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  • Mike Breaux, When He Was The Sr. Pastor At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,444 views

    Mike Breaux, when he was the Sr. Pastor at Southland Christian Church in Lexington, KY, made this point in a dramatic fashion. On the day he was to preach on the very text we’re studying, from James 2, Mike dressed up as a destitute bag lady and entered the Church service just as it began. He was ...read more

  • Invalids' Prayers Bring Revival  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,192 views

    INVALIDS' PRAYERS BRING REVIVAL Max Lucado told of a church in Scotland back in the 1940s that was struggling to keep the doors open. A couple of its members were two older ladies who were invalids and couldn’t get out for worship any longer. But these ladies refused to allow their infirmities to ...read more

  • Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 1,582 views

    Top 10 Ways You Know You’re In A Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9 . The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship ...read more

  • I Was Just Watching The Movie,

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,424 views

    I was just watching the movie, “Chicken Run” the other night. In the movie, the rooster, played by Mel Gibson has convinced two rats who scrounge for things to get them what they need to help the chickens escape the chicken farm. The rats had been demanding eggs, but the hens had refused. But ...read more

  • Signs You're In A Bad Church  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,568 views

    Signs You’re in a Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship services are B.Y.O.S.: ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,478 views

    BAG OF CANDY A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to ...read more

  • Reformed Bible Scholar Dr. Bruce Lockerbie Urges ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 1,888 views

    Reformed Bible scholar Dr. Bruce Lockerbie urges ministers to “stop saying ‘I’m OK, you’re OK’ and start ...read more

  • Search Committee Report  PRO

    Contributed by David Gant on Feb 14, 2004
    based on 77 ratings
     | 4,479 views

    SEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT We do not have a happy report to give. We have not been able to find a suitable candidate for this church, though we have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have followed up on each one with interviews or by calling at least three references. The ...read more

  • John Edmund Haggai Said, "Preachers Are Praised ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,026 views

    John Edmund Haggai said, “Preachers are praised as administrators, after dinner speakers, book reviewers, counselors, good mixers, organizational workers, ...read more

  • What Not To Do  PRO

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,626 views

    WHAT NOT TO DO The new millenium brought out the worst in parenting, and no parenting methods were criticized more harshly than those of captured American Taliban, John Lindh Walker. When Lindh Walker was 10, the family from Washington State moved to socially liberal Marin County, just over the ...read more

  • The Suffering Of The Trinity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,374 views

    THE SUFFERING OF THE TRINITY In the National Gallery of Art in London there’s a picture of the Crucifixion that is so dark that when you first look at it, you can’t see anything. But if you stand and ponder it, and if you do not permit your gaze to falter, eventually you will see in the darkness a ...read more

  • Top Ten Indications That Your Worship Service ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,166 views

    Top Ten Indications That Your Worship Service Might Be a Bit Too Relaxed: 10. The choir wears bath robes and bunny slippers! 9. Every prayer ends with "Yeah, God, You be the Man!" 8. The church just replaced their old pew bibles with the ABV (Authorized Barney Version)! 7. The ...read more

  • Joseph Lewis Preston, Of The Free Thinkers Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,436 views

    Joseph Lewis Preston, of the Free Thinkers of America, told an Associated Press reporter, “Organized interest in atheism has lagged because the opposition isn’t as strong as it used to be. There has been considerable liberalizing of religion and the lines of conflict aren’t nearly as strong.” ...read more

  • Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 6,528 views

    TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

  • Founding Fathers' Faith

    Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009
     | 2,221 views

    FOUNDING FATHERS' FAITH John Adams once remarked, "It is the duty of the clergy to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach against such sins as are most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are most wanted. For example, if exorbitant ambition and venality are predominant, ought ...read more

  • Sola Fide: Faith Alone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
     | 5,843 views

    SOLA FIDE: FAITH ALONE Sola fide isn’t a license to sin; it’s the motivation to follow your Savior Now, there was a time in the history of the church, when this doctrine was all but lost. By the fifteenth century the church had become a massive institution of power, and the gospel was polluted. ...read more

  • Unaware Of The King's Presence  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,732 views

    UNAWARE OF THE KING’S PRESENCE Steve Brown tells the frustrating story of some British social scientists. Following the end of British rule in India in the 1940s, a group of researchers wanted to study the impact of the end of British rule on the life of the nation. After six months, the British ...read more

  • Home, Sweet Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
     | 7,250 views

    HOME, SWEET HOME There was a time during the American Civil War, when the rival armies were encamped on the opposite banks of the Potomac River, the Union's band played one of its patriotic tunes, and the Confederate musicians quickly struck up a melody dear to any Southerner's heart. Then one of ...read more

  • Mentoring As A Church Practice  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    MENTORING AS A CHURCH PRACTICE "...In most churches, the congregation pays the pastor to preach, win the lost, and build up the saved—-while the church members function as cheerleaders (if they are enthusiastic) or spectators. The "converts" are won, baptized, and given the right hand of ...read more

  • Bad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,178 views

    BAD MEAT Colin Byrne Smith of Australia told of a missionary who called on a tribe of cannibals. Taking his life in his hands, he crossed the inlet in a small boat, and when confronted by the tribe, meekly endured every insult. Long afterwards, when he had succeeded in converting many and ...read more