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The Story Of Defeat Of The Israelite In The ...

Contributed by Olorunnisola Oni on Sep 15, 2007

The story of defeat of the Israelite in the hands of the people of Ai under the leadership of Joshua and how Joshua waited patiently on God to find out the ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Curiosity In Children Is But An Appetite For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle their time away insipidly is because ...read more

Tags: Curiosity

I Pity The Man, Black Or White, Who Has Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I pity the man, black or white, who has never experienced the joy and satisfaction that come to one by reason of an effort to assist in ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

I Love This Book

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 8, 2009

I LOVE THIS BOOK Dr. Vance Havner says the Bible begins in a garden (Gen.3) and ends in a garden (Rev. 21-22). He says there is no devil, no sin, and no sorrow in the first two chapters of the Bible or in the last two ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Baptist

The Agony Of Defeat

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012

"THE AGONY OF DEFEAT" Some of you might remember the TV program "The Wide World of Sports". For many years, the opening of the program opened like this: "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport; the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat." The opening illustrated "the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:12

Tags: Change

To Make The Improving Of Our Own Character Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

New Years Resolutions Come In For A Good Deal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"New Years resolutions come in for a good deal of ridicule, but the resolutions are all right in themselves. The reason for ridicule is rather the irresolution which leads to the ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

I Said Friendship Is The Greatest Bond In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I said friendship is the greatest bond in the world, and I had reason for it, for it is all the bands that this world hath; and there is no society and there is no relation that is worthy, but it is made so by the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Showalter States, "I Define Forgiving As The ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 26, 2005

Showalter states, “I define forgiving as the elimination of all desire for revenge and personal ill will toward those who deeply wrong or betray us. This elimination usually brings an inner peace of heart and the freedom of not having our lives ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If The Devil Were Wise Enough And Would Stand By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the Gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the Gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Inevitably, The First Word In The List Is Love, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Inevitably, the first word in the list is love, and Paul might well have contented himself with that word alone. Many of those that follow are special manifestations of love: long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and the others are not far removed: joy, peace, ...read more

Tags: Character

Unwanted  PRO

Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 30, 2000

Mother Teresea “We have drugs for people with diseases like leprosy. But these drugs do not treat the main problem, the disease of being unwanted. That’s what my sisters hope to provide. The sick and poor suffer even more from rejection than ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Church, Giving General, Poverty

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Highest School Of Learning In God's Arsenal ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 10, 2002

The highest school of learning in God’s arsenal is the Graduate School of Affliction and Suffering. All of God’s greatest workers had to attend this graduate school. If you are a chosen vessel and have a work to do for God you will attend and learn in ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

William Barclay, A Man Who Had A Profound Way Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

William Barclay, a man who had a profound way of making biblical truths come alive, once said, “It is when men see that we are prepared to suffer for the faith which we say we hold, that they will begin to believe that we ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Discipleship

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The World Has No Room For Cowards. We Must All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The world has no room for cowards. We must all be ready somehow to toil, to suffer, to die. And yours is not the less noble because no drum beats before you when you go out into your daily battlefields, and no crowds ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

From Hitlers Vision For A Thousand Year Reich ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"From Hitlers vision for a Thousand Year Reich and Lenins promise to use the dictatorship of the proletariat to build a workers' paradise, to abortion depicted as a 'womens health issue' and homosexual behavior justified as an 'alternative lifestyle,' evil always comes to humanity disguised as ...read more

Tags: Satan

The Machine Wears Out

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011

THE MACHINE WEARS OUT President Woodrow Wilson experienced the devastation of World War I, he suffered a stroke which severely weakened him, 3 years after leaving office he died. His last words were, "The machinery ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Became A Human Being By Meister Eckhart

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 7, 2015

ILLUSTRATION… Jesus Became A Human Being by Meister Eckhart (Miller, ed. The Book of Jesus. pg 241) “Jesus became a human being because God the Compassionate One could not suffer and lacked a back to be beaten. God needed a back like our ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:17-18

Tags: God's Compassion

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Philip Yancey, Writing In Christianity Today, ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 20, 2005

Philip Yancey, writing in Christianity Today, offers these three reasons why this topic of heaven is being neglected. 1. “Affluence has given us in this life what former generations longed for in anticipation of heaven. 2. A creeping paganism invites us to accept death as the culmination of life ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Catholic

All Our Progress Is An Unfolding Like The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All our progress is an unfolding like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust ...read more

Tags: Human Life