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What Is Great Learning?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012

WHAT IS GREAT LEARNING? Thomas Fuller was born in Africa about 1710. He was sold as a slave in Virginia in 1724. There is some disagreement about whether someone taught him to count to 100 or if he taught himself. He never had a day of formal education. He taught himself to figure in his head how ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25

Tags: Learning

What Are You Worth?  PRO

Contributed by Juan P Barrientez Jr. on Nov 18, 2012

WHAT ARE YOU WORTH? The price of a dead body to be used by medical students and CNBC had the following information: Spine - $900 Hand and Forearm - $385 Shoulder -$500 Heart - $500 Corneas - $6,000/pair Kidneys - $300-500 Intact Head - $6,000 Brain - $600 Knees - $650 each Tendons - ...read more

Tags: Human Body

Denomination: Baptist

What Happens In Vegas...?

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 12, 2012

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS...? A cartoon depicts two guys in Hell, and one says to the other: "I was under the impression ...read more

Tags: Sexuality

Denomination: Congregational

What Time Is It?  PRO

Contributed by Rod Elmore on Feb 18, 2013

WHAT TIME IS IT? An old man was standing on a crowded bus. A young man standing next to him asked, "What time is it?" The old man said nothing. As the young man walked away, the old man's friend asked, "Why were you so rude to the young man?" The old man answered, "If I had given him the time ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Tags: Heart

Denomination: Christian Church

What Is Our Tradition?

Contributed by Perry Greene on May 20, 2013

WHAT IS OUR TRADITION? It is said that during a service at an old synagogue in Eastern Europe, when the Shema prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing to sit down, and the ones standing yelled at the ones ...read more

Tags: Pentecost, Tradition

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Forgiveness Is Not...

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 27, 2014

I think there are many today who are confused about forgiveness. Let’s talk about what forgiveness IS NOT. FORGIVENESS IS NOT EASY. It is the most difficult you will ever do to forgive someone who has stolen from you, lied about, hurt you or broken a vow to you. FORGIVENESS IS NOT NATURAL. The ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:15-20

Tags: Forgiveness, Cross, Forgiving Others, Joseph In Egypt

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are You Planning?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2014

What are you planning to do in your life or ministry that ONLY GOD CAN DO???? "God is looking for those with whom He can do the impossible-- what a pity that we plan ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-20

Tags: Faith, Ministry, Vision, Miracles

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Become What You Are

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 18, 2014

Norman Jean Douglas- Germans have a saying, “Ware was du bist” (Become what you are). The meaning was difficult for me until a minister gave me the following analogy. When a reigning monarch has a child there appears to be no difference between that child and any other child. Both are fussy, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:12-13

Tags: Child Of God, Mentor, Training Disciples, Kingdom Character

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is This A Christmas Present Or What?

Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 21, 2019

One great blessing of Christmas is presents. Of course, at my age, I am not too interested in what I am getting but rather what I am giving. I cannot think of one thing I really would want. I got everything I need even though some of it may be old and outdated. As long as it works, I'm happy ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Tags: Christmas, Holiday

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

What Is Your Value?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 17, 2020

Matthew 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? A boy asked a wise man: WHAT ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:29, Matthew 16:25

Tags: Value, Mirror

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Child Is This?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 20, 2020

What Child is this? • To the seeker, He's the Way; • to the philosopher, He’s the Truth; • to the penitent, He’s the Life. • • He is Joshua's captain, • He is Moses' smitten rock, • He is Ruth’s Kinsman Redeemer, What Child is this? • He is David’s Covenant King, • He is Esther’s ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-12

Tags: Messiah, Christmas, Jesus, Salvation, Prophecy  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are We Preaching?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 25, 2021

WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Tags: Liberalism, Apostasy, Preaching The Word, Preachers

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Your Struggle

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 25, 2021

As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left for them. However, the two frogs decided to ignore what the others were saying and they ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Tags: Faith, Believe In Yourself

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Have Got But One Life Here...it Pays, No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

We have got but one life here...It pays, no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life, and not merely to ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Freedom Is An Indivisible Word. If We Want To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Were All Role Models, Either Positively Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Were all role models, either positively or negatively, no matter what station in life we occupy. Its one of the things we attain simply by being ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

What's Wrong With Slandering Someone?

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Aug 29, 2014

I was speaking with someone this past week who has spent a great deal of his life travelling around the world, much of it for a mission agency. He spoke of a time when he visited an extremely remote, forested part of India where people live very primitively. He stayed there for a while. This fellow ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-7, 2 Peter 1:5

Tags: Godly Character, Transparency

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What God Chooses, He Cleanses. What God Cleanses, ...

Contributed by Mark Wood on Feb 18, 2006

What God chooses, He cleanses. What God cleanses, He molds. What God molds, He fills. What ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

Write Only What You Love, And Love What You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

What God Thinks Of Us Is More Important Than What ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 17, 2007

What God thinks of us is more important than what we think of ourselves or what others think of us. Repeat that with me. What God thinks of us is more important than what we think of ourselves or what others think of us. Say it again. This might be something you need to repeat to yourself over ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God