Charles Spurgeon, the famous evangelist and theologian, was teaching young men in seminary how to preach. He told them, “Gentlemen, when you speak of Heaven, let your face be all aglow and smiling and lifted up and brilliant and let it be unashamed when you speak of Heaven. But when you speak of
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A broken parent came to me and said, "Pastor Larry, I raised my kids in church. I raised my kids to follow Christ, know His Word and put Him first in their lives. They all made decisions for Christ in our church and were baptized. But, now that they have all graduated from high school, not
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The late A. W. Tozer had some wise counsel on how to test the spirits” from I John 4:1. He posed seven tests to apply to any teaching:
(1) How does the teaching affect my relationship with God? Is He magnified and glorified, or diminished?
(2) How does the teaching affect my attitude toward
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Centuries after Esther lived, there lived a man named William Cowper. At the young age of thirty-two, wracked by deep depression and despair, Cowper decided finally to take matters into his own hands and kill himself. He hired a carriage to take him to the Thames River.
The carriage driver, a
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 5, 2024
Use part one to open the sermon.
Part one:
Spit it Out!
One Sunday morning after church as I was shaking hands with a young dad, suddenly he said, “Pastor, excuse me, please.” He had noticed his little 4-year-old with something in her mouth. Fearing what she may have in her mouth, he demanded her
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
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On April, 1996 there was an auction of Kennedy memorabilia (the "ultimate garage sale"), which grossed $34.5 million dollars. JFK’s rocking chair sold for $442,500. On of Jackie’s fake pearl necklaces sold for $211,500. A set of golf clubs (just the woods): $772,500. Thirteen pairs of salt and
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Contributed by Guy Caley on Dec 15, 2001
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Perhaps the greatest illusionist and escape artists who ever lived was Harry Houdini. He was known for his tremendous physical condition, and could withstand blows to the abdomen by tensing his muscles. While performing in Canada, however, he was challenged by a student who didn’t give him time to
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 3, 2002
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In April of 2001 an attorney friend of mine made a commitment to Christ. His life so changed in the last year that one his peers noticed. While he was in my friend office one day he asked what had brought about the change he saw. My friend told him that he had committed his life to Jesus.
The
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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An elderly widow, restricted in her activities, was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she could bring blessing to others by playing the piano. The next day she placed this small ad in the Oakland Tribune: "Pianist will play hymns by phone daily for those who are
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
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JUST LIKE ME
John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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HUNGRY FOR PEACE
Much, if not most, of the social turmoil of our culture is due to a hunger for peace, which is sought for in all the wrong places. According to Ronald Hutchcraft, the Director of Youth for Christ in New York and New Jersey, in the next thirty minutes-
57 kids will run away from
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Contributed by Nick Scarpa on May 24, 2003
The Barna Research group gathers statistics on Christian America and reported the following information in 2002:
85% of Americans claim to be Christian
8 out of 10 people consider themselves to be Christian
It’s apparent that many do not really have a relationship with Christ
A majority of these
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I did a review of holiday specials for December 2-the 16th. These don’t include all the “musical” specials or worship services. They are the run-of-the-mill specials we saw as kids and subject our grandkids too. I counted 62 totals in those two weeks. Of these only four had any direct reference to
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Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005
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A.B. Simpson says in his book "A Larger than Christian life" and I quote: “It is all connected with a living person. We are not filled with an influence; we are not filled with a sensation; we are not filled with a set of ideas and truths; we are not filled with a blessing, but we are filled with a
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 21, 2005
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CONCLUSION.. Ambition of Satan (http://elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+4879)
Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself -- and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after
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On a snowy winter’s day in 1941, SS Gruppenführer Hans Wolf received orders that he was to search the house of his own pastor Martin Kirchschläger.
Kirchschläger was a Lutheran pastor closely connected to the Confessing Church.
Wolf came to Kirchschläger to tell him that he would be
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