Contributed by Ken Kersten on Nov 12, 2002
based on 16 ratings
| 4,764 views
A little boy that said to his dad, “dad, why is the sky blue?” I don’t know son. "dad, why is the grass green?" I don’t know son. Dad...etc. Finally the boy said, "Dad, do you mind me asking these
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
based on 2 ratings
| 9,593 views
SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD
Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane. He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 15, 2001
based on 74 ratings
| 2,010 views
Robert C. Shannon in James W. Cox, The Minister’s Manual, 1995, p. 347
Celsus was the first great skeptic. He once asked, "What has Jesus given to the world that that no one else has given?" Someone answered, "Himself!" Yes, that’s Jesus’ magnificent, stunning gift to the world. He gave
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 6, 2007
During World War II this slogan was often heard: ¡§Give until it hurts.¡¨ And people did!
Some have taken this same SLOGAN and applied it to Christian GIVING. I¡¦ve heard preachers say, ¡§If you haven¡¦t GIVEN UNTIL IT HURTS, then you haven¡¦t GIVEN nearly enough.¡¨ Yet, this
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 2,078 views
A.W. Tozer said something quite insightful in terms of overall service:
Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will not be judged by how much I have done but by how much of me there is in it. No man gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 25, 2010
based on 1 rating
| 7,875 views
THE DIVERSE DISCIPLES
I have always been a bit of a loner. I was not the sort of person you wanted in your team. I didn't fit. If Jesus hadn't come into my life, I am sure I would have ended up as a starving artist or at least a hermit - a recluse with a long beard, black jeans, T-shirt and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 12, 2009
based on 2 ratings
| 1,959 views
BINDING STICKS
One of Aesop’s fables is about a father who had seven sons. To each son he gave a stick. Each was asked to break his stick, which was easily done. Then the father took seven other sticks and bound them together. He than ask the seven sons to break the sticks. Not one of the sons
...read more
Tags:
ILL> A letter written during world war 2
Dear son,
I wish I had the power to write
The thoughts wedged in my heart tonight
As I sit watching this small star
And wondering were and how you are
You know, son, it’s a funny thing
How close a war can really bring
A father, who for years with pride,
Has
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
based on 1 rating
| 1,448 views
My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007
The day before I preached this sermon, I found out that my son’s class was studying the Buddhist faith. The teacher was going to have students bring a mat to class and get in the position and meditate like a Buddhist. When I raised concern and objected to my son praying to any god besides the one
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2008
In the French revolution, a young man was condemned to the guillotine and shut up in one of the prisons. He was greatly loved by many, but there was someone who loved him more than all the others put together. That one was his own father, and the love he bore his son was proved in this way: when
...read more
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 16, 2008
based on 3 ratings
| 2,013 views
Often music illustrates a theological point. Remember the kids song "Father Abraham"
Father Abraham had many sons,
And many sons had Father Abraham;
And I am one of them, and so are you,
So let’s all praise the Lord!
If the Judaizers got there hands on this one, they might have twisted it like
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Other
Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
I was sitting on my deck at home one day this week having a brief devotional with the Lord. I looked up into a tree and saw a very small bird, a tiny yellow finch. I looked at him, and he looked at me. He was perched there without a care in the world, feeling safe and sound on his God-given turf.
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Vernon Murray on Mar 12, 2004
based on 4 ratings
| 3,797 views
In Psalm 91:4, the poet describes the protection of God “He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your SHIELD and rampart.” The truth of the promise contained in this verse was dramatically illustrated to me when God became a shield on
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Sermon Central