Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 22, 2002
based on 3 ratings
| 4,681 views
ON THE STEPS OF THE ALTAR
C S Lewis in his "Screwtape Letters", the imaginary account of a senior devil giving the benefit of his experience to fellow tempters, has Screwtape saying:
"Religion can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
based on 16 ratings
| 2,290 views
MAY THE FORKS BE WITH YOU
Luke and Obi-Wan are in a Chinese restaurant having a meal.
Skillfully using his chopsticks, Obi-Wan deftly dishes himself a large portion of noodles into his bowl, then tops it off with some chicken and cashew nuts.
All this is done with consummate ease you’d expect
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
based on 16 ratings
| 3,451 views
When we give our lives to Christ, the Scripture tells us that Jesus comes to dwell in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes this can be a difficult concept to get hold of
I heard a story about a 7-yr.-old girl who told her three-year-old sister that she had found Jesus and that she had
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 30, 2002
based on 28 ratings
| 2,424 views
Bible teacher F.B. Meyer once had a firewood factory that employed prisoners.
Meyer would give them a job to do, good wages, a place to live, and, when possible, spiritual encouragement.
In exchange, he expected them to render good employment.
They didn’t, and he lost money.
Finally he fired them
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
based on 27 ratings
| 3,193 views
MAKING THE CONNECTION
In a seminary missions class, Herbert Jackson told how, as a new missionary, he was assigned a car that would not start without a push. After pondering his problem, he devised a plan. He went to the school near his home, got permission to take some children out of class, and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 7, 2003
based on 7 ratings
| 3,675 views
LISTEN SLOWLY
Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
based on 7 ratings
| 5,025 views
In his sermon, “A Dangerous Pentecost,” Halford Luccock tells of Lorenzo de’Medici, the great Florentine patron of the arts who was very proud of the spectacles he staged for the citizenry. Among his productions were several amazingly realistic religious pageants performed in church. But one
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 5, 2001
based on 114 ratings
| 3,447 views
In one of his lighter moments, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph.:
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an old Book
Its contents torn out,
And stript of its Lettering and Guilding,
Lies here, Food for Worms,
But the Work shall not be
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
based on 1 rating
| 2,247 views
Statistics on Suicide in America
More than 30,000 reported annually (83 per day, 1 every 17 minutes)*(Experts believe the actual count is twice that high.) (And there are 8-20 attempts for each completed suicide)
Suicide is the 8th leading
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 19, 2007
based on 7 ratings
| 2,993 views
The great evangelist George Whitefield was relating the difficulties of the gospel ministry to some friends. He said that he was weary of the burdens and was glad that his work would soon be over and that he would depart this earthly scene to be with Christ.
The others admitted having similar
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003
based on 5 ratings
| 4,869 views
WINNING FOR ANOTHER--COMMUNION MEDITATION
Giving your life for someone else is a powerful image. When it happens, it is impossible to miss the divine in it.
Even when the sacrifice happens on a less than mortal level, it still echoes a spiritual truth.
The world saw a little of this over the
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 17, 2006
based on 2 ratings
| 3,628 views
Why do we have such a hard time quitting sin?
a. We enjoy sin
God, make me good, but not yet.
-St. Augustine.
b. There is much to do
When a person becomes a Christian, he usually undergoes some radical life changes, especially if he has had an immoral background. Through the first steps of
...read more
Tags:
Sermon Central