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  • Let Us Only Take Heed That This Office Of Christ ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 2,098 views

    Let us only take heed that this office of Christ is not set before us in vain. It will profit us nothing at the last day that Jesus was a Shepherd, if during our lifetime, we never heard His voice and followed Him. If we love life, let us ...read more

  • Unconverted Ministers

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 2,119 views

    UNCONVERTED MINISTERS Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is ...read more

  • Modern-Day Pharisees

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 3,368 views

    MODERN-DAY PHARISEES These Pharisees were not true shepherds, but actually thieves and robbers. Killing the sheep, leading them to their destruction. How many so-called shepherds today are leading their flocks to destruction by giving them religion instead of relationship? By leading them in ...read more

  • Missions Is Not The Ultimate Goal Of The Church. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,637 views

    Missions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. Worship...is the fuel and goal of missions. ...read more

  • You May Not Be An Authority On Theology, But You ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
     | 1,462 views

    You may not be an authority on theology, but you are the world’s greatest authority on what has happened to you! ...read more

  • Chicken For Dinner

    Contributed by Tim White on Sep 7, 2011
     | 3,292 views

    CHICKEN FOR DINNER When my dad was a small boy, he wanted to go fishing, but no one would take him. He sat on his porch with his fishing pole and pretended to be fishing until that became too boring. So he put a hook on and put a piece of bread on the hook. My grandmother let her chickens run ...read more

  • Chaos Theory

    Contributed by Tim White on Sep 7, 2011
     | 2,375 views

    CHAOS THEORY In the 1960s, Dr. Edward Lorenz, in trying to develop a systematic method for developing long range weather predictions, began focusing on chaos theory. Chaos theory basically is a study of how things that seem chaotic and random are actually more predictable from seemingly unrelated ...read more

  • Gluttony Pants

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,068 views

    GLUTTONY PANTS Chef Chris Cosentino, Food Network star and executive chef at Incanto restaurant in San Francisco, has created the Gluttony Pants for those of us who occasionally indulge and engorge without the post-meal awkwardness. The pants have three buttons, allowing you to expand the pants' ...read more

  • The Impact Of Lust

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,862 views

    THE IMPACT OF LUST I think about a woman I knew in college who dated and slept with one guy after another until one night she slept with several men consecutively. After college, she went from one relationship to another until she had a mental breakdown. Now in her mid 40s, she just pulling her ...read more

  • The Glue Trap Of Lust

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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     | 3,492 views

    THE GLUE TRAP OF LUST Adam Hamilton tells the story of moving into his house after it was built only to discover that it was infested with mice. So he got glue traps which have a scent that attracts the mice. They step on it and then are stuck. Then the mice need to be killed and disposed of. He ...read more

  • Arthur's Envy

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,459 views

    ARTHUR'S ENVY When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted ...read more

  • Lamb Over Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,026 views

    "LAMB OVER ME" In his book “Eternity in their Hearts”, Don Richardson a Missionary writes of cultural compasses in other cultures and their language that point to one and only one person, Jesus, preparing the way for the Gospel to be heard. He tells the story of Robert Morrison who landed in ...read more

  • One Life At A Time: Rudy's Story

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,634 views

    ONE LIFE AT A TIME: RUDY'S STORY Rudy Rasmus learned the family business from his father when he was just five years old. His dad brought home a set of blueprints and unveiled his business plans. He said, "This a motel and other people's husbands are going to come and give us money to spend time ...read more

  • Knowing The Sound Of His Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,087 views

    KNOWING THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE Brian Brown tells the story of being at the community pool with his family. Kids were screaming, playing, and splashing in the pool, music was playing, the lifeguard whistles were blowing and in the midst of the conversation, his wife shooshes him. He said, "What are ...read more

  • Pouring Out Like Sweat  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,390 views

    POURING OUT LIKE SWEAT Several years ago, Gatorade had an ad with Michael Jordan where he was covered in orange drops of sweat. The image says clearly that Michael Jordan is so full of Gatorade that it is literally pouring out of him like sweat. That’s an appropriate image of the Holy Spirit in ...read more

  • The Agenda Of The Coach

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,484 views

    THE AGENDA OF THE COACH LSU tackle Drake Nevis was the anchor of the defensive line for LSU last year. Listen to what Defensive Coordinator John Chavis said about Nevis before the draft: "Folks are going to fall in love with him. When you get a guy that has the athletic ability he does and ...read more

  • Understanding "Ask, Seek, Knock"

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Oct 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,600 views

    UNDERSTANDING "ASK, SEEK, KNOCK" Imagine you are looking for someone – let’s say it’s your long lost friend from high school. The first step is to ask around from people who might know him and where he lives, what he’s doing, how you might locate him. Now that might satisfy your curiosity, but if ...read more

  • Not Witnessing To The Lost Is Like Telling A ...

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,466 views

    Not witnessing to the lost is like telling a person who is sick with appendicitis to just relax, think positive thoughts, listen to some nice music and everything will be fine. No it won’t! He needs to see a doctor, realize that he’s going to die unless he has surgery and has that appendix removed. ...read more

  • Defusing A Bomb

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 29, 2011
     | 2,101 views

    DEFUSING A BOMB The setting is modern day Iraq. A soldier specially trained is cautiously approaching a large cigar-shaped bomb capable of destroying the lives of anyone within half a block. He has good intentions of defusing it and making peace instead of destruction. But the bomb is a real ...read more

  • Taste Is All Wrong

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,532 views

    TASTE IS ALL WRONG I remember one of the stories from the Chronicles of Narnia from the book "The Last Battle." It was the story of a number of dwarfs who just didn't believe in Aslan (who represented Jesus Christ in all the books). They were blind to reality refusing to be "taken in" by those ...read more