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  • Consider

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 2,194 views

    Consider "The Christmas Pledge" in Jo Robinson and Jean Staehali’s book Unplug the Christmas Machine. They write, "Believing in the true spirit of Christmas I commit myself to: • Remember those who truly need my gifts • Express my love in more direct ways than gifts • Examine my holiday activities ...read more

  • Hamburger And Husks

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,014 views

    HAMBURGER AND HUSKS One family in desperate straits came to a congregation for help. The people began to pull together some resources to help them out. Someone brought a word of prophecy that said, "Don’t give hamburger to those I have put on husks." God put the prodigal on husks so he would come ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
     | 4,485 views

    A.W. Tozer on Time A.W. Tozer wrote: “Time is a resource that is nonrenewable and nontransferable. You cannot store it, slow it up, hold it up, divide it up or give it up. You can’t hoard it up or save it for a rainy day–when it’s lost it’s unrecoverable. When you kill time, remember ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership Begins At Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
     | 4,110 views

    SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP BEGINS AT HOME I like the way Paul Carlson put it in Leadership Journal years ago. He said, "Your spiritual leadership begins at home. In dealing with the family, remember that you have been blessed by the Lord, not beatified. Don’t expect your wife to stop asking you to carry ...read more

  • Quote: C. S. Lewis

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    Quote: C. S. Lewis "Anyone who has ever taught or attempted to lead others knows the tendency in all of us toward exaggerating our depth of character while treating leniently our flaws. The Bible calls this tendency hypocrisy. We consciously or subconsciously put forward a better image of ...read more

  • Falling Down: Injustice

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011
     | 3,078 views

    FALLING DOWN: INJUSTICE Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down, portrays a man who has lost his family and job. He goes off the deep end striking out at those whom he believes are the cause of the worlds injustices. In the end he takes his own life. The Lord Jesus came to a world full of ...read more

  • No Fault

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
     | 2,210 views

    1. I find no Fault in the Word of GOD 2. I find no Fault In the creation 3. I find no Fault That Noah and His family were spared 4. I find no Fault In the Virgin Birth 5. I find no Fault in the life of JESUS 6. I find no Fault in His Beating 7. I find no Fault in His ...read more

  • The Best Thanksgiving Ever

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
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    “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus They lived a comfortable life in the upscale part of town, the children were teen and pre-teen then and had most anything their hearts desired. They had begun to recite their ...read more

  • On A Wall Near The Main Entrance To The Alamo In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Browne on Dec 9, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,862 views

    On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed here by his family so that ...read more

  • I Like The Old Story About The Guy Who Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 212 ratings
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    ILL. I like the old story about the guy who came to church with his family. As they were driving home afterwards he was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.” ...read more

  • Is It Wrong For A Christian To Declare ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
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    Is it wrong for a Christian to declare bankruptcy? To answer, we need to separate the moral from the ethical, or the biblical from the legal. Our legal system allows individuals and businesses to have some protection from creditors through the various bankruptcy laws. However, I don’t believe a ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Was A Courageous Dutch Woman Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
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    Corrie ten Boom was a courageous Dutch woman who was interned in a Nazi prison camp during World War II because her family helped to hide Jewish people from the Gestapo. During her imprisonment, Corrie endured some of the worst degradation a person can experience. Her sister, Betsy, died in the ...read more

  • On A Wall Near The Main Entrance To The Alamo In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
     | 3,211 views

    On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait with the following inscription: “James Butler Bonham—no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is placed here by the family that ...read more

  • As An Adult Stage In Life, Marriage Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 2,149 views

    “As an adult stage in life, marriage is shrinking. Americans are living longer, marrying later, exiting marriage more quickly, and choosing to live together before marriage, after marriage, in between marriages, and as an alternative to marriage. A small but growing percentage of American adults ...read more

  • What America's Children Really Think About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
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    What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents, (William Morrow, $25) by Ellen Galinsky, reports the findings of a study of 1,000 3rd through 12th graders. From their perspective, the thing they desire most is that their parents would bring less stress home from work, and they want ...read more

  • Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,357 views

    Fewer Wal-Mart Shoppers: Although Wal-Mart’s sales were up 3% and Target’s up 5.1% during the ‘04 holidays, fewer U.S. households actually shopped there. A Leo J. Shapiro survey finds 54% of households shopped at Wal-Mart (down 2% from ‘03) and 36% at Target (down 7%). ...read more

  • Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna has identified 4 factors he describes as “indicative of the reshaping of the church in the U.S.” They are: (1) The priorities embraced by church leaders. Most local churches essentially ignore: ministry to children, ministry to families and prayer. (2) ...read more

  • Men Are Doing More Around The House And There Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,500 views

    Men Are Doing More around the house and there are more dual-income households today, notes the National Study of the Changing Workforce by the Families and Work Institute. Fathers do about 2 hours of housework on any given weekday, 42 minutes more than in ‘77. Almost 80% of married workers live in ...read more

  • Divorced Adults Are More Susceptible To Severe ...

    Contributed by Tim Stutler on Mar 27, 2006
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     | 1,517 views

    - "Divorced adults are more susceptible to severe emotional and psychological problems, plus early death from an assortment of causes, than for married individuals. The suicide rate for divorced white men, for example, is four times higher than for their married counterparts. The situation for ...read more

  • British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith Once Spent ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,210 views

    British prime minister Herbert Asquith once spent a weekend at the Waddesdon estate of the 19th-century Rothschild family. One day, as Asquith was being waited on at teatime by the butler, the following conversation ensued: "Tea, coffee, or a peach from off the wall, sir?" "Tea, please," ...read more