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  • True Repentance Hates Sin For What It Is-—an ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 26, 2008
     | 2,104 views

    "True repentance hates sin for what it is-—an affront to God. Knowing that sin is evil and that God hates it motivates the truly repentant person to forsake it. Genuine repentance thus forsakes sin and turns in total commitment to ...read more

  • Engineers Tell Us That The Only Way That Metal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Smith on Jul 21, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 2,599 views

    Engineers tell us that the only way that metal can safely be used is after testing it. And it must exceed the testing requirements. Repeatedly. The metal to be used must be pure. And in order for it to be purified, it must go through fire. It must be melted, and molded to fit the designers ...read more

  • I Am Absolutely Convinced That No Wealth In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,490 views

    I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. ...read more

  • Engineers Tell Us That The Only Way That Metal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,483 views

    Engineers tell us that the only way that metal can safely be used is after testing it. And it must exceed the testing requirements. Repeatedly. The metal to be used must be pure. And in order for it to be purified, it must go through fire. It must be melted, and molded to fit the designers ...read more

  • God's Will Is Best  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,771 views

    God's Will is Best Angels are pure spirits, but it was God's intention to raise human beings, who are lower than the angels, to divine status, to union with the Trinity. An ancient tradition tells us that this was the cause of Lucifer's rebellion, jealousy over one day being ruled by a mere ...read more

  • All That Work For What?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
     | 1,350 views

    ALL THAT WORK FOR WHAT? In November 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them ...read more

  • Putting The Brakes On

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 31, 2009
     | 1,338 views

    PUTTING THE BRAKES ON "Violence puts the brakes on authentic development and impedes the evolution of peoples towards greater socio-economic and spiritual well-being. This applies especially to terrorism motivated by fundamentalism, which generates grief, destruction and death, obstructs dialogue ...read more

  • I Am Perfectly Convinced That Whatever The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,755 views

    "I am perfectly convinced that whatever the gospels are they are not legends. I have read a great deal of legend and I am quite clear they are not that sort of thing....Christ bent down and scribbled in the dust with His finger. Nothing comes of this. No one has based any doctrine on it. And ...read more

  • When A Surgeon Enters An Operating Theater, He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,598 views

    WHEN A SURGEON ENTERS AN OPERATING THEATER, HE IS CAREFUL TO WORK IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT, BY SCRUBBING HIS HANDS; WEARING A STERILIZED GOWN AND MASK TO PROTECT THE PATIENT AND HIMSELF, FROM ANY GERMS OR BACTERIA. L. THE THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATION IS THAT WE SHOULD HATE SIN, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE ...read more

  • Why Do You Follow Jesus? Patrick Morley Has Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 12,170 views

    Why do you follow Jesus? Patrick Morley has some important things to say about our answer to this question. "The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is a belief that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in ...read more

  • Christian Counselor, Gary Collins Writes, "[anger ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
     | 2,469 views

    Christian counselor, Gary Collins writes, “[Anger can] be constructive if it motivates us to correct injustice…” and again, “Human beings created in the image of God, were given emotions, including anger. Such anger is a useful and necessary reaction which was seen in Jesus and is not sinful in ...read more

  • Jas 4:3 When You Ask, You Do Not Receive, ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
     | 1,709 views

    Jas 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. Jas 4:4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward ...read more

  • Get To Know Two Things About A Man How He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,119 views

    "Get to know two things about a man how he earns his money and how he spends it and you have the clue to his character, for you have a searchlight that shows up the inmost recesses of his soul. You know all you need to know ...read more

  • Give The Bible To The People, Unadulterated, ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
     | 1,376 views

    "Give the Bible to the people, unadulterated, pure, unaltered, unexplained, uncheapened, and then see it work through the whole nature. It is very difficult indeed for a man or for a boy who knows the Scriptures ever to get away from it. It follows him like the memory of his mother. It haunts him ...read more

  • I Hate The Thought Of Losing Things, -Worse Than ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
     | 1,413 views

    (I hate the thought of losing things, -worse than that, I hate things being stolen, the thought of allowing someone the pleasure of my property. Someone asked me about the motivation to work in the harbour on crime prevention. I told him that a thief ...read more

  • According To Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, A Father's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,333 views

    According to Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a father’s involvement with a child increases the child’s IQ, the child’s motivation to learn, and the child’s self-confidence. In addition, children with involved dads are more likely to develop a sense of humor as well as an “inner ...read more

  • Bf Skinner P World Famous Psychologist, Proved ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 17, 2007
     | 749 views

    BF Skinner p world famous psychologist, proved through experiments that an animal rewarded for good behavior will learn more much more rapidly and retain what it learns longer than an animal punished for bad behavior. He later discovered it also worked with humans. The scriptures show children ...read more

  • George Barna On Leadership

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
     | 1,855 views

    GEORGE BARNA ON LEADERSHIP "Leadership is the ability to put the plans into practice, and to accomplish the specified objectives through the skilful management of people, time, and tangible resources. A good leader is one who is able to motivate people; one who is capable of making good decisions, ...read more

  • The Devil Says, "Whatever You Don't Have, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 1,343 views

    The devil says, “Whatever you don’t have, whatever irritates, whoever disappoints, whatever is uncomfortable, whatever is missing, think on these things.” God says, > Philippians 4:8 … whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,099 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