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  • On Gentleness

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,085 views

    ON GENTLENESS 1. Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle. 2. Tact is thinking twice before saying nothing. 3. Tact is the ability to think of things far enough in advance not to say them. 4. Tact is the ability to stand on your ...read more

  • 9/11 And Evil

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
     | 2,837 views

    9/11 AND EVIL For some years many people have claimed that there is no such thing as evil. However, when 9/11 happened almost no one disputed the claims of President Bush: "America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Said,

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 11, 2010
     | 2,591 views

    Charles Spurgeon said, “Though the winning of souls be a great thing, though the edifying of believers be an important matter, though the reclamation of backsliders calls for earnest attention, yet never, never, never may we cease from praising and magnifying the name of the well-beloved. This is ...read more

  • Christ Body...the Church Has Became Fat, Lazy, ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 15, 2010
     | 2,381 views

    Christ body...the church has became fat, lazy, forgot how to pray, wealthy in possessions, and so worldly and wrapped up in our own things we just forgot how to deny SELF...and the worse part is it happened to us individually as well as (coeporaTELY)to our ...read more

  • When You Buy An Electronic Device, Often There ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
     | 817 views

    When you buy an electronic device, often there are extra parts. Sometimes I go to sell the device years later, and when I pack things up, I see the extra parts. And then I realize that I have never used them. To some, love of the brethren is considered to be ...read more

  • How To Become Better Off ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
     | 4,078 views

    How To Become Better Off Financially An anonymous wise man once said, “If you want to get better off financially, Quit buying things.” And Henry David Thoreau said “Just about everyone knows how to make money, but very few ...read more

  • Three Bones In ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
     | 2,381 views

    THREE BONES IN CHURCH ILLUS: TAN-9022. Three “Bones” In Church Church members may be divided into three classes in a mere skeleton outline: wishbones, jawbones, and backbones. The wishbones are always languidly hoping that their church will somehow grow without their effort; the jawbones talk ...read more

  • Proof Of A New Heart

    Contributed by Jay Bunting on Dec 17, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,830 views

    PROOF OF A NEW HEART A Sunday School Teacher asked a little girl in her class: "Do you think you have a New Heart?" "Yes I know so," replied the child. "What makes you so sure?" asked the teacher. The girl responded ...read more

  • Bonhoeffer On Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,087 views

    BONHOEFFER ON CHRISTMAS Dietriech Bonhoeffer was a pastor and theologian who spoke out against Hitler and the Nazis. As a result he was arrested, imprisoned and then executed just hours before the Allies liberated the concentration camp where he was held. While there, he wrote a series of ...read more

  • Remember In College When You Mixed Your Drink At ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 27, 2008
     | 731 views

    Remember in college when you mixed your drink at the coke dispenser. A little coke, sprite, cherry coke, diet coke, power aid and you got a strange conglomeration. It looks and tastes nothing like the original things you put in it. People like Tiger Woods use this approach. ...read more

  • Love For Our Neighbor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,792 views

    Love for Our Neighbor John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is ...read more

  • There Are Signs That Encourages People To Wear ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 21, 2008
     | 2,754 views

    There are signs that encourages people to wear seatbelts by asking the question, “What’s holding you back?” It implies that seatbelts are good things to hold you back during an accident. What is holding you back? God and God alone. Anything else will keep you from ...read more

  • The Cross Of Jesus Christ And His Baptism ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2009
     | 2,152 views

    The cross of Jesus Christ and his baptism express the same thing. Our Lord was not a martyr; he was not merely a good man; he was God Incarnate. He came down to the lowest reach of creation in order to bring back the whole human race to God, and in order to do this he ...read more

  • My Daughter Had $380 Of Work Done To Her Car. ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 31, 2009
     | 1,309 views

    My daughter had $380 of work done to her car. Later, she called me and said the engine was rattling. I thought the worst and that the mechanic had messed up her car. I drove it around and heard the noise. I lifted the hood and found the hood stand had not been put into ...read more

  • Christianity Isn't A Religion About Going To ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
     | 827 views

    “Christianity isn’t a religion about going to Sunday School, potluck suppers, being nice, holding garage sales, and (sic) sending our secondhand clothes off to Mexico – as good as those things might be. This is a world at war. Something large and immensely dangerous is ...read more

  • Many Years Ago J. H. Clinch Wrote These ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,179 views

    Many years ago J. H. Clinch wrote these provocative lines: And still from Him we turn away, And fill our hearts with worthless things; The fires of greed melt the clay, And forth the idol springs Ambition’s flame, and passion’s heat, By wondrous ...read more

  • But I'm Afraid That Many People In America Today ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,425 views

    But I’m afraid that many people in America today have an unhealthy attitude about money. I like how Jonathan Busch summed up the financial situation in many American homes today. He says, "The trouble is that too many people are spending money they ...read more

  • How Susannah Wesley Defined Sin To Her Son

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 22, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 558 views

    This was how Susannah Wesley defined "sin" to her young son, John Wesley: "If you would judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens your reason, Whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience, Whatever obscures your ...read more

  • Change Of Perspective

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
     | 221 views

    Without God, even the smallest problem can become a Goliath. With God, a challenge like Goliath becomes a small problem. There is a change of perspective when do things with God. What appears big and large becomes small because God is so powerful that everything shrinks ...read more

  • A Couple Of F-15's Are Escorting A C-130 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,846 views

    A couple of F-15’s are escorting a C-130 Hercules, and their pilots are chatting with the pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their respective aircraft. The fighter pilots contend that their airplanes were better because of their superior speed, ...read more