Contributed by Bob Hager on Apr 26, 2001
based on 211 ratings
| 10,035 views
WE'LL STAY OUT OF THE WAY
The Call to Worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing "Up from the Grave He Arose" as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church.
The
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 29, 2001
based on 85 ratings
| 2,666 views
One of the greatest marathoners in the world is a Kenyan woman named Tegla Loroupe. She is also one of the smallest. Tegla Loroupe is just under 5 feet tall and weighs a mere 88 pounds. For more than five years she’s been among the top marathoners in the world.
Tegla said in an interview that
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2001
based on 97 ratings
| 2,092 views
It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman to swim the English
...read more
Contributed by Tony Britt on Feb 6, 2002
based on 8 ratings
| 6,861 views
Jacob Koshy grew up in Singapore with one driving ambition: to be a success in life, to gain all the money and possessions he could. That led him into the world of drugs and gambling, and eventually he became the lord of an international smuggling network. In 1980, he was arrested and placed in a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
based on 12 ratings
| 2,662 views
STILL UNTOUCHABLE
In a historic move to liberate themselves from 3,000 years of oppression, thousands of Dalits or “Untouchables” conveged on Dehli to renounce Hinduism.
Although Dehli authorities attempted to block the rally last November (2001) by withdrawing permission to use the planned
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
based on 67 ratings
| 7,739 views
ILLUSTRATION
The Call to Worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing "Up from the Grave He Arose" as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church. The last lady was
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 19, 2002
based on 4 ratings
| 1,207 views
CHECKOUT – these words from Buchanan about borderland, they are powerful and very sobering;
Most Christian I know are stuck. We feel caught in jobs we barely endure and often despise, in relationships that plunder us and deepen rather than remove our aloneness, in activities that are soul
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Nov 23, 2002
based on 1 rating
| 3,275 views
In John Fletcher’s only pastorate (Madeley) there was a woman who became a Christian. Her husband was a butcher and an unbeliever. She attended church meetings whenever possible and this angered her husband. He threatened her but she remained firm. She must attend church as usual. Beginning to
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Holiness
Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 23, 2002
based on 60 ratings
| 1,823 views
Years ago Harry Reasoner wrote a piece about Christmas for the show “60 Minutes,” in it he said; “the basis for this tremendous burst of buying things and gift giving and parties and near hysteria, is a quiet event that happened a long time ago. You can say that in all societies there has always
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Gary Huckaby on May 22, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 2,106 views
In July of 1976, I had returned from attending the National Sword of The Lord soul winning and revival conference in Atlanta, Georgia. It was on a Thursday night and around eleven thirty at night when I arrived at my home in Woodbury. My brother-in-law had called and told me he wanted to get right
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2004
based on 10 ratings
| 4,080 views
The Jordan River flows from the top of Mount Herman where the snow melts and travels down to the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea.
For the most part the Jordan River is neither beautiful nor peaceful. It’s 25 percent mud and plunges downhill at a furious pace, falling nine feet per mile.
In
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
based on 18 ratings
| 8,162 views
In his book, When God Whispers Your Name, Max Lucado tells the story of John Egglen, who had never preached a sermon in his life before the Sunday morning when it snowed and the pastor wasn’t able to make it to the church. In fact, he was the only deacon to show up. He was not a preacher, but he
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 5, 2004
based on 7 ratings
| 3,144 views
God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect. --2 Samuel 22:33
The picture in the newspaper caught my attention. Above the caption "Strong Man" was a photo of a workman displaying what seemed to be superhuman strength. He appeared to be lifting a piano up to a second story apartment
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 2, 2005
based on 10 ratings
| 2,557 views
From “Speaking My Mind” by Tony Campolo, page 109:
“I do not want to leave this discussion of what goes on with Christ suffering and cleansing us from our sin in His eternal now without pointing out that all of this should provide a great impetus for living the holy life. Every time I sin, at that
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Mennonite
Contributed by Thomas H on Jan 21, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 4,905 views
So, what is a disciple? Is a disciple a pupil? Is a disciple a student? Is he or she someone who learns all about the Bible so they will know a lot? So they can rattle off the five points of Calvinism or give a deep discussion on the differences between premillennialism, post millennialism and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 3 ratings
| 5,729 views
Jim Cymbala stated this about unlocking God’s blessing from his book Break Through Prayer:
According to Scripture, God’s blessing can rest on both men and women, because with God there is no gender bias. His blessing can rest on a family, a child, or even unborn offspring. It can prosper a local
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sermon Central