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  • He Who Has The Son Has It All

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 31, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,209 views

    I wrote this at the end of 2014 Fourteen years from the Millennium seemed a long time and now we are into a new year – again!! I have spent much of last week preparing to lead a pilgrimage to Israel – a new experience for me. And with the new it is good to recall the old. Our Gospel reading is ...read more

  • One Sunday In A Midwest City, A Young Child Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,199 views

    One Sunday in a Midwest city, a young child was "acting up "during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally, the father picked the little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on his way out. Just before ...read more

  • Euro-Missions Down: As The Value Of The Euro ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,707 views

    Euro-Missions Down: As the value of the Euro increases while the U.S. dollar decreases, some mission organizations may be forced to call some missionaries home to raise more money. Many missionaries go to the field with just enough support and when they lose some of that support in an exchange rate ...read more

  • Two Shepherds Lean On Their Crooks At The End Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Claude White on Mar 5, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,086 views

    Two shepherds lean on their crooks at the end of a long day and the first asks the second, "So, how’s it going?" The second one sighed and shook his head, "Not good, I can’t pay my bills, my health isn’t good, my kids don’t respect me, and ...read more

  • Every Thinking Man, When He Thinks, Realizes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 2,039 views

    "Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure ourselves what that life would be if these standards were removed. We would lose almost all the ...read more

  • Resolved, To Live With All My Might While I Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,586 views

    "Resolved, to live with all my might while I do live. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time, to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. Resolved, never to do anything which I should despite or think meanly of in another. Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge. ...read more

  • Why The Decline?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 4, 2019
     | 2,799 views

    ***ALEXANDRIAN SOLZHENITSYN asked a question in 1978 that is worthy to ponder. HOW DID THE WEST DECLINE FROM ITS TRIUMPHAL MARCH TO ITS PRESENT SICKNESS? He answered ANTHROPOCENTRIC- The elevation of man over God. OBSTACLES ARE WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOSE SIGHT OF THE GOAL! Stay focused on the ...read more

  • Spurgeon Said It Like This, "With Out The ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 3,041 views

    Spurgeon said it like this, “With out the shedding of blood there is no remission. Every drop of blood which flowed out of Jesus’ body is still in existence, and it is just as it was over 2,000 years ago wiping away the sins of mankind. The blood has been shed – the incorruptible, eternal, divine, ...read more

  • We Hear It Almost Every Day: Sigh, Sigh, Sigh  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 10, 2005
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     | 1,727 views

    We hear it almost every day: sigh, sigh, sigh. I just can’t get myself motivated to. . . . .[lose weight, test my blood sugar, etc.]. And we hear an equal number of sighs from diabetes educators who can’t get their patients to do the right things for their diabetes and health. We have news for ...read more

  • Spiritual Gambling

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 30, 2013
     | 3,140 views

    SPIRITUAL GAMBLING The problem of compulsive gambling may seem foreign to most of us. Yet experts believe that millions of Americans are psychologically addicted to gambling. It gives them the excitement of hope and risk, but it usually ends in defeat. It is indeed a temporary pleasure. For those ...read more

  • At Liberty University This Summer, I Shared An ...

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
     | 1,327 views

    At Liberty University this summer, I shared an apartment with a Navy chaplain who was taking the same course I was. He is assigned to a Marine battalion, and had recently come back from Iraq. One of the many things he did was have prayer with his men before they went out on patrol. I asked, “Did ...read more

  • Don't Look Back

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,515 views

    Don’t look back During the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles I remember seeing the 110 meter high hurdles. The favorite to win was an American named Greg Foster. “ABC” even did one of their three minute features on him. When the gun went off and the runners charged toward the hurdles Greg Foster ...read more

  • One Woman Called Her Flight Agent To Book A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
     | 1,488 views

    One woman called her flight agent to book a flight to New York. She said, "I want to go and see the wonders of Hippopotamus, New York; please book me a flight from Dallas." The agent said, "I'm sorry Madame, but there is no such city. Perhaps you want Albany or Syracuse?" After ten minutes the ...read more

  • Written By Irenaues From The 2nd Century. From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rita Sims on Sep 9, 2001
    based on 49 ratings
     | 4,392 views

    Written by Irenaues from the 2nd Century. From God’s Hands It is not you who shape God; it is God that shapes you. If then you are the work of God, await the hand of the Artist who does all things in due season. Offer the Potter your heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form in which the ...read more

  • 8 In 10 Americans Earning More Than $1 Million A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,462 views

    8 in 10 Americans earning more than $1 million a year leave nothing to charity in their wills. "Philanthropy is part of the unspoken contract that underpins the American dream. If that contract is broken, a backlash is likely. Every American, rich and poor, would lose." This same issue lists ...read more

  • Three Things

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 20, 2009
     | 4,843 views

    THREE THINGS Three things in life that, once gone, never come back 1. Time 2. Words 3. Opportunity Three things in life that can destroy a person 1. Anger 2. Pride 3. Unforgiveness Three things in life that you should never lose 1. Hope 2. Peace 3. ...read more

  • Smoke Alarm. Sometimes It May Go Off When ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010
     | 1,482 views

    Smoke alarm. Sometimes it may go off when cooking, especially when I cook! If we get tired of hearing it, then we may tape over it. But in so doing, you may set yourself up to burn in a real fire! You cannot ignore the conviction of the Holy Spirit without bringing ...read more

  • Risk Your Life To Save It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,725 views

    RISK YOUR LIFE TO SAVE IT Tyrtaeus, an old Greek poet who lived before the time of Christ, wrote, "The man who risks his life in battle has the best chance in saving it; the one who flees to save it is most likely to lose it." (Walter Bauer, A Greek-English ...read more

  • Mom Was Right!

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011
     | 2,516 views

    Mom was Right! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for everyone. Many studies have found a relationship between eating breakfast and learning ability, attention span, and general well-being. The American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org) reports that adults who eat breakfast ...read more

  • Error Vs. Person In Error

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 26, 2013
     | 2,961 views

    ERROR VS. PERSON IN ERROR This love and good will, to be sure, must in no way render us indifferent to truth and goodness. Indeed love itself impels the disciples of Christ to speak the saving truth to all men. But it is necessary to distinguish between error, which always merits repudiation, and ...read more