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  • All Blame Is A Waste Of Time. No Matter How Much ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,518 views

    All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may ...read more

  • For Instance, If Someone Confronts Us About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,852 views

    For instance, if someone confronts us about something we have said and we did not have a reason to say what we said neither did we know what we were talking about, we tell “little white lies” as if it is acceptable. Lying is not acceptable by man or God because a lie is a lie no matter whom tells ...read more

  • One's As Good As Another  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,858 views

    ONE’S AS GOOD AS ANOTHER Did you hear about the farmer who asked his neighbor if he could borrow a rope? The neighbor said, “Sorry, I’m using the rope to tie up my milk.” “Milk?” said the farmer. “You can’t tie up milk with a rope.” The neighbor replied, “I know, but when a man doesn’t want to ...read more

  • Ortberg States It This Way, "God Doesn't Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,807 views

    Ortberg states it this way, “God doesn’t just love you because he has to, he loves you because he wants to. God delights in you. Of course, that doesn’t mean God delights in everything you do. Your own mother doesn’t do that, if she’s at all healthy. But the fact that you ...read more

  • During World War Two The P-38 Lightening Fighter ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,086 views

    During World War Two the P-38 Lightening fighter airplane was one of the most effective planes for the United States. The United States gave some to our allies the British but their pilots were not as effective as the American pilots. The reason is that the Americans did not give the British the ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget The Episode Of "Home ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Dec 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,869 views

    I’ll never forget the episode of “Home Improvement” in which one the Taylor children had a part with three others in the Christmas pageant at church holding up cardboard letters that were supposed to spell “NOEL.” They got backwards and spelled “LEON.” Al Borlan, Tim’s sidekick, leaned over to ...read more

  • S ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,740 views

    SECURITY? What’s good about America? How about peace and security? A lady said: Security and peace of mind were part of the reason we moved to a gated community. But both flew out the window the night I called a local pizza shop for a delivery. "I’d like to order a large pepperoni, please," I ...read more

  • The Problem For Isaiah, However, Is That The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 31, 2009
     | 1,888 views

    The problem for Isaiah, however, is that the filth and corruption was not outside Jerusalem, it was in it, in the hearts and on the lips of his people. That was the reason for all the invasions of Assyria and Babylonia. The kings of the north would be a purifying fire that would purge the sin ...read more

  • They Said It Couldn't Be Done

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 2,766 views

    THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE They experts said it was physically impossible for a human being to run a mile in four minutes. Our bone structure was all wrong, the wind resistance was too great, our lung power was inadequate. There appeared to be a 101 reasons why it could not be done! Then one ...read more

  • Man Has Yet To Conquer Himself  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,839 views

    MAN HAS YET TO CONQUER HIMSELF Ravi Zacharias put it well when he said, "In an attempt to be reasonable, man has become irrational. In an attempt to deify himself, he has defaced himself. In an attempt to be free, he has made himself a slave. And like Alexander the Great, he has conquered the ...read more

  • Weak Prayer, Weak Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 7, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,211 views

    WEAK PRAYER, WEAK FAITH Bill Hybels, "I used to make excuses for my faint-hearted prayer life. I don’t have any good models of persevering prayer, I told myself. I have too many responsibilities to fulfill, so I don’t have the time to pray properly. But God convinced me that I was not being honest ...read more

  • Coming Quietly

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jan 1, 2023
     | 565 views

    The Lord of all comes as a slave amidst poverty. Choosing for his birthplace an unknown village in a remote province, he is born of a poor maiden and accepts all that poverty implies. He chose surroundings that were poor and simple, so ordinary as to be almost unnoticed, so that people would know ...read more

  • To Risk  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 4,866 views

    To laugh is to risk appearing the fool To weep is to risk appearing sentimental To reach out for another is to risk involvement To expose feelings is to risk exposing, your true self To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss To love is to risk not being loved in ...read more

  • What Things?  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Daugherty on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 3,583 views

    "WHAT THINGS?" Luke24:16 In these two words, "What Things?" are found one of the most profound lessons of forgiveness. They are a quote from Luke, by our Lord after His crucifixion. Jesus was walking with two men going to Emmaus. Their language and languishing betrayed their disappointment. ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,277 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • You Likely Have Never Heard Of Jeff Foran, Who ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
     | 2,404 views

    You likely have never heard of Jeff Foran, who lives in Foreman, Arkansas. Apparently Mr. Foran, aged 38, was drunk – very drunk, it looks like – one night in May and went out for a drive. Well, as he was driving, his cigarette fell out of his fingers and out the window. Not to waste a good ...read more

  • Hite Of Folly. Sensationalistic Sex Surveys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,080 views

    Hite of Folly. Sensationalistic sex surveys suffered further damage with the release of new research on the fidelity of American spouses. According to a new study by Tom W. Smith of the National Opinion Research Center, roughly 15 percent of married or previously married Americans have committed ...read more

  • Half Of Americans In A Recent Poll Said They Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,677 views

    Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% saw it as a "sign of personal or emotional weakness," according to the National Mental Health Association. Other topics measured included alcoholism (seen ...read more

  • Closer Than Our Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,707 views

    CLOSER THAN OUR PROBLEMS In reflecting on Handel’s Messiah, Joseph E. McCabe wrote: “Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,561 views

    CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa ...read more

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