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  • If I Am The Only ...

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Aug 18, 2012
     | 681 views

    Illustration: What would you do if you were the only Christian in your circle of influence? If you are the only Christian in the shop, the store, or the office where you work, a peculiar: responsibility rests upon you, a responsibility which no other one shares with you. You are Christ's only ...read more

  • Faking The Grain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,567 views

    FAKING THE GRAIN Wood craftsmen and finishers of fine furniture are not nearly as common to our times as they were 100 years ago. For that matter, they are not found as much today as they were around even 25 years ago. Some of these men were literally artists when it came to taking an old piece ...read more

  • Bought To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,439 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • D.l. Moody: God Loves Sinners  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,283 views

    D.L. MOODY: GOD LOVES SINNERS D.L. Moody was a renowned American preacher back in the mid 1800’s. He went to England where he was introduced to a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. During their short conversation, Moorehouse said he wanted to go to America. Moody, trying to be polite, said ...read more

  • Kneeling With Runkie

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,577 views

    KNEELING WITH RUNKIE Have you heard the story of the incident that took place in a Church youth group in Akron, Ohio, at Christmas time? What took place started a tradition in that church, a pattern for us to follow. The high school boy's name was Howard, but he was best known as "Runkie". He had ...read more

  • German Emperor Wilhelm The First Adopted A Motto ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,407 views

    German emperor Wilhelm the First adopted a motto with his generals – “GOTT MIT UNS” or “God with us.” On the American front the northern preachers who supported Abraham Lincoln during the civil war at a time when the war hung in the balances, made the same declaration to President Lincoln that God ...read more

  • Preaching That Kills

    Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,438 views

    PREACHING THAT KILLS The preaching that kills is non-spiritual preaching. The ability of the preaching is not from God. Lower sources than God have given to it energy and stimulant. The Spirit is not evident in the preacher nor his preaching. Many kinds of forces may be projected and stimulated by ...read more

  • Now What Do You Think Of That? Shocking Want To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,733 views

    NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? Shocking Want to know what happened? I was told that young preacher went into the pulpit and called for an immediate congregational meeting. He told the congregation what the man had just said to him and he asked for dismissal for that man from the board and from ...read more

  • James Braga Wrote, "But The Man Who Is To Preach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,161 views

    James Braga wrote, “But the man who is to preach the message of the Book must also be a man of the Book. He must study the Scriptures not to just get a message for his congregation. He must live in the Book. The Word of God must become his meat and drink. This is only accomplished as the preacher ...read more

  • As A Large Crowd Of Iboga Christians Of Western ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 27, 2008
     | 1,837 views

    As a large crowd of Iboga Christians of Western Tanzania gathered to worship one Easter Sunday, a crazed mother lion was stalking their village. The crowd froze in fear. The village preacher encouraged them to pray to God, who locked the lion’s jaws for Daniel. Suddenly, a lightening bolt struck ...read more

  • I'd Rather See A Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,227 views

    I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds, For to see good put in action is what ...read more

  • The Trouble With Pepople Who Are Not Seeking A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 20, 2008
     | 1,854 views

    "THE TROUBLE WITH PEPOPLE WHO ARE NOT SEEKING A SAVIOUR NOR SALVATION IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MAN'S MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THIS IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS 300 YEARS AGO IN THE TIME OF THE ...read more

  • Our Churches Today Need To Be A Spiritual House. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,412 views

    Our churches today need to be a spiritual house. Many times our churches have become a social house where as one old preacher said: We traded our upper room into the board room, the fire of the Holy Spirit for a warm heater, our prayer meetings for chicken dinners, ...read more

  • It Is Not Knowledge…nor Great Profession…nor ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 19, 2009
     | 1,475 views

    "It is not knowledge…nor great profession…nor doing many things...nor zeal for certain matters in religion..." He continues that holiness is not "morality and outward respectability of conduct…nor taking pleasure in hearing preachers...nor keeping company with godly people...These things ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning A Very Well Meaning Boy ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 21, 2009
     | 860 views

    One Sunday morning a very well meaning boy walked up to the Vicar after the service and handed him his £1 pocket money. The boy said, “I want you to have my pocket money Vicar. I think you must need it more than me, ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Dec 11, 2000
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,653 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • The Peace Prayer Of St. Francis  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,061 views

    Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled ...read more

  • During Quail Season In Georgia, An Atlanta ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,664 views

    During quail season in Georgia, an Atlanta journalist met an old farmer hunting with an ancient pointer at his side. Twice the dog ran ahead as his body ached rheumatism and pointed. Twice his master fired into the open air. When the journalist saw no birds rise, he asked the farmer for an ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 3,145 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: “For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 10, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,655 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

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