Contributors
  • Howard Strickland

    Contributing sermons since Jan 12, 2006
Howard's church

Crane Eater Community Church
Calhoun, Georgia 30701
762-204-5126

About Howard
  • Education: Hart County High- Hartwell, Ga Shorter College-Rome, Ga Lee University- Cleveland, TN Masters and Th.D North Carolina College of Theology
  • Experience: 33 years of being Senior/ Lead Pastor
  • Comment to those looking at my sermons: I pray that men and women can use my sermon material and that it will benefit them personally as well as churches.
  • Sermon or series that made a difference: Purpose Driven Church How to Win Friends and Influence People The Word for You Today Devotion
  • One of my favorite illustrations: Too many.
  • Family: Jenny, my drop dead gorgeous wife and I have been married for 37 years. We have two sons. Nathan is the oldest and is a business owner developing websites, etc. Daniel, our youngest, is a minister of music.
  • What my parents think of my sermons: They were always my best supporters. Our parents are in heaven now but their legacy lives on.
  • What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: She is my best amen-er and is very supportive. She says the Lord speaks to her each service. She prays for me before every service that God will anoint me so His people can grow.
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: Always laugh at yourself! Be serious with God, deeply devoted. Read devotions, Great books, and of course God's word.
  • Books that have had an impact: Always read the Gospels, and stay in the book of Psalm
  • Hobbies: Swimming daily. Spending time with my beautiful wife Jenny.
  • If I could Preach one more time, I would say...: Please believe that Jesus is Lord!
  • Something funny that happened while preaching: Too many to tell you!
  • What I want on my tombstone: Daniel 12:3
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  • Just One Word.

    Contributed on Nov 27, 2024
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    With Holy Spirit leadership, the next movement and or, decision you make can be realized through your belief in the Bible, while learning Gods voice. The Holy Spirit becomes your go to, He selected you to live through.

    Just One Word. John 14.26 Rev. Brian Brown tells the story of being at the community pool with his family. Kids were screaming, playing, and splashing in the pool, music was playing, the lifeguard whistles were blowing and in the midst of the conversation, his wife shooshes him. He said, ...read more

  • The Supremacy Of The Son Of God.

    Contributed on Nov 7, 2024
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     | 174 views

    What do Christians believe about the world? Really it’s quite simple: We believe that the universe is God’s world. God created it, He made humans in his image, He called his creation good, He gave us the ability to choose, and He actively holds the universe together.

    The Supremacy Of The Son Of God. Colossians 1.15-23 Is life nothing more than a roulette wheel? Are the life circumstances you and I face nothing more than random, chance events bouncing into our lives like a ball randomly spins on a roulette wheel? A roulette wheel is driven by chance. In fact, ...read more

  • The I Am.

    Contributed on Nov 3, 2024
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    His name is the root of who you are, because your name is fully backed by Him. Knowing this truth puts our lives into perspective. -He is the sovereign God, and we are His.

    The I Am Of All I Ams. Exodus 3. If you’re in Lake City, Fla., one of these days and happen to run into a 50-something fellow with a sandy mustache, a receding hairline, and aviator glasses, you may be in the presence of I Am Who I Am. Columbia ...read more

  • Topless Jars.

    Contributed on Nov 3, 2024
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    he NT tells it like it was. This was a group not likely to succeed. It is most likely they would- not have been chosen by a board for Jesus, but they were chosen by Jesus. (Peter M.)

    Topless Jars. 2 Corinthians 4:7AMP Peter Marshall, in a sermon entitled, "Disciples in Clay," pictured the apostles before an examining board which was appointed to choose Jesus' close associates. Peter stood there smelling of fish, unkept, with bad behavior, plus he was uncultured, ...read more

  • Heavenly Jerusalem.

    Contributed on Oct 15, 2024
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     | 172 views

    What believers want most, Confidence. Abiding faith. Peace, God is with me; therefore, it will be okay. The power of love in action.

    Heavenly Jerusalem. Galatians 4. Do you realize as a saved, blood bought Son or Daughter of God, you have heavenly Jerusalem living within you. (Christ in you... you have become the temple for the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor. 3.16. Galatians chapter 3 & 4 teach us that before Jesus Christ, we were ...read more

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  • Grace And The Waterfall

    Contributed on Jul 14, 2010
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    GRACE AND THE WATERFALL Last week I went for a walk and I saw a beautiful rock under a small waterfall, it was continually cleansed. My friend found a rock, but his rock wasn't found under a waterfall, and it's not as pretty and as smooth. Grace ...read more

  • Every Morning In Africa A Gazelle Wakens And ...

    Contributed on Feb 11, 2008
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     | 4,249 views

    Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakens and knows it has to run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakens and knows it must outrun the swiftest gazelle or it will starve to death. The saying goes, “ It matters not ...read more

  • A Farmer Noticed A Highway Department Truck ...

    Contributed on Jan 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,184 views

    A farmer noticed a highway department truck pulling over on the shoulder of the road. A man got out and dug a hole, then got back into the truck. Then the other occupant got out, filled up the hole and got back in the truck. Every fifty yards this amazing process was repeated. “What are you doing?” ...read more

  • Norman V Peale Wrote A Book Called, "The Power Of ...

    Contributed on Dec 24, 2007
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    Norman V Peale wrote a book called, “The Power of Positive Thinking.” His manuscript was turned down by 18 different publishing companies. In his disgust he threw the manuscript in a trash can, but his wife Marquette went to get the manuscript out of the can. Rev. Peale dared her to, so she leaves ...read more

  • Charlie Brown Told Lucy "There's Just No Hope For ...

    Contributed on Dec 24, 2007
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    Charlie Brown told Lucy “There’s just no hope for our baseball team, and Lucy said, “Well Charlie, you lose some and you win some”, ...read more