One Professor of Church History gave this analysis. I think a reason some men "hate going to church" is, ironically enough, that many churches have failed to preach the Gospel. I don’t mean the Gospel of "Jesus dying for my sins." I mean the Gospel of God’s invasion into the
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 2,384 views
The story is told of a college professor who visited the Fiji Islands. Being agnostic, he critically remarked to an elderly chief, "You’re a great leader, but it’s a pity you’ve been taken in by those foreign missionaries. They only want to get rich through you.
"No one believes the Bible anymore.
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 4,037 views
Professor Bruce Riggins of McCormick Theological Seminary met a very dedicated Christian woman working with underprivileged people in London. He asked what it was that inspired her faith and action. She told him this story: she was a Jew fleeing the Gestapo in France during World War II. She knew
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 1, 2007
John Hannah, Research Professor of Theological Studies and Distinguished Professor of Historical Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary said, “No one who is ever in hell will be able to say to God, ‘You put me here,’
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 1,456 views
"A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoverers
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 13, 2009
The noted historian and Oxford professor Thomas Arnold wrote:
"The evidence for our Lord’s life and death and resurrection may be, and often has been, shown to be satisfactory; it is good according to the common rules for distinguishing good evidence from bad. Thousands and tens of thousands of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Other
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 26, 2010
George E. Mendenhall, associate professor of religious studies at Harwick in New York, defines repentance as “a reorientation of a value system and a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Walter C. Jackson, a professor at Campbellsville University says, "Servant leadership, as portrayed in the gospels, is difficult to maintain in a climate where increasingly larger
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 7, 2001
based on 95 ratings
| 2,467 views
A false identify can produce an opposite example. When asked of Dr. Martin Luther King whether it’s true that black people are lazy, over-sexed and got rhythm. Dr. King replied, "Yes, it’s true. If you tell people that for two hundred years that they are lazy, over-sexed,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
J. Vernon McGee said that false philosophy is like a blind man looking in a dark room for a black cat that isn’t there.
In other words, there is no real hope in false
...read more
Contributed by Michael Wiley on Nov 12, 2008
based on 2 ratings
| 2,281 views
John MacArthur writes:
This passage...strikes a death blow to the self-centered false gospels that are so popular in contemporary Christianity. It leaves no room for the gospel of getting, in which God is considered a type of utilitarian genie who jumps to provide a believer's every whim. It
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central