HE learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility, HE learns to fight. If a child lives with ridicule, HE learns to be shy. If a child lives with shame, HE learns to feel guilty. If a ...read more

  • Vision Killers  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Oct 22, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,451 views

    This church is about people reaching people. If a young person gets saved then they will reach 19% of their family If a woman gets saved she will reach 32% of her family If a man gets saved He will reach 82% of his family. We Must Be Mindful of Vision Killers. Last time I spoke we talked about ...read more

  • Ill>> A Coloradoan Moved To Texas And Built A ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
     | 1,901 views

    ILL>> A Coloradoan moved to Texas and built a house with a large picture window from which he could view hundreds of miles of rangeland. "The only problem is," he said, "there’s nothing to see." About the same time, a Texan moved to Colorado and built a house with a large picture window ...read more

  • Morals Sub Par: One Thing That Most Americans Can ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,392 views

    Morals Sub Par: One thing that most Americans can agree on is that moral values in the U.S. are less than good and are getting worse. Older adults are particularly critical of the state of moral values today. Overall, only 19% of Americans describe moral conditions in the country as “excellent” or ...read more

  • There Is A City That Has More Than 2 Million ...

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 15, 2009
     | 1,748 views

    There is a city that has more than 2 million inhabitants, not one of whom drinks, smokes, dances or plays cards. Sounds like an incredibly holy place, doesn’t it? It’s not. It’s the Greenwood Hills Cemetery in New York City. You see, refraining from certain practices is not synonymous with ...read more

  • The Wrong One

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 5, 2009
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    THE WRONG ONE A conscientious wife tried hard to please her critical husband, but failed regularly. Jack was especially disagreeable at breakfast. If Jill prepared scrambled eggs, he wanted poached; if she poached eggs, he wanted scrambled. One morning Jill poached one egg and scrambled the other ...read more

  • Contentment In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,285 views

    Contentment in the Workplace One of the keys to contentment in your work and finding fulfillment in every area of life is learning to be thankful for what you have been given. Wanting to move forward in your career is not a problem unless it means that you take where you are for granted. As one ...read more

  • Making Improvements

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
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    MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Recently researchers at John’s Hopkins University ran across the notes a 19th century neurosurgeon named Harvey Cushing. What surprised them was his meticulous self-evaluation and self-criticism. He carefully documented every mistake he made on the operating table. Most ...read more

  • Lay Down The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    LAY DOWN THE LOAD The army of Alexander the Great was advancing on Persia. At one critical point, it appeared that his troops might be defeated. The soldiers had taken so much plunder from their previous campaigns that they had become weighted down and were losing their effectiveness in ...read more

  • Story Of Apostle John - His Hobby

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 25, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 159 views

    There are times ... when our lives move... so fast, ... that we need to slow down ... and let our souls catch up ... with our bodies. According to Early Church tradition ... when the Apostle John was Bishop at Ephesus, ... he had a hobby ... of raising pigeons. On one occasion... we are ...read more

  • Michael Green Writes, "He Can Give The Power We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,689 views

    Michael Green writes, “He can give the power we need, and only he. Power for being witnesses to Jesus – is that not needed? Are not many Christians tongue-tied at the thought of speaking to anyone else about their Lord, while others find it second-nature? The difference lies in the Holy Spirit, ...read more

  • The Symbol Of The Olive

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 31, 2012
     | 2,573 views

    THE SYMBOL OF THE OLIVE The disciples went into the Olive grove. Many think there was the Olive Press there. The purpose of the Olive Press is to crush the olive, remove the oil and the oil was used for various purposes. Even today we get much of the oil from the Mediterranean area, the Middle ...read more

  • Kaiser Medical Has A Slogan Called, "Thrive": ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,484 views

    Kaiser Medical has a slogan called, "Thrive": They are promoting health as more than just getting by, but living well. Knowing God is not just about getting by, or even getting to heaven. There must be more! His Spirit ...read more

  • Wine Consumption Increased 4% In '07, While ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,380 views

    Wine Consumption increased 4% in '07, while distilled spirits were up 3.2% and beer 1.2%. Distilled spirits sales reached more than 182 million nine-liter cases (their 10th straight year of growth) and wine sales reached 294.4 million cases, the 14th consecutive growth year. After declining sales ...read more

  • We Have An Extra Bedroom In Our House Where ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    We have an extra bedroom in our house where guests can stay. Often times I have to tell my boys when there is a guest I the house, “Don’t go back there; there is someone back there. Don’t make so much noise, because we have a guest sleeping.” We try to make it easy for the guest to be at ...read more

  • Prayer And Conviction Of Sin In The Life Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
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    Prayer and Conviction of Sin in the Life of a Gambler R. A. Torrey in his book The Holy Spirit tells how the elders and deacons of Moody Church met every Friday night for supper and to go over the church rolls to see which people needed attention. At one meeting, an elder expressed a concern: ...read more

  • Our "In Jesus" Voice

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,099 views

    OUR "IN JESUS" VOICE I'm always intrigued by the phrase some parents and care-givers use with children: "Now children, we need to use our 'indoor' voices." What Ephesians 4 is saying is that when in the church (not the building) we need to use our "in Jesus" voices. Those voices need to lift up, ...read more

  • I Believe No One Can Read The History Of Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,187 views

    "I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit of the Savior have from the beginning been our guiding geniusesI like to believe that we are living today in the spirit of the Christian religion. ...read more

  • This Body Is Like This Glove. The Hand ...

    Contributed by Scott Bounds on Dec 20, 2009
     | 3,590 views

    This body is like this glove. The hand represents the spirit. As long as the hand is in the glove, the glove can move and work. The hand is the real life inside. When we die and go to be with the Lord, we lay the glove down. The spirit, which is ...read more