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  • Playing Favorites In The Church - James 2

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 503 views

    1. Verse 1: Partiality contradicts faith in Jesus Christ as the Lord of glory. 2. Verses 2-4: Partiality reveals a judging heart and behind it evil thinking. 3. Verse 5: Partiality to the rich contradicts God's heart, because he has chosen many of the poor for himself. 4. Verse 6a: ...read more

  • A Man's Worth Is Not Based On His Wealth

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 240 views

    The Jews had a practice of seating the most important people nearest the sacred scrolls in the synagogue. Other (less important) people would be seated in the back. This unhealthy practice was still carried on by some Christians in Jerusalem in the time of James, the half-brother of Jesus. Those ...read more

  • Favorite Child

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on May 14, 2007
     | 5,910 views

    Erma Bombeck. She writes: "Every mother has a favorite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I have mine--the child for whom I feel a special closeness, with whom I share a love that no one else could possibly understand. My favorite child is the one who was too sick to eat ice cream at ...read more

  • Play For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,445 views

    PLAY FOR THE MASTER The young man had waited for this moment for many months even years. He had practiced and practiced. It was his premiere appearance as a concert violinist. The audience heard much about his amazing talent, and they packed out the prestigious concert hall to hear him. They ...read more

  • Dad's Favorite Sayings  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 2,886 views

    DAD’S FAVORITE SAYINGS:  Go ask your mother!  Just wait ‘till I get home!  When I was your age…  I used to walk to ...read more

  • My Favorite Station  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,205 views

    MY FAVORITE STATION Good listening is like tuning in a radio station. For good results, you can listen to only one station at a time. Trying to listen to my wife while looking over an office report is like trying to receive two radio stations at the same time. I end up with distortion and ...read more

  • The Dreamer Was A Favorite Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,987 views

    THE DREAMER WAS A FAVORITE SON (Vv. 3-7) The Bible tells us that Joseph was loved more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. When Joseph's brethren saw that he was loved more than they were, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him. The coat of many colors ...read more

  • You Are My Favorite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,631 views

    YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PART Dave Stone wrote in "If Jesus Lived in My Neighborhood" about his uncle Greg, who is a quadriplegic. A few years ago, Uncle Greg was able to attend a special-needs camp at Country Lake Christian Retreat in southern Indiana. A man named John was assigned to be with Uncle ...read more

  • Playing With Beethoven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,979 views

    PLAYING WITH BEETHOVEN A college girl visited the home of Beethoven. She slipped under the rope and began playing Beethoven’s piano. She said to the one in charge, "I suppose every musician who comes here wants to play this piano." He explained to her that recently the great Paderewski was ...read more

  • Playing At Religion

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on May 2, 2008
     | 2,744 views

    PLAYING AT RELIGION An elderly man visited a church during a business meeting. After a number of reports were presented, the chairman of the evangelism committee stood and solemnly stated that there were 200 homes in their county without a Bible. There was a moment of silence, and then the ...read more

  • Playing Church

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 10, 2008
     | 3,319 views

    PLAYING CHURCH Some years ago I met Johnny Moore. Johnny is the lead singer for "His Glory". He tells his story of how he was on his way home one night before he got serious with the Lord. He’d been kinda "playing church." He was on his way home from a Wednesday night prayer meeting, and he ...read more

  • Playing With Sin

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 9, 2009
     | 5,763 views

    Two girlfriends went to Mexico for a holiday and smuggled in a giant mouse to the US assuming it to be a puppy. It wheezes throughout the night and they just pet and snuggle him to bring relief to his pain. In the morning they took him to the Vet who disclosed to them that it was a rat with rabies ...read more

  • Playing God

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
     | 2,837 views

    PLAYING GOD Have you ever felt like you were adrift in the ocean with no clue on how to get to shore? A lot of times in life we get a curveball when we are expecting a fastball. We get frustrated when we try to figure God out. Without knowing it a lot of times we even try to play God. When you ...read more

  • Playing In The Dirt

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
     | 5,378 views

    PLAYING IN THE DIRT If you see a baby playing in the dirt, the baby may be dirty but you pretty much don’t make a big deal about it because it’s understood that babies play in dirt. Babies try to eat dirt. Babies scrub themselves in dirt. Dirt is a toy to a baby. But if you see a ...read more

  • Favorite Sports: According To A Sports ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,803 views

    Favorite Sports: According to a Sports Illustrated for Kids survey the top ten ranked sports among 7-17 year olds are: basketball, football, baseball and soccer, skateboarding, snowboarding, SlamBall, BMX biking, ...read more

  • The Dreamer Was A Favorite Son. (Vv. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,195 views

    The dreamer was a Favorite son. (Vv. 3-7) The Bible tells us that Joseph was loved more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. When Joseph’s brethren saw that he was loved more than they were, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him. The coat of many colors ...read more

  • The Dreamer Was A Favorite Son. (Vv. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,812 views

    The dreamer was a Favorite son. (Vv. 3-7) The Bible tells us that Joseph was loved more than all his children because he was the son of his old age. When Joseph’s brethren saw that he was loved more than they were, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him. The coat of many colors ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Songs Is By The Legendary ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 13, 2005
     | 1,850 views

    One of my favorite songs is by the legendary Contemporary Christian Artist Larry Norman. Norman is one of a handful of pioneers of contemporary Christian music that paved the way for the ministry (and industry) that it is today. I have played the song before and it is entitled, ‘The Outlaw.’ It ...read more

  • Ever Play A Board Game And Try To Play Without ...

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,853 views

    Ever play a board game and try to play without reading the rules? You figure you can figure it out as you go. And then you get to a situation that you don’t know what to do. Err one has a different idea, people start getting mad, people quite the game, call others names, cheaters. Why the ...read more

  • Medical Terminology Play On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
     | 2,666 views

    Medical Terminology Play on Words Sandy has seen a lot of doctors this last year, and as I’ve tagged along, I have learned a lot of medical terminology. I’m sure many of you, as you’ve had medical issues, have learned some interesting terminology, as well. It’s a strange language, isn’t it, because ...read more

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