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  • Am I Dangerous?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,052 views

    Am I Dangerous? "Utterly ordinary, so commonplace: while we profess to know a power the 20th century cannot reckon with. We are all sideliners, coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to set by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. We are spiritual pacifists, conscientious ...read more

  • Nothing Disciplines The Inordinate Desires Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,232 views

    Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness. The flesh whines against service but screams against hidden service. It strains and pulls for honor and recognition. It will devise subtle, ...read more

  • If The Apostle Paul Were Asked What He Would Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 1, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,858 views

    If the apostle Paul were asked what he would do with all of the present problems of fear, unemployment, and hardship in America today he would no doubt say, "You are more than conquerors through Him who loves us. Do not be overcome (by over-reacting, over-emphasizing, over-spiritualizing, ...read more

  • God's Homing Device  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,630 views

    GOD'S HOMING DEVICE It is interesting to note how many creatures of nature have what scientists have called a homing instinct. “The question has sometimes been raised whether or not man ever possessed this same homing instinct and lost it through the ages in his preoccupation with other things”. ...read more

  • Psychologist David Burns Notes That It Is Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
     | 2,152 views

    Psychologist David Burns notes that it is not another person’s compliment or approval that makes us feel good; rather, it is our belief that there is validity to the compliment. …We are not passive victims of other’s opinions. Their opinions are powerless until we validate them. No one’s approval ...read more

  • The Christian Sees Through Kinder Eyes-Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,693 views

    The Christian sees through kinder eyes-like Jesus. He gives from a bigger heart-like God. He speaks with a purer tongue-like Christ. He serves with more willing hands-like Jesus. He walks with a greater faith-like his Lord. He thinks with a spiritual mind-like Christ. He sees the needs of ...read more

  • Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,461 views

    Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does not ...read more

  • Max Lucado Writes In God Came Near "One New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Max Lucado writes in God Came Near “One New Year’s Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this float represented the Standard Oil Company. With ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Who Wrote , "It Is Infinitely ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 23, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonheoffer who wrote , “It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. It is infinitely easier to suffer with others than to suffer alone. It is infinitely easier to suffer as public heroes than to suffer apart and in ...read more

  • Circumcise Your Sin

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 22, 2008
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    CIRCUMCISE YOUR SIN Thousands of years ago, before Christ was even born, devout Jewish parents would practice rituals or customs when having a child. The first of the customs was that the child be circumcised; the cutting of the skin. This symbolized that you were a part of the family of ...read more

  • If The Blind Put Their Hand In God's  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 11, 2009
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    If the Blind Put Their Hand in God’s Helen Keller, shortly before her sixtieth birthday, expressed pity for the real unseeing, for those who have eyes yet do not see. Her long years of physical blindness have given her a spiritual insight which enables her to enjoy life in all its fullness. She ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Hunger  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jan 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,722 views

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger A family had the habit of treating their children for ice cream after the church service. One Sunday the father decided to break the habit. The children were not happy about it. They started whining. The father decided use spirituality to deal with the situation. He ...read more

  • During The 1980’s, More Than 17,000 ...

    Contributed by Rj Davis on Jul 6, 2010
     | 2,100 views

    During the 1980’s, more than 17,000 members of a major evangelical denomination were surveyed about their prayer habits while attending seminars on prayer for spiritual awakening. Because they attended this kind of seminar, we can assume these people are above average in their interest in prayer. ...read more

  • Defensive Striving

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 27, 2010
     | 2,331 views

    DEFENSIVE STRIVING There's a term in driver's education - Defensive Driving. Driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others. Its aim is to reduce the risk of driving by anticipating dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the ...read more

  • Running While Weighed Down

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2011
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    RUNNING WHILE WEIGHED DOWN David Posman was arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and stealing the closest 4 bags of money. It turned out they contained $800 in pennies, weighing 30 pounds each, and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so ...read more

  • The Fig Tree Jesus Cursed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
     | 487 views

    An acted-out parable: most of Israel was like a fig tree out of SEASON. “The early figs, appearing in March or April and ripening in June, are called ‘bikkurah.’ …The early fig was considered a great delicacy by the Hebrews. The late or green figs, which sometimes ripen after the fall of the leaf, ...read more

  • How Have You Been Feeling Lately? Does It Seem ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Feb 4, 2002
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,194 views

    How have you been feeling lately? Does it seem like you have a decreased amount of energy? Do you feel fatigued? Have you been craving sugar and eating more than usual? In the last two months have you had difficulty getting out of bed in the morning? Are you sleeping more than usual, been less ...read more

  • God's Hmo's

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,291 views

    GOD'S HMO'S In Christian Counseling Today Magazine I discovered another article talking about "Spirituality Theology and Health." It highlighted the center for the study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University. After twenty years of study and 25 research studies they discovered the ...read more

  • Eyes And Toes

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,295 views

    EYES AND TOES There is a terrific story I once heard in a taped message from a marvelous Baptist pastor named Ron Dunn. Dunn's parable suggested that once upon a time there was a body where the eyes convinced all of the other parts of the body that the gift of SIGHT was the only important gift. ...read more

  • Handicapped But Complete

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,761 views

    Handicapped But Complete About two years ago my wife Kay was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease, mainly characterized by inflammation of the lining of the joints. It can lead to long-term joint damage, resulting in chronic pain, loss of function and ...read more