Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
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A fifth grade boy who had heard a sermon on persistence in prayer was praying by himself in his room one night. As his dad passed his door, he heard the boy praying over and over again, "Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo." The next day, the dad asked his son what we was doing. The boy replied that he had
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Contributed by Eric Vertein on Apr 28, 2005
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I want you to cross reference my sermons with God’s Word. Double-check to see if I have support for what I am teaching. If I was a doctor and told you that a lump on your back was not cancerous and you shouldn’t worry about it, but I see that you are doubtful about my prognosis, I would encourage
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Lutheran
Contributed by John Shearhart on May 14, 2006
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In one of his sermons, A.C. Dixon told of an incident that took place in Brooklyn, N.Y. A detective who had been looking for a local citizen finally tracked him down in a drugstore. As the man began to make his purchase, the officer laid his hand on the citizen’s shoulder and said, "You’re under
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Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 23, 2007
The day before I preached this sermon, I found out that my son’s class was studying the Buddhist faith. The teacher was going to have students bring a mat to class and get in the position and meditate like a Buddhist. When I raised concern and objected to my son praying to any god besides the one
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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The great preacher, E. V. Hill said in a sermon, "I Don’t Want to Go to Hell"
"I don’t want to go because:
1- You can’t get out. You can’t try it to see if you like it.
2. My
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 17, 2010
C. F. W. Walther in a sermon on this text called the marriage of a Christian a most splendid school of faith, love, humility, patience, gentleness and all Christian virtue. (/Amerikanisch-Lutherische
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John Shirley, as quoted from his sermon posted on the sermon central website titles "One Nation Under God"
1. We must participate in paying for government – that would be paying our taxes. When Jesus was here on earth, He paid His taxes, and so should we!
2. We need to pray for government.
3. We
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 27, 2011
Timothy Smith writes in his sermon on Jesus being born to die,
"I was watching "48 Hours Mystery" last Tuesday night on CBS. Their show that night was called "The Mystery of Christmas." It was all about finding and looking at historical evidence for the birth of Christ. Early in the show Maureen
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Contributed by William Beard on May 22, 2007
PETER MARSHALL in one of his sermons told about a boy who had a TERMINAL ILLNESS.
“One night the boy was especially quiet and so his mother asked him what was BOTHERING HIM.
Mother, he said: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DIE, does it hurt?
She was silent for a moment and then she said: “Son do you remember
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 24, 2008
JOHN NEWTON: Wrote many books, sermons & hymns. His most famous was ‘Amazing Grace’. Newton’s life proved the truth of that song.
He lived a very troubled life: Had a very godly mother but a wicked father who was often off to sea and then came home to live a wicked life.
Newton’s mother prayed
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
A young pastor put much effort into his sermons and ministry. He found some success and his ministry grew and people applauded his efforts. But all the while, his family struggled spiritually and his neighbors’ lives were falling apart. After several years, he finally realized that he had missed
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Pentecostal
Spurgeon opened his Easter sermon on April 8, 1855 like this:
AN INVITATION GIVEN.
I shall commence my remarks this morning by inviting all Christians to come with me to the tomb of Jesus. "Come, see the place where the Lord lay." We will labor to render the place attractive, we will gently take
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The new priest offered his first sermon to his congregation. As the people left, many stopped and complimented him on his preaching. He thanked them, went through the week and, the next Sunday, noticed a larger congregation. Some of the parishioners looked at each other during the sermon
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 6, 2001
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When I was preparing this sermon I had just seen again the film ’Gandhi’ and was moved by the account of that great Indian leader - how he overcame injustice and oppression, not by force, but by non-violent resistance. He said to his followers, ’so long as we’re peaceful, the initiative is ours,
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