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Blackaby In His Book

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2010

Blackaby in his book "Power of the Call" shares on pages 14-17 what the qualifications of a spiritual leader are: i. A leader has an absolute sense of urgency (Matt. 9:35-37) ii. A leader has an absolute priority and commitment to prayer (Matt. 9:38). iii. A leader is unconditionally related to ...read more

Tags: Ordination

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Web Churches 83% Of Churches With Web Sites Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Web Churches 83% of churches with Web sites say their use of the Internet has helped congregational life and 83% report e-mail communication from the church staff has helped ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Internet Ad Revenues Are Set To Pass Radio's For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Internet ad revenues are set to pass radio's for the first time, according to eMarketer. Internet ad spending is $21.7 billion, compared to $20.4 billion for radio. Veronis Suhler predicts the Internet ...read more

Tags: Internet

A W Tozer Encouraged People Wanting And Having ...

Contributed by Richard Francis on Jan 31, 2009

A W Tozer encouraged people wanting and having a "personal revival" to be seeking God with ALL of their Heart to consider these two points: 1. Get thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself. Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul. When speaking ...read more

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Opening Video Illustration From Video's That ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 29, 2005

Opening video illustration from Video’s That Teach, page 62, 63: The Empire Strikes Back The Movie: This is the second film of the Star Wars trilogy. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) receives his first training as a Jedi knight… This Clip (over 5 minutes) Start 1:17:01 – Stop 1: 22:12 Luke ...read more

Tags: Examples Of Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[031] A Message From A Poem – Before Him Lay The Cross

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 19, 2025

[031] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BEFORE HIM LAY THE CROSS We have a retrospective view of the cross in a very limited understanding, but the Lord’s view in the Garden of gethsemane was a forward one. The anticipation of that ordeal was a dreadful one. That comes out in the description and this ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2, John 3:16-17, Psalm 69:1-3, Psalm 22:13-16, Matthew 26:38-39  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Love, The Cross, Anticipation, Endurance, Cross, Suffering, Gethsemane, Endure, Calvary  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Escaping Judgment?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2002

ESCAPING JUDGMENT? Because of a minor infraction, a shipmate of mine aboard the USS Reeves, bound for Japan, was busted one rank, fined and given extra duty for three weeks. Looking forward to celebrating his 21st birthday on July 22, he consoled himself every night during his extra duty by ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment, Forgiveness General, Sin Punishment Of

A Message On Lying

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 30, 2010

A MESSAGE ON LYING A minister, one Sunday morning, said to his congregation, "Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. In preparation for that message, I'm asking all of you to read Mark 17 this coming week." The following Sunday, he stood up to preach and asked, "How many of you took ...read more

Tags: Lies

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Two Types Of Lives!

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 29, 2022

Genesis 4:6-26 Cain had an unrighteous heart and sinned against God in many ways including taking the life of his brother; but what can we learn from God as He related to Cain, from the following verses: v6-7: God gave instructions how and why to repent. v9: God was specific in confronting in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:6-26

Tags: People, Pride, Godly, Creativity, Ungodly, Provisions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Who Has Abortions?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

WHO HAS ABORTIONS? Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33 percent of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19 percent. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2 1/2 times as ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Abortion Views Changing: A New Gallup Survey Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Abortion Views Changing: A new Gallup survey of 13 to 17 year olds finds their views on abortion significantly more conservative than their parents’ generation: Abortion is morally wrong, Teens: 72% Adults: 26%; Abortion should be legal in all circumstances, Teens: 19% Adults: 26%; Abortion should ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Calling Evil Good

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 27, 2006

Article : Calling Evil Good by H. Wallace Goddard Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 Satan is the master of inversion. Where God offers Light, Satan provides darkness. ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cult Growth

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

CULT GROWTH Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) reported the largest membership increases in a year, according to the National Council of Churches’ 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches. Although Jehovah’s Witnesses currently rank 25th in size ...read more

Tags: Church General

The State Of The "Tomb" Is Proof Of Jesus' ...

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jul 8, 2008

The state of the "tomb" is proof of Jesus' resurrection – Jn. ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hearing God Correctly

Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Mar 25, 2004

“In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:20-21

Tags: Hearing God, Soul, Sin

Denomination: Baptist

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, Was A Doctor. As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was going under, in a dreamy state, a profound thought came to him. He believed that he had ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Knowledge Is Exploding At Such A Rate—more Than ...

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 18, 2005

Knowledge is exploding at such a rate—more than 2000 pages a minute—that even Einstein couldn’t keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. How can it be, in a world where half the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Baptist

Practice Makes Perfect Tjbts

Contributed by Blake Henson on Jun 6, 2023

Practice makes perfect shows that without good practice you can't expect to succeed in sports, but the same is true in your Christian life also. You can't just half prepare and expect to be a successful Christian. URL: https://youtu.be/eI92sWLcDIo SUMMARY In this video we see two teams. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:14

Tags: Christian Walk, How To Get Stronger

From '94 To '04, The Percentage Of Children Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

From '94 to '04, the percentage of children who changed schools dropped for 6-11 year-olds, from 30% to 26% and from 52% to ...read more

Tags: School

People In Advertising Sales Are Among The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008

People in advertising sales are among the happiest one-third of employed Americans; the unhappiest people by job are gas station attendants ...read more

Tags: Happiness