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O God, Don't Let That Be All There Is?" John 1: ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 22, 2004

“O God, Don’t Let That Be All There Is?” John 1: 14-18 Key verse(s): 14-18: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The recent news story of the pregnant Missouri woman who was ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 16:1-14, John 1:14-18

Tags: Christmas Eve

Denomination: Lutheran

Most Bitter Of All Afflictions

Contributed by David Fox on Nov 19, 2001

Charles Spurgeon writes, “It is the most bitter of all afflictions to be led to fear that ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry, Faith, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sheep Wander, Shepherds Seek

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Sheep Wander, Shepherds Seek My friend, Rev. Tom Goode sent me a quote by Margaret Guenther: To be fully known is not possible in our human relationships, but it is the foundation of our relationship with Christ. To be known, fully known, is both painful and profoundly comforting. We accept the ...read more

Tags: People In Acts

While Reading Last Month About The 1936 Olympic ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

While reading last month about the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin Germany, there is a story about a friendship that was birthed between Jesse Owens a Black man and Luz Long a German. Both men were competing in the long jump, Jesse Owens was the early pick to win the event. You see the year before he ...read more

Tags: People In Acts

Few People Have Encountered A Lion On Its Terms ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeffrey Ebert on Dec 22, 2005

Few people have encountered a lion on its terms and lived to tell about it. One who did was Beryl Markham. In her autobiography West with the Night she tells of the time as a little girl growing up in Africa in the early 1900’s when she came face to face with a lion. She was running playfully ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Only People Who Achieve Much Are Those Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

I Heard Of A Group Of People Who Visited A Zoo. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I heard of a group of people who visited a zoo. As they passed the elephant pen they noticed one of the attendants sitting and crying. One of the visitors asked another attendant what was wrong. The attendant replied “The elephant has died.” The visitor said “Oh, he must have been fond of the ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

The Love Me Not

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2011

THE LOVE ME NOT Dostoevsky tells the story of a woman who found herself in hell and felt she did not belong there. She could not bear the suffering and cried out in agony for the mercy of God. God listened and was moved with pity and so He said to her: "If you can remember one good deed that you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Tags: Mercy

There Is Good In All

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012

THERE IS GOOD IN ALL Norman Vincent Peale tells the story of one Christmas when he was 15 and his father, a physician turned minister, received a call from a brothel in the red light district. The madam had a girl who was dying and was calling for a minister. Quietly, his father explained to his ...read more

Tags: Christmas Eve

Denomination: Methodist

No Farewell To Love  PRO

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007

“No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:2

Tags: Love, Priorities

Denomination: Christian Church

He Loves Each One Of Us, As If There Were Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Promises Of God, Compassion

Rodney Pickett Makes This Observation, "Love Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

Rodney Pickett makes this observation, “Love is the identifying mark of Christianity. In a world of hate, envy, and anger, love sticks out like a healthy thumb. When anyone walks away from an encounter ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings, Love For God

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Clark Pinnock (Flame Of Love, Chapter ...  PRO

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 30, 2003

Clark Pinnock (Flame of Love, chapter 5) “salvation is union, conversion is awakening to love… Love woos – it does not compel. Conversion is not coerced. God convicts and moves us towards intimacy. His Word is powerful, but there must be a response to it. God does not overpower but saves those ...read more

Tags: God The Father, Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

Love Of A Disciple  PRO

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jul 6, 2011

LOVE OF A DISCIPLE Tertullian, an early Christian author, reported that the Romans would exclaim, "See how they love one another," and Justin Martyr, a Greek-speaking Christian apologist, sketched Christian love this way: "We who used to value the acquisition of wealth and possessions more than ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:45

Tags: Christian Love

Denomination: Baptist

Loving The Outcasts  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009

LOVING THE OUTCASTS One of the more remarkable movements of modern times is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they might solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Although it is ...read more

Scripture: John 4:9

Tags: Action, Thirst, Common Ground, Christian Love

They Are All One, They Are All Of The Heart, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"...they are all one, they are all of the heart, they are all of an abounding soul. There is hardly ever just one grape, for grapes grow in clusters. Not just one of them ripens, they all ripen. So the ...read more

Tags: Character

When I Have Learnt To Love God Better Than My ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. In so far as I learn to love my earthly dearest at the expense of God and instead of God, I shall be moving towards the state in which I shall not love my earthly ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

In The Middle Ages, People Took Potions For Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today’s shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, God's Omniscience

Many People Are Seeking Laughter In Their Heart ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 22, 2002

Many people are seeking laughter in their heart when they are really needing peace. Laughter is to a wounded heart what morphine is to terminal cancer. When the medicine is gone the pain is back. ...read more

Tags: Peace, God Brings Hope

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Love My Boys. I Thank God Everyday For Blessing ...

Contributed by Charles Newman on Jul 24, 2004

I love my boys. I thank God everyday for blessing me with such good children. There is one thing that I believe all children go through. It is a sense of bewilderment when given a series of jobs. For instance; my children and I can be cleaning up the yard. I can tell Benjamin to go and pick up ...read more

Tags: Children, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Methodist