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In his Alpha Talk “What About the Church,” Nicky Gumbel tells this story about John Wimber, the founding pastor of the Anaheim Vineyard Christian Fellowship and the Worldwide Vineyard Movement: “John Wimber was once approached by a member of his congregation who had met somebody in great need.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2003
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When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic--"What does Christ Answer When We Ask, "Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?" The complete content of his sermon was in one word: "Nothing." He
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Contributed by Sharon Cannon on Dec 5, 2006
"A Made Up Mind" or "How’s Your Mind Wrapped?"
(This sermon really focuses on ones mindset, we need the mind of Christ, Jesus himself, through this sermon, shows
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Nov 10, 2011
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PRAYER AND REVIVAL
In Belfast, Ireland, in the 1930's, a church that ran about 200 experienced revival. Between 12 and 20 people were saved every night. 6:00 every morning found 50 people in the church praying for an hour. It was not singing, Bible study, and prayer, as much as the teacher in me
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 28, 2007
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The young pastor came before his congregation and began to preach his sermon. God had placed it on his heart to begin a series on loving God, loving others.
He preached his heart out, making points and using illustrations that moved people to tears and emotion.
The pastor came to the end of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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A BIT OF ADVICE
It took the Church nearly 400 years to decide about Trinitarian orthodoxy, producing the Nicene Creed that many churches say on a Sunday morning. Most preachers would prefer to preach on any other subject than the Trinity.
Perhaps we should heed the advice of Brother Elric, a
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A SERMON
I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day.
I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye’s a better pupil, and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example is always clear.
So I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do;
It is not
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004
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In his book, When God Whispers Your Name, Max Lucado tells the story of John Egglen, who had never preached a sermon in his life before the Sunday morning when it snowed and the pastor wasn’t able to make it to the church. In fact, he was the only deacon to show up. He was not a preacher, but he
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 31, 2002
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Rev. Billy Graham, noted evangelist, said this in 1975: “When I decided to preach a sermon on angels, I found practically nothing in my library… I soon discovered that little had been written on the subject in this
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
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SO FAR BEHIND
The cartoon character Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes once said, “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind I’ll never die.”
SOURCE: Matthew Rogers in "Making
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