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  • It Shows You What You Don't Know

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 15, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    IT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW Robert Phillips (Biblical Preaching Journal/Winter 1994, wrote of his first college course in chemistry. His first exam came after one week. Of the twelve in the class 6 got "D's" and six failed. The professor told them, "I did not give you this test so that you ...read more

  • Love My Enemies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,517 views

    LOVE MY ENEMIES Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years suffering in a Communist prison, reminds all believers with less than ideal circumstances that “if the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart love Him, you can resist all tortures.” He says, “God will not judge ...read more

  • Love By Our Personalities  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 6, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 1,809 views

    Most of us define love by our personalities: (1) Sanguines (influencers)--- warmth, expressiveness, and intensity of feeling (the heart) (2) Cholerics (doers) —good works, provision, and services given (help) (3) Phlegmatics (relaters)—loyalty,listening, guiding, ...read more

  • Fear, Love, Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,742 views

    FEAR, LOVE, JOY In the movie First Knight, Lancelot (played by Richard Gere) is a wanderer and highly skilled swordsman who fights for whoever will pay him. Seeing a princess and her entourage under attack in the woods, he decides to save her. Attracted to the princess, Guinevere, he later visits ...read more

  • God So Loved  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 12, 2003
    based on 101 ratings
     | 4,485 views

    God So Loved I want to paint a picture for you this morning. Picture yourself arguing with a friend and you really lose it. You pull out a gun and kill your friend. You are caught and arrested. You receive your day in court and found guilty of your sin of murder. You are sentenced to die by ...read more

  • Everyone Loves A Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,384 views

    EVERYONE LOVES A PARADE It was October 29, 1927 when Charles Lindbergh was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City in honor of his solo flight of the Atlantic Ocean. 750,000 lbs. of ticker tape poured onto the streets. But the biggest ticker-tape parade was on March 1, 1962, for astronaut ...read more

  • Faith In A Father's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,246 views

    FAITH IN A FATHER'S LOVE Here’s how the story of Finding Nemo develops in the movie: Nemo’s father loved him very much. He watched over Nemo and protected him from every evil. Nemo and his dad were best friends. There are reasons why so many people enjoy the blockbuster hit Finding Nemo. It is a ...read more

  • A Lesson Of Love At Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
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    A LESSON OF LOVE AT CHRISTMAS There is a seldom noticed yet preciously tender lesson to be found in Mary’s actions immediately following the angel’s visit announcing her role as bearer of the Christ Child. She had been told that her cousin Elizabeth was also experiencing an unusual, though ...read more

  • The Love Of My Life  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 2, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
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    THE LOVE OF MY LIFE Rick Warren’s wife Kay has cancer. [He wrote "The Purpose Driven Life] Rick sends out a letter every week through his web site, and this is what a recent one said: “So many of you have asked about Kay’s progress in her treatment for cancer, so we wanted to give you an update. ...read more

  • Love Your Enemies  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 28, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 6,466 views

    Illus.: “Love Your Enemies” We found ourselves on the same track with several carloads of Japanese wounded after we were freed from the Kwai prison camp. These unfortunates were on their own without medical care. No longer fit for action in Burma, they had been packed into railway cars which were ...read more

  • Love Is A Great Beautifier

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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    Love is a great beautifier. Louisa May ...read more

  • Love Gives Itself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Thomas Merton: “Without love, almsgiving is no more important an action than brushing your hair or washing your hands, and the Pharisees had just as elaborate a ritual for those things as they had for alms, too, because all these things were prescribed by law, and had to be done so. “But love ...read more

  • If You Love Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,780 views

    If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please ...read more

  • The Love That Brought Him

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
     | 943 views

    Because the way was steep and long, and through a strange and lonely land, God placed upon my lips a song And put a lantern in my hand. -- Joyce Kilmer, quoted by W. Frank ...read more

  • A Shallow View Of Love

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 24, 2007
     | 1,635 views

    Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears. These lines spoken by Romeo in Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet, give us a very shallow view of love. Love, to Romeo, is really only infatuation. ...read more

  • Pursued By The Atoning Love  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 6, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,716 views

    Pursued by the Atoning Love One evening a woman was driving home when she noticed a huge truck behind her that was driving uncomfortably close. She stepped on the gas to gain some distance from the truck, but when she sped up the truck did too. The faster she drove, the faster drove the truck. Now ...read more

  • Love For Our Neighbor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,401 views

    Love for Our Neighbor John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is ...read more

  • God Is Not Just Love

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,756 views

    It is true God is Love. But God is also jealous I found 18 different occurrences where God is called Jealous, or the scripture refers to His Jealousy. Exodus 34:14 even says His name is Jealous; For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: God is ...read more

  • What Love Does

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,996 views

    WHAT LOVE DOES 1. Love is Patient – v4 It takes a long time before fuming & breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry. -Romans 12:17 Refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,871 views

    ILLUSTRATION: I LOVE YOU ANYWAY Overcoming the odds is like the man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to ...read more

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