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  • Hope In The Storm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,431 views

    HOPE IN THE STORM Fresh out of Oxford, John Wesley was perplexed over England's complicated social problems: slavery, economic uncertainties, corruption, drunkenness, gambling, and prostitution. This deeply religious, sensitive soul became a parish minister and, subsequently, a missionary to ...read more

  • It Is Not The Preacher That Should Get Glory. It ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 1, 2007
     | 2,538 views

    It is not the preacher that should get glory. It is the God of the message. A basketball costs anywhere from $5 - $50. But what is the worth of a basketball signed by Michael Jordan? A sleeve of golf balls cost around $10. But what is the worth of a golf ball hit by Tiger Woods? A football can ...read more

  • Life Begins When Shaken

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,045 views

    LIFE BEGINS WHEN SHAKEN Father Alfred Delp was a prisoner of the Nazis during World War II. He was charged with treason for true Christian preaching. From his jail cell he wrote about the meaning of Advent, the coming of Christ: "Advent is a time for rousing. Human beings are shaken to the very ...read more

  • The Spirit Makes The Call

    Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 18, 2008
     | 1,876 views

    THE SPIRIT MAKES THE CALL In Colossians 3:15 we're told to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. Incidentally, the Greek word for rule is the same one used in other writings for referee. In other words, it says to let Christ make the call. Now we know what a referee is and what he does. In ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Had To Forgive

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 30, 2020
     | 3,722 views

    Corrie Ten Boom's example of forgiveness (from The Hiding Place) in which she describes an unexpected encounter with one of the Nazi guards who had mistreated her at Ravensbruck concentration camp, where her sister had Betsie died and she herself had been subjected to horrible indignities. ...read more

  • Jesus Didn't Just Sit Around The Synagogue All ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,787 views

    Jesus didn’t just sit around the synagogue all day. Jesus didn’t just hang around the temple courtyard all the time. Instead Jesus went out where the people were. He didn’t isolate himself alone on a mountain top. Although he certainly did retreat there from time to time for prayer and refreshment. ...read more

  • The Story Of John ...

    Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Jun 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,952 views

    The Story of John Wesley A page from John Wesley’s Diary reads as follows: Sunday morning, May 5, preached in St. Ann’s, was asked not to come back anymore. Sunday p.m., May 5, preached at St. John’s, deacons said, "Get out and stay out." Sunday a.m., May 12, preached at St. Jude’s, ...read more

  • This Sunday School Teacher Was Not One Of The ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 7, 2007
     | 2,480 views

    This Sunday school teacher was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, visiting them during ...read more

  • Cross Is The Attraction

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 8, 2016
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     | 5,405 views

    The famous first national Salvationist here in Sri Lanka, Arnolis Weerasooriya whose picture we all walk past every day said something about the cross. Can you remember reading it, it is on his picture. That’s right he said, “Cross is the attraction.” He died from cholera some years later on the ...read more

  • There Is A Single Page From The Journal Of John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 1,975 views

    There is a single page from the journal of John Wesley that reads: Sunday a.m., May 5 - Preached in St. Ann’s; was asked not to come back any more. Sunday p.m., May 5 - Preached at St. John’s; deacons said, "Get out and stay out." Sunday a.m., May 12 - Preached at St. Jude’s; can’t go back there ...read more

  • The Need For Change Bulldozed A Road Down The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    The need for change bulldozed a road down the ...read more

  • Jimmy Long Of Intervarsity Outlined These Nine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Jimmy Long of InterVarsity outlined these nine elements to the Young Leader Network of Leadership Network. A welcoming environment because people are looking for a place to belong. A place of intimate community where people find God and each other. Narrative evangelism that listens to their story ...read more

  • As We Approach The 5th Anniversary Of ...

    Contributed by John Donnelly on Aug 30, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,663 views

    . As we approach the 5th anniversary of September 11th next month, some of you may have been to seen the movie entitled, “World Trade Center.” · This movie points to many of the heroes of that infamous day. One of them was Port Authority Police Officer William Jimero. He willingly went into ...read more

  • A Time Better Served on January 9, 1985, A...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 25, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,461 views

    A TIME BETTER SERVED On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just like I am right now. It was a crime because the week before the village committee had appointed a new pastor. The secular ...read more

  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
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    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

  • The Suffering Of The Trinity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,179 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

  • Spurgeon On Truth

    Contributed by C Vincent on Sep 22, 2009
     | 4,199 views

    SPURGEON ON TRUTH Spurgeon quote: "We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor ...read more

  • Onward Christian Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,398 views

    Onward Christian Soldier It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut ...read more

  • Saint Columbia, A Sixteenth-Century Irish ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 24, 2002
     | 3,050 views

    "Saint Columbia, a sixteenth-century Irish missionary, was sent to evangelize northern Scotland. The adventure was hazardous because of the Picts who occupied the area. Columbia and twelve men sailed to the nearby Island of Iona. The first thing that they did was to burn their boat. They were ...read more

  • No Difference To Me  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 17, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,451 views

    NO DIFFERENCE TO ME John G. Paton, a nineteenth-century missionary to the South Seas met opposition to leaving his home in Scotland and going to preach to the cannibalistic people of the New Hebrides Islands. A well-meaning church member moaned to him, “The cannibals, the cannibals! You’ll be ...read more