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  • Never Alone

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,853 views

    I'm not sure if I am the only one that does this or not. Growing up, if I was ever walking down a dark country road by myself, I found myself whistling, or singing, or humming an old familiar gospel song. It seemed like it made everything safer. It made me feel protected as I drew myself ...read more

  • Take Time To By Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 4,462 views

    TAKE TIME TO BY HOLY Let me begin with what little I could glean concerning this hymn and its author: For many years, the only information known about this gospel song was what Ira D. Sankey wrote in his autobiography. Sankey (1840-1908) was the well-known gospel singer and hymn writer who ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, The Leadership Of A Fairly ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
     | 1,565 views

    Several years ago, the leadership of a fairly large English church became tired of the ‘worship wars.’ They were tired of different people getting mad and getting upset when the worship leader didn’t embrace their particular way or mode of worship. Some wanted hymns. Some wanted both. Some wanted ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Asked By His Mother If He Knew ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,607 views

    A little boy was asked by his mother if He knew the name of God’s Son. "Yes," replied, "it is Andy." Curious she asked why. "Because the ...read more

  • The Next Time You Feel Yourself Feeling ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 2, 2006
     | 2,283 views

    The next time you feel yourself feeling confident, challenge yourself to do the impossible. You just may. There are legions of people with unchallenged genius potential. Take the story of two Irish music hall players who, in 1912, were spending an afternoon in a pub at Stalybridge in Cheshire, ...read more

  • The Next Time You Feel Yourself Feeling ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,771 views

    The next time you feel yourself feeling confident, challenge yourself to do the impossible. You just may. There are legions of people with unchallenged genius potential. In 1912, two Irish music hall players were spending an afternoon in a pub at Stalybridge in Cheshire, England. They were ...read more

  • Christian Country There's A New Wave Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,392 views

    Christian Country There’s a new wave of faith-based, Nashville sounds. Whether it’s Carrie Underwood’s prayerful Jesus, Take the Wheel or Brooks & Dunn’s nostalgic Believe, country charts are sounding like Sunday morning. The reason, says David Fillingim, Shorter College religion and philosophy ...read more

  • This I Know

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,058 views

    THIS I KNOW After the Communist Government of China kicked out all foreign Missionaries, most contact with China was cut off. A lot of people wondered if Chrisitianity would die out completely. In 1972, a group of American Christians were thrilled to receive an unusual message from contacts in ...read more

  • When We Studied This In Our Small Group, We ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2008
     | 2,023 views

    When we studied this in our small group, we looked at the story of a man who was possessed by a bunch of demons. He was wild. He tortured. Casting Crowns has written a song telling this story. And I found a video that has dramatized the story and song. Let’s take a ...read more

  • Pastoral Search Committee Of The First Lukewarm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,471 views

    PASTORAL SEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE FIRST LUKEWARM CHURCH I was recently contacted by a pulpit committee that was interested in my ministry. I met with Chairman of the Disenchanted, Bro Tepid. He described his church; First Lukewarm Church of the Apathetic. “Nothing too boring, nothing too exciting. ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,603 views

    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • Simon Maccabeus Entered The Akra At Jerusalem ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 17, 2008
     | 891 views

    Simon Maccabeus entered the Akra at Jerusalem after its capture, "with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a ...read more

  • A Heart Focused On God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 6,417 views

    A HEART FOCUSED ON GOD One writer (Warren Wiersbe) wrote a book called Victorious Christian about a woman named Fanny Crosby. Crosby was the author of over 8000 songs including several that we sang today. In fact she wrote so many that she had to write under pseudonymns just so she could get more ...read more

  • In 1903, W.c. Handy Was Waiting For A Train In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,477 views

    In 1903, W.C. Handy was waiting for a train in the town of Tutwiler, Mississippi. The train was late and so he fell asleep on the hard wooden bench of the station. He was awakened by an old raggedy man scratching the strings of an old guitar. He was singing about “goin’ to where the Southern cross ...read more

  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,440 views

    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more

  • Singing For The Girls

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011
     | 2,235 views

    SINGING FOR THE GIRLS Last Sunday night I preached in a town called San Miguel. It was known for witch doctors and demonic things going on. We had a constant string of problems happening one after another. The church was crowded with every seat taken and faces looking through the back doors and ...read more

  • Children Whose Parents Read To Them Become Better ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,442 views

    Children Whose Parents Read to them become better readers and perform better in school. Other family activities, such as telling stories and singing songs, also encourage children’s acquisition ...read more

  • The Love That Brought Him

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 3, 2007
     | 974 views

    Because the way was steep and long, and through a strange and lonely land, God placed upon my lips a song And put a lantern in my hand. -- Joyce Kilmer, quoted by W. Frank ...read more

  • Joy To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 8,010 views

    JOY TO THE WORLD Sadly, our period in history is not, by any means, the first to argue, fight or shoot at one another over our opinions about what does and does not make a worthy song of worship. Nor is ours the first in which there were scores of people in the congregations who sang the words of ...read more

  • Lord Jesus, At This Joyous Season, When We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,598 views

    "Lord Jesus, at this joyous season, When we celebrate thy birth, Flood each heart with kindliness Until it spreads through all the earth. Let the Star the Wise men followed Light our paths again, ...read more