Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 14, 2011
THE SOUND AND WIND
The sound and wind symbolize the awesome power the Holy Spirit possesses! The Holy Spirit fills every believer with the same force and strength that was evidenced that day at Pentecost.
I have seen the power of the wind. I remember as a teenager in Okinawa, about once every
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE
J. Oswald Sanders in his classic “Spiritual Leadership” believes that leaders are both born and made. “While conversion does not normally make leaders of people who would never become such otherwise, Church history teaches that in the hour of full surrender the Holy
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
THE STORY OF THE NOBEL PRIZE
Quiz time, folks--who invented dynamite? Do I hear the answer: Alfred Nobel! In fact in 1867, Nobel received U.S. patent number 78317 for his dynamic invention. That this explosive instead of being used peacefully for blasting the rocks during mining operations (as was
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 16, 2012
ON NIMROD
Josephus wrote:
"Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
based on 1 rating
| 5,551 views
LITERAL HELL
When it comes to believing in hell I think of the story of Dr. Maurice Rawlings a noted and celebrated coronary care doctor, who writes of his conversion to belief in a literal hell in Beyond Death’s Door. In 1977 he was giving a stress test to a man who was having chest pains. In the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 30, 2012
Jim Buskirk was pastor of Tulsa First UMC for many years. He’s been a mentor in my ministry. I listened to his sermon tapes for years. He once told this story.
A man named Henry got off the bus near his church. As he walked up the street, he noticed a young boy sitting by a flower bed near a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 30, 2012
based on 3 ratings
| 6,308 views
PAX ROMANA
About 27 years before Jesus was born Rome experienced something unique that history has called Pax Romana = the peace of Rome. Beginning with the reign of Augustine, Emperor of Rome and lasting till about 180 A.D. (a period of 200 years) Rome was at peace. They had few internal
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 2 ratings
| 4,713 views
During Super Bowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker, whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years.
Looking like Tom Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the commercial goes up to the door of a
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 1 rating
| 1,774 views
Martin Luther: 1483-1546
In 2017 – the 400th anniversary of the Reformation, I had the privilege to visit Wittenberg, Germany, birthplace of the Reformation. I walked the cobblestone streets, and even toured Luther’s home.
The prodigious Martin Luther appeared headed for the legal profession but
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 6, 2022
On Tuesday April 20, 1999, Cassie Bernal was in the Columbine Colorado high school library reading her Bible when the two students burst in carrying guns. According to one of the witnesses, her friend Josh, one of the killers pointed his gun at Cassie and asked, "Do you believe in
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 4, 2022
based on 1 rating
| 6,333 views
Two brothers had terrorized a small town in Alabama for decades. They lied, they cheated, they stole and they were two of the sorriest persons in the entire town. Then, unfortunately, one of the brothers died unexpectedly.
The surviving brother went to the pastor of the local Baptist church. He
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
based on 1 rating
| 1,439 views
Did you know that dolphins sleep with one eye open? It’s true.
They do so because they can only ever let one side of their brain sleep at a time. When the left side of the brain sleeps, the right eye will close, and vice versa. This isn’t some weird, ambidextrous stunt they’re pulling. Rather,
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 28, 2023
based on 1 rating
| 1,492 views
The word "maranatha" is a Syriac expression that means: "our Lord comes." It was used as a greeting in the early church. When believers gathered or parted, they didn't say "hello" or "goodbye" but "Maranatha!" If we had the same upward look
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sermon Central