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  • George Whitfield Conducted Outdoor Evangelistic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,254 views

    George Whitfield conducted outdoor evangelistic campaigns in the 1700’s throughout the American colonies, a period of revival called the “Great Awakening” in America. Although thousands responded to his Gospel message, when asked how many were converted after one of his sermons he replied, “We’ll ...read more

  • Meaning Of Christmas?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,260 views

    MEANING OF CHRISTMAS? A television interviewer was walking the streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Much as in America, Christmas shopping is a big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, "What is the meaning of Christmas?" Laughing, she ...read more

  • Good Friday  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Killam on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,838 views

    Dennis Bratcher said, Good Friday is not a day of celebration but of mourning, both for the death of Jesus and for the sins of the world that his death represents. Yet, although Friday is a solemn time, it is not without its own joy. For while it is important to place the Resurrection against the ...read more

  • A Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Came Bounding Into The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,076 views

    A fifteen-year-old boy came bounding into the house and found his mom in bed. He asked if she were sick or something. He was truly concerned. Mom replied that, as a matter of fact, she didn’t feel too well. The son replied, “Well, don’t worry a bit about dinner. I’ll be happy to ...read more

  • A New England High School Teacher Taught A ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,023 views

    A New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take this course. A pre-test was given to evaluate the students’ biblical knowledge. One student defined the Epistles as "wives of the Apostles." A pastor was so ...read more

  • A Man And His Teenage Son Were On A Fishing Trip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,442 views

    A man and his teenage son were on a fishing trip miles from home. At the teen’s insistence, they decided to attend Sunday worship service at a small rural church. As they walked back to their car after the service, the father was filled with complaints. "The service was too long, the sermon was ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Once Said, "When You've Suffered ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 19, 2004
     | 1,824 views

    Chuck Swindoll once said, “When you’ve suffered like Paul, your faith is moved out of the theoretical realm and into the practical. It becomes real. When you’ve been weakened, you understand a person in weakness. You don’t look over your critical glasses and ask, “When are you gonna snap out of ...read more

  • Ill>> Many Churches Years Ago Had Mourners ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
     | 1,098 views

    ILL>> Many churches years ago had mourners benches. Charles Allen in his book God’s Psychiatry said “Today we want God’s blessing without the pain of God’s purging. we want sermons on how to win friends, how to have peace of mind, how to forget our fears. But we ...read more

  • What Do You See? I Am Praying For You And Me To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,130 views

    What do you see? I am praying for you and me to get “Tunnel Vision”. > Not so much with the eye in our head but with the eyes in our heart.” You see, TV is usually a product of high pressure in the eye (glaucoma). This pressure pushes the optic nerve until it cups. With TV there is no peripheral ...read more

  • Dad Often Reminds Me Of The Tombstone Somewhere ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,959 views

    Dad often reminds me of the Tombstone somewhere in the US that has as the epitaph Pause, stranger, when you pass me by, For as you are, so once was I. As I am now, so will you be. Then prepare unto death, and follow me. And someone had scratched on it: To follow you I’m ...read more

  • G. Campbell Morgan On Worship

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 2,573 views

    G. Campbell Morgan says this about worship: "The word "worship" runs through the Bible, and the thought of worship is to be found from beginning to end. The thought of worship is the recognition of divine sufficiency, the recognition of our absolute dependence on the divine sufficiency, the ...read more

  • Do You Know What Happens When People Of Different ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 772 views

    Do you know what happens when people of different occupations get old? • Old chauffeurs never die, they just lose their drive. • Old chemists never die, they just fail to react. • Old cleaning people never die, they just kick the bucket. • Old cooks never die, they just get deranged. And my ...read more

  • Praying What Mommy Prays

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 3,077 views

    A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" "I wouldn’t know what to say," the girl replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," the wife answered. The daughter bowed her head and said, "Lord, ...read more

  • Clement Of Rome [1st Century]: Let The Strong ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,876 views

    Clement of Rome [1st Century]: Let the strong take care of the weak; let the weak respect the strong. Let the rich man minister to the poor man; let the poor man give thanks to God that he gave him one through whom his need might be satisfied. Let the wise man manifest his wisdom not in words ...read more

  • Aristides [early 2nd Century Ad]: They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,511 views

    Aristides [early 2nd century AD]: They [Christians] love one another. They do not overlook the widow, and they save the orphan. He who has ministers ungrudgingly to him who does not have. When they see strangers, they take him under their own roof and rejoice over him as a true brother, for they do ...read more

  • Irenaeus [130-200 Ad]: And Instead Of The Tithes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,618 views

    Irenaeus [130-200 AD]: And instead of the tithes which the law commanded, the Lord said to divide everthing we have with the poor. And he said to love not only our neighbors but also our enemies, and to be givers and sharers not only with the good but also to be liberal givers toward those who take ...read more

  • Our Lives Should Always Be The First Things To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 3, 2008
     | 2,865 views

    "Our lives should always be the first things to speak; and if our lips speak more than our lives, it will avail very little. So often the tragedy has been that people proclaim the gospel in words, but their whole life and demeanor has been a denial of it. The world does not pay much attention to ...read more

  • Margaret Mead, The Noted Anthropologist, Has Said ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,433 views

    Margaret Mead, the noted anthropologist, has said a lot of controversial things, but you will find no authorities debating her statement in her article Grandparents and Educators. In it she said, "Somehow we have to get the older people, grandparents, widows and widowers, spinsters and bachelors, ...read more

  • Preaching To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,633 views

    PREACHING TO THE HEATHEN Gordon Hall’s selfless motto: "Duty is ours, consequences God’s." When offered an attractive pastorate his reply came, "No... Others will be left whose health or pre-engagement requires them to stay at home, but I can sleep on the ground, can endure hunger and hardship. ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon Said, "...on The Ground Of L...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,793 views

    Charles Spurgeon said, "...On the ground of law, if he would deserve eternal life as a reward, he must be as good as GOD, and keep the commandments to perfection. There the rugged way of works was set before him; not that he might attempt to win eternal life, but that he might perceive his own ...read more

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