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  • You Didn't Get Him From Here

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    "YOU DIDN’T GET HIM FROM HERE" One Sunday morning a stranger wandered into a small country church in the middle of the sermon. The man was unkempt and dirty. The usher tried his best to seat him off in a far corner, but instead the man walked to the very first pew and sat directly in front of the ...read more

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  • Wesley And Criticism  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    WESLEY AND CRITICISM John Wesley was a great English preacher of the 1700’s. He was considered a rather spiffy dresser. One Sunday morning he wore a bow tie that had long ribbons that hung downward. After the sermon was over a lady walked up to him and said, "Brother Wesley, are you open to some ...read more

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  • François Fénelon Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    François Fénelon once wrote: "Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know how to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not ask for crosses or consolations; I simply present ...read more

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  • Edgar A. Guest Was Born In Birmingham, England, ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 23, 2006
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    Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow: I’d rather see a sermon than hear ...read more

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Love Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
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    LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR Fred Douglas Shepard was born on September 11, 1855 in Ellenburg, New York in Clinton County. His father died while he was very young and his mother spent most of her adult life as an invalid. It was probably through this that Fred became associated with illness and caring for ...read more

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  • Their Bodies Lie Molding In The Ground. Their ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 5, 2006
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    “Their bodies lie molding in the ground. Their bodies lie rotting in the earth. Their blood has been spilt in the sand, but their souls are alive and conscious in heaven. They speak and they know what is happening here on earth, and they live and speak unto God. Human ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Stephen Akhawri

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
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    2. John Stephen Akhawri a. Tanzania, Mexico City Olympics, 1968 i. Badly cut and dislocated knee, asked why he did not retire from the race… b. “My Country did not send me to Mexico to City to start the race, They ...read more

    Denomination: Adventist

  • Correct Philosophy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    CORRECT PHILOSOPHY Ravi Zacharias: "A correct philosophy must be logically consistent, empirically adequate and experientially relevant; all answers must individually correspond to reality, all answers must be coherent with each other." A philosophy must address origin, ...read more

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  • John Bunyan's Definition Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    John Bunyan’s Definition of Sin John Bunyan said, “Sin is the dare of God’s justice. Sin is the rape of God’s mercy…It is the jeer of His patience, sleight of His power and contempt of his love.” From a ...read more

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  • As Pastor And Author, Tim Keller Points Out, ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Apr 5, 2011
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    As pastor and author, Tim Keller points out, "Here's the gospel: you're more sinful than you ever dared believe; you're more loved than you ever dared hope." Citation: Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian and author of ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Courage And Heroism

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
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    COURAGE AND HEROISM "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear." — Mark Twain — ("Signs of the Times," December 1996, p. 2) "True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to ...read more

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  • How Big Is Your God?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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    HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? Tony Campolo was once confronted by an atheist who was one of his students. The young man told Campolo, "For me to believe in God, I have to have a God that I can understand." And Campolo replied, "God refuses ...read more

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  • Do You Know Your Business?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    DO YOU KNOW YOUR BUSINESS? There was once a sign on a door that read: "Gone out of business. Didn’t know what our business was." Do you know what your business is in this world? More than anything it should be the pursuit of holiness by ...read more

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  • There Is A Big Difference Between Batting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    There is a big difference between batting practice and playing ball. It is common for pro-ball players to describe the overwhelming power of the of the sound of thousands cheering them on. In a sense our life is the game and the cloud of witnesses, heroes, our audience cheering ...read more

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  • Franklin Clark Fry Once Said, "A Person Who Says ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Franklin Clark Fry once said, “A person who says he believes in God but never goes to church is like a person who says he believes in education but never goes to school.” So, if you call yourself a Christian, commit yourself to a local, ...read more

  • I Came Across This On A Website This Past ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    : (I came across this on a website this past week). To me, it’s a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, ’Hey, can you give me a hand?’ You can say, ...read more

  • If We Don't Feel Strong Desires For… God, It Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    “If we don’t feel strong desires for… God, it is not because we have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things and there is no room for the great.” (John Piper, ...read more

  • According To One Author "To London's ‘smart ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    According to one author “To London’s ‘smart society,’ John Newton was… an evangelical, but the “worst” kind: a fanatic who denounced all the self-indulgences and pleasures that society loved the most.” Focus On The Family Feb, 07 page 15, ...read more

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  • Dr. Anderson Spickard, A Professor Of Medicine At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    Dr. Anderson Spickard, a professor of medicine at Vanderbuilt University, tells of a patient who would spend his days kneeling in front of a commode, vomiting up blood while drinking from a can of beer, and as far as he was concerned, he didn’t have a ...read more

  • As Philip Yancey In His Book Entitled "Prayer" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    As Philip Yancey in his book entitled “Prayer” says: “Jesus taught a model prayer – the Lord’s Prayer but otherwise gave few rules. His teaching reducees down to three principles: Keep it honest, keep it simple and keep it up ...read more