Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 28, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,575 views
If I were to take a long piece of super-duper duct tape and stick it firmly to your hairy arm, how would you prefer to have it removed if you only had these two choices: Slowly, pulling out one hair at a time, or suddenly, ripping it off instantly?
Most of us would prefer a quick rip. Well, when
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Sep 21, 2006
based on 2 ratings
| 2,070 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
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 15, 2009
The Teacher by Leslie Pinckney Hill
Lord, who am I to teach the way
To little children day by day,
So prone myself to go astray?
I Teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know
How faint they flicker and how low
The candles of my knowledge glow.
I teach them POWER to will and do,
But only now to learn
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by David Ward on Apr 1, 2010
HOLY SPIRIT: OBJECT LESSON
To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that we allow him to occupy and control every area of our lives. How much of you does the Holy Spirit have?
[Produce two glasses of water and two packets of Alka-Seltzer. Open one packet and empty into one glass; drop the other
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 27, 2010
ENJOYING EACH DAY
When Tamer Lee Owens celebrated her 104th birthday, she credited "laughter, the Lord, and the little things" for keeping her going. She still finds enjoyment each day in talking with people, taking a walk, and reading the Bible as she has done since childhood. "I don’t know how
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
DO YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT?
"Consider these honest questions: How many Christians suffer from a spiritual life that is dry and mechanical? How many serve a Jesus, whom they know about from the Bible, but who is not a living reality in their experience? And do we ever wonder why Holy Spirit
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,526 views
As we begin our study today it is necessary that we understand that these temptations were very much real. C. S. Lewis made these insightful observations about temptation: “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 8, 2008
There is a space between the moment something happens and how we respond. Those who are mature emotionally have worked to make that space larger so that we can choose are responses. We can choose how we respond to temptation: to not continue a conversation that is engaged in gossip, to not pull the
...read more
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2002
based on 21 ratings
| 3,139 views
A. Parable of fishless fishermen.
Now it came to pass that a group existed who called themselves fishermen. And lo, there were many fish in the waters all around. In fact the whole area was surrounded by streams and lakes filled with fish. And the fish were hungry.
Week after week, month after
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 29, 2002
based on 45 ratings
| 6,919 views
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am." The woman below replied, "You’re in a hot air balloon
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical Free
Contributed by Douglas Stull on Dec 4, 2010
GOD'S POWER VS. OUR POWER
"Millions for defense and not a penny for tribute." I learned what that quote meant while in the Army. I was assigned, as were all junior officers In the 82d Aiborne Division, to escort Generals and Colonels from the parking lot to a set of bleachers located in a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
Sermon Central