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  • April 21, 2005 "Give Me A Shrub With Character!" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Apr 19, 2005
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    April 21, 2005 “Give Me A Shrub With Character!” Proverbs 12:3 Key verse(s) 3:“A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.” There are some plants that you can’t kill! I have long been fascinated by the differences exhibited in hardiness among the many ...read more

  • Mother Teresa Is A Woman Whose Name Has Become ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kreigh Hurst on May 5, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 2,826 views

    Mother Teresa is a woman whose name has become synonymous with greatness. This correlation may have resulted from her philosophy of greatness. She simply believes, "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." Such words are reminiscent of our Lord’s immortal words on greatness in ...read more

  • In His Book The Youth Builder, Jim Burns Talks ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
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    In his book The Youth Builder, Jim Burns talks about the importance of building up young people with affirmation and trust. What he says about criticism applies to every age group: For every critical comment we receive, it takes nine affirming comments to even out the negative effect in our life. ...read more

  • Watch A Spider?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 19, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,740 views

    WATCH A SPIDER? Have you ever watched a spider? The spider will spend many hours, days, in great effort spinning a web. As the spider spins the web, the key factor will become patience. Many hours after the web is completed, the spider waits and waits. The spider must ...read more

  • I Would Distinguish Between Academic Study And ...

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on May 21, 2002
    based on 1 rating
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    “I would distinguish between academic study and more general study of the Bible. At one level—and perhaps this is the most important level—I approach the Bible with a readiness and an expectation to hear the voice of God there. But there is no conflict between that more devotional use of the Bible ...read more

  • Subtlety Of Pride  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    SUBTLETY OF PRIDE Paul W. Powell once observed: “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and ...read more

  • If Faith Never Encounters Doubt, If Truth Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,471 views

    If faith never encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles with evil, how can faith know its own power. In my own pilgrimage, if I have to choose between a faith that has stared doubt in the eye and made it blink, or a naïve faith that has never known the firing ...read more

  • Is It Wrong For A Christian To Declare ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
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    Is it wrong for a Christian to declare bankruptcy? To answer, we need to separate the moral from the ethical, or the biblical from the legal. Our legal system allows individuals and businesses to have some protection from creditors through the various bankruptcy laws. However, I don’t believe a ...read more

  • Max Jarman Asked In His Book, A Business Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 1, 2003
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    Max Jarman asked in his book, A BUSINESS MAN LOOKS AT THE BIBLE, "Is the Bible the real word of God? The answer a man gives to that question can have a lot to do with his life. The kind of life a person leads, the actions he takes, the mental security he finds are determined by the basic beliefs ...read more

  • Frances Havergal, The Song Writer, Lived And ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003
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    Frances Havergal, the song writer, lived and moved in the Word of God. His Word was her constant companion. On the last day of her life, she asked a friend to read to her the 42nd chapter of Isaiah. When the friend read the sixth verse. “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold ...read more

  • I Don't Believe That Just Because Someone ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    I don't believe that just because someone believes something, that that makes it so. But there is something to be said for having a positive attitude; especially when God has made a promise. As much as 77% of everything we think is negative and counterproductive and works against us. People who ...read more

  • The Minute The Bankruptcy Is Over, The ...

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 30, 2004
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     | 2,850 views

    "The minute the bankruptcy is over, the high-risk lenders inundate them with credit applications," says Charles Juntikka, a bankruptcy attorney in New York. Some credit-card companies love lending to post-bankruptcy people because they know you can’t file Chapter 7 again for six years, and "many ...read more

  • A Report, From The Surface Transportation Policy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    A report, from the Surface Transportation Policy Project, based on federal transportation data, reveals women spend extraordinary amounts of time behind the wheel. Married women with kids drive an average of 66 minutes a day while single moms average 75 minutes. Historically men have been viewed as ...read more

  • When Doubts Filled My Mind  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    Psalm 94:19 - When doubts filled my mind The doubts of this verse concern a multitude of realities as offered by John Gill. There are thoughts of the majesty of God and how we relate to him. It is offered that we sense security yet an uncertainty at the same time. We believe we have hope but are ...read more

  • I Once Read A Quote By Martin Luther Which I ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007
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    I once read a quote by Martin Luther which I love: ”Faith is a living, busy, active, mighty thing, so that it is impossible for it not to be constantly doing what is good. Likewise, faith does not ask if good works are to be done, but before one can ask, faith has already done them and is ...read more

  • He Is Rich Who Owns The Day, And No One Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with worry, fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well ...read more

  • Too Often All We Ever Do Is Focus On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Sorn on Nov 5, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    Too often all we ever do is focus on the external problem that we can see. In front of us we have a row of dominoes. Imagine for a second that the last domino is your outward sin. The time you gossiped, swore, or pushed a kid in school. However, you will notice that there are many, many things ...read more

  • On Self-Control

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 14, 2011
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    ON SELF-CONTROL Daniel Akst in a secular article called, "Whose in Charge Here?" wrote: "Life in modern Western cultures is like living at a giant all-you-can-eat buffet offering more calories, credit, sex, intoxicants, and just about anything else one could take to excess than our forebears ...read more

  • This Too Shall Pass

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 10, 2011
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    THIS TOO SHALL PASS "Walking on Water" Sermonspice video about Bethany Hamilton (Soul Surfer), also quote from Pastor TL Lewis Bethel Baptist Missionary Church, Pratt City Alabama who quoted the following after his church was destroyed from Tornado: "I can't tell you that I don't hurt over this, ...read more

  • The Wonder Of The Hummingbird

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    A few weeks ago, a hummingbird came and fluttered in front of my face. I was stunned. I've never seen one up that close and personal. It was so close I counted the number of times it flapped its wings - 25 beats per second - or 1500 flaps per minute! (No I looked it up!) It is the only bird ...read more