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  • Trusting Doctors, Trusting God  PRO

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
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     | 17,965 views

    TRUSTING DOCTORS, TRUSTING GOD Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63-year-old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to ...read more

  • Your God Is Too Small  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 19, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,538 views

    J. B. Phillips, in his book, “Your God Is Too Small”, responds to an old children’s poem that says, “Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He.” He writes: “This word ‘mild’ is apparently deliberately used to describe a man who did not hesitate to challenge and expose the ...read more

  • On Average The Servicemen Who Guard The Tomb Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,151 views

    On average the servicemen who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier spend about 8 hours to prepare for duty. Their uniform must be meticulously prepared. What preparation do we put into our life of service to God? A logical question that someone might ask of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the ...read more

  • Look, Right Up To The Last Moment Of That Last ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 4, 2009
     | 1,826 views

    Look, right up to the last moment of that last Passover you have Judas plotting for money to push Jesus up to the edge, and you have Peter brandishing his sword and promising to smite the evildoer and die for Jesus. Perhaps it was the alcohol of the feast talking, but four hours later he was ...read more

  • Back To The Future

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 26, 2010
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    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system and ...read more

  • Against The Wind

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
     | 5,074 views

    AGAINST THE WIND There will be challenges and suffering. Kites rise against, not with the wind. It is the winds that oppose it that drive it even higher. When the winds of adversity or criticism blows, allow it to be to you what the blast of wind is to a kite--a force against it that causes it to ...read more

  • Criticism

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 16, 2012
     | 3,548 views

    A church member, noted for his "kickative mood and objective case," was challenged to construct a workable program rather than always finding fault with the attempts of others. "No," he replied, "you go ahead and make the plans, I will tell you what is wrong with them." This is essentially how ...read more

  • Stand Strong

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 2,244 views

    I want you all to think back with me as we begin this morning. Many of us looked forward to leaving high school behind with all of its challenges. Then we began to experience a whole new set of challenges in college or in the workplace. We began wondering what direction we were going to take in ...read more

  • Emily's 9-5 Struggle

    Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
     | 861 views

    Emily, a young woman from the MZ generation, recently started her career with a standard 9-5 job. She quickly finds herself feeling trapped and miserable in this routine. Every morning, the thought of going to work at 9 AM and staying until 5 PM feels unbearable to her. She often voices her ...read more

  • I Didn't Recognize You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
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    I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU At a reception honoring musician Sir Robert Mayer on his 100th birthday, elderly British socialite Lady Diana Cooper fell into conversation with a friendly woman who seemed to know her well. Lady Diana’s failing eyesight prevented her from recognizing her fellow guest until ...read more

  • Amdrei Bitov, A Russian Novelist, Grew Up Under ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
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    Amdrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under the atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, ...read more

  • There Is A Study Listed In The Journal Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2003
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    There is a study listed in the Journal of Neuroscience that shows certain electrical switches in the brain, known as L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (LVGCCs), are required to overcome fear. These switches only allow you to "unlearn" or conquer a specific fear or phobia. Right now, ...read more

  • The Pharisees Have Taken His Sabbath And Loaded ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 22, 2009
     | 2,782 views

    “The Pharisees have taken His Sabbath and loaded it up with more than 1,500 nitpicky rules and regulations. They took a good gift from God and made it into an unbearable burden for the people to live under… Let’s keep the Sabbath as a good gift. Let’s not make up our own Pharisaical laws and ...read more

  • I Recently Had A Nursery Operator Inform Me That ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 13, 2010
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     | 2,686 views

    I recently had a nursery operator inform me that keeping my young fruit trees tied up so that the wind would not “damage” them was, in actuality, damaging them! They told me that the strong winds strengthened the fibers of the tree’s trunk and limbs so that it could withstand the fury of nature. ...read more

  • Foster: Five Percent Spirituality

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 2,749 views

    FOSTER: FIVE PERCENT SPIRITUALITY Richard Foster writes this: Many of us live in a kind of inner apartheid. We segregate out a small corner of pious activities and then make no spiritual sense out of the rest of our lives. We become so accustomed to this way of living that we fail to see the ...read more

  • Vital Statistics From Operation World (6th ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 17, 2002
     | 3,883 views

    Vital Statistics From Operation World (6th Edition, 2001, Patrick Johnstone, and Jason Mandryk) Paternoster, Waynesboro, GA 1. 15-25% of the population of the world is yet to hear a clear presentation of the gospel so that they can personally place saving faith in Christ for salvation. 2. Only ...read more

  • The Rubik's Cube

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Oct 8, 2007
     | 2,620 views

    The Rubik’s Cube. [Play with the Cube.] Have you ever tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube? It’s a challenge! The Cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian man named Erno Rubik. The object of the game is to arrange the cube in such a way that each of the 9 squares on a face contains the same color. ...read more

  • No Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,518 views

    NO FEAR Brian Simo is a race car driver, and most of you have probably never heard of him. However there is one thing about him with which you are probably familiar. In 1985 he created the "No Fear" clothing line and found an idea that appealed to many Americans. We have a lot of respect for ...read more

  • It Has Been Said That Christians Use Christ As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 22, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,630 views

    It has been said that Christians use Christ as a crutch. If that be the case than so be it, I have to use a crutch. But crutches are used to for use purposes… 1) To ease the pain 2) To bring allow healing My challenge to those who make the claim that Christians are weak and use the church as a ...read more

  • Why Employees Stay: A 12/99 Survey By Randstad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,580 views

    Why Employees Stay: A 12/99 survey by Randstad North America reports the top 5 reasons employees stay: 1. 71%-Like co-workers. 2. 68%-Pleasant work environment 3. 68%-Easy commute. 4. 65%-Challenging work. 5. 54%-Flexible work ...read more