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Offer Patients ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009

OFFER PATIENTS LOVE At his clinic in Topeka, Kansas, Dr. Karl Menninger instructed his entire staff that the most important thing they could offer any patient was love. He said, "If people can learn to give and receive love, they will usually recover from their ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Tags: Kindness

The Uppertaker

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

THE UPPERTAKER Alexander MacLaren said, "The primitive church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death or about heaven. The early Christians were not looking for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory. They were watching not for ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:11-21

Tags: Second Coming

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Worded It This Way: "It I...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

Dietrich Bonhoeffer worded it this way: "It is Jesus himself who comes between the disciples and the law, not the law which comes between Jesus and the disciples." Source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship 123 (R.H. Fuller trans., New York: Touchstone, 1995). ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Tags: Law

Parents Sued By Son For Malpractice Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010

Parents Sued by Son for Malpractice of Parenting In 1978, Thomas Hansen of Boulder Colorado, sued his parents for $350,000 on grounds of “malpractice of parenting.” He charged in his suit that his mother and father had botched his upbringing so badly, that he would need years ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Tags: Parenting

Whose Side Are You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010

Whose Side Are You On? A story is told about a believer who was stone cold deaf. Despite this, they faithfully attended and participated in the local church of which they were a member. When asked why they bothered, they said, “I want everyone to know ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25

Tags: Church General

To Hold Water  PRO

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010

TO HOLD WATER There is no substitute for sound, biblical thinking. John Gardner: An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent theologian. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in theology because it ...read more

Tags: Doctrine

Denomination: Pentecostal

How To Become Better Off ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010

How To Become Better Off Financially An anonymous wise man once said, “If you want to get better off financially, Quit buying things.” And Henry David Thoreau said “Just about everyone knows how to make money, but very few ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34

Tags: Money

G. Campbell Morgan On Waiting For God

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011

G. CAMPBELL MORGAN ON WAITING FOR GOD "Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do ...read more

Scripture: Micah 7:7

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Touched By The Lord

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 29, 2011

TOUCHED BY THE LORD In the Welsh Revival of 1901, under the ministry of Robert Murray McCheyne, so great was the revival that every tavern and pub in Wales went broke. How many anti-alcohol sermons did McCheyne deliver? None. How many tirades against ...read more

Tags: Alcohol

The Opposite Of A Christian

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 29, 2013

THE OPPOSITE OF A CHRISTIAN What would you say was the opposite of a Christian people? would it be an atheist people? a pagan people? Perhaps even a hypocritical people, an unforgiving people. What would be your answer? When the novelist George bernanos was asked this question "What is the ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Anglican

Several Years Ago In An Interview During His ...

Contributed by Brian Oberg on Jul 22, 2005

Several years ago in an interview during his battle with cancer, theologian Francis Schaeffer said, “The only way to be foolishly happy in this world is to be young enough, well enough, and have money enough—and not give a care about other people. But as soon as you don’t have any ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment

Denomination: Baptist

Why Go To Church?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2001

Why go to Church? A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence, Church General, Church Purpose Of

Years Ago, I Heard A Story About A Preacher Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 29, 2001

Years ago, I heard a story about a preacher who went to a small town to preach a series of gospel sermons. His attempt was to evangelize that little town. He preached for two weeks. During the whole time, only one little girl responded to the invitation at the end of one of his sermons. She ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:13

Tags: God's Omniscience, Faith General, Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Dragged Through Life  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002

DRAGGED THROUGH LIFE We live in a very tense, uptight, and fast-paced world filled with hurry. A Tahoma, Washington newspaper carried the story of Tattoo the basset hound a while back. Tattoo didn’t intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut the dog’s leash in the car door and took ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself, Labor Day, Peace, Workplace Balance

An Old Woman Dearly Loved Her Lord. Often Her ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004

An old woman dearly loved her Lord. Often her cup of joy overflowed. A favourite expression of hers was, "Praise the Lord!" Often, in God’s house, when the minister preached, she would say, "Praise the Lord!" Sometimes, however, the minister was disturbed by this, and he would lose his line of ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Finishing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008

FINISHING WELL In his book, "The Mantle of a Mentor", Dr. Robert Clinton tells us that the Bible mentions over 1,000 leaders. In a 13 year study, he developed case studies on over 900 of these. Later, he reduced that number to 100 and called these "prominent leaders." Digging further, he realized ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009

An Old Preacher Wants To Die Between Two Greedy Men from His Congregation An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his banker and his lawyer, both church members, to come to his home. When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-7

Tags: Greed

Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck And Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009

Donald Grey Barnhouse: The Truck and Its Shadow Donald Grey Barnhouse, famous preacher of the past century wrote of driving his children to his wife, and their mother’s funeral; “I was driving with my children to my wife’s funeral where I was to preach the sermon. As we came into one small town ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-15

Tags: Death

Vance Havner On How To Reach The Masses  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2010

VANCE HAVNER ON HOW TO REACH THE MASSES Preacher Vance Havner used to tell this story: Years ago a convention met in Indianapolis to discuss "How to Reach the Masses." One day during that convention a young man stood on a box on a corner and began to preach. A crowd gathered, mostly workingmen ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:14-15

Tags: Evangelism How To

The Miracle Of Sight  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011

THE MIRACLE OF SIGHT For 51 years Bob Edens was blind. He couldn’t see a thing. His world was a black hall of sounds and smells. He felt his way through five decades of darkness. And then, he could see. A skilled surgeon performed a complicated operation and, for the first time, Bob Edens had ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Tags: Beauty