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Formula For Handling People: 1) Listen To The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Formula for handling people: 1) Listen to the other persons story; 2) Listen to the other persons full story; 3) ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

I Believe, To Be Successful, That You Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe, to be successful, that you have to work at least half a day it doesn't make any difference which half, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

It Is [high] Time For Us To Reclaim The ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 27, 2010

it is [high] time for us to reclaim the excitement and joy of those first disciples, and to tell the world that we have found ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Catholic

Cain And Abel - God Accepted Abel's Sacrice But ...

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jul 8, 2008

Cain and Abel - God accepted Abel’s sacrice but rejected Cain’s. Abel included the firstlings while Cain did ...read more

Tags: Stewardship

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hubert Finny  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2004

Hubert Finny On September 19th 2002 we visited Heartland Retirement center to visit with a gentleman by the name of Hubert Finney. A good sister in our congregation at Carrey’s Run Church of Christ had been talking to Hubert about becoming a Christian. Hubert was 88 years old and on Oct. 15th, ...read more

Tags: Baptism, Patience

In The Evening Of Life, We Shall Be Judged On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

In the evening of life, we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord, I could not ...read more

Tags: Truth

Sign On Church Bulletin Board  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002

SIGN ON CHURCH BULLETIN BOARD "Merry Christmas to our Christian friends. Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends. And to our atheist friends, good luck. SOURCE: ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus, Christmas

Mormon Is Out In An Effort To Shed Its Cult ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Mormon Is Out In an effort to shed its cult image, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is discouraging the use of the term ‘Mormons.’ They want to be positioned as a ...read more

Tags: World Religions

Our Peace And Confidence Are To Be Found Not In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Our peace and confidence are to be found not in our empirical holiness, not in our progress toward perfection, but in the alien righteousness of Jesus Christ that covers our sinfulness ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Surest Sign That God Has Done A Work Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The surest sign that God has done a work of grace in my heart is that I love Jesus Christ best, not weakly and faintly, not intellectually, but passionately, personally ...read more

Tags: Grace

Our Prayer Will Be Most Like The Prayer Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our prayer will be most like the prayer of Christ if we do not ask God to show us what is going to be, or to make any particular thing happen, but ...read more

Tags: Faith

If I Wanted To Describe Saving Faith In One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If I wanted to describe saving faith in one word, I should say it is trust. It is so believing God and so believing in Christ that we trust ourselves and ...read more

Tags: Faith

Lord, Make Me A Crisis Man. Bring Those I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Lord, make me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road. Make me a fork, that men must ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

God Grant You The Light Of Christmas, Which Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God grant you the light of Christmas, which is faith; the warmth of Christmas, which is love; the radiance of Christmas, which is purity; the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice; the belief ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:14

Tags: Christmas

If I Had 300 Men Who Feared Nothing But God, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ, and ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Can The Humble Request Of Believing Lips ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Can the humble request of believing lips restrain, accelerate, change the settled order of events? Can prayer make things that are not to be as though they were? Yes, a thousand times yes ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Jean Nicholas Grou, Who Was A Jesuit Priest In ...

Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 14, 2009

Jean Nicholas Grou, who was a Jesuit priest in the 1700s. He wrote, ‘Let your suffering be borne for God; suffer with submission and patience and suffer in union with ...read more

Tags: Suffering, Prayer General

Denomination: Baptist

Theologian Louis Berkhof Wrote, "Justification Is ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 2, 2009

Theologian Louis Berkhof wrote, "Justification is a judicial act of God, in which He declares on the basis of righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ that all claims of the law are satisfied ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Tags: Justification

Denomination: Baptist

Max Lucado Says, "Fear Is The Perceived Loss Of ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 28, 2010

Max Lucado says, "Fear is the perceived loss of control, I will try to control it, control others, control something, and that leads to nothing but anxiety." He adds, "Fear-filled ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Electricity Is A Physical Phenomenon That ...

Contributed by Harold Jenkerson on Mar 10, 2009

Electricity is a physical phenomenon that illustration the indwelling of God’s power in the Christian’s life. The world remained in darkness until this physical phenomenon was discovered about 1900. ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Baptist