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  • A Tool, Not A Toy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A Tool, Not A Toy • It’s like a raincoat or a tractor- when it is needed it needs to be used Question- How would it be profitable to say we have a tractor and then not plow the field? • How can you reap a harvest? Question- How would it be profitable to say we have a raincoat and then not put it ...read more

  • Sometimes I Find Myself Like The Little Boy ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Aug 4, 2007
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     | 1,925 views

    Sometimes I find myself like the little boy reasoned in his prayer to God. He told God that "Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am." We get so caught up in ...read more

  • Jesus Christ Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,906 views

    Jesus Christ is the "Door" not the door knob. Jesus Christ is the "Bread of Life" not the bread basket. Jesus Christ is the "Light of the world" not the light switch. Jesus Christ is the "Way" not the signpost. Jesus Christ is the "Truth" not just the messenger. Jesus Christ is the "Good Shepherd" ...read more

  • Among Christian Adults 64% Believe Male/Female ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,080 views

    Among Christian adults 64% believe male/female cohabitation outside of marriage is acceptable. 55% of Christian adults believe a good person can earn his or her salvation. 44% believe Jesus Christ committed sins while on earth. 91% of students from evangelical churches do not believe in absolute ...read more

  • In 1982, "Abc Evening News" Reported On An ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,101 views

    In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art-a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel. The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The ...read more

  • The Bottom Line: If We Are Going To Have God's ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 17, 2008
     | 2,223 views

    The bottom line: if we are going to have God's blessing. If God is to lavishly pour out his goodness in our personal and corporate lives, it includes our response to our financial resources and our willingness to purify our behaviour in this regard. People that do not take God's instruction ...read more

  • One Of The Most Difficult Problems Protestant ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jul 14, 2008
     | 1,193 views

    One of the most difficult problems Protestant churches are experiencing is the lack of denominational loyalty. Protestants regularly church-shop. If the preaching isn't good enough, or the youth group isn't large enough, or the music isn't glorious every week…then we search for a church ...read more

  • One Very Important Ingredient Of Success Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,684 views

    "One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy. An enemy to an ambitious man is like the rhinoceros bird to the rhinoceros. When the enemy comes the rhinoceros bird tells about it. When a successful man is making mistakes the enemy immediately calls ...read more

  • Botanists Say That Trees Need The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "Botanists say that trees need the powerful March winds to flex their trunks and main branches, so that the sap is drawn up to nourish the budding leaves. Perhaps we need the gales of life in the same way, though we dislike enduring them. A blustery period in our fortunes is often the prelude to a ...read more

  • Material Gains Are Not Enough

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 26, 2009
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    MATERIAL GAINS ARE NOT ENOUGH William Bennett is a great American, Secretary of Education, and a compelling writer. He wrote in wrote in his best seller, America: The Last Best Hope, "Material gains will never be enough for America, if we achieve full employment, have great economic growth, have ...read more

  • Blame And Self-Esteem

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 24, 2011
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    BLAME AND SELF-ESTEEM When I was an Airline Pilot I was responsible for all flight operations, whether good or bad. If you are taxing into the gate and your wing clips a baggage cart, it is the Captain's fault. It doesn’t matter if the lineman steers you the wrong way or not. What the lineman ...read more

  • A Child's Perspective Of Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011
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    A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE OF THANKFULNESS When asked to list what he was thankful for, one little boy wrote, "My glasses!" "That's good," said the teacher, "they help you see better". "No," responded the child, "I’m thankful for my glasses because they keep the other boys from hitting and fighting ...read more

  • Learn To Listen

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 19, 2025
     | 206 views

    Learn to listen to others with the goal of understanding – NOT JUDGEMENT! Just ask this question, “What’s the story behind that tattoo?” Then, just listen. Try to learn about that person you just met. Then, tell them thanks for sharing. Until you are ready to share your story of becoming a ...read more

  • Cell ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,185 views

    CELL SALES A new Harris Interactive study shows 1 in 4 cell phone users with mobile Internet access now use them to buy goods and services online with a credit card. Nearly 1 in 5 say they would like to someday use cell phones as a "mobile wallet," where charges ...read more

  • Romantic Valentine's Day?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2020
     | 4,020 views

    Sam was chatting with his friend Ted. He asked Ted whether he had bought his wife anything for Valentine's Day. “Yes,” Ted rapidly replied, “I bought her a belt and a bag.” “That sounds good,” Sam responded. “I hope she will like ...read more

  • Aunt Bessie's Pickled Beets!" 2 Corinthians ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 19, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,172 views

    “Aunt Bessie’s Pickled Beets!” 2 Corinthians 7:2-13 Key verse(s): 10:“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” The worst part of doing wrong is being found out. We’ve all been caught doing wrong in life; especially when we ...read more

  • Dennis Said, "I Don't Think I've Ever ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 22, 2000
    based on 53 ratings
     | 2,777 views

    ILL. Dennis said, "I don’t think I’ve ever experienced greater culture shock than what I experienced at the very first Thai village we visited. This was a village which the missionaries had not yet reached with the good news of Jesus. The people were still living with all their superstitions & ...read more

  • The Most Toys? (09.08.05--The Temporal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,036 views

    The Most Toys? (09.08.05--The Temporal Things!--Matthew 16:26) The world teaches this--You can never have too much of a good thing! We must always have enough or we are being somehow cheated of that which we truly deserve. If one were to ever wonder why we live in such a greedy world, this tenet, ...read more

  • One Of America's Greatest Poets Is Henry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Skinner on Dec 4, 2005
    based on 72 ratings
     | 4,953 views

    One of America’s greatest poets is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The year 1860 found Longfellow happy in his life, enjoying a widening recognition, and elated over the election of Abraham Lincoln which he believed signaled the triumph of freedom and redemption for the nation. The following year the ...read more

  • Saying

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Apr 30, 2010
     | 3,827 views

    Saying “Good-bye” to Mom It is Mother’s Day weekend and my mom is dying from pancreatic cancer. She is only 65 and I will miss her very much. We are a family who believes in and loves God very much. Faith is the victory that overcomes. Right now, faith is what is needed to overcome my grief. ...read more