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  • If Faith Never Encounters Doubt, If Truth Never ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,478 views

    If faith never encounters doubt, if truth never struggles with error, if good never battles with evil, how can faith know its own power. In my own pilgrimage, if I have to choose between a faith that has stared doubt in the eye and made it blink, or a naïve faith that has never known the firing ...read more

  • 65279;one Day, My Son Jonathan Came Home From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Durbin on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 3,131 views

    One day, my son Jonathan came home from preschool with a picture of Adam and Eve he had colored. He began to tell me the story of creation, and it seemed as though he had his facts down pretty well. "Adam and Eve disobeyed God because they ate the fruit God told them not to eat," he ...read more

  • Can't Buy Me Love  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,182 views

    CAN'T BUY ME LOVE A minister was speaking to the Sunday school about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy laughter and it can’t buy love” he told them. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” Stunned ...read more

  • Video Illustration: The End Of The Movie The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,592 views

    Video Illustration: The end of the movie The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. It’s were the three have a show down in the cemetery court yard. This scene paints a picture for us today on how we are to deal with the Bad and the Ugly of the church. The truth is we are in a duel with both. But the Good ...read more

  • Phillip Johnson, A Berkeley Law Professor, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
     | 1,432 views

    Phillip Johnson, a Berkeley law professor, lecturer and author of several books refuting evolution notes: “I have found that any discussion with modernists about the weaknesses of the theory of evolution quickly turns into a discussion of politics, particularly sexual politics. [Modernists] ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 9, 2005
     | 3,630 views

    Hudson Taylor Hudson Taylor had definite convictions about how God’s work should be done. We can make our best plans and try to carry them out in our own strength. Or we can make careful plans and ask God to bless them. “Yet another way of working is to begin with God; to ask His plans, and to ...read more

  • There Is Nothing So Hardening As Delay. When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,427 views

    “There is nothing so hardening as delay. When God speaks to us, He asks for a tender heart, open to the whispers of His voice of love. The believer who answers the ‘today’ of the Holy Ghost with the ‘tomorrow’ of some more convenient season, knows not how he is hardening his heart; the delay, ...read more

  • On The First Day Of College, The Dean Addressed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 1, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,487 views

    On the first day of college, the Dean addressed the students, pointing out some of the rules: “The female dormitory will be out-of-bounds for all male students, and the male dormitory to the female students. Anybody caught breaking this rule will be fined $20 the first time.” He continued: ...read more

  • What Price Popularity? Sesame Street Asked Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,473 views

    What Price Popularity? Sesame Street asked its Contact Kids readers (ages 8-14) “What makes you popular at school? Here’s how they replied. Being good looking (64%) and having niece clothes (52%) ranked nearly as high as being friendly (61%). Other responses were being funny (49%), being good at ...read more

  • Half Of Americans Reading: About 1 In Every 2 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,161 views

    Half Of Americans Reading: About 1 in every 2 Americans is currently engrossed in some type of book, according to Gallup’s latest measure of the public’s reading habits. About half also say they have read more than 5 books in the past year, about the same as 15 years ago. There is no widespread ...read more

  • So Many People In Relationships Try To Change ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,945 views

    So many people in relationships try to change the other person. Reminds me of the young fiancé who, after learning that her husband to be didn’t believe like she did, cried to her mother saying, “Mom, what should I do? How can I change his thinking? He says he doesn’t believe in hell?” The ...read more

  • I've Heard A Tale That A Man Would Climb A ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 25, 2006
     | 2,274 views

    I’ve heard a tale that a man would climb a mountain Just to be with the one he loves. How many times has he broken that promise? It has never been done Well I never climbed the highest mountain, but I walked the hill of Calvary Just to be with you I’ve done everything There’s no price I did not ...read more

  • Martin Luther Put It, ‘the Sure Mark By Which The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 27, 2006
     | 1,016 views

    Martin Luther put it, ‘The sure mark by which the Christian congregation can be recognized is that the pure gospel is preached there. For just as the banner of an army is the sure sign by which one can know what kind of lord and army has taken to the field, so to the gospel is the sure sign by ...read more

  • A Retired Person Became Interested In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 13, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,376 views

    A retired person became interested in the construction of an addition to a shopping mall. Observing the activity regularly, he was especially impressed by the conscientious operator of a large piece of equipment. The day finally came when he had a chance to tell this man how much he’d enjoyed ...read more

  • Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,491 views

    Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does not ...read more

  • Annie Armstrong Was Called Indefatigable. She ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,664 views

    Annie Armstrong was called indefatigable. She never tired of serving God and serving People. In 1893 because of her belief in the powerful hand of God to change lives and our world she wrote over 18,000 letters many by hand. She was the driving force in founding the lottie Moon Christmas offering, ...read more

  • Richard Halverson, The Chaplain Of The U. S. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,905 views

    Richard Halverson, the chaplain of the U. S. Senate, pointed out something that bothers a lot of people and excites a few. He said, “Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man’s real nature, money is of first importance. Money is an exact ...read more

  • Author Bobb Biehl Said He Decided About Twenty ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,781 views

    Author Bobb Biehl said he decided about twenty years ago to make a hobby of asking questions. Questions help us to focus. He began collecting them, and included an entire chapter of questions in his book, Increasing Your Leadership Confidence. Six that would help us are those Rudyard Kipling ...read more

  • The Murder/Suicide Of Chris Benoit (Professional ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2007
     | 2,715 views

    The murder/suicide of Chris Benoit (Professional Wrestler)is a vivid example of how decisions we make affect our families. Obviously in Benoit’s case his decisions have left his parents mourning the death of their son (the one who did the killing and suicide)and grandson. His wife’s parents are ...read more

  • It Is Not Wrong When We Seek The Favor Of Men, ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,328 views

    It is not wrong when we seek the favor of men, however, it is most important we strife to have the favor of God in our lives. How? 1. Study the Word of God. 2. Be a doer of the Word. 3. Pray daily and be filled continually with His Holy Spirit. 4. Then you can be led of the Spirit. 5. Tell others ...read more