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  • Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg Said That …the ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,311 views

    Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg said that …the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: First, it is a very unusual event. And second, if you believe it happened, you have to change the way you live. [2] Wolfhart Pannenberg, in a conversation ...read more

  • The Church's Greatest Troublemakers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009
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     | 5,496 views

    THE CHURCH'S GREATEST TROUBLEMAKERS Preacher and Bible commentator, John Stott, said this in his exposition of Paul's letter to the Galatians: "To tamper with the gospel is to trouble the church... Indeed the church's greatest troublemakers (now as then) are not those outside who oppose, ridicule ...read more

  • You Are My Best Gift

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 28, 2011
     | 1,708 views

    YOU ARE MY BEST GIFT A daughter of a renowned preacher, who was used to gifts her loving dad used to purchase and bring for her after every overseas' trip, was once in for a major disappointment. Due to a mess-up in the airport customs, the gift was lost and her doting Dad landed home without a ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,436 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,966 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Here's An Example From Nature Shared By Another ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006
     | 1,433 views

    Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a ...read more

  • In Country, Town Or City

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,055 views

    In country, town or city Some people can be found Who spend their lives in grumbling At ev’rything around; O yes, they always grumble, No matter what we say, For these are chronic grumblers And they grumble night and day. They grumble when it’s raining, They grumble when it’s dry, And if the ...read more

  • I Never Failed A Good Nap There

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    I never failed a good nap there I was reading last week how, Hugh Latimer, the famous sixteenth century English Reformer and Preacher [11] was surprised to see a neighbor heading out the door early one Sunday morning. “My Lady, whither goest thou?” The neighbor replied, “I am going to Saint Thomas ...read more

  • John Fischer, On A Hill Too Far Away: Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    John Fischer, On a Hill Too Far Away: tells about a church in Old Greenwich, CT which has a ten-foot cross located not on a wall or suspended from the ceiling or even on the steeple of the building. This cross is bolted firmly in front of the platform not three feet from where the preacher ...read more

  • Dean Farrar Was A Privileged Personal Friend Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains ...read more

  • Counterfeit Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 18, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,425 views

    COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL Counterfeit money is lacking in authority—-it does not have the backing of the federal government. A good counterfeiter can dupe some people into accepting his copywork as legitimate currency. But eventually, when the fake money is brought before the authorities, it will be ...read more

  • The Spirit Is Like The Wind

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,534 views

    THE SPIRIT IS LIKE THE WIND Dr. J. Henry Jowett, the well-known English preacher, was talking to an old salt about sailing a ship and he asked him, "Will you explain to me the phenomenon of the wind?" The seaman replied, "I don’t know what you mean, sir." Jowett persisted, "Well, how do you ...read more

  • Thomas Edison

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
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    Thomas Edison “I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I should never likely have become ...read more

  • Cookie Ingredients And Kids

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
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    COOKIE INGREDIENTS AND KIDS One time a preacher had a minute with the children before the sermon. He called them up front and he spoke about the ingredients required to make up a church, using a chocolate chip cookie as an example. He explained to the children that, as with a cookie requiring ...read more

  • Set The Church Back

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 3, 2011
     | 1,343 views

    Billy Graham that great and uncompromising preacher once in a Revival meeting held at Los Angeles, shared a passionate message on the Early Church, outlining what needs to be done for the Churches of modern era to become more effective. While many were moved by it, some “cannibal” Christians ...read more

  • Stoop As You Go Through The World  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 8, 2012
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    STOOP AS YOU GO THROUGH THE WORLD BENJAMIN FRANKLIN once described a visit he made as a young man to see the Puritan preacher Cotton Mather. Franklin recalled: "He was showing me out of the house, and there was a very low beam near the doorway. I was still talking when Mather began shouting, ...read more

  • Uh, That's "Maranatha"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
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    UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA" An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian ...read more

  • Division In The Church

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 20, 2008
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    DIVISION IN THE CHURCH We might sum up the divisions in this church this way according to Parsons: i. "I follow Paul" -- This group may have taken the attitude that Paul started this church and he will always be the leader. These are the traditionalists. 1. They always live in the past and never ...read more

  • Praying In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Praying in Revival 2 Chronicles 7:14 says: “…if my people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” All true spiritual awakenings that have had a ...read more

  • This Year Will Have A Notoriety Among Its ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 42 ratings
     | 1,801 views

    "This year will have a notoriety among its fellows as the year of calamities. Just as that season when man goes forth to reap the fruit of his labors, when the harvest of the earth is ripe, and the barns are beginning to burst with the new wheat, Death too, the mighty reaper, has come forth to ...read more