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  • Other Gods  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    OTHER GODS J.I. Packer described the propensity to Other Gods: "What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the ...read more

  • Involving Others

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 30, 2010
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    INVOLVING OTHERS Ezra accepted the plan. He immediately swore in the leading priests and Levites as the committee to investigate the matter and see to it that the law was obeyed. But instead of participating immediately in the investigation, he withdrew into one of the rooms of the temple to fast ...read more

  • No Other Plans

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 22, 2011
     | 5,488 views

    NO OTHER PLANS There is an ancient legend about Jesus’ ascension into heaven. He is met by the angel Gabriel who asks him, "Now that your work is finished, what plans have you made to ensure that the truth that you brought to earth will spread throughout the world?" Jesus answered, "I have ...read more

  • No Other Plan

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 17, 2011
     | 6,600 views

    NO OTHER PLAN An old legend imagines Jesus arriving in heaven right after the Ascension, welcomed by all the angels. Then the angel Gabriel asks Jesus, "You suffered much, dying for the sins of mankind. Does everyone down on earth know it?" "Oh, no," replied the Savior, "just a handful of folks ...read more

  • Serving Others

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
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    “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost”. - Arthur Ashe In a small, dusty town in western Oklahoma one November there lived a young single mother struggling to make ends meet. ...read more

  • Encouraging Others

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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    After analyzing many surveys, J. C. Staehle found that the principle causes of unrest among workers, were the following: 1. Failure to give credit for suggestions. 2. Failure to correct grievances. 3. Failure to encourage. 4. Criticizing employees in front of other people. 5. Failure to ask ...read more

  • Helping Others

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 2,343 views

    Years ago, my father coached a team of eight-year-olds. He had a few excellent players, and some who just couldn't get the hang of the game. Dad's team didn't win once all season. But in the last inning of the last game, his team was only down by a run. There was one boy who had never ...read more

  • Blaming Others

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Blaming Others • If a man cuts his finger off while slicing salami at work, he blames the restaurant. • If a man smokes three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, he blames the tobacco company. • If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, he ...read more

  • Patience With Others

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 22, 2024
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    "Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest physicists who ever lived. "Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school." Newton, like Einstein was one of the smartest people of his day as a scientist. "A ...read more

  • The Other Side Of Islam  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 30, 2001
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    THE OTHER SIDE OF ISLAM As Dr. Samuel Schlorff, an expert on Islam with Arab World Ministries puts it, "The truth is that there is another side to Islam, a side that embraces violence ’in the way of Allah.’ . . . It holds that all men are created to live in submission to Allah, as prescribed by ...read more

  • God's Other Names  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
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    GOD'S OTHER NAMES A mother walked by her young son’s room one night and heard him praying, "Andy, please forgive me for my sins". This worried the mother; so she asked her son why was he praying to "Andy", not God. The son responded, "I was praying to God, Andy is his nickname." This really ...read more

  • What's On The Other Side  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
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    WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly the doctor said, "I don’t know." "You don’t know? You, a Christian man, does not know what is on ...read more

  • Other Faiths On Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    OTHER FAITHS ON HEAVEN Heaven has many cartographers, and through the centuries many different heavens have been charted. To the variety of celestial landscapes in the West, Islam and Buddhism have raised their own particular paradises: the Koran details a heaven filled with beautiful, large eyed ...read more

  • Children Are Entitled To Their Otherness, As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Children are entitled to their otherness, as anyone is; and when we reach them, as we sometimes do, it is generally on a point of sheer ...read more

  • The Other 19 Percent

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    THE OTHER 19 PERCENT Even if they’re unsure of it, most people want to believe in Heaven, and most people have some concept of it. TIME took a poll 10 years ago, and 81% of the people they surveyed said they believed in the existence of Heaven, where people lived forever with God after they ...read more

  • What Other Gods?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
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    WHAT OTHER GODS? What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy ...read more

  • The Other Woman By David ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    THE OTHER WOMAN by David Farrell. Prov. 23:22 - "Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." After 21 years of marriage, I’ve discovered a new way of keeping the spark of love and intimacy alive in my relationship with my wife: I’ve recently started ...read more

  • Cheering For The Other Team

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
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    CHEERING FOR THE OTHER TEAM I heard about an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas recently between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School. Faith Academy is a Christian school and Gainesville is located within a high-security youth correctional facility. ...read more

  • Mothers Live For Others  PRO

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Sep 29, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
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    MOTHERS LIVE FOR OTHERS We've got all sorts of people here this morning. One thing we have got a lot of is mothers. Some of you, your children are long grown up. But you have the experience of having been a mother. So? Well, every mother lives her life for another. And that is what the church ...read more

  • The "Regard For Others" Ethic

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Jan 24, 2012
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    THE "REGARD FOR OTHERS" ETHIC John Sommerville currently teaches history at the University of Florida. He has been carrying out an exercise with his students for years. He challenges his students with the following thought experiment. Imagine that you see a little old lady coming down the ...read more