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  • Living Or Dead

    Contributed by Max Furman on Dec 24, 2021
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     | 1,444 views

    On Easter Sunday, religious leaders and the disciples had all witnessed the same event. However, both saw something differently. A few years ago, I was getting ready to leave the house for a run and as my wife and I talked, I learned that she was soon going to run an errand. Jokingly, I told her ...read more

  • Living In Harmony

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
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     | 5,509 views

    Mark Twain once said, "I built a cage and in it I put a dog and a cat. After a little training I got the dog and the cat to the point where they lived peaceably together. Then I introduced a pig, a goat, a kangaroo, some birds, and a monkey. And after a few adjustments, they learned to live in ...read more

  • Victorious Living

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 2,468 views

    2 weeks ago as I sat in the office of my lawyer, he showed me a photocopy of a handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln that was written to my lawyer’s great-great uncle. The uncle happened to be the president of the University of Pennsylvania at that time. He was involved in writing a pamphlet on ...read more

  • He That Lives To Live Forever Never Fears ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,815 views

    He that lives to live forever never ...read more

  • You Are Here To Live, Not To Just Make A Living.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024
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     | 418 views

    In 1923 a very important meeting was held at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Attending this meeting were nine of the world's most successful financiers: Charles Schwab, steel magnate: Samuel Insull, president of the largest utility company: Howard Hopson , president of the largest gas ...read more

  • Those Who Seek To Live Your Lives For You, To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,602 views

    "Those who seek to live your lives for you, to take your liberty in return for relieving you of yours, those who elevate the state and downgrade the citizen, must see ultimately a world in which earthly power can be substituted for divine will. And this nation was founded ...read more

  • We Will Live Again… Because He Lives. That Gives ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,139 views

    We will live again… because he lives. That gives confidence and courage. Picture it this way: Imagine that you are an ice skater in competition. You are in first place with one more round to go. If you perform well, the trophy is yours. You’re nervous, anxious, and frightened. Then, only ...read more

  • The Way We Live  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,597 views

    THE WAY WE LIVE Idolatry in its larger meaning is properly understood as any substitution of what is created for the creator. People may worship nature, money, mankind, power, history, or social and political systems instead of the God who created them all. The New Testament writers, in ...read more

  • Living Under The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,518 views

    LIVING UNDER THE CROSS Gerald L. Sittser writes "Two years ago, I wrote a book about suffering. I have received many letters from people who wanted to tell me their own stories of suffering. I have asked permission from a few to tell their stories to others. One woman, Mary, was in a terrible ...read more

  • A Great Place To Live  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,234 views

    A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE America is a great place to live. Thousands of people reach its borders everyday hoping to live the American Dream. The Chrisian Science Monitor recently reported a poll that asked the question "If it couldn’t be US, whose citizenship would you want?" Americans, ...read more

  • The Enemy Still Lives  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,699 views

    THE ENEMY STILL LIVES PBS Special covering the events that led up to the "Battle of the Bulge" in WWII revealed some interesting insights. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and repeated bombing raids by the Allies all ...read more

  • The Village That Lives By The Bible  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
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    The Village that lives by the Bible by Clarence W. Hall It was early in 1945 when, as a war correspondent on Okinawa, I first came upon Shimabuku, the strangest and most inspiring community I ever saw. Huddled beneath its groves of banyan and twisted pine trees, this remote village of some 1000 ...read more

  • Four-Eyed Living

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 17, 2004
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     | 4,361 views

    Four-Eyed Living There is a minnow-like fish called Four Eyes, which makes home in Central and South America. What's unusual about him is his large, bulging eyes. They are so situated on his head that he can spend his time cruising along the water with only the upper half of each eye above the ...read more

  • The Living God Is My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 2,245 views

    The living God is my ...read more

  • Be Such A Man, And Live Such A Life, That If ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life such as yours, ...read more

  • Living Without Power  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 32 ratings
     | 5,916 views

    LIVING WITHOUT POWER The story is told of an elderly woman named Norena, who lived in southern Florida. When a hurricane hit that area, her home was one of many that was severely damaged. Norena received an insurance settlement, and the repair work began. However, when the money ran out, so did ...read more

  • Living Together And Divorce

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
     | 2,642 views

    LIVING TOGETHER AND DIVORCE A recent study by the Penn State University interviewed 92 couples found, in general, those who lived together before marriage were • more verbally aggressive, • more hostile and • less supportive than those who waited until marriage to live ...read more

  • When Their Lives Are Spiritually ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
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    When Their Lives Are Spiritually Frigid As a musician was tuning his instrument prior to a concert, he held it for a few seconds before a flaming fireplace. Asked why he did this, he replied, “I can’t seem to get any music out of it when it’s cold.” In a similar way, God’s children cannot produce ...read more

  • Living Without Hope

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 17, 2011
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     | 5,344 views

    LIVING WITHOUT HOPE There was one TV spot which we leased and in my opinion crossed all barriers being the most thought-provoking. It pictured a man sitting in a room by himself with the camera coming up from behind him slowly. As the picture slowly panned past the man to show his dejected face, ...read more

  • Who Lives Here?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,691 views

    "WHO LIVES HERE?" Martin Luther was often very graphic in his description of the activities of the Devil. Asked one time how he overcame the Devil, he replied, "Well, when he comes knocking upon the door of my heart, and asks, 'Who lives here?' the dear Lord Jesus goes to the door and says, ...read more