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  • Humorous Definitions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,239 views

    HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean? ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and ...read more

  • Slaves To Our Words  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,095 views

    SLAVES TO OUR WORDS Noted statesman Sir Winston Churchill once said: "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." Churchill's words echo those penned by King Solomon almost three millennia ago. We're all guilty from time to time; I know I am. There's been times ...read more

  • The Words, "Where Is The Messiah?" Are The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,127 views

    The words, “Where is the Messiah?” are the first recorded words spoken by a person in the entire New Testament. (In Matthew 1, only the angel Gabriel speaks.) What do you think is the first question ...read more

  • It's Only Words, And Words Are All I Have, To ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 24, 2003
     | 1,347 views

    “It’s only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away” - The Bee Gees When the Gibb brothers put their heads together in 1968 to write their song, “Words”, they said a lot more than what comes off the surface. In the main line of the song they manage to convey the message that ...read more

  • Worthy Of Praise Is Actually One Word, Our Word ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 19, 2007
     | 1,981 views

    Worthy of praise is actually one word, our word "Halal." The word can mean to shine, to praise, to boast, or to be worthy of praise, as in this instance. A good illustration would be a piece of iron that is magnetized. The magnet comes across iron shavings that are immediately drawn to it. God is ...read more

  • Gentle Words, Quiet Words, Are, After All, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,053 views

    "Gentle words, quiet words, are, after all, the most powerful words. They are more convincing, ...read more

  • Words Without Poetry Lack Passion; Words Without ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,769 views

    Words without poetry lack passion; words without passion lack persuasion; words ...read more

  • Cold Words Freeze People, And Hot Words Scorch ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,995 views

    "Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their image on mens souls, and a ...read more

  • Just The Right Word  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,294 views

    JUST THE RIGHT WORD “Defining Jesus,” said Max Lucado, “would be a challenge to the best of writers, but John handles the task with casual analogy. The Messiah, in a word, was ‘the Word.’ Be He a fiery verb or a tender adjective, He was, quite simply, a word.” And I might add that He was “just ...read more

  • The Eternal Word Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,525 views

    As Jack Hayford describes, Consider the one thing this world which you and I can touch that has "eternity" written into its fabric. It’s the Word of God. Every time I take a Bible in hand, I hold eternity, because the life-force inherent in that Word exceeds ...read more

  • Choking The Word Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,214 views

    CHOKING THE WORD OF LIFE Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked ...read more

  • Listen To The Word Of God

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2005
     | 4,849 views

    LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD I witnessed something similar to this on an airplane once. I kept hearing outbursts of laughter. The flight was turbulent and bumpy, hardly a reason for humour. But some fellow behind me was cracking up. No one else, just him. Finally I turned to see what was so funny. ...read more

  • Words Of A Taxicab Driver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,423 views

    Listen to these words of a taxicab driver…: Because I drive the night shift, my cab often becomes a moving confessional. Passengers climb in, sit behind me in total anonymity, and tell me about their lives. I encounter people whose lives amaze me, some ennoble me, others make me laugh and ...read more

  • Words Must Be Weighed, Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,322 views

    "Words must be weighed, ...read more

  • The Many Uses Of The Word In ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
     | 1,717 views

    ILLUSTRATION: The many uses of the word in English convince me that grace is indeed amazing—truly our last best word. It contains the essence of the gospel as a drop of water can contain the image of the sun. The world thirst for grace in ways it does not even recognize. . . “The world can do ...read more

  • The Word Of God Is A Treasure ...

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
     | 3,599 views

    The Word of God is a treasure Map Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”. It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found. We have a ...read more

  • Famous Last Words

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 23, 2008
     | 2,790 views

    Famous Last Words P.T. Barnum - 1891: "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?" Humphrey Bogart - 1942: "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Writer, Oscar Wilde - 1900: he died saying, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do." Lady Nancy Astor - 1964: "Am I dying, ...read more

  • Words Do Things

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,269 views

    Words Do Things One poet tells how a certain man who had performed a heroic act found it impossible to tell his friends about it for a lack of words to describe it. But there was a witness to the event whom the poet refers to as having been "afflicted with the necessary magic of words." He told ...read more

  • Six-Word Memoirs  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,290 views

    Six-Word Memoirs One of the surprising best-selling books of 2008 is "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." Notice that the main title is only six words: "Not Quite What I Was Planning." People were asked to succinctly sum up their life in six ...read more

  • God's Will Is God's Word

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 7,793 views

    GOD’S WILL IS GOD’S WORD Jimmy is a professional fisherman. He makes his living fishing on the BASS (Bass Angler Sportsman Society) circuit. He is also a devout Christian and belongs to the FBC Keys, Oklahoma. This year, BASS made a ruling that to be eligible for the fisherman of the year award ...read more

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