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  • Rick Warren Says, "Worry Is The Warning Light ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,060 views

    Rick Warren says, "Worry is the warning light that God is really not first in my life at this particular moment." Because worry says that God is not big enough to handle my troubles. Jesus says in Mt. 6:33: "Set your heart first on God’s kingdom and His goodness.." And He ...read more

  • Maybe You Think About My Preaching Sometimes Like ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,721 views

    Maybe you think about my preaching sometimes like this minister I heard about. He gave an unusual sermon one day, using a peanut to make several important points about the wisdom of God in nature. One of his members greeted him at the door and ...read more

  • Thomas Aquinas The Famous Medieval Theologian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 920 views

    Thomas Aquinas the famous medieval theologian once wrote: The Lord’s Prayer is the most perfect of prayers... In it we ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desired. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for ...read more

  • I Like What The Former Pro Golfer From Georgia, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 788 views

    I LIKE WHAT THE FORMER PRO GOLFER FROM GEORGIA, DOUG SANDERS, SAID, "I AM WORKING AS HARD AS I CAN TO GET MY LIFE AND MY CASH TO RUN OUT AT THE SAME TIME. IF I CAN DIE RIGHT AFTER LUNCH ON TUESDAY, EVERYTHING WILL BE ...read more

  • Again Farley Notes, "Using Willpower To Overcome ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,262 views

    AGAIN FARLEY NOTES, “USING WILLPOWER TO OVERCOME WORLDLY SEDUCTION IS LIKE TELLING A MAN WHO HAS GONE WITHOUT WATER FOR THREE DAYS TO CONTROL HIMSELF AND QUIT BEING THIRSTY…… THE WORLDLY MAN IS CONVINCED THAT POPULARITY, SUCCESS, OR WEALTH WILL SLAKE HIS THIRST. BUT THESE ARE LIKE SPIRITUAL ...read more

  • Thomas Fleming In "Reader's Digest" Said, : "I Am ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,328 views

    THOMAS FLEMING IN "READER’S DIGEST" SAID, : “I AM CONVINCED THAT FORGIVENESS IS ONE OF THE UNTAPPED - AND LEAST UNDERSTOOD - SOURCES OF HEALING POWER. ESSENTIALLY, IT INVOLVES A DECISION TO ABANDON THE IMPULSE TO GET EVEN. THOUGH THE IDEA MAY SEEM PASSIVE TO SOME, GENUINE FORGIVENESS IS A POSITIVE ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer Said, "I Think There Is Little Do...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,745 views

    A. W. Tozer said, "I think there is little doubt that the teaching of salvation without [repentance] has lowered the moral standards of the Church and produced a multitude of deceived religious professors who erroneously believe themselves to be saved when in fact they are still in the gall of ...read more

  • Faith And Doubt

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,553 views

    FAITH AND DOUBT Elie Wiesel, when asked to describe his faith, uses the adjective "wounded." "My tradition teaches that no heart is as whole as a broken heart, and I would say that no faith is as solid as a wounded faith." Another honest believer writes: "It's not as a child that I believe and ...read more

  • An Atheist Professor Stood Before His Class And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,870 views

    An atheist professor stood before his class and said, "If anyone can tell me where God is, I will give that person a hundred dollars." One student said, "Sir, I will give you a hundred dollars if you can tell me where God is not." (From ...read more

  • Offer Patients ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 5,601 views

    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

  • The Uppertaker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,496 views

    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

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,155 views

    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

  • Parents Sued By Son For Malpractice Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 3, 2010
     | 3,071 views

    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

  • Whose Side Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
     | 5,130 views

    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

  • To Hold Water  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,433 views

    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

  • The Law And The Gospel Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
     | 3,696 views

    THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL WAY Charles Finney stated, "Ever more the Law and consequences of breaking it must prepare the way for the Gospel. To overlook this in instructing souls is almost certain to result in false hope, the introduction of a false standard of Christian experience, and to fill the ...read more

  • How To Become Better Off ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
     | 4,055 views

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan On Waiting For God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2011
     | 6,029 views

    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

  • Touched By The Lord

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 29, 2011
     | 3,225 views

    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

  • The Opposite Of A Christian

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,491 views

    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