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  • You Can Make Him Drink

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
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    YOU CAN MAKE HIM DRINK Howard Hendricks, one of my professors at Dallas Theological Seminary, sometimes talked about his days when he was a student at the same seminary. In one of those stories, he tells about the time he was invited to preach in west Texas. "You've all heard of Nowhere? Well," ...read more

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  • Guiding Light

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 20, 2012
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    GUIDING LIGHT Do you remember this intro? “And now, The Guiding Light.” It is an old one. According to Guinness Book of World Records The Guiding Light was the longest running drama of all time. It came on the air in January 25, 1937 five days after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • God Is Not An Assistant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2013
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    ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT? Tim Keller, a pastor in Manhattan, New York, said that in 1970 a Sunday school teacher changed his life with a simple illustration. The teacher said, “Let’s assume the distance between the earth and the sun (92 million miles) was reduced to the thickness of this ...read more

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  • How To Put Out A Fire

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
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    It was Pentecost Sunday. As the congregation filed into the church, the ushers handed each person a bright red carnation to symbolize the day's festive spirit. The people listened attentively to the reading of the Pentecost story from the Book of Acts about how the disciples had heard “what ...read more

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  • I Like The Way One Person Summarized Our Hope Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
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    I like the way one person summarized our hope of heaven. There we will be: Worship without Distraction Serve without Exhaustion Fellowship without Fear Learn without Fatigue Rest without Boredom. Ray Pritchard, sermon entitled “What is Heaven Like?” preached ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Choking The Word Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
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    CHOKING THE WORD OF LIFE Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked ...read more

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  • That The Son Of God Became Incarnate, Took On ...

    Contributed by Michael Uebergang on Apr 12, 2006
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    That the Son of God became incarnate, took on human flesh, became one like us, and came so close to us in such a friendly way is a great story. But if the story stopped there, that is all that it would be: a great story! There is more to this story, though. It is that it has a messenger and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Great Slave Preacher John Jasper Got Carried ...

    Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2007
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    The great slave preacher John Jasper got carried away in a sermon on heaven. He talked about rambling down the streets of glory and talking to Moses and David and Paul. And then he said, “And now I will ramble down the side streets to find the cabin in which the good Lord set up my mother in ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studied For One Year In New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer studied for one year in New York City’s Union Theological Seminary. He was extremely discouraged by the preaching he heard there; he chastises, “One may hear sermons in New York upon almost any subject; one only is never handled, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, of ...read more

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  • Quote: Arthur Pink Declares, "Any Preacher Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
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    Quote: Arthur Pink declares, “Any preacher who rejects God’s law, who denies repentance to be a condition of salvation, who assures the giddy and godless that they are loved by God, who declares that saving faith is nothing more than an act of the will which every person has the power to perform is ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • One Day Susan Called Her Mother And Got Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    One day Susan called her mother and got her answering machine: "If you are a salesperson press one. If you’re a friend, press two. If you’re my daughter, Susan, who never calls, press 9-1-1 because the shock will probably ...read more

  • Robert Murray Mccheyne, A Preacher Of Years Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Robert Murray McCheyne, a preacher of years past once said, “My people’s greatest need is my personal holiness.” My friends, what the world needs today is to see Christians living out what they claim to believe. Don’t wound or disable yourself ...read more

  • It Is A Well Known Fact, That Hollywood Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT, THAT HOLLYWOOD IS FIXATED ON A WORLD ENDING SCENARIO, EVIDENCED IN THE 1998 MOVIE: ARMAGEDDON, WHICH CHARACTERIZES GOOD AND EVIL AS AN ASTEROID TWICE THE SIZE OF TEXAS, AND BRUCE WILLIS, THE GOOD GUY, WHO SAVES THE WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION. H. ARMAGEDDON GROSSED $201,573,391 ...read more

  • During The Long War Years A Boy Looked Frequently ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. His father had left for Europe when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the picture and say, "If only my ...read more

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  • Hypocrisy Is Like The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    Hypocrisy is like the 12-year-old boy who was waiting for his first orthodontist appointment and was a bit nervous. Apparently he wanted to impress the dentist. On the patient questionnaire, in the space marked "Hobbies," he had written, "Swimming, riding my bike, and flossing." That’s a ...read more

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  • What You Look Like

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE There is a report that a major retail corporation put mirrors behind their customer service representatives so irate customers could see their own behavior. Their anger levels subsided and they negotiated their complaints more graciously when they could see what they ...read more

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  • I Stand Before You As A Former Bank Manager, ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 21, 2009
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    I stand before you as a former Bank Manager, well aware that some types of ‘Banker’ are not especially popular at the moment; but I think it is the banker in me calculating that in the last 7 years I have probably preached less than 1% of my sermons on the subject of money. A very poor ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Jehovah ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    JEHOVAH SHAMMAH I like what Charles Spurgeon once said, "Whatever your difficulties and trials and sorrows, all is well with you if God is your delight, and His presence your joy." When you feel abandoned or afraid, address Him as Jehovah Shammah. When ...read more

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  • Proof Of Divine Inspiration

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
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    PROOF OF DIVINE INSPIRATION The story is told that Frederick the Great of Prussia once asked a court chaplain for proof of divine inspiration of the Bible. The response was simply, "The Jews, sire." Dr. Adrian Rogers has written that "Israel is God’s yardstick, His blueprint for the world." And, ...read more

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  • Warmth Rather Than Light, Citation: Jack R. Van ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 17, 2001
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    [Warmth Rather than Light, Citation: Jack R. Van Ens, Leadership, Vol. 8, no. 3.] People join churches more because they want warmth than light. We like to think it’s our stunning proclamation of the truth that keeps them in the pews. Sermons may get them into church the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational