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  • Winston Churchill's Ever Patient Wife Told Him ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,961 views

    Winston Churchill’s ever patient wife told him that him that loosing the election immediately after the war might be a blessing in disguise. His response was ’at the moment its certainly very well disguised’ But a few months later saw it differently ’I feel a great sense of relief...others having ...read more

  • I Will Save You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,461 views

    I WILL SAVE YOU John Piper puts it this way: If we only knew it, every one of us is stranded on an ice face in Greenland, and the wind is blowing fiercely. Our position is so precarious that even if we inhale too deeply our weight will shift and we will plunge to our destruction. God comes to us ...read more

  • In The First Century, A 12-Year-Old Would Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Schäve on Jun 26, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 4,093 views

    In the first century, a 12-year-old would have been well along in their life since: -a third of those born would have died by age 6; -60% by their mid-teens; -by their mid-twenties 75%; -90% by their mid-forties; and -maybe 3% reached their 60s. Bruce J. Malina and Richard L. ...read more

  • Global Religion: According To Idea News Service, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,944 views

    Global Religion: According to Idea News service, the fastest growing religion in the world is Islam, followed by Hinduism. Christianity is the 3rd fastest growing religion, with a 1.3% annual growth rate. The report also found that over 26% of the world’s population has not heard the Christian ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Said "We Have Plenty Of People ...

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Mar 14, 2006
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     | 2,696 views

    Charles Spurgeon said “We have plenty of people nowadays who could not kill a mouse without publishing it in the Gospel Gazette. Samson killed a lion and said nothing about it. The Holy Spirit finds modesty so rare that He takes care to record it. Say much of what the Lord has done ...read more

  • I Am Baptised!  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Gill on Jan 11, 2003
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     | 2,379 views

    I am Baptised! Apparently Martin Luther, the great 16th figure of the reformation used to take great comfort from these words. When it seemed to him that the whole church had left the precepts of the Gospel, when he was under scrutiny from Church officials as to the truth of his beliefs, ...read more

  • In Our Own Day The Dramatic Turnaround In The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 8, 2008
     | 1,509 views

    In our own day the dramatic turnaround in the life of such a person as Charles Colson can only be explained by a divine intervention from above. While many were at first wary of Colson’s “born-again” experience, no objective observer, not even his detractors, can gainsay the sincerity of his ...read more

  • My Wife Marge Has Traveled And Ministered With ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 7, 2009
     | 1,052 views

    My wife Marge has traveled and ministered with me for over 46 years in over 125 countries in the ministry of soulwinning. Sometime get tired but we remember the words of Jesus to go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. We have tried to preach and feed the Word of God. We have ...read more

  • God's Love Is Everything

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009
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    GOD'S LOVE IS EVERYTHING The Pope tells us that "For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, 'God is love'...: everything has its origin in God’s love, everything is shaped by it, ...read more

  • Character And Witness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    CHARACTER AND WITNESS John Bunyan said of Christians: "When all their garments are white the world will count them His," and the skeptical German poet Heinrich Heine said to Christians, "You show me your redeemed life and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer." The authentic life that ...read more

  • Pastoring Is Like Being On The Weather Channel. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 5, 2005
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    Pastoring is like being on the weather channel. When I definitely want to hear the weather I turn there. When dangerous weather occurs the weather bulletins are on multiple channels. It is too important of news to limit to one station. God didn’t limit the gospel to one station, people should ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Missionary Who Was ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 14, 2007
     | 1,116 views

    I heard a story about a missionary who was trying to stir up interest to get people to go to a foreign country to preach the gospel. At the end of the service a woman, dragging a little boy behind her, told the missionary, "I just feel like God is calling me to be a missionary." "He is, ...read more

  • There Were 4 Christians, Everybody, Somebody, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Jul 15, 2007
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    There were 4 Christians, Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was a special job to do. Preach the Gospel. Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. ...read more

  • In The Days When Street Preachers Were A Common ...

    Contributed by Dr. Thomas Norton on Jul 17, 2007
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    In the days when street preachers were a common sight in New York City a man named Charlie King could sometimes be seen running around his hat, which was placed on a street corner near Times Square, shouting, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” When a crowd gathered he would ...read more

  • O God, ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010
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    "O God, Help!"—Spurgeon God's strongest saints realize their weaknesses, and appeal to Him for strength. One Sunday morning, as Charles H. Spurgeon passed through the door back of the pulpit in the Tabernacle, and saw the great crowd of people, he was overheard saying, "O God, help!" Strong as ...read more

  • Unconverted Ministers

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
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    UNCONVERTED MINISTERS Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is ...read more

  • Macarthur On Contemporary Preaching

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 25, 2021
     | 1,498 views

    "Many churches today are filled to overflowing with those who want their ears tickled with the myths of easy believism and so called positive thinking. They come to have their egos fed and their sins approved, not to have their hearts cleansed and their souls saved. They want only to feel ...read more

  • When Rickey Shive Was A Kid Growing Up On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,769 views

    When Rickey Shive was a kid growing up on the farm, one of the annual jobs he always looked forward to was the "chicken harvest." Apologies should be made in advance for the somewhat graphic nature of this illustration. Nonetheless, he looked forward to the chicken harvest. No, he wasn‘t some ...read more

  • Mother — Job Description  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    MOTHER - Job Description POSITION TITLE : Mom, Mama, Mommy, Mother JOB DESCRIPTION : Candidates must be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more