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  • The Party Is Over  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,914 views

    THE PARTY IS OVER Americans experience presidential inaugurations in our nation’s capital every four years. They are gala events, expressions of national pride. All three branches of government are focused on the inauguration of an American president, and there are bands, banners, television ...read more

  • The Fifth Commandment Extends To Other Areas Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,547 views

    The Fifth Commandment extends to other areas of authority in society. Zacharius Ursinus, the principle author of the Heidelburg Catechism wrote in his seventeenth-century commentary, “The design or end of this commandment is the preservation o civil order, which God has appointed in the mutual ...read more

  • The Problem In Today's Church Is That We Have ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,168 views

    The problem in today’s church is that we have developed a low concept of God and are guilty of wanting to make Him into our image. Let me repeat, I am talking about the church, not the unchurched and unsaved. When I hear them talk of God for the most part their ideas are so silly and so ...read more

  • A Mother Was Having A Hard Time Getting Her Son ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
     | 3,279 views

    A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in ...read more

  • A Young Man Who Had Heard The Gospel Accepted ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
     | 1,712 views

    A young man who had heard the Gospel accepted Christ. A little while after this, a Christian teacher asked him: "What have you done for Christ since you believed?" He replied: "Oh, I'm a learner." "Well," said the questioner, "when you light a candle do you light it to make the candle more ...read more

  • Approval Of The Master

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 4,607 views

    APPROVAL OF THE MASTER A young man once studied violin under a world-renowned master. Eventually the time came for the student’s first recital. Following each selection, despite the cheers of the crowd, the performer seemed dissatisfied. Even after the last number, with the shouts louder than ...read more

  • How Much Have You?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 29, 2009
     | 1,461 views

    "How Much Have You?" A friend tells of overhearing two little girls, playmates, who were counting over their pennies. One said, "I have five pennies." The other said, "I have ten." "No," said the first little girl, "you have just five cents, the same as I." "But," the second child quickly ...read more

  • Bruce Thielemann, Pastor Of First Presbyterian ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 8, 2009
     | 4,505 views

    Bruce Thielemann, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, told of a conversation with an active layman, who mentioned, “You preachers talk a lot about giving, but when you get right down to it, it all comes down to basin theology.” Thielemann asked, “Basin theology? What’s that?” The ...read more

  • The Conductor's Job

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,968 views

    THE CONDUCTOR’S JOB In a symphony orchestra, a violinist will not go around checking what a trombonist is playing, nor will an oboist worry about whether a trumpeter will come in on time. That is the business of the conductor. These people play their parts and the conductor puts it all together. ...read more

  • Bertoldo De Giovanni Is A Name Even The Most ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 1, 2009
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    Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to ...read more

  • D.m. Stearns Was Preaching In Philadelphia. At ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 21, 2009
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    D.M. Stearns was preaching in Philadelphia. At the close of the service a stranger came up to him and said, "I don’t like the way you spoke about the cross. I think that instead of emphasizing the death of Christ, it would be far better to preach Jesus, the teacher and example." Stearns replied, ...read more

  • God Did His Part, I Did My Part

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,950 views

    GOD DID HIS PART, I DID MY PART The little boy wanted to join a church. So the deacons were examining him. They asked, "How did you get saved?" His answer was, "God did His part, and I did my part." They thought there was something wrong with his doctrine, so they questioned further. He ...read more

  • God Started It; You Finish It

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,752 views

    GOD STARTED IT; YOU FINISH IT Leonardo da Vinci had started work on a large canvas in his studio. For a while he worked at it, choosing the subject, planning the perspective, sketching the outline, applying his own natural genius. Then suddenly he ceased, the painting still unfinished, and ...read more

  • Grandpa And The Peach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
     | 2,351 views

    GRANDPA AND THE PEACH "Four-year-old Jason was visiting his grandparents. Grandpa was in his study intently reading. Jason walked in carrying a peach, said something Grandpa didn't catch, and handed the peach to him. "Thinking his wife had sent him a snack, Grandpa took it and ate it. Just as he ...read more

  • If You Obey

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 15, 2011
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     | 4,977 views

    IF YOU OBEY Nearly thirty years ago, I was a middle school teacher in Kenya. One day I took 20 students, and I told them: "I will do my best to teach you and train you. If you obey me, you will be the best students of this school." They were excited. In a short time, I realized that only some ...read more

  • When To Let Your Light ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
     | 7,430 views

    WHEN TO LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE A young man who had heard the Gospel accepted Christ. A little while after this, a Christian teacher asked him: "What have you done for Christ since you believed?" He replied: "Oh, I’m a learner." "Well," said the questioner, "when you light a candle do you light it ...read more

  • Adam & Eve

    Contributed by John Bright on Jan 17, 2021
     | 3,900 views

    The story of Adam and Eve was being carefully explained in the children's Sunday School class. Following the story, the children were asked to draw some picture that would illustrate the story. Little Bobby was most interested and drew a picture of a car with three people in it. In the front ...read more

  • Moving Mountains A Figure Of Speech

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
     | 531 views

    The imagery of a mountain is HYPERBOLE. Zechariah 4:7a, “Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubabel you shall become a plain.” "The Jews used to set out those teachers among them, that were more eminent for the profoundness of their learning, or the splendour of their virtues, by such ...read more

  • I Heard Recently Of A Business Owner Who, As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on May 2, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 2,981 views

    I heard recently of a business owner who, as a seeker, had employed scores of Christians in his company. He watched them like a hawk. "You know, I was naturally drawn to God by observing Christian workers who were conscientious and kind and thorough and aggressive on the job," he said. "But I’ll ...read more

  • Can I Get A Witness?

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Feb 23, 2024
     | 1,285 views

    Can I Get a Witness? Raised to Testify! Lazarus doesn’t have a recorded sermon in Scripture, but he had something just as powerful: a life that pointed to Jesus. In John 11, his very presence became a testimony that Christ is Lord over death. After Lazarus was raised, people didn’t have to be ...read more