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  • Never On Guard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
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    NEVER ON GUARD When Fred Mitchell, chairman of the China Inland Mission, died, one of the speakers at his funeral said this about him: "You never caught Fred Mitchell off his guard because he never needed to be on it." (George Duncan, Living the Christian ...read more

  • In A Hurry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
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    IN A HURRY The American minister and writer Philip Brooks (1835-93); was noted for his poise and quiet manner. However, one day a friend saw him feverishly pacing the floor like a caged lion and asked him what the trouble was. "The trouble is," replied Brooks, "that I’m ...read more

  • Quotes On Humility

    Contributed by Billy Nale on Apr 13, 2011
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    QUOTES ON HUMILITY "To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them." -- Charles de Montesquieu "Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth." -- Madame Guizot "None are so empty as those who are full of themselves." -- ...read more

  • In The Gospel In Hymns, Published In 1950, Is A ...

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 14, 2011
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    In The Gospel in Hymns, published in 1950, is a story about Philip Brooks, author of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”: One April fools day, Brooks saw a boy on Boylston Street in Boston trying to reach a doorbell. Brooks walked up the steps and said, "Let me help you, my little ...read more

  • How Little Of Scripture There Is In Modern ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 19, 2011
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    "How little of Scripture there is in modern sermons compared with the sermons of those masters of theology, the Puritan divines! Almost every sentence of theirs seems to cast side lights upon a text of Scripture; not only the one they are preaching about, but many others as well are set in a new ...read more

  • A Child's Perspective Of Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011
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    A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE OF THANKFULNESS When asked to list what he was thankful for, one little boy wrote, "My glasses!" "That's good," said the teacher, "they help you see better". "No," responded the child, "I’m thankful for my glasses because they keep the other boys from hitting and fighting ...read more

  • The Only Opinion That Counts

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
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    THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head." ...read more

  • Humility

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Nov 9, 2018
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    William Carey, often referred to as the father of the modern missionary movement. He was a brilliant man but came from a very humble beginning. In his early manhood, he worked as a cobbler, a shoe repairman. At a dinner party one evening a man said to Carey, “I understand, Mister Carey that you ...read more

  • Hosta La Vista

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2020
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    The neighbors cut down a shade tree., and Marylu was lamenting that, our shade landscaping was now sunny. When one of her favorite hostas died, she lamented its loss. I could have said, “Chin up. Just say, ‘Hosta La Vista, baby.’” But then again, it was ...read more

  • There Is A Church In Millan, Italy That Was ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 13, 2007
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    There is a church in Millan, Italy that was bombed out during WWII. All of the walls of the church fell down during the war except one. The wall left standing had Leonardo Da Vinci’s "Last Supper" scene painted on it. What a wonderful illustration of how this meal that we call the Lord’s ...read more

  • People And Especially Kids Want To Get Away With ...

    Contributed by Kyle Blanton on May 14, 2007
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    People and especially kids want to get away with what they can get away with. I can’t count how many times I’ve been home with the kids and something breaks, or is left in the middle of the floor for me to step on or trip over, or a light is left on. And would you ...read more

  • Recently, I Heard The Story About A Young ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Recently, I heard the story about a young Baptist minister who started a new ministry. He was stopped by one man in the church before he ever started preaching his first Sunday. The man said, “I run this church. I have money. I sent the last ...read more

  • B.b. Warfield Says, "A Minister Must Be Learned, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    B.B. Warfield says, "A minister must be learned, on pain of being utterly incompetent for his work. But before and above being learned, a minister must be godly. Nothing could be more fatal, however, than to set these two things over against one another. Recruiting officers do not dispute ...read more

  • Bill Bradley Was The Basketball Star Of The 1964 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Bill Bradley was the basketball star of the 1964 Olympics. Someone said to him, “I wish I could shoot baskets like you.” Bradley replied, “Would you stay in one place until you hit 24 consecutive baskets?” That can apply to almost any ministry. Practice makes perfect in almost ...read more

  • A Poem By William Stidger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A poem by William Stidger says it well: "I saw God bare his soul one day Where all the earth might see The stark and naked heart of him On lonely Calvary. There was a crimson sky of blood And overhead a storm; When lightning slit the clouds and light engulfed his form. Beyond the storm ...read more

  • St. Augustine, While Puzzling Over The Doctrine ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    St. Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this ...read more

  • It Was Said That The Outstanding Characteristics ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    It was said that the outstanding characteristics of the great New England preacher Phillips Brooks were poise and calmness. His close friends, however, knew that at times he suffered moments of frustration and irritability. One day a friend saw him pacing the floor like a caged lion. ‘What is the ...read more

  • Abe Lemmons Was Head Basketball Coach At The ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 28, 2007
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    Abe Lemmons was head basketball coach at the University of Texas for years. One day he was asked if he was bitter at the athletic director (Texas Athletic Director Deloss Dodds) who fired him as the Longhorn’s basketball coach, he replied, “Not at all, but I ...read more

  • Consider Jonathan Edwards: "'sinners In The ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 11, 2007
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    Consider Jonathan Edwards: “’Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’ was one of the most famous sermons preached by [him], and it is reported that his listeners were brought to points of “weeping, swooning, crying out, and convulsions.” The most interesting report, however, is that “Edwards read the ...read more

  • A Center Of Love

    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 30, 2007
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    QUOTE: “When love, acceptance and forgiveness prevail, the church becomes what Jesus was in the world: a center of love, designed for the healing of broken people, and a force for God… One of the greatest services a church can offer a community is to provide a place for people to be brought to ...read more