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  • Sarah Michelle Gellar, Star Of The Tv Show ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
     | 1,499 views

    Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," said this "I consider myself a spiritual person. I believe in an idea of God, although it’s my own personal ideal. I find most religions interesting, and I’ve been to every kind of denomination: ...read more

  • I Can Remember As A Young Boy Saying Prayer For ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Dec 9, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,647 views

    I can remember as a young boy saying prayer for the family one Thanksgiving meal. In my prayer I included the phrase, "Dear God, I sure hope the Oakland Raiders make it to the Superbowl." I learned that wasn’t really appropriate. As I grew, I also learned that real hope is not the ...read more

  • Philosopher And Theologian Mark R. Talbot, ...

    Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 27, 2004
     | 3,123 views

    Philosopher and theologian Mark R. Talbot, writing on the subject of “Godly Emotions,” describes it this way, “Strong negative emotions are important indicators of who – and whose – we are. To claim to be Christian and yet not to feel emotional aversion when Christian moral standards are violated ...read more

  • Reginald Bibby, The Canadian Guru Of Statistical ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 29, 2007
     | 916 views

    Reginald Bibby, the Canadian guru of statistical study, tells us in his book, “Restless Gods” that “People from British Columbia to Newfoundland are providing some interesting evidence of the existence of God, on something of an unconscious level. These kinds of findings point to a great ...read more

  • Preaching That Kills

    Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,827 views

    PREACHING THAT KILLS The preaching that kills is non-spiritual preaching. The ability of the preaching is not from God. Lower sources than God have given to it energy and stimulant. The Spirit is not evident in the preacher nor his preaching. Many kinds of forces may be projected and stimulated by ...read more

  • Corrupt Form Of Godliness

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 6, 2011
     | 3,432 views

    CORRUPT FORM OF GODLINESS Their are individuals who are hanging around the Church that don't know God, "they have a form of godliness but they are denying the power thereof." The Bible gives us a word about 2 people who were in this kind of predicament. In 1 Samuel 2:12-36 with focus ...read more

  • Dr. Colbert States, "Your Perceptions Determine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    Dr. Colbert states, “Your perceptions determine how you see the world. The mind is similar to a computer –the brain is the hard drive, and the perceptions are the ‘software.’ It is the perception of people, demands, issues, and circumstances-not the actual people, demands, issues, or circumstances ...read more

  • Edgar A. Guest Was Born In Birmingham, England, ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 26, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,097 views

    Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow: I’d rather see a sermon than hear ...read more

  • Movie: Pay It Forward  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,327 views

    Video Illustration: Movie Pay It Forward. Clip is from the beginning of the movie were a reporter becomes the recipient of a random act of kindness after his car is smashed at a police domestic scene. The reporter is given a new jaguar by a stranger to replace his old wrecked mustang. He responds ...read more

  • Love Is The Key  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,261 views

    “LOVE IS THE KEY” (copyrighted by John Gaughan) LOVE IS THE KEY, LOVE IS THE KEY THOUGH I SPEAK IN TONGUES OF ANGELS LOVE IS THE KEY LOVE IS PATIENT LOVE IS KIND, NOT SELF SEEKING LOVE IS BLIND, LOVE IS TRUTHFUL LOVE IS TRUST, TO LOVE YOUR BROTHER IS A MUST. LOVE CAN BREAK, BUT LOVE WILL ...read more

  • Leaning On His Fence One Day, A Devout Quaker ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Leaning on his fence one day, a devout Quaker was watching a new neighbor move in next door. After all kinds of modern appliances, electronic gadgets, plush furniture, and costly wall hangings had been carried in, the onlooker called over, ’If you find ...read more

  • God Works In Tranquility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 2,931 views

    GOD WORKS IN TRANQUILITY Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every kind of hurry and worry--these, even on the highest levels, are signs of the self-made and self-acting soul; the spiritual parvenu. The saints are never like that. They ...read more

  • Now We Know There Are More Than 9 Planets. To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,938 views

    Now we know there are more than 9 planets. To date, there are over 200 hundred planets- and astronomers continue to identify more and more. All but nine of them orbit stars other than our sun, but they’re out there. Our God is big. Bigger than earth, bigger, than our solar system, bigger than ...read more

  • The Winter 1991 Issue Of The University Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
     | 1,838 views

    The Winter 1991 issue of the University of Pacific Review offers a chilling description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster: There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were "playing around" with the ...read more

  • 65279;i Recall A Story About How The Wind And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joanna Loucky-Ramsey on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,367 views

    I recall a story about how the wind and the sun were arguing about which of them was strongest. “Look,” said the Wind, “I’ll prove to you that I am more powerful. See that man down on the earth? Let’s each exercise our power, and whoever can make the man shed his coat fastest will be ...read more

  • On Facebook I Have Noticed That You Have The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
     | 1,587 views

    On facebook I have noticed that you have the opportunity of reading your HOROSCOPE for some kind of guidance each day. Apparently it was Empedocles, a fifth century BCE Greek philosopher, who started it all off when he originated the terms FIRE, EARTH, AIR, AND WATER associating them with a persons ...read more

  • Crashed And Burned

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 12, 2010
     | 1,945 views

    CRASHED AND BURNED CRASHED AND BURNED! All my computer files from the last 10 years gone! No full back-ups so no way of retrieving it all. It seems I have lived the last 10 years on the ASSUMPTION that computers last forever, just keep adding data to them. Not so! Happened to me once before and I ...read more

  • The Church As A China Cabinet

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,751 views

    THE CHURCH AS A CHINA CABINET Bryan Wilkerson talks about a sterling silver tea set that a family member gave him and his wife as a reminder of her love for them. It’s quite old and beautifully made, and it sits on a stand in their dining room. There's only one problem: they can’t use it. The ...read more

  • What The Cross Displayed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    WHAT THE CROSS DISPLAYED Author Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family he knew in Paraguay. The father, a doctor, spoke out against the military regime there and its human rights abuses. Local police took their revenge on him by arresting his teenage son and torturing him to death. Enraged ...read more

  • Character Matters In Our Lives. Philosopher ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,250 views

    Character matters in our lives. Philosopher Herbert Spencer wrote, “Not education but character is man’s greatest need and man’s greatest safeguard.” Chuck Swindoll wrote, “Character is the moral, ethical, and spiritual undergirding that rests on truth, that reinforces a life in stressful times, ...read more