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Showing 1426 to 1450 of 2078 results

1426. Never Enough

Illustration

Charles Sell

... his father had to say. He learned for the first time what his grandfather had been like a tough lumberjack known for his quick temper. Once he destroyed a pickup truck with a sledgehammer because it wouldn't start, and he often beat his son. This new awareness affected Dave dramatically. "Knowing about my father's upbringing not only made me more sympathetic for him, but it helped me see that, under the circumstances, he might have done much worse. By the time he died, I can honestly say we were friends."

1427. Muffle the Noise

Illustration

Staff

Noise affects human behavior. In one experiment carried out by psychologists, a student leaving a library intentionally dropped an armload of books. In 50% of the cases, a passerby stopped to help the student pick up the books. Then the experimenters brought out a lawn mower without a muffler and started it ...

1428. True Service

Illustration

Richard Foster

... in hiddenness. Self-righteous service is highly concerned about results. True service is free of the need to calculate results. Self-righteous service picks and chooses whom to serve. True service is indiscriminate in its ministry. Self-righteous service is affected by moods and whims. True service ministers simply and faithfully because there is a need. Self-righteous service is temporary. True service is a life-style. Self-righteous service is without sensitivity. It insists on meeting the need even when ...

1429. A Lack of TLC

Illustration

Charles Sell

No more convincing evidence of the absence of parental affection exists than that compiled by Rene Spitz. In a South American orphanage, Spitz observed and recorded what happened to 97 children who were deprived of emotional and physical contact with others. Because of a lack of funds, there was not enough staff to adequately care for these children, ages 3 ...

1430. The Not-So Miracle Bridge

Illustration

Brett Blair

... and he chose to use a then popular method of dealing with it called Water Therapy, rather then go to the hospital. He died within a month due to infections. Washington Roebling, at a later time, got the bends while working within compression chambers under the river. It affected his health the rest of his life, but he was able to continue work. He never had a traumatic head injury. He did not communicate with his wife by tapping his finger. We're assuming that's what the story is implying, but it isn't true ...

1431. Bad Hair Day

Humor Illustration

... days are a cause of low self-esteem. The study found that on those days when the hair just wouldn't cooperate, people felt less smart, less capable, more embarrassed and less sociable. What was surprising to the researchers was that men, not women, were most likely to be affected by bad hair days. Bad hair days? Are you kidding me? It reminds me of the fly and his grandson who were walking on top of a bald man's head, when the old fly turned to the young one and said, "You know son, I remember when this ...

1432. When Making Wishes Be Specific

Humor Illustration

... gentlemen, I've been asked to speak to you about sex. It's a pleasure" then he sat down. Well, for different reasons, it's a pleasure to be here this morning with the distinguished business and commercial leaders of Oak Brook. I know none of you are affected by the recession but hardly a day goes by without a report of some hard luck story. The last I heard concerns an auto salesman named Joe. When automobile sales went to pot, he started gambling at Arlington Park, hoping to make ends meet. He lost all his ...

1433. Lightbulb Jokes

Humor Illustration

... 's brother-in-law in secret and offer him the job. 1 to assure House leaders that the bulb was not made in their district. 1 to meet quietly with various Senators and explain that candles are no longer used. 1 to brief the State Department on how this will affect Russian relations. 1 to retrieve it from the wastebasket and offer it to Iranian Moderates. 1 to prepare an amended budget proposal for funding all of the above. 1 to hold the President's hand in the dark. (Mark Hein in the Arizona Republic)

1434. Third Biggest Lie

Humor Illustration

... your height. You made it yourself? I never would have guessed. You don't look a day over 40. Dad, I need to move out of the dorm into an apartment of my own so I can have some peace and quiet when I study. The new ownership won't affect you. The company will remain the same. The puppy won't be any trouble, Mom. I promise I'll take care of it myself. You don't need it in writing. You have my personal guarantee.

1435. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep . . .” On the surface of it, that sounds absurd. As someone has said, “If it seems foolish to think of a man being willing to die for mere animals, however great his affection for them, remember this. There is a far greater gap between God and human beings than there is between human beings and sheep.” (7) It’s an extraordinary idea, but this is what Christians believe: The Divine Shepherd lay down his life for His sheep. If ...

1436. When We Are Reborn

Mark 1:4-11

Illustration

King Duncan

... a miracle. He had made new friends among the people he had once alienated. No one treated him like the old Andrew. Sometimes the biggest barrier to starting a new life is fear of how those closest to us will react. If we do change, our relationships will inevitably be affected. Other people are involved. We have responsibilities. If we change, how will our spouse react? How about our friends? It's easier to stay in our comfort zone if we feel that others will regard us negatively if we seek to change.

1437. Doing Your Own Thing

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... old-fashioned and sexist!” (5) Well, maybe it is old-fashioned and sexist, but that doesn’t keep it from being true. I’m not passing judgment on this couple, nor on Generation X, nor on Boomers for the high rate of divorce that so badly affected Generation X, nor on any other generation or group. I’m simply appealing to all of us to recognize that the wisdom of the Bible has been established over hundreds of generations. The only safe sex is sex practiced within the marriage relationship. And that ...

1438. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . The “united” continuance of the United States barely hung by a thread. Yet rather than reciting a laundry list of evils that needed to be addressed, or demanding immediate actions that should be taken, Lincoln instead appealed to the common “bonds of affection” that the American people shared. It was these bonds, Lincoln hoped, that “will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” What a resonant phrase: “the better ...

1439. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Campolo grew up in that church. He’s the only white member of the 2,500 member congregation. African-American congregations and pastors have their own unique and wondrous approach to the Gospel message, notes Campolo. And Campolo himself has been deeply affected by that unique approach. He says he remembers when he went to his first black funeral. He was seventeen years old. A friend of his named Clarence had died. The minister was magnificent. Campolo described that preacher like this: “He preached ...

1440. Seeking Christ

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... of direction for his or her life. In a sense everyone is, to one degree or another, lost. Where are they going to find direction for their lives except in Jesus? It’s like something that Dr. Lee F. Tuttle once told about that almost affected the course of the Second World War. In December 1944 the U.S. Army and its Allies were on the offensive. For six months they had rolled with relentless precision across Western Europe. But suddenly, one December day, a major portion of the mighty Allied juggernaut ...

1441. Mark 1:40-45

Mark 1:40-45

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of “leprosy” was applied to many different skin disorders in the first century. But whether or not the “leper” in today’s text actually suffered from what we now call Hansen’s Disease, or some other skin malady, the results for the affected individual were the same — extreme social isolation, the label of “unclean,” a life lived separated from family and community, and the assumption by others that the lesions and sores on the skin were evidence of some divine punishment for personal sins ...

1442. The Simplex Faith of 3:16

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , it is not because your faith is fainthearted. Not because your Sunday school failed you. Not because of any form of faithlessness. If you don’t know what John 3:15 or John 3:17 say, it is because of a common disease that has affected many Christians. It is a malady perhaps best described as “versitis.” No, I didn’t say “bursitis.” I said “versitis.” Anyone remember “sword drills” in Sunday school? Or did you ever earn “jewels in your crown” in Awana classes? If so, then you have a ...

1443. Drink One For The Brothers

Humor Illustration

... my condolences on your loss." The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then light dawns in his eyes and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking. Hasn't affected my brothers though."

1444. 1 John 3:16-24

1 John 3:11-24

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of active care and compassion for others because of God’s love, the author gives those who remain a daily course of action they can follow. But clearly the accusations and doubts of those who departed from the community still hang heavy in the air, affecting the spiritual atmosphere in which the faithful live every day. In these verses 1 John continues to offer assurance to those remaining in the community. He affirms that offering this active form of love is a sure sign of being “from the truth” or ...

1445. Candidates for God’s Candid Camera

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1446. How Connected Are You?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the researcher found that those who killed themselves were more likely to be living alone, single, unemployed and with few friends. In other words, they were socially isolated, disconnected. (5) In his book, Real Age, Michael Roizen calculates how different factors affect one’s life expectancy. For socialization he cites three factors: 1) being married, 2) seeing at least six friends at least monthly, and 3) participating in social groups. The “real age” for a 55-year-old man who meets all three ...

1447. Porcupines

Mark 4:35-41

Illustration

King Duncan

... have around 30,000 quills attached to their bodies. Each quill can be driven into an enemy, and the enemy's body heat will cause the microscopic barb to expand and become more firmly embedded. The wounds can fester; the more dangerous ones, affecting vital organs, can be fatal. The porcupine is not generally regarded as a lovable animal, Ortberg continues. Books and movies celebrate almost every other conceivable animal. Dogs, cats, horses, pigs like Babe or Arnold Ziffel in the old TV show Green Acres ...

1448. How Do You Measure Success?

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

James W. Moore

Some years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote these powerful words. Listen… "How do you measure success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a redeemed social condition, or a job well done; To know that even ...

1449. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... or reclining in a state of total repose, or they were fighting to the death and in a state of total exertion. It was one extreme or another. The foremost rabbinical philosopher in Jewish history was Maimonides. Maimonides taught that Hebrew scholars should affect a certain “gait.” An observant person of faith should not swagger, or slouch, or stumble. A Hebrew scholar should walk sure-footedly, yet keep their head slightly tilted down, as though in prayer. They should walk not too slow nor too fast, but ...

1450. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... " to "bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ" (Galatians 6:2). My friend, Pastor John, since he came to Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newcastle, Wyoming, has expressed incredible love and affection for his small flock. The members have so responded that he now consistently has ninety to 100 adults in Bible study weekly. Pastor John's acceptance, compassion, and love seeps through every crack in the congregation and they respond. Finally, "Therefore ask the ...

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1426. Never Enough

Illustration

Charles Sell

1427. Muffle the Noise

Illustration

Staff

1428. True Service

Illustration

Richard Foster

1429. A Lack of TLC

Illustration

Charles Sell

1430. The Not-So Miracle Bridge

Illustration

Brett Blair

1431. Bad Hair Day

Humor Illustration

1432. When Making Wishes Be Specific

Humor Illustration

1433. Lightbulb Jokes

Humor Illustration

1434. Third Biggest Lie

Humor Illustration

1435. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

1436. When We Are Reborn

Mark 1:4-11

Illustration

King Duncan

1437. Doing Your Own Thing

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

1438. Better Angels of Our Nature

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1439. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

1440. Seeking Christ

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

1441. Mark 1:40-45

Mark 1:40-45

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1442. The Simplex Faith of 3:16

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1443. Drink One For The Brothers

Humor Illustration

1444. 1 John 3:16-24

1 John 3:11-24

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1445. Candidates for God’s Candid Camera

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1446. How Connected Are You?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

1447. Porcupines

Mark 4:35-41

Illustration

King Duncan

1448. How Do You Measure Success?

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

James W. Moore

1449. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1450. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

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