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Six-Word Memoirs  PRO

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009

Six-Word Memoirs One of the surprising best-selling books of 2008 is "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." Notice that the main title is only six words: "Not Quite What I Was Planning." People were asked to succinctly sum up their life in six ...read more

Tags: Time

Denomination: Baptist

God's Will Is God's Word

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

GOD’S WILL IS GOD’S WORD Jimmy is a professional fisherman. He makes his living fishing on the BASS (Bass Angler Sportsman Society) circuit. He is also a devout Christian and belongs to the FBC Keys, Oklahoma. This year, BASS made a ruling that to be eligible for the fisherman of the year award ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Words Must Be Weighed, Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words must be weighed, ...read more

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Ten Word Sermon

Contributed by Kevin Barron on Aug 31, 2018

The shortest sermon I know is only ten words. It was preached by my grandfather to a small, country congregation on the story of the Good Samaritan (Mark 10:35-45). He read the account of an outsider who demonstrates true neighbor love by stopping on the road to care for a bleeding and badly ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-45

Tags: Compassion, Good Samaritan

Denomination: United Methodist

Living By Gods Word.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020

My Division Officer in the Navy was also a Naval aviator. On his way home from a mission over Afghanistan he got vertigo (a dizzy confused state of mind caused by the inner ear). His senses were confused. The biggest was his sense of flight. Which can be deadly when landing on an aircraft carrier ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5

Tags: Confused, Following Instructions

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Word Of God Is Not Bound.

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020

Voltaire was born in Paris, France in 1694. As a philosopher, historian and free thinker, he became a most influential and prolific writer during what has been called the Age of Enlightenment. He vehemently opposed the Christian faith and wrote many rather scoffing works expressing his disdain ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 2:9

Tags: Scripture, Word Of God, Atheism, Sovereignty Of God, Voltaire  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Inerrant Word Of God

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 21, 2020

"Divine Inspiration is not asserted of the authors of Scripture but of the writings themselves. But inspiration was not mechanical. The Holy Spirit did not destroy the personality and individual characteristics of the individual writers but rather so worked through the entire being of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17, 2 Timothy 4:1-3

Tags: Bible, Truth, Inspiration, Word Of God, Inerrancy  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Power Of An Encouraging Word

Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 4, 2023

Mark Eklund was a student in Sister Helen’s nineth grade math class at St. Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. He was much less talkative than he had been years earlier in her third-grade class. One Friday Sister Helen sensed the class’s frustration with trying to learn “ne math.” So, she asked ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7, Ephesians 4:32, Luke 10:25-37, Micah 6:8, Matthew 9:13  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Love, Kindness, Mercy, Hope, Friendship, Encouragement, Esteem  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Just Say The Word

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2024

The Centurion said, "But just say the word, and my servant will be healed." He meant that if Jesus said the word or gave a command, it would trigger millions of mighty angels (under his control) to instantly act upon the word and fulfil it. These millions of angels are very powerful and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:8

Tags: Faith, Healing

We Have Too Many High-Sounding Words, And Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that ...read more

Tags: Words

Theres A Great Power In Words, If You Dont ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Theres a great power in words, if you dont hitch too ...read more

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Words Are Not As Satisfactory As We Should Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbours, we have got to live with them and ...read more

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But Words Are Things, And A Small Drop Of Ink, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes ...read more

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Avoid A Strange And Unfamiliar Word As You Would ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Avoid a strange and unfamiliar word as you would ...read more

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I Consider Looseness With Words No Less Of A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than ...read more

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Words Fascinate Me. For Me, Browsing In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words fascinate me. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being ...read more

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I Try To Catch Every Sentence, Every Word You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary ...read more

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Broadly Speaking, The Short Words Are The Best, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the ...read more

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Some Of Mankinds Most Terrible Misdeeds Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some of mankinds most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of ...read more

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Words, As Is Well Known, Are Great Foes Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words, as is well known, are great ...read more

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