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I Have A Question For You That Can Revolutionize ...  PRO

Contributed by Aaron Householder on Sep 30, 2004

I have a question for you that can revolutionize your life and ministry: Are you a sinner who struggles to love God, or are you a lover of God who struggles with ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To, Sin Hurtful To God

Denomination: Baptist

If There's An Alcoholic Parent In The Family, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005

If there’s an alcoholic parent in the family, there’s a 50 percent chance one of the children will become an alcoholic. If there are two alcoholic parents, it’s an 85 percent chance. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

According To The Parents Television Council. Mtv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

According to the Parents Television Council. MTV has roughly three times as many sexual incidents throughout the day as ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox do at 10 ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

If There's An Alcoholic Parent In The Family, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

If there’s an alcoholic parent in the family, there’s a 50 percent chance one of the children will become an alcoholic. If there are two alcoholic parents, it’s an 85 percent chance. ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Without God's Explanatory Word, God's Redemptive ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

"Without God’s explanatory word, God’s redemptive action could not be recognized for what it was. The clearest revelation of God (the incarnation) is nevertheless the most ...read more

Tags: Christmas Advent

Without Regular, Personal Bible Study And ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 15, 2008

"Without regular, personal Bible study and prayer, we are not really walking with Christ as His followers, and we are certainly not obeying Him in specifics." [James Montgomery Boice, ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Baptist

George W. Truett Said: "To Know The Will Of God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008

George W. Truett said: "To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!" (quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Three Types Of People

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 3, 2021

It has been well said that there are only three classes of people in the world today: those who are afraid, those who do not know enough to be afraid, and those who know ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Tags: Bible, Fear

Denomination: Methodist

Ten Years Ago For Every Wife Who Left Her Family, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2002

Ten years ago for every wife who left her family, 600 husbands did. Today for each man who leaves, two women do. Charles Swindoll, Starting ...read more

Introductions Please  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001

INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE A 1980 Gallup poll indicated that out of all evangelical, American believers, "only two percent had introduced another person to Christ." SOURCE: J.K. ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Great Commission, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is Easy To Determine When Something Is Aflame. ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 20, 2001

It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not spread will eventually go out. A church without evangelism is a contradiction in terms, just as a fire that does not ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Sharing My Testimony

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Trouble With This Country Is That There Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time. Franklin Pierce Adams ...read more

Tags: Truth

Less Room For Me

Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013

The only way to be filled with the Spirit is to empty myself to me. When I empty me of me, it provides space for the Holy Spirit to fill me. The more he fills me the ...read more

Scripture: John 16:5-15

Tags: Holy Spirit General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Will Of God

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

George W. Truett said: "To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!" –(quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Sin As Your Secret Lover

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 8, 2021

“Sanctified people still sin. However, the difference is that in the life of a sanctified person, sin becomes your permanent enemy and no longer your secret lover!” Dr. Timothy Tennent “The Call to ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10

Tags: Sin, Santification

Denomination: Methodist

A Dream Without A Positive Attitude Produces A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2002

A dream without a positive attitude produces a daydreamer. A positive attitude without a dream produces a pleasant person who can’t progress. A dream together with a positive attitude produces a person with ...read more

In Whatever A Man Does...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 21, 2002

IN WHATEVER A MAN DOES... George MacDonald said, "In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably or succeed more miserably" SOURCE: Warren W. Wiersbe, ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In The Church There Is A Bond Of Family, Yet Room ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005

In the church there is a bond of family, yet room for variety. The devil tries to disrupt unity. To chickens tied at the legs and thrown over a clothesline may be united, but they do not have unity. (Leslie ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Tags: Unity

Denomination: Baptist

Late Faith Is Unavailing. There's Little Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Late faith is unavailing. There’s little use accepting arks once the rain begins to fall. Death is such an instant storm that by the time you reach for an umbrella, you already need ...read more

Tags: Death

Late Faith Is Unavailing. There's Little Use ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Late faith is unavailing. There’s little use accepting arks once the rain begins to fall. Death is such an instant storm that by the time you reach for an umbrella, you already need ...read more

Tags: Faith General