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  • At Last I Understood: In The Final Analysis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
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    "At last I understood: in the final analysis, forgiveness is an act of faith. By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am. By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out. I leave in God’s ...read more

  • The African Impala Can Jump To A Height Of Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 23, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,911 views

    The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3-foot wall. The animals will not jump if they cannot see where their feet will fall. Faith is the ability to trust ...read more

  • Anonymous Quote: Hope Looks For The Good In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,421 views

    Anonymous Quote: Hope looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst in them. Hope opens doors where despair closes them. Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot be done. Hope draws its power from a deep trust in God. Hope “lights a candle” instead of ...read more

  • Prison Population

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,301 views

    PRISON POPULATION The Pew Charitable Trust reports that by 2011 the U.S. prison population will grow 12% retain, 1.7 million men and women and cost American taxpayers an additional $27.5 billion. That’s more than the population of Atlanta, Baltimore and Denver combined. Every year ...read more

  • My First Assignment 35 Years Ago Was To An Inner ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,517 views

    My first assignment 35 years ago was to an inner city parish in Wshington,D.C. Money was stolen from my room; the garage mechanic said my gas tank may have been sabotaged, destroying my engine; one weekend we had 34 windows broken in the school. When a new pastor was sent,the parish held a party ...read more

  • Warning Signs  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,615 views

    WARNING SIGNS At an intersection, the green light changes to yellow; At the theater the house lights flash; In the Battalion Tactical Operations Center a Warning Order comes down from Brigade; At the airport terminal the boarding call comes over the intercom; At a railroad crossing the lights ...read more

  • When I Attended Urbana In 1976 Margaret Clarkson ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 766 views

    When I attended Urbana in 1976 Margaret Clarkson wrote our theme song from this song, Where we sang with 18,000 in the Illinois University gym, Declare His glory, Among the nations, Throughout creation, His triumph sing. Till all earth’s people bow in adoration and Jesus Christ be everlasting ...read more

  • I Was In Line At Mcdonalds With My Family The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
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    I was in line at McDonalds with my family the other day when it hit me. We often come to Christ with our requests as if we’re ordering a super-value meal. “Yes, I’ll have a reassurance sandwich, with a side of prosperity, and a large, refreshing dose of hope to wash it all down. And super-size ...read more

  • As David Lieberman Explains, "Self-Esteem And Ego ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2004
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    As David Lieberman explains, “Self-esteem and Ego are inversely related—when one goes up, the other goes down…a person with low self-esteem is highly sensitive…The greater our self-esteem, the less hurt we feel when someone is disrespectful.” • You can see how important this is to church life; ...read more

  • I Know There Are Times That We Don't Feel That ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Montgomery on Jun 21, 2007
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    I know there are times that we don’t feel that this applies to us PERSONALLY .... Think about it... It’s the great commission The "GREAT" Commission. We don’t think of ourselves as being able to accomplish great things....we’re just ordinary folk. This doesn’t apply to us, it only applies to ...read more

  • What Is Culture?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 2,753 views

    WHAT IS CULTURE? What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation’s collective mind, its sense of right and wrong, the way it perceives reality, and its definition of self. Culture is the morals and habits a mother ...read more

  • Back Where We Started

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 25, 2011
     | 2,506 views

    BACK WHERE WE STARTED I have a photograph, taken of my father’s father around 1910, when he was about 28. I put that photograph next to a photo of me that was taken when I was 30. The poses were just about the same. And surprisingly, the only real different between the two photos is that he was ...read more

  • The Tribulum

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 31, 2012
     | 3,258 views

    THE TRIBULUM The Roman method of threshing grain has one man stirring up the sheaves while another man rides over it in a crude cart equipped with rollers instead of wheels (sometimes flat boards were used). Sharp stones or bits of iron were attached to the cylinders to help separate the husks ...read more

  • A Desperate Situation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2012
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    A DESPERATE SITUATION The old preacher Vance Havner used to say, "The tragedy of our time is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not." Three weeks before President John Kennedy was assassinated, he said, "Almost all presidents leave office feeling that their work is unfinished. I ...read more

  • Tethered To God's Sovereignty

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2022
     | 1,513 views

    Let’s do a math problem. If a sheep was tethered to a pole on a rope that was 25 feet long, how many square feet would he have to graze? p r² . Let’s begin by squaring 25, we end up with 625. Multiplying by an approximation of p as 3.14, we end up with 1,962.5 square feet. We are ...read more

  • Rabbi Harold] Kushner's Book [when Bad Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Kuzma on Feb 19, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,437 views

    [Rabbi Harold] Kushner’s book [When Bad Things Happen to Good People] was a best seller not only because it is so well written, but also because it caters to a narcissistic age. For us, any suffering, confusion or tragedy is patently unfair and undeserved because we stopped trusting a God whose ...read more

  • Some Students Rushed Off To Bible College, ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 20, 2004
     | 2,375 views

    Some students rushed off to Bible college, trusting God for finances. The problem was that these students had left debts at home that needed to be paid. When they got to college they increased their debt. They became so burdened with debt that their lives ended up a shipwreck. Living by faith ...read more

  • I Think Jamie, Who Has Cancer In "Walk To ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 4, 2006
     | 1,504 views

    I think Jamie, who has cancer in “Walk to Remember,”understands this attitude. {Movie clip “Walk To Remember” Start: Chap. 25:1:25:00 - End: 25:1:28:00 =3:00} Did you notice how Jamie is handling her trial? She trusts God even though she’s sick. ...read more

  • Oral Roberts Used To Use A Chorus That Some ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Oct 21, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,920 views

    Oral Roberts used to use a chorus that some detested, ‘Expect a miracle every day, Expect a miracle when you pray, If you expect it God will find a way, To perform a miracle for you each day.’ - Expectations may be high and in the right place but there are still times of waiting for His answer! ...read more

  • Sieze The Day  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,199 views

    Shakespeare once wrote: "there is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries." The Latins had a phrase that expressed the same idea: "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero," which ...read more