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  • For Joachim Neander Praise Was Evoked By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,814 views

    For Joachim Neander praise was evoked by life-changing memories from his youth. To say he was a rebel is probably an understatement. Most of his youth was spent with little regard for God and His Word. Sometimes he even outrightly mocked the Word of God and those who preached it. Neander and ...read more

  • Deistic Teens- Researchers With The National ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,027 views

    Deistic Teens- Researchers with the National Study of Youth and Religion have concluded American teens believe in a combination of works based righteousness, religion as psychological well-being, and a distant, non-interfering god. With no place for sin, judgment, salvation, or Christ; their creed ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 2,590 views

    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • The Word ‘love’ Conjures Up So Man ...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
     | 4,463 views

    The word ‘love’ conjures up so man different things today. A modern dictionary lists 28 various uses for the word: tender affection, warm attachment, intimate passion, strong predication, & amorous benevolence. Yet not of these are complete to define / describe what the Bible speaks of as a ...read more

  • Consider Charles Colson, The Aide To Richard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,257 views

    Consider Charles Colson, the aide to Richard Nixon who was sent to jail for Watergate. As a result of his experience as a convicted felon, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, now the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship has more than 50,000 volunteers ...read more

  • In His Book "The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Santasiere on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 2,631 views

    In his book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, John Maxwell tells the story of one of the most incredible restorations in American business history. It happened at the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1980’s. Chrysler was in a mess, despite a long history of success. At one point in ...read more

  • I Am…  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,486 views

    I am… BLESSED when I come in and BLESSED when I go out (Deut 28:6) SAFE wherever I go (Psa 91:11) REDEEMED from the hand of the enemy (Psa 107:2) The SALT of the earth (Matt 5:13) The LIGHT of the world (Matt 5:14) VALUABLE! (Matt 10:31) Exercising my AUTHORITY over the enemy (Luke 10:19) VALUABLE ...read more

  • This Past Week I Watched Part Of An Interview ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 3, 2008
     | 1,386 views

    -This past week I watched part of an interview with a medical expert about this bird flu that is spreading around our world. The govt. has already suggested that people should stock a couple of month’s supply of such things as canned tuna and powdered milk. This is not to throw anybody into a ...read more

  • Proverbs Is Not A Book Of Promises

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 26, 2023
    based on 1 rating
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    A broken parent came to me and said, "Pastor Larry, I raised my kids in church. I raised my kids to follow Christ, know His Word and put Him first in their lives. They all made decisions for Christ in our church and were baptized. But, now that they have all graduated from high school, not ...read more

  • A Graduate's Call

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    A Graduate's Call (Are Only Stewards) A disciplined feeding on the Word of God and surrendering to the Lord in prayer leads to an understanding that mankind are only stewards to what God has given them. A man does not become a steward after he has been saved, nor after he ...read more

  • The Heart Of Mary: Highly Favored

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    The Heart of Mary: Highly Favored "The angel went to her and said, 'Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'" (Luke 1:28) This spoken blessing into her life did not come from abroad, but from the very throne of God and the term "highly favored" (kecharitomene) is an active ...read more

  • Kalman And Sue Csia Were Friends Of Mine Who ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 30, 2005
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    Kalman and Sue Csia were friends of mine who during World War II were fleeing from the Germans. It seems the Germans were rounding up protestant pastors because of the Barmen Declaration. They literally fled for their lives. I asked them what they had learned from this experience. They ...read more

  • Loss Of Joy = Incomplete Obedience

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 4,780 views

    LOSS OF JOY = INCOMPLETE OBEDIENCE F. B. Meyer: Sometimes a soul comes to its spiritual adviser, speaking thus: "I have no conscious joy, and have had but little for years." "Did you once have it?" "Yes, for some time after my conversion to God." "Are you conscious of having refused obedience to ...read more

  • Purifying Agent

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,719 views

    Purifying Agent The Apostle Paul writes about the empowering agent that enables the child of God to live that victorious life: Romans 8:9-11 says, "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if the Spirit of Him who raised ...read more

  • 52-62% Of All First Marriages Will Eventually ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on May 18, 2006
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    • 52-62% of all first marriages will eventually end in legal divorce. Untold others will experience emotional divorce and unsatisfying relationships. • 60% of all remarriages eventually end in legal divorce. • 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults. • 65% of ...read more

  • Everyone Eventually Surrenders To Something Or ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on May 31, 2006
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    “Everyone eventually surrenders to something or someone. If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God—and if you fail to worship him, you will create other things ...read more

  • The Wife Of Thomas Carlyle (A British Historian ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,368 views

    The wife of Thomas Carlyle (a British historian and thinker) wrote in her diary of her hunger for a word of appreciation and love from her husband. After her death, Carlyle read the diary and with a broken heart, repeated over and over, “If I had only known! If I had only known!” That is ...read more

  • Frederick M. Lehman Strove To Convey This ...

    Contributed by Sam Peters on Mar 1, 2007
     | 1,637 views

    Frederick M. Lehman strove to convey this measureless love when he penned these words in the song “The Love of God” Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the sky of parchment made were every stalk on earth a quill and every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God ...read more

  • Standing Before Holiness  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,202 views

    STANDING BEFORE HOLINESS "True repentance is when by the convicting power of God’s Holy Spirit, the sinner finally has a sense of revulsion and Godly sorrow for the condition of sin in his or her heart, and comes, empty-handed and un-defensive, without pretension or ceremony, in the most personal ...read more

  • Don't Just Hang On...hang In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,928 views

    DON'T JUST HANG ON...HANG IN Decades ago, Oswald Chambers wrote about spiritual perseverance, defining it as... not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated. The Bible is full of examples of men and women who didn't "just-hang-on" ...read more