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Joke] Insanity Is Heredity. You Can Get It ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 25, 2002

[Joke] Insanity is heredity. You can get it ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-21

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Love, Commandments, Children

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Get The Right Perspective. When Goliath Came ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and though, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:24-26

Tags: Faith General, Faith, Perspective

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Someone Once Said, There Are Three Ways To Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Tonkinson on Jan 17, 2003

Someone once said, There are three ways to get something done: 1. Do it yourself. 2. Hire someone else to do it. 3. Forbid your kids to do it. Citation: ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

In 1953 In Grimes Iowa, Violet Cross Was Getting ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Caley on May 25, 2003

In 1953 in Grimes Iowa, Violet Cross was getting sicker by the day. Finally her eldest son Frank insisted she go to the doctor. Eventually they ended up at the large teaching hospital in Iowa City. The diagnosis was devastating. Though Violet had never smoked she was dying of Lung cancer. One ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Mother Can Get Her Children's Complete ...  PRO

Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jul 7, 2004

"A mother can get her children’s complete attention just by sitting down and ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Mother's Day

Denomination: Baptist

You Can't Get Out Of Here!  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005

YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF HERE! A man often walked through a cemetery on his way home. One night, though, unaware that a new grave had been dug in his path, he tumbled in. For some time he struggled to get out of the 7 foot deep grave, but finally gave up and settled down for the night. An hour later, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Tags: Supernatural

Parents, If You Get Angry With Your Kids For ...  PRO

Contributed by Bev Sesink on Feb 5, 2005

Parents, if you get angry with your kids for something they do wrong, and you lose it, do you wait for your children to apologize or do you set the example and go to them? Teenagers, do you find it beneath your dignity to humble yourself to obey your parents’ reasonable expectations? I remember ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Charles Swindoll In His Book Getting Through The ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 25, 2005

Charles Swindoll in his book Getting Through The Tough Stuff Of Life states, “Confrontation is speaking the truth in a personal, face-to-face encounter with someone we love ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is He Who Is In The Wrong Who First Gets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

It is he who is in the wrong who first gets ...read more

Tags: Sin Exposed

25% Of Online Americans Use The Internet To Get ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

25% of online Americans use the Internet to get religious information and connect with others about faith. (Foster ...read more

The Lord Gets His Best Soldiers Out Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“The Lord gets His best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.” ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

If You Have To Give A Carnival To Get People To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“If you have to give a carnival to get people to come to church, then you will have to keep giving carnivals to keep ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Young Lady Busied Herself Getting Ready For A ...  PRO

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Feb 26, 2006

A young lady busied herself getting ready for a blind date. This was not just dinner and a movie; her date had planned dinner at an exclusive downtown restaurant with live music and dancing. Wanting to make a good first impression she had taken the day off work. She cleaned her apartment; she ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-18

Tags: Dress Properly, Wait, Second Coming, Service, Pray, Pastor  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sometimes The Truth Might Get You In Trouble – ...  PRO

Contributed by Rob Willis on Feb 27, 2006

Sometimes the truth might get you in trouble – reminds me of a story - one night a Massachusetts state police officer pulled over a speeding car. The officer said to the driver, “I clocked you at 80 miles per hour.” The driver says, "Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your ...read more

Tags: Truth

Denomination: Baptist

It Is He Who Is In The Wrong Who First Gets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

It is he who is in the wrong who first gets angry. ...read more

Tags: Anger

Getting Angry Can Sometimes Be Like Leaping Into ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are ...read more

Tags: Anger

Back In 1934, When The Cunard Line Was Getting ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Back in 1934, when the Cunard line was getting ready to name its greatest ocean liner, the consensus was that it should be named after Queen Elizabeth I. A high official is reported to have had an audience with King George V. "We would like to name the ship after England’s greatest queen," he told ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

It May Seem That Would Be Easy To Get The Gospel ...

Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 19, 2006

It may seem that would be easy to get the gospel to the whole world in this day and age. Scholars tell me that there are 6000 languages in the world – only 426 have both a copy of the OT and the NT available to them. More than 2500 languages do not have a single verse of scripture available. ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Unfortunately, Some People Assume They Must Get ...  PRO

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007

Unfortunately, some people assume they must get all their Bible teaching from some kind of religious “expert.” The idea is that Joe Average is bound to get it wrong if he tries to understand the Bible for himself, so he needs an expert to interpret it for him. Which reminds me of a story I ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

1 In 3 Americans Are Using The Internet To Get ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

1 in 3 Americans are using the Internet to get their news this year, compared to 1 in 50 in ...read more