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  • The World Does Not Need Sermons; It Needs A ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 1,648 views

    "The world does not need sermons; it needs a message. You can go to Bible college and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to ...read more

  • Speaking The Same Language

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 10, 2011
     | 2,029 views

    SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE Back in 1991, I went on a mission trip to the former Soviet Union. Twenty-or-so of us arrived on a snowy November day in Samara, a city of more than a million people located on the Volga River. We were there for about ten days, and our mission was to help start a ...read more

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

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Nov 19, 2011
     | 1,583 views

    "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 Husband Stayed Home While His Wife Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,559 views

    A husband stayed home while his wife went to church. When she got back he asked her what the preacher preached about. ...read more

  • Hot Air

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 2,083 views

    HOT AIR When we were building this sanctuary we were discussing whether to put paper towel dispensers in the new rest rooms or those hot-air hand dryers. I strongly recommended the paper towel dispensers because of a story I heard about at another church. They installed the hot-air hand dryers. ...read more

  • Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,671 views

    "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" These famous words were said by President Ronald Reagan in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall on June 12, 1987. 29 months later the wall was torn down. Interestingly, these famous words were originally written by Peter Robinson, a ...read more

  • An Authentic Voice

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 24, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,827 views

    AN AUTHENTIC VOICE The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God--not an echo of what others are doing and ...read more

  • Top Ten Preachers  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 7, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,162 views

    TOP TEN PREACHERS A man wrote to a pastor of a large Church saying, "I am visiting your city and I would like to preach in your Church." The pastor wrote back saying, "Thank you for the offer but we are already sorted for in this area." The man wrote again saying, "I feel I ought to preach ...read more

  • If He Gets Loose

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013
     | 2,812 views

    IF HE GETS LOOSE The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel mic. Unlike todays wireless mics, this had a wire attached to it. He was an energetic preacher and as he preached, he swung his hands and he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mic cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, ...read more

  • Who Shot The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
     | 3,832 views

    WHO SHOT THE DEER? A lawyer, a doctor, and a preacher went deer hunting together when along came a big buck. The three of them all shot at the same time, and immediately the buck dropped to the ground. They all rushed up to examine the deer, but couldn't determine whose shot had actually killed ...read more

  • In A Market-Driven Age We Are Accustomed To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,269 views

    “In a market-driven age we are accustomed to think of every church having a special niche, of every visitor as a prospective customer, and every aspect of worship designed to satisfy the consumers. Paul was reminding the Galatians that the gospel was not a product to be peddled on the marketplace ...read more

  • If I Profess With The Loudest Voice And ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,284 views

    “If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the Devil are at that point attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the ...read more

  • The Ideal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,592 views

    THE IDEAL PASTOR The ideal pastor is difficult to find. But if your church is fortunate, you may be able to secure his services. Since he is the ideal pastor, it won’t cost very much - he lives by faith. Yet he can be counted upon to tithe heavily and still be able to afford a large house in which ...read more

  • Preach The Gospel At All Times -- If Necessary, ...

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on Nov 1, 2008
     | 1,359 views

    "Preach the gospel at all times -- If necessary, use ...read more

  • Our Topic Today Is Worship And Service. I'd Like ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
     | 2,155 views

    Our topic today is worship and service. I’d like to begin by telling a true story that happened to Reverend Forrest I. Sears. He writes: Wilma had been a member of our church for many, many years. In her later years she needed the assistance of a cane to help in walking. As she was talking ...read more

  • Study More, Say ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,244 views

    STUDY MORE, SAY LESS Charles Spurgeon said this: "If you ask me how to shorten your sermons, I should say, study them better. Spend more time in the study that you may need less in the pulpit. We are generally longest when we have least to say." We have already seen what George Whitefield said, ...read more

  • I Am Reminded Of Herman Melville's Description Of ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
     | 1,270 views

    I am reminded of Herman Melville’s description of the pulpit in Moby Dick. It’s actually a description of a real pulpit in the Whaler’s Chapel that a Jewish friend went out of his way to show me in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It reads: Its paneled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, ...read more

  • In A Church In The Deep South Where The Preaching ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 2,400 views

    In a church in the Deep South where the preaching style was a “talk back” sort of style. The pastor was getting the congregation exited about their prospective future. The preacher said, “this church is like a crippled man who needs to get up and walk under the power of Jesus.” The ...read more

  • You See, The Power Of Holiness Is God's Power At ...

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,066 views

    You see, the power of holiness is God’s power at work in us. It is not some spiritual battery pack that we recharge and discharge at our discretion. It is not the we become powerful in the Spirit, rather it is God’s Spirit that is powerful in us. The power of holiness is God himself in action. ...read more

  • You See, The Power Of Holiness Is God's Power At ...

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 13, 2006
     | 1,752 views

    You see, the power of holiness is God’s power at work in us. It is not some spiritual battery pack that we recharge and discharge at our discretion. It is not the we become powerful in the Spirit, rather it is God’s Spirit that is powerful in us. The power of holiness is God himself in action. ...read more