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  • Holy Office?

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 21, 2023
     | 615 views

    When a Christian – the temple of the Holy Spirit – walks into an office at IBM, IBM becomes a spiritual place. Tim Downs, Finding ...read more

  • Loving The Outcasts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,086 views

    LOVING THE OUTCASTS One of the more remarkable movements of modern times is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they might solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Although it is ...read more

  • You Cannot Communicate Unless There Is A Common ...

    Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jun 28, 2008
     | 1,242 views

    You cannot communicate unless there is a common ground. Communication comes from the ...read more

  • Common-Ism In The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,542 views

    COMMON-ISM IN THE CHURCH Years ago I ran across this following definition of the various forms of government. They compared capitalism (the economic model we try to follow in our country) with communism and socialism, and they used a simple illustration to drive their point home. In a capitalist ...read more

  • Holy Ground

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 2, 2007
     | 4,580 views

    "Holy Ground" Recently, I came across an internet story about (one of my childhood idols and American icon) Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Perhaps most of you are aware that Fred Rogers, was a Presbyterian Minister, and died – February 27 - in 2003 at the age of 74. But what you ...read more

  • Parables: Ground ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,130 views

    PARABLES: GROUND RULES The parables help clarify the ground rules of the kingdom. If you’ve ever played baseball, you know that certain parks have ground rules, and the umpires and coaches discuss these rules before each game. For example: At Wrigley Field, a ball that gets lodged in the vines ...read more

  • Pants On The Ground

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jun 6, 2010
     | 3,076 views

    PANTS ON THE GROUND I believe the General, Larry Platt, was right. We are talking about something as simple as "Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, looking like a fool with yo' pants on the ground, with the gold in yo' mouth, hat turned sideways, pants hit da ground, call yourself a ...read more

  • Higher Ground

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,236 views

    HIGHER GROUND The old hymn, “Higher Ground” is a spiritual declaration of one determined man Johnson Oatman, Jr. put to music! While some refuse to believe that our personal faith plays any real role in our spiritual growth and in experiencing Christian victory, in all my 20 years of preaching ...read more

  • Solid Ground

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012
     | 2,105 views

    SOLID GROUND On May 4th, just two months ago, the Lambro family woke to find the backyard of their Windermere home gone. Overnight a sinkhole had formed that grew to more than 100 x 50 feet and swallowed a hammock and 4 trees. Last month, on June 21st, Susan Minutillo left her house to run a ...read more

  • You Are Grounded!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 15, 2022
     | 883 views

    THE PRODIGAL SON'S RETURN... We were sitting in Church a few weeks ago while the minister delivered a sermon based on the timeless story of the prodigal son. When he got to the point where the father sees his son returning and races out to meet him, the minister said loudly and with ...read more

  • Hell At Ground Zero  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Sep 2, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,555 views

    HELL AT GROUND ZERO Jerry Sillcocks is a New York firefighter and a Christian who helped search for survivors at “ground zero.” He writes that he and his co-workers called this place the “pit.” “Almost everywhere I looked, mighty columns of steel were twisted into sad, pointless sculptures, ...read more

  • The Cross At Ground Zero  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 10, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,432 views

    THE CROSS AT GROUND ZERO I’m an excavation laborer, and a member of union local 731. Pick-and-shovel work is my trade. I live in New Jersey, but I’m a New York City native, Brooklyn born and bred. After the Towers collapsed, my city was hurting. When I heard they needed guys like me for ...read more

  • The Ground Of Faith Is Not The Sufficiency Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,145 views

    "The ground of faith is not the sufficiency of the visible means for the performance of Gods promises, but rather the all-sufficiency of the invisible ...read more

  • Common Lies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,844 views

    Common Lies The check is in the mail. I'll start my diet tomorrow. We service what we sell. Give me your number and the doctor will call you right back. Money cheerfully refunded. One size fits all. This offer limited to the first 100 people who call in. Your luggage isn't lost, it's only ...read more

  • Common Good  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,015 views

    COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

  • Common Sense

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 2,424 views

    COMMON SENSE When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity. The pen also wrote upside down, underwater, ...read more

  • Common Bitterness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 11, 2011
     | 3,454 views

    COMMON BITTERNESS When I was in college, I worked as a youth director at a little church out in the country about an hour’s drive away. There were two families in that congregation that didn’t get along. When they came to worship, they would take up their positions on opposite sides of the room ...read more

  • The Death Of Common Sense

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,285 views

    THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable ...read more

  • Holy Ground Of Civil War  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,375 views

    HOLY GROUND OF CIVIL WAR The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Duryée’s Zouaves," was one of the most renowned fighting regiments of the American Civil War. Their colorful Zouave uniform, precise maneuvers, effectiveness in combat and steady bearing under fire, won them universal respect and ...read more

  • Their Bodies Lie Molding In The Ground. Their ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 5, 2006
     | 1,349 views

    “Their bodies lie molding in the ground. Their bodies lie rotting in the earth. Their blood has been spilt in the sand, but their souls are alive and conscious in heaven. They speak and they know what is happening here on earth, and they live and speak unto God. Human ...read more