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  • We Christians Too Often Substitute Prayer For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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     | 2,477 views

    “We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism...To your knees, man! and to your Bible! Decide at once! Don’t hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God, ...read more

  • There Are Five Billion People On Earth, And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,139 views

    "There are five billion people on Earth, and I should guess that at any given moment one or two billion of us are speaking. And I should further guess that virtually nothing anyone says is memorable....There are times, however, when someone turns a phrase that seems so clever or so apt or so ...read more

  • Sikorsky's Helicopter  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 26, 2004
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    Sikorsky’s Helicopter When Igor Sikorsky was a boy of twelve, his parents told him that competent authorities had already proved human flight impossible. Yet Sikorsky built the first helicopter. And in his American plant he posted this sign: “According to recognized aerotechnical tests, the ...read more

  • In The Movie Peter Pan (With It Recent New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
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    In the movie Peter Pan (with it recent new release) we see the common picture of Wendy the captive of Captain Hook, and like we have grow to expect Peter flies to the rescue, cuts the bonds, wins her liberty and brings her to safety. This is our picture of a Savior, and that is what we want from ...read more

  • Keep Your Words Sweet

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 17, 2017
     | 3,993 views

    KEEP YOUR WORDS SWEET A pastor was teaching on Proverbs 16:24: "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones." The minister then added, "You know, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar." Upon hearing this, a woman in the congregation put her head ...read more

  • On Eagle's Wings  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 7,410 views

    Opening; Illustration: Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, and he falls fast. The ...read more

  • If God Did Not Bless, Not One Hair, Not A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,012 views

    If God did not bless, not one hair, not a solitary wisp of straw, would grow; but there would be an end of everything. At the same time God wants me to take this stand: I would have nothing whatever if I did not plow and sow. God does not want to have success come without work, and yet I am not to ...read more

  • Paul Describes This Situation As "Death-Dealing ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 21, 2008
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    Paul describes this situation as “death-dealing sin.” He calls it “the dead-end abyss of separation from God.” The way they put in medieval times was to describe humanity -- listen to this: humanity was portrayed as a wingless bird, stuck in its alluring conditions, too heavy to fly. Does any ...read more

  • Jesus Described Hell As A Place With A Stench. On ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 18, 2007
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    Jesus described hell as a place with a stench. On the southwest corner of I-240 in our city you can smell the oil refinery. In Counce, Tennessee, you can smell the pulp mill or in Bolivar the tannery. When I lived on Holmes Street I ordered some flytraps for the backyard. They were quart jars ...read more

  • It Is Sometimes Hard To Imagine The Wrath Of God ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 3, 2008
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    It is sometimes hard to imagine the wrath of God because most (if not all) of our experience with wrath and anger has been selfish anger. The two hundred pound man who flings the hundred pound woman across the room in a drunken rage. The mother of the four-year-old boy that flies off the handle ...read more

  • He Fiction Book Of William Golding, The Lord Of ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 13, 2009
     | 1,525 views

    he fiction book of William Golding, The Lord of the Flies, tells about several boys that are abandoned on an island. The beginning of the book is full of hope despite their circumstances. Ralph, one of the boys and the main character of the book, is elected leader. However, through time, we ...read more

  • Creation Teaches That Life Can Pass Through ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2002
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     | 1,203 views

    Creation teaches that life can pass through different forms and that life may even come out of death. -The caterpillar lives the first part of its life crawling on the ground. -After fulfilling its course, the caterpillar curls up and seemingly dies. Then out of that body a beautiful butterfly ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more

  • One Day In The 1880's A Little Lady Lived In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 31, 2007
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     | 1,648 views

    One day in the 1880’s a little lady lived in a little house. There had been little rain that summer. This morning there was a little wind blowing. The little lady woke up one ordinary morning, it was still dark. So the little lady picked up her little lamp with a little oil in it. She picked up a ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On God's Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    C.S. LEWIS ON GOD'S LOVE C. S. Lewis described God’s love like this: "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creations in order that He may love and perfect them. He creates the universe, already foreseeing—or should we say ‘seeing’?—the buzzing cloud of flies about the ...read more

  • Imagine This; You're On Your Way To Jerusalem To ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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     | 2,894 views

    Imagine this; you’re on your way to Jerusalem to offer a Passover sacrifice. As you are walking down the road, an area peddler calls to get your attention. He has in his possession a lamb that is being made available to you for this one time low price. As you look over this possible purchase ...read more

  • More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,482 views

    MORE ICE New satellite data shows that concerns over the levels of sea ice may have been premature. It was feared the polar caps were vanishing because of the effects of global warming. But US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data now show almost all the "lost" ice has come back. ...read more

  • There's A Type Of Boat Called A Hydrofoil That ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    There’s a type of boat called a hydrofoil that has actually been around for over 100 yrs. The secret lies underneath the hull, where there are basically underwater wings. Once the boat reaches enough speed, it actually lifts out of the water and “flies” with only those wings in the water. ...read more

  • The World Slept When Jesus Came.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 21, 2020
     | 1,653 views

    Ken Gire writes, “Where you would have expected angels, there were only flies. Where you would have expected heads of state, there were only donkeys, a few haltered cows, a nervous ball of sheep, a tethered camel, & a furtive scurry of curious mice. Except for Joseph, there was no one to share ...read more

  • Bill Hybels States This About Prayer From His ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2009
     | 1,729 views

    Bill Hybels states this about prayer from his book Too Busy Not To Pray: “From birth we have been learning the rules of self-reliance as we strain and struggle to achieve self-sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of those deep-seated values. It is an assault on human autonomy, an indictment of ...read more