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  • Making Disciples  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 7, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,745 views

    [Illustration] D. E. Host, who followed Hudson Taylor, wrote a book called Behind the Ranges. He was trying to analyze a problem he had seen while working in two different villages in China: the people with whom he lived and worked were not doing very well, but the people in the other village ...read more

  • Listen To This News Clipping. "Gambling, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on May 28, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,942 views

    Listen to this news clipping. “Gambling, robbery, sexual immorality, and violence is prevalent. Half of all children are born out of wedlock; purity and fidelity to the marriage vow are sneered out of fashion. Corruption in politics is rampant. The world is broken.” This clipping is from 1694. ...read more

  • The Closest I Ever Came To Feeling Like ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 13, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,913 views

    The closest I ever came to feeling like Abraham’s servant: our return from Alaska. After serving with a mission congregation for five years, we concluded it was time to return to the "Lower 48." I made arrangements to visit four seperate congregations in the midwest; each paid one fourth of the ...read more

  • One Day A Young Minister Was Being Escorted ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,137 views

    “One day a young minister was being escorted through a coal mine. At the entrance of one of the dim passageways, he spied a beautiful white flower growing out of the black earth. ‘How can it blossom in such purity and radiance in this dirty mine?’ the preached asked. ‘Throw some coal dust on it ...read more

  • It's A Lesson That This Familiar Song From 20 ...

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jul 6, 2005
     | 2,498 views

    It’s a lesson that this familiar song from 20 years ago taught us. “Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot Wouldn’t it be nice to get away? Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name And they’re always ...read more

  • Saving Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 15, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,235 views

    A number of years ago Norman Cousins wrote an editorial in the Saturday Review in which he reported a conversation he had on a trip in India. He was talking with a Hindu priest named Satis Prasad. The man said he wanted to come to our country to work as a missionary among the Americans. Cousins ...read more

  • Just Outside Of Orlando Last Sunday Morning A ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 24, 2005
     | 1,799 views

    *Just outside of Orlando last Sunday morning a Presbyterian minister died as he was preaching his sermon. Maybe you saw it in the paper. His name was Jack Arnold. *And of course it was traumatic to the church... -But the Associate Pastor later pointed out how wonderful it was that he died in his ...read more

  • Prayer Power "If You Do Not Feel Like Praying, It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,351 views

    Prayer Power “If you do not feel like praying, it is probably a good indication that you should start praying immediately.” (Billy Graham) “Prayer is not an easy way of getting what we want, but the only way of becoming what God wants us to be.” (Studdert Kennedy) “Prayer is a serious thing. We may ...read more

  • See The Words Spoken "Follow Me And I Will Make ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 10, 2006
     | 2,283 views

    See the words spoken “Follow me and I will MAKE YOU...” Spurgeon explains it this way in his introduction to his sermon on this text, “When Christ calls us by His grace we ought not only remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what He can make us. It is, ‘Follow Me, and I will make ...read more

  • The Big Black Door  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,495 views

    THE BIG BLACK DOOR An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door. As the moment for execution drew near, ...read more

  • Hybels: "Totally Devoted" To Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,505 views

    HYBELS: "TOTALLY DEVOTED" TO CHRIST Bill Hybels, Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, was talking with one of his members about some of the "tough topics" he had taught on over the years—-hell, money, sex, relational confrontation, self-discipline. The man asked, "Of all the topics you’ve ...read more

  • So In Case It Has, I'd Like To Read The ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,129 views

    So in case it has, I’d like to read the concluding paragraph from the NIV Application Commentary about this section of Scripture: On a different note, there is strong encouragement in Jesus’ statement. Even though at times opposition appears to be insurmountable, true Christianity will assert ...read more

  • What The Flock Needs From Their Pastor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 3,139 views

    WHAT THE FLOCK NEEDS FROM THEIR PASTOR The breadth of my ministry is determined by the depth of my relationship with Jesus, "the most important thing that your people need from you is your personal holiness" --Dr. Bill Bennett, SEBTS Pastoral Ministry class "Take heed to yourselves, lest you ...read more

  • Looks Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,864 views

    LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING Girolamo Savonarola was one of the great preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the great cathedral of Florence, Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue of Mary. One day he noticed an elderly woman praying before this statue and then realized it was ...read more

  • A Woman From The Slums Of London Sees The Ocean ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 3,647 views

    A Woman from the Slums of London Sees the Ocean for the First Time Long ago, a poor woman from the slums of London was invited to go with a group of people for a holiday at the ocean. She had never seen the ocean before, and when she saw it, she burst into tears. Those around her thought it was ...read more

  • Just ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,899 views

    JUST REMEMBER... The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember... NOAH was a drunk.... ABRAHAM was too old... ISAAC was a daydreamer.... JACOB was a liar... LEAH was ugly... JOSEPH was abused... MOSES had a stuttering problem... GIDEON was afraid... SAMPSON had long hair, and was a ...read more

  • No Other Plans

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 22, 2011
     | 6,610 views

    NO OTHER PLANS There is an ancient legend about Jesus’ ascension into heaven. He is met by the angel Gabriel who asks him, "Now that your work is finished, what plans have you made to ensure that the truth that you brought to earth will spread throughout the world?" Jesus answered, "I have ...read more

  • Don't Find Us Lacking!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
     | 4,250 views

    DON'T FIND US LACKING! Mexican jails are not known for their tidiness or orderliness. Shortly after having taken office, the then President of Mexico, Luis Echeverria, decided to do something about this. Without giving any advance notice, he chose to visit the jails at midnight. He found guards ...read more

  • Good News And Bad News  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,757 views

    GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS A man went to see his doctor in a state of high anxiety. "Doctor," he said, "you have to help me. I'm dying. Everywhere I touch it hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to ...read more

  • Master Your Emotions

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 26, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,415 views

    Master Your Emotions John Maxwell relates the story of Bobby Jones, a legendary golfer who won a major tournament at twenty-one. By age twenty-eight, he had already won the grand slam and retired. Jones had an uncle who said that by the time he was fourteen, Bobby was probably already the best ...read more