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St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; "No Man Can Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008

St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; “No man can live without delight, and that is why a man deprived of spiritual joy goes over to evil pleasures”. From Art ...read more

Sad Memories Gather, Like Evening Mists, Round ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sad memories gather, like evening mists, round aged lives, and the temptation of the old is unduly to exalt the past, and unduly to depreciate the present. Young lips shout ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Our Hope Of Rescue  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2003

OUR HOPE OF RESCUE Did you see the story on CNN this past Sunday of the rescued POWs? When Kenneth Krueger pulled his big rig in front of former POW Shoshana Johnson’s home and began whooping and blowing on the horn, I understood the joy and relief that she was alive and would be home soon. ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

A Pastor Was Preparing A Christmas Message And ...  PRO

Contributed by Harold Miller on Dec 15, 2000

A pastor was preparing a Christmas message and fell asleep in his study at the church. He dreamed that he was in a world into which Jesus had never come. He walked out on the streets, but no church spires pointed to heaven. He was summoned by a weeping child to visit her dying mother, but on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10-11

Tags: God Brings Hope, Forgiveness In Jesus, Jesus Is The Way, Christmas Advent

Denomination: Mennonite

Clark's Gloom Of Grace

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 29, 2009

CLARK'S GLOOM OF GRACE Lord Kenneth Clark, internationally known for his television series Civilization, lived and died without faith in Jesus Christ. He admitted in his autobiography that, while visiting a beautiful church, he had what he believed to be an overwhelming religious experience. "My ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christmas Is More Than Jingle, Jingle

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 12, 2020

I have been trying lately to remember my first Christmas. I know my memory isn't perfect, but I thought maybe I could bring up some old memories of my first Christmas. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of a thing about that first Christmas of mine. Of course, it might be that I was only five ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:6-7

Tags: Christmas, Holiday

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

May Not A Single Moment Of My Life Be Spent ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

"May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him to ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes, Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Child's Eyes Those Clear Wells Of Undefiled ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A child's eyes Those clear wells of undefiled thought What on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love, and curiosity, they meet your own. In prayer, how ...read more

Tags: Children

The Baby Rises To Its Feet, Takes A Step, Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come But learn from the bewildered ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:6

Tags: Baby Dedication, Training Mother's

May Not A Single Moment Of My Life Be Spent ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 19, 2010

May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Doesn't Change God, It Changes Me  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002

PRAYER DOESN'T CHANGE GOD, IT CHANGES ME In a scene from Shadowlands, a film based on the life of C.S. Lewis, Lewis has returned to Oxford from London, where he has just been married to Joy Gresham, an American woman, in a private Episcopal ceremony performed at her hospital bedside. She is dying ...read more

Tags: Submission, Petition, Prayer Persistence, Prayer Answered, Prayer General, Humility  (view more)  (view less)

The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe" The ...  PRO

Contributed by Dan Waite on Nov 25, 2005

“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” the citizens of Narnia have lived under what seems to be an endless winter in discouragement and fear. However, there are rumors, coupled with hopes that “Aslan is on the move” and when He arrives He will right all wrongs. ("Wrong will be right,/When Aslan ...read more

Tags: Narnia

Denomination: Free Methodist

Birthday Stats

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

BIRTHDAY STATS Everyday in the U.S. and Canada, 800,000 people are having a birthday. The average person receives 8 birthday cards and 4 gifts a year. 11,000 Baby Boomers turn 50 each day and will for the next decade. Almost 110,000 people have celebrated their 100th birthdays with a projection of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:31

Tags: Aging

Great God Of Love: We Praise You For Jesus The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Great God of love: We praise you for Jesus the Christ, and on this the celebration of his birthday, we thank you for his coming. We thank you for the prophet's hope and the angel's song for the birth in Bethlehem. We thank you that in Jesus you joined us, sharing human hurts and pleasures. In this ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Selecting A Christmas Gift

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Selecting a Christmas Gift It is that time of the year when people really start to get serious about selecting Christmas gifts. When purchasing Christmas gifts one must first remember what is being celebrated. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; €œno Man Can Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008

St. Thomas Aquinas Wrote; “No man can live without delight, and that is why a man deprived of spiritual joy goes over to evil pleasures”. From Art ...read more

Tags: Money

But The Choice Of Celibacy Has First And Foremost ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2009

But the choice of celibacy has first and foremost a nuptial meaning, . . .a profound identification with the heart of Christ, the Bridegroom who gives his life for his Bride. . .Priestly celibacy lived with maturity, joy ...read more

Tags: Pastors

Denomination: Catholic

Remember How The Darkness Is Followed By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Remember how the darkness Is followed by the light, How warm and sunny days Come after each long night, How Springtime follows Winter And the rainbow cloaks the rain; ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

What A Cruel Thing Is War: To Separate And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our ...read more

Tags: War

Of All Tear, They Are Best That Are Made By The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Of all tear, they are best that are made by the blood of Christ, and of all joy, that is the sweetest that is mixed with mourning over Christ. Oh! it is a godly thing to be on our knees with Christ in our ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony