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  • Loving Neighbour

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 3,720 views

    A Little Pointer on Keeping a Balance Here’s a little bonus tip that I’ve found helpful to keep my wits about me as I live next to these wild Vikings we call sinners, pagans, and wacko unbelievers while keeping my vertical relationship with God strong. It’s called “whimsical holiness,” which is ...read more

  • God's Love

    Contributed by Greg Burcham on Feb 12, 2017
     | 8,429 views

    “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” 1John 3:1 With everything that has been going on in the news and the world lately, it is safe to say that most of us don’t ...read more

  • Love Or Achievement

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Dec 9, 2019
     | 3,414 views

    I once heard a woman give a remarkable account of achievement. An early feminist, she gained renown in the male-dominated field of endocrinology. She brushes shoulders with Nobel laureates and world leaders, and has lived as full and rich a life as any I have known. At the end of her story she ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 6,646 views

    The Power of Love Newspaper columnist and Minister George Crane tell of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. “I do not only want to get rid of him; I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” Dr Crane suggested an ingenious ...read more

  • No Farewell To Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
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     | 5,407 views

    “No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
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     | 5,249 views

    THE LOVE OF GOD: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • Ideal Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,025 views

    Ideal Love a. There was a Dad who took his kids to do a little shopping. As they drove up, they spotted an eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, "Daddy, Daddy. Can we go? Please. Please. Can we go?" "Sure," He said giving ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 6,832 views

    SACRIFICIAL LOVE March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
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     | 5,351 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more

  • Love As Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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     | 4,784 views

    Love as Evangelism When Henry Stanley went out in 1871 and found Dr. Livingstone, (remember: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?") he spent some months in his company, but Livingstone never spoke to Stanley about spiritual things. Throughout those months Stanley just watched the old man. Livingstone’s ...read more

  • A Father's Love

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 13, 2009
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     | 13,078 views

    A FATHER'S LOVE A father had told his son he would send him to sleep in the attic with only bread and water for his supper if he disobeyed. Well, the boy disobeyed and was sent to the attic. But the father couldn’t eat. He had his son on his mind and his heart. His wife said, “I know what you ...read more

  • The Love Is The Difference

    Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
     | 2,819 views

    THE LOVE IS THE DIFFERENCE Edward Perry wrote an article entitled, "Where are the People?" It is a summary of his findings on why churches lose or gain members. He concluded that the "key is how people do or do not nurture and support each other in the local congregation." He says, "We ...read more

  • Love At Last!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 20, 2022
     | 1,111 views

    George, age 92 and Edith, age 89 are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding and on the way, they pass a drugstore. George suggests they go in and he addresses the man behind the counter. "Are you the owner? "The pharmacist answers, ...read more

  • Loving Discipline

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
     | 954 views

    My middle godson has been having some serious discipline problems. While I was visiting his family, I read the file of his interviews with the school specialists in difficult children. The thing that struck me the hardest was when they were exploring whether or not he felt loved by ...read more

  • Sharing Love

    Contributed by Rob Roy on May 22, 2024
     | 578 views

    In Irving Illinois a group purchased the old school building and made it into a long term alcohol recovery program. Some of those started coming to worship at the Irving church, two had met there, Matt and Kim, I and not using their real names. My favorite wife, Lisa and I got to know them, ...read more

  • A Superior Love

    Contributed by David Tack on Sep 18, 2024
     | 318 views

    “The strenuous Christian mandate to extend unconditional love towards those that hate you is a fatiguing duty for the soldiers of the cross of Christ! In the heat of a damning spiritual warfare, when the spiritual defensive battlefronts are diminishing, the fleshly armaments derived from the human ...read more

  • A Loving Congregation

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 62 views

    This is the greatest need we have in the local congregation today – to be seen as a place where love for on another is present. What does that look like? A quote from St. Francis of Assisi: “Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an ...read more

  • Foundational ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,964 views

    Foundational Love In the Book of John 13:34-35, Jesus makes a powerful statement, “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” (emphasis ours) God has given ...read more

  • Love Received And Love Given Comprise The Best ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,146 views

    "Love received and love given comprise the best form of therapy." Gordon William Allport (1897-1967) American ...read more

  • Love Is The Key. Joy Is Love Singing; Peace Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,691 views

    Love is the key. Joy is love singing; peace is love resting; long-suffering is love enduring; kindness is love's touch; goodness is love's character; faithfulness is love's habit; gentleness is ...read more