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  • What Is A Martyr?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 1,580 views

    WHAT IS A MARTYR? A Christian Martyr is one who: Chooses to suffer death rather than to deny Christ, or His work...Sacrifices something very important to further the Kingdom of God...Endures great suffering for Christian ...read more

  • Use What Is There  PRO

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,463 views

    USE WHAT IS THERE My son Omri is large, extremely smart and very active. He has not met a tree or roof that he has not at least mentally pondered climbing. Omri's teacher runs up to me the other day and says, "Your son almost made me lose my mind, my religion and my job." This is not unusual, so I ...read more

  • What Is Oneness?

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 8, 2011
     | 1,485 views

    WHAT IS ONENESS? Well Songwriters: ROGER COOK, ROGER GREENAWAY wrote a song for Blue Mink called Melting Pot, the chorus goes like this: What we need is a great big melting pot, Big enough enough enough to take, The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more, And turn ...read more

  • What Is A Mom?

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 8, 2011
     | 2,452 views

    WHAT IS A MOM? What is a mom? Is she the one that gave birth to your life? Is she one who raised you with the warm embrace of her arms? Is she the woman who gives the all of life, so that yours could be prosperous and long? Many mothers are probably all theses, and many things more. Moms are ...read more

  • What's A Burden?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 10, 2011
     | 3,967 views

    WHAT'S A BURDEN? What a "burden" is according to Scribal Law (re: Sabbath observance): * Food equal in weight to a dried fig * Enough wine for mixing in a goblet * Milk enough for one swallow * Honey enough to put upon a wound * Oil enough to anoint a small member * Water enough to moisten an ...read more

  • What A Waste...??  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,564 views

    WHAT A WASTE...?? There was a young man who grew up just down the block from my wife Jan. I never met him; I can’t even remember his name. But I know about him. I think about him every time I’m in the neighborhood. This boy didn’t attract much notice as he was growing up. He studied mostly. He ...read more

  • What A Waste...?

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,793 views

    WHAT A WASTE...? When I lived in another city, I became acquainted with an organization called the Wycliffe Bible Translators. In fact, we had a man come speak to our church. I’ll never forget the impression he made on me. He had a PhD in linguistics. He was an incredibly well-educated and gifted ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,469 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • What Is Faith?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 27, 2011
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     | 4,546 views

    WHAT IS FAITH? Three schoolboys were asked to write their definition of faith. One wrote: "Faith is TAKING hold of God." The second wrote: "Faith is HOLDING onto God." The third ...read more

  • What Is Not God's Will

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 7, 2011
     | 1,771 views

    WHAT IS NOT GOD'S WILL Sometimes we want things we know is not God's will. Jay Kesler wrote of a time when he caused an auto accident. He prayed that it did not happen, but it did. I know how the young Jay Kesler felt. I've done things that I wanted to undo and said things that I wanted to ...read more

  • What's The Demand?

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012
     | 3,696 views

    WHAT'S THE DEMAND? The magazine, Christianity Today, reported in its April 4, 1986 issue of a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem: a declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his men: "How can we ...read more

  • What Commitment?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
     | 4,120 views

    WHAT COMMITMENT? When I was in my first year of ministry, I walked into our District preachers meeting at the same time as Bobbie Potter, who was pastor of Munholland UMC in Old Metairie. He asked if I preach last Sunday which I did. Then he asked, "What did you ask them to commit to?" I said I ...read more

  • So What?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 3,869 views

    "SO WHAT?" SOCIETY When I talk about this it might seem rather funny to you or odd, because people don’t worry or care about such things today. Recent surveys in 2011 sum it up pretty well. • 44% told the 2011 Baylor University Religion Survey they spend no time seeking "eternal wisdom," and 19% ...read more

  • What's A Parable?

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 11, 2012
     | 2,663 views

    WHAT'S A PARABLE? Some have defined the word parable as "a story by which something real in life is used as a means of presenting a moral thought." Others have said a parable "puts the known next to the unknown so that we may learn." They are usually a story or a narrative taken from nature or ...read more

  • What Is Corruption?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 26, 2021
     | 4,012 views

    , A little girl asks her father: "Daddy, what is corruption?" -- Go bring me a beer and I'll tell you. -- But mommy said you should stop drinking! -- Get yourself an ice-cream too ...read more

  • What Forgiveness Is Not

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 31, 2021
     | 1,872 views

    WHAT FORGIVENESS IS NOT by Dr. Larry Petton (excerpt from my book, "I CAN'T FORGIVE"). Text: Ephesians chapter 4 Ruth Bell Graham described a successful marriage as the "union of two great forgivers." Forgiveness has been described as, “Me not hurting you, because you ...read more

  • Not What Was Expected

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 16, 2022
     | 1,774 views

    Integrity is when something is the same all the way through. Pure gold is gold and only gold, all the way through. 14kt gold is less than pure, but other metals give it a hardness that allows more uses such as making beautiful jewelry from it. The bible calls the condition of being one thing ...read more

  • What Kind?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 3, 2022
     | 994 views

    WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WOULD MY CHURCH BE, IF EVERY MEMBER ...read more

  • What Is Truth?

    Contributed by John Bright on Oct 17, 2022
     | 1,454 views

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news… but there is a deep divide in this sanctuary. No – it’s not what you think. It’s not political parties. It’s not hot-button social justice issues. Nope, it’s our view of “What is truth?” Here’s a way to view our divide from Os Guiness: “Three baseball ...read more

  • Eugene Peterson In A Long Obedience In The Same ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,918 views

    Eugene Peterson in A Long Obedience in the Same Direction writes, “It is not difficult in our world to get a person interested in the message of the Gospel; it is terrifically difficult to sustain the interest. Millions of people in our culture make decisions for Christ, but there is a dreadful ...read more

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