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Be Careful With Hatredhatred Is A Passion ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be careful with hatredHatred is a passion requiring one hundred times the energy of love. Keep it for a cause, not an individual. Keep it for intolerance, injustice, stupidity. For hatred is the strength of the ...read more

Tags: Anger

The Purpose Of My Life Is To Make Me What The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The purpose of my life is to make me what the Almighty wants me to be. Then I shall not measure things by their capacity to delight and please my tastes, ambitions, desires ...read more

Tags: Church General

Everyones Got It In Him, If Hell Only Make Up ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everyones got it in him, if hell only make up his mind and stick at it. None of us is born with a stop-valve on his powers or with a set limit to his capacities. ...read more

Tags: Possibilities

It Would Be Well To Remember The More We Pray, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It would be well to remember the more we pray, the more power we have in prayer. Faith is not like gasoline, in danger of running out if we go too far. It is ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Qualifications For Success: [1] A Big ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Qualifications for success: [1] A big wastebasket you must know what to eliminate. [2] It is important to know what to preserve. [3] It is important to know when to say no. For ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

In A Time When Christian Values Are In ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 10, 2009

"In a time when Christian values are in near-total eclipse, only a countercultural expression of the church will have the spiritual and social power to speak the gospel word to a dominant ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Definition Of Prayer

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010

A DEFINITION OF PRAYER The Norwegian theologian Ole Hallesby gives a good definition of prayer. "To pray is nothing more involved that to let Jesus into our needs. To pray is to give Jesus ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

Denomination: Brethren

The Kingdom Of Jesus Marches On  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 7, 2013

THE KINGDOM OF JESUS MARCHES ON David Guzik: "The eternal King who rules over the souls of men is mightier than an external foe with powerful armies. Rome is gone, Napoleon is ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

One Soul Could Mean Many  PRO

Contributed by Ryan Yandris on Mar 2, 2003

(One soul could mean many) Andrew brought Simon- just one. But that was many, for under God, Simon brought three thousand souls in one day! It has been estimated that probably 95% of church members have never lead anyone to Christ. I like what Paul say’s in 1 Cor 9:19 " I made myself a ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:27

Tags: Evangelism How To, What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Pentecostal

Easter, Redemption

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Easter, Redemption The apostle Paul wrote about this redemptive work of Christ upon the Cross and victory that is available to the children of God through the resurrection of Christ. He writes, "So you are no longer a slave..." (Galatians 4:7) Jesus said, "So if the Son sets you free, you will ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:7

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Share In The Treasure  PRO

Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 26, 2011

A SHARE IN THE TREASURE A great European king was so enraged at the report of Muslim victories that he immediately joined the crusade to drive Islam out of Palestine. This great king took his army and spent many years fighting in a crusade to free Palestine from Islamic domination. When he left ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Christian Church

Suffering & The Riches Of His Glory

Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 3, 2016

What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,  even us whom He called, not ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:22-24

Tags: God's Glory

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Crucifixion Was A Form Of Capital Punishment ...

Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 31, 2004

Crucifixion was a form of capital punishment reserved for slaves and those who were a threat to Rome. This explains why Pontius Pilate chose crucifixion as the penalty for Jesus Christ, since Jesus claimed a ...read more

Tags: Cross

Denomination: Baptist

Quoted From 2004 Pastor's Conference Workshop At ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004

Quoted from 2004 Pastor’s Conference Workshop at Moody Bible Institute: As Bill Thrall put it, "When my fear of the power of sin is greater than my ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Therefore Lord God, You Are More Truly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Therefore Lord God, you are more truly omnipotent, because you have no power through impotence and nothing can be against you. Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), British ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

No Horse Ever Gets Anywhere Until He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No horse ever gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

There Are But Two Ways Which Lead To Great Aims ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There are but two ways which lead to great aims and achievementsenergy and perseverance. Energy is a rare giftit provokes opposition, hatred, and reaction. But perseverance lies within the affordings of everyone, ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Argument For Liberty Is Not An Argument ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

In A Democracy, The Majority Rules Either ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In a democracy, the majority rules either directly or through its elected representatives. The law is whatever the government determines it to be. Laws arent necessarily based upon reason but power. In other ...read more

Tags: Government

The Press Of Busyness Is Like A Charm. Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The press of busyness is like a charm. Its power swells ... it reaches out, seeking always to lay hold of ever-younger victims so that childhood or youth are scarcely allowed the quiet and ...read more

Tags: Workplace