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  • I Read Of A Minister Who Was Visiting One Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
    based on 278 ratings
     | 9,811 views

    I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential way of it as "the Word of God". Her young son interrupted the ...read more

  • This Past Thursday, Alabama's Chief Justice Was ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 17, 2003
     | 2,389 views

    This past Thursday, Alabama’s chief justice was fired for the stand he took in trying to protect a monument with the 10 Commandments on it. Now, I will not debate with you the rightness or the wrongness of his actions, but I will confess this. I am afraid there is a line being drawn in this ...read more

  • A Hymn From The Catholic Liturgy Of The Hours

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 20, 2005
     | 1,614 views

    a Hymn from the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours Spirit of God, on the waste and the darkness Hov’ring in power as creation began, Drawing forth beauty from clay and from chaos Breathing God’s life in the nostrils of man, Come and sow life in the waste of our being, Pray in us, form us as sons ...read more

  • Moses Was Old And Shepherd Of Sheep On The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 25, 2006
     | 2,649 views

    Moses was old and shepherd of sheep on the backside of the desert. He failed at age 40 with his talent, rank and money to deliver his people. He tried to do it in his own strength. How God moves in at age 80 in to his life, not in the palace but in a humble job. God does ...read more

  • Principles Of Materialism  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,498 views

    PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALISM In Randy Alcorn’s book: God, Money and Possessions, we find some worthwhile principles: 1. God owns everything. 2. My heart always goes where I put my money. 3. Heaven, not earth, is my home. 4. Giving is the only antidote to materialism. ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,937 views

    The Day The evidence in Scripture seems to indicate that God gave the Law to Moses on the Day of Pentecost, as the Jews believe. Many first century Jews believed that God made the Rainbow Covenant with Noah on this day as well. If so, we might think of Pentecost as "covenant initiation day." God ...read more

  • The Idol Of Tv

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 289 views

    “I believe that people who are watching television more than (reading) the Word of God are living in idolatry. God wants us to turn off our televisions and turn on the Word of God, to spend time watching His Word, that we will be washed in His Word and conformed into His image and likeness.” ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,745 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • For Joachim Neander Praise Was Evoked By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,747 views

    For Joachim Neander praise was evoked by life-changing memories from his youth. To say he was a rebel is probably an understatement. Most of his youth was spent with little regard for God and His Word. Sometimes he even outrightly mocked the Word of God and those who preached it. Neander and ...read more

  • A Man Sat Down To Supper With His Family, Saying ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 9, 2005
     | 2,527 views

    A man sat down to supper with his family, saying grace, thanking God for the food, for the hands which prepared it, and for the source of all life. But during the meal he complained about the freshness of the bread, the bitterness of the coffee and the sharpness of the cheese. His young daughter ...read more

  • It's Rather Like A Person From Brooklyn Who's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Sep 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,060 views

    It’s rather like a person from Brooklyn who’s read about farming and assumes he knows what it’s like. Or an accountant in Seattle who once watched a rodeo and figures he knows how to ride a Brahma bull. That’s just not how it works. From our pain, we can learn of God’s mercy; and from our ...read more

  • Compassion

    Contributed by Tony Earl on Nov 23, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,703 views

    #2 [COMPASSION] One of God’s faithful missionaries, Allen Gardiner, experienced many physical difficulties and hardships throughout his service to the Savior. Despite his troubles, he said, "While God gives me strength, failure will not daunt me." In 1851, at the age of 57, he died of disease and ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,002 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • Deistic Teens- Researchers With The National ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,948 views

    Deistic Teens- Researchers with the National Study of Youth and Religion have concluded American teens believe in a combination of works based righteousness, religion as psychological well-being, and a distant, non-interfering god. With no place for sin, judgment, salvation, or Christ; their creed ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 2,519 views

    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • Religion Says "Try” But The Gospel ...

    Contributed by Brandon Park on Jan 31, 2010
     | 3,114 views

    Religion says “Try” but the gospel says “trust.” Religion says, “Pay me what you owe,” the gospel says, “I’ll pay what you owe” Religion says, “Live for God,” the gospel says, “Live through God.” Religion says, “Obey the law,” but the gospel says, “Obey the Lord” Religion says “Do,” but the gospel ...read more

  • The Word ‘love’ Conjures Up So Man ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
     | 4,351 views

    The word ‘love’ conjures up so man different things today. A modern dictionary lists 28 various uses for the word: tender affection, warm attachment, intimate passion, strong predication, & amorous benevolence. Yet not of these are complete to define / describe what the Bible speaks of as a ...read more

  • Alvin Slaughter: I'm Convinced More Now Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,414 views

    Alvin Slaughter: I’m convinced more now than ever That we don’t serve a god of the mundane But God of the supernatural You see, when we worship him in faith He will always meet us at the point of our needs Dry, fleshly worship is not enough Get ready, get ready to be completely drenched and ...read more

  • Singing Your Resolution

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 2,856 views

    A while back I got discouraged, I got frustrated. Things were not going the way that I had planned. I was tired. I was tired of solving problems and dealing with people. You ever get like that? I didn’t know what to do. I still remember walking up down the road to my house, tears streaming down ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor, Founder Of The China Inland ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,973 views

    Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, which in the 1960’s became what is today the missions agency OMF International, knew the secret of strength through weakness. Complimented once by a friend on the impact of the mission, Hudson answered, “It seemed to me that God looked over the ...read more