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  • The Sovereignty Of God

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Apr 19, 2009
     | 5,423 views

    THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD The Sovereignty of God. What do we mean by this expression? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the god-hood of God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that God is God. To say that God is Sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing ...read more

  • Often People Want To Be Mighty Oaks. They Want To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 4, 2009
     | 1,853 views

    Often people want to be mighty oaks. They want to be seen as strong and tall and be looked up to. We want the attention. We want to be admired. Except we don’t want to take the time to grow strong, deep roots. Jesus says that he want to make it as clear as possible. God is doing a great and new ...read more

  • Bride-To-Be Hosts A Banquet For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
     | 4,038 views

    Bride-to-Be Hosts a Banquet for Homeless Philip Yancey told the story of the woman who was getting married and planned a huge wedding banquet. It was going to held at the Hyatt Hotel and cost $13,000. After everything had been planned and paid for the groom dumped her. When she tried to cancel she ...read more

  • No Other Plans

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 22, 2011
     | 5,869 views

    NO OTHER PLANS There is an ancient legend about Jesus’ ascension into heaven. He is met by the angel Gabriel who asks him, "Now that your work is finished, what plans have you made to ensure that the truth that you brought to earth will spread throughout the world?" Jesus answered, "I have ...read more

  • Dr. David Nichols States, "There Must Be A ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,842 views

    Dr. David Nichols states, "There must be a difference between the knowledge that comes from the gathering of information, and that which comes by revelation. The Pharisees and Sadducees had the best information anyone could have in their day. If you asked them, they would tell you they were in ...read more

  • We Humans Tend To Come To Blockages And Stop. ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 28, 2012
     | 2,545 views

    We humans tend to come to blockages and stop. The other day I was using a vacuum cleaner, the nice new yellow one here at the hall, I turned it on and it worked (tuned it on made all the right noises). But it had no suck. It had become blocked and jammed with hay where the hose met its body, thanks ...read more

  • Give Thanks In Everything

    Contributed by James Dina on Dec 6, 2020
     | 2,619 views

    "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18) If it is the will of God that we should give thanks in everything, then we should reduce our complain lest we go against His will. COMPLAINING IS CONTRARY TO THANKSGIVING. In ...read more

  • There Are Some Interesting Facts About The Sisal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 175 ratings
     | 3,169 views

    There are some interesting facts about the sisal plant from which is made tough sisal twine. It grows in Yucatan, Mexico, in hard stony soil. Some Americans visited the area and decided that there might be good money to be made in growing it in richer soil under better conditions. So they started ...read more

  • Respect Your Elders  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,921 views

    RESPECT YOUR ELDERS At age twenty-six, Pat Moore performed an unbelievable experiment. An industrial designer, Moore wanted a better understanding of senior adults, so for three years she frequently disguised herself as an eighty-five-year-old woman. From 1979 to 1981, she utilized the skills of a ...read more

  • Any Of Us More Than Twenty-Five Years Old Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,399 views

    Any of us more than twenty-five years old can probably remember where we were when we first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. British novelist David Lodge, in the introduction to one of his books, tells where he was--in a theater watching the performance of a satirical revue he ...read more

  • One Year, A Tree On The Campus Of Green Acres ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 11, 2003
     | 1,346 views

    One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit–mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange. It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz, who were appalled at ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,373 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • When You Fully Comprehend That There Is More To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,540 views

    When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will color how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance. ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,152 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • They Call It The Marshmallow Test. A Researcher ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,859 views

    They call it the marshmallow test. A researcher gives this choice to a 4-year-old: “I am leaving for a few minutes to run an errand and you can have this marshmallow while I am gone, but if you wait until I return, you can have two marshmallows.” Researchers at Stanford University ran that test in ...read more

  • The World Needs Men...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,703 views

    THE WORLD NEEDS MEN... who cannot be bought; whose word is their bond; who put character above wealth; who possess opinions and a will; who are larger than their vocations; who do not hesitate to take chances; who will not lose their individuality in a crowd; who will be as honest in small ...read more

  • At Our House We Have A Set Of Children's Books ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 866 views

    At our house we have a set of children’s books that are designed to teach kids their ABC’s and 123’s. The very first book in the number set is entitled My One Book. The main character in this book is Little One. Little one lives in the house of one. The house of one has one door, one table, one ...read more

  • Believers Throughout Church History – The Early ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
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     | 1,944 views

    Believers throughout church history – the early church fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans – have been inspired by Scripture to reduce spiritually to two lists known as “the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues” of saintliness. The sin list includes pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony ...read more

  • In January 2001 Nairobi Police Raided The Home ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,156 views

    In January 2001 Nairobi police raided the home of a former university lecturer and his wife to find their six children emaciated and starving. The kids were ages 2-11 and could not stand up they were in such a bad state. Their legs were stick thin, their hair was falling out and they were all ...read more

  • Missionary/Evangelist Stanley Jones Wrote: ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,247 views

    Missionary/evangelist Stanley Jones wrote: "Swami Shivananda, a famous swami in India, used to tell his disciples: ’Kill the mind and then, and then only, can you meditate.’ The Christian position is, ’You shall love the Lord thy God with all your mind’--the intellectual nature; ’with all your ...read more

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