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  • The Heart In Scripture

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,930 views

    THE HEART IN SCRIPTURE Heart is used in Scripture as the most comprehensive term for the authentic person. It is the part of our being where we desire, deliberate, and decide. It has been described as "the place of conscious and decisive spiritual activity," "the comprehensive term for a person as ...read more

  • Get Out Of Kindergarten

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 16, 2020
     | 1,297 views

    John 3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? We have so many discussions and divisions over earthly things like music, gray areas, etc. If we cannot come to agreement on these things how can we reach for ...read more

  • If You Have A Moment Some Time, Check Out The ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 4, 2008
     | 708 views

    If you have a moment some time, check out the Calvin window on the south side of the sanctuary. If you look near the bottom, we will see an engraving of Calvin’s crest: a flaming heart in an outstretched hand, extended upward to God. Calvin chose this symbol to declare the central core of his ...read more

  • He Moved Into The Ward With Us  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 1,405 views

    He Moved Into the Ward With Us. Dr. John Rosen, a psychiatrist in New York City, is well known For his work with catatonic schizophrenics. Normally doctors remain separate and aloof from their patients. Dr. Rosen moves into the ward with them. He places his bed among their beds. He lives the life ...read more

  • When C.s. Lewis Came To Oxford University He Was ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 3, 2005
     | 1,278 views

    When C.S. Lewis came to Oxford University he was an atheist. He had lost his mother at nine and the rest of his life was spent in boarding schools. But had no use or belief in God. But while at Oxford he met a man who became his best friend: J.R.R. Tolkein. You know him as the author of The Lord of ...read more

  • A Young Woodsman Came Into A Store One Day To Buy ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,068 views

    A young woodsman came into a store one day to buy a new axe. He manually chopped down trees. He saw an advertisement on the counter a chainsaw. The advertisement said, “Will cut down ten times the trees that can be cut by a hand axe.” Well, the woodsman seeing this for the first time got very ...read more

  • How Linus Deals With Problems: Run ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
     | 5,352 views

    How Linus Deals With Problems: Run away Remember the cartoon series, Peanuts? In one of the scenes, Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, “I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is ...read more

  • Childlike Faith

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 20, 2010
     | 4,200 views

    CHILDLIKE FAITH Perhaps it is the reason that I embraced Christianity so easily was that the Christian faith doesn’t demand intelligence. I have an above average intelligence level. Well, actually, although it was above average according to the IQ test I completed at School, it was more tilted ...read more

  • Firm Foundation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,544 views

    FIRM FOUNDATION Ravi Zacharias told about doing a lectureship several years ago at the Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, they passed what was then the "new" Wexner Art Center. The driver commented, "This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating ...read more

  • Edison Couldn't Make Life

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
     | 2,711 views

    EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 3,402 views

    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Terrible Traffic Accident. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,828 views

    The story is told of a terrible traffic accident. Police officers were called to the scene and when they arrived they found a husband, wife, and 2 children lying unconscious in the car. They pulled them from the car, and as they waited for the paramedics to arrive they noticed a monkey in the car ...read more

  • He'll Find Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
     | 1,179 views

    Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. On the deserted island is one palm tree and nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ranting about how they are going to die, hungry and alone, that nobody will stumble on them until they ...read more

  • It's Sunday. Sundays Are Always Busy Days For Me. ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 12, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,205 views

    It’s Sunday. Sundays are always busy days for me. Sundays are always early days for me. Today promised to be no exception. With a full slate of activities planned, I got up early and drove to church. There was not much traffic at 6:00 A.M. I had the roads to myself. The orange of dawn had yet to ...read more

  • I Know Because I See

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,932 views

    I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE The fingerprints of God are everywhere in nature! Faith - at least in part - is the spiritual seeing or perceiving of the fingerprints on the things he has made. We see the order, the beauty, the greatness, the complexity of what he has made - and these are the evidence that ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,353 views

    “Medicine for America” “Reformation is Called For” Biblically examining the rule of kings who oversaw the nations of Judah and Israel reveals the truth, God blesses obedience and He chastens for disobedience. 2 Chronicles 17-20 reveals God’s view on the reign of Jehoshaphat. Understanding how ...read more

  • Power And Discipline  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,812 views

    POWER AND DISCIPLINE Over here is a wall socket. There is power in that socket. Because of that power, I can plug lamps, fans, microwaves and phone chargers into it and magically empower those devises. I can even plug a car charger into a wall socket and revive a dead car battery (like I’ve had to ...read more

  • Frank Layden, The Former Coach Of Utah Jazz In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 143 ratings
     | 3,143 views

    Frank Layden, the former coach of Utah Jazz in the seventies, had problems with a basketball player, and so he summoned the talented but troubled man to his office. Looking the player in the eye, the coach finally asked, "My son, I can¡¦t understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?" What was ...read more

  • Frank Laden, The Former Coach Of Utah Jazz In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,722 views

    Frank Laden, the former coach of Utah Jazz in the seventies, had problems with a basketball player, and so he summoned the talented but troubled man to his office. Looking the player in the eye, the coach finally asked, "My son, I can’t understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?" What was ...read more

  • When Former President Gerald Ford Visited ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 1,123 views

    When former President Gerald Ford visited Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma several years ago, he had breakfast with some student leaders. As one of the students stepped out of an elevator, her heel caught on the carpet and she crashed into Ford. She repeatedly apologized as he ...read more

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