As a young father, one of the great delights I had was putting the presents for my children under the Christmas tree each year. The bigger ones that required assembly would always make the night a little longer than it should have been, because I always prided myself in my ability to figure out
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 31, 2022
based on 1 rating
| 883 views
Genesis 5
Focus is v1….
In v1-2, isn’t God just repeating Himself? – God detailed the 2 types of “man” He created – male and female!
What’s significant about v3? – Adam and Eve had other children as alluded to in earlier chapters; v3 indicates that Seth was a special person!
Why do you think
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Aug 4, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 8,026 views
In Donald Miller’s book “Blue Like Jazz,” he has a chapter called “Love: How to Really Love Other People”
He was at a lecture by Greg Spencer that talked about the metaphors that we use around (amongst other things) relationships. We talk about how we value people, invest in people, how we say
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002
based on 39 ratings
| 1,528 views
Several years ago one of the astronauts who walked on the moon was interviewed and asked, "What did you think about as you stood on the moon and looked back at the earth?" The astronaut replied,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Daryl Grimes on Oct 17, 2002
based on 5 ratings
| 1,728 views
Quote of the Day: "Finney learned by experience that if the church lived only one week as if they truly believed the Bible, sinners would fall down before them and ask how they might be
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006
based on 4 ratings
| 2,186 views
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
"A sense of humor costs nothing, but not having one can be very costly."
This quote is from a book entitled Laugh, Lead, and Profit: Building Productive Workplaces with Humor, by Bob Ross. If
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
THE CURE
Mrs Smith was so happy: "I’ve cured my husband of biting his nails."
I replied, "How did you manage to do that?"
"Simple,"
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
A man under deep conviction by the Holy Spirit caught up to an evangelist as he was boarding a train. He said, "How can I be saved?" The evangelist said, "Turn to Isaiah
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 23, 2008
The church is like the huddle on the football field: the place you run to get new plans, to get prepared to go on offense against the enemies of God, the place where
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Chris Summers on Oct 9, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 2,140 views
Are we no better than a dog? A dog eats its own vomit, but how many times do we, after being brought out of a life of sin when we are saved,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Tommy Hames on Oct 18, 2000
based on 2 ratings
| 2,496 views
PROVE YOUR OWN SELVES
When I was a senior in high school I owned a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle. I loved that car. It was metallic gray with red, orange and yellow pin stripes down the side. I went everywhere in that car. I even used it to carry a carload of kids to school every day, despite its size.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 17, 2009
What would it mean to obey this command? Jerry Bridges helps us think through what that looks like in his book, The Gospel for Real Life. Here are just a few points he lists.
To love the Lord your God with all your heart … soul and… mind means…
• Your love for God transcends all other desires
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other