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A Former Dean Of St Paul's Cathedral, W R Inge, ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001

A former Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral, W R Inge, famously observed that any church which enters into a marriage with the spirit of the ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of, Call Of The Disciples, Universalism

Denomination: Baptist

I Am Going To Paraphrase What Paul W. Powell, In ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Baskerville on May 19, 2005

I am going to paraphrase what Paul W. Powell, in The Complete Disciple, wrote as he described this condition: "Many churches today remind me of a group of farmers trying to gather in a harvest while they sit in the machine shed. They go to the machine shed every Sunday and they study bigger and ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Congregational

Hannah W. Smith Wrote: "He Goes Before To Open ...

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005

Hannah W. Smith wrote: "He goes before to open the way and we are to follow. It is never a sign of Divine leading when we insist on running rough shod over all opposing things." A.W. Tozer asked, “Is it forced? Or does it flow?” Now, this doesn’t mean we sit back and wait for God to show us the ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will, Doing God's Will

Denomination: Christian Church

W. A. Criswell Said, "We're All Fascinated With ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 8, 2006

W. A. Criswell said, "We’re all fascinated with the future because that is where we will live the rest of our lives." Face it; the Lord is crazy about you. What is most valuable is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:27-43

Tags: Death

A. W. Tozar Said This About Our Thoughts, " Our ...

Contributed by Joseph Daniel on Jan 7, 2007

A. W. Tozar said this about our thoughts, “ Our thoughts not only reveal what we are, they predict what we will become. We ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

W.a. Criswell Tells Of An Ambitious Young Man Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Smith on Apr 2, 2007

W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he’d promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. God did just that and in a few years his income increased and he was tithing $500.00 per ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:26-29

Tags: Ask

Denomination: Baptist

Debate Between Booker T. Washington And W.e.b. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009

Debate Between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois About Who Should Be Educated and Trained Almost exactly a century ago, American listened to a debate between two great thinkers, two men who had unquestionable credentials, first-rate minds, and powerful pens. Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:3-5

Tags: Learning, Debate

W. H. Auden Said: "Our Bodies Cannot Love. But ...

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 9, 2011

W. H. Auden said: "Our bodies cannot love. But without them, what ...read more

Tags: Faith Vs. Works

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Since 1991 Dr. Haddon W. Robinson Has Held The ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 27, 2008

Since 1991 Dr. Haddon W. Robinson has held the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching Chair at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. In a poll taken by Baylor University in 1996 he was named one of twelve most effective preachers in the ...read more

Tags: Covetousness

Denomination: Methodist

Love W/O Truth = Liberalism – Do What You

Contributed by Rick Brown on Feb 23, 2008

LOVE W/O TRUTH = LIBERALISM – DO WHAT YOU WANT WE WILL LOVE YOU AND SO WILL GOD! A LIE! TRUTH W/O LOVE = LEGALISM – DO WHAT WE SAY OR ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

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

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

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

Tags: Salvation

A.w. Tozer Stated, "God Will Take Nine Steps ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008

A.W. Tozer stated, “God will take nine steps toward us, but he will not take the tenth. He will incline us to ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A. W. Tozer, Christian Publications, 1964, P. 90 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

A. W. Tozer, Christian Publications, 1964, p. 90 Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that Majesty which philosophers call the ...read more

Tags: Worship General

A. W. Tozer Said, "The Most Important Thought ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2007

A. W. Tozer said, "The most important thought anyone can have is a correct ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dr. W.a. Criswell Wrote In His Book, Standing ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

. DR. W.A. CRISWELL WROTE IN HIS BOOK, STANDING ON THE PROMISES: HOW YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LIVE AND DEAD CHURCH, “LIVE CHURCHES ARE FILLED WITH FOLKS WITH BIBLES IN THEIR HANDS. DEAD CHURCHES ARE NOT LIVE CHURCHES HAVE NOISY CHILDREN AND YOUTH. DEAD CHURCHES DO NOT LIVE CHURCHES ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Do You Want A Definition Of Worship? A. W. Tozer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Do you want a definition of worship? A. W. Tozer said, "We are called to an ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

A.w. Tozer (The Pursuit Of God) Writes, "Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A.W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God) writes, “Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God, we do not see ourselves—blessed riddance. The man who has ...read more

Tags: Patriarchs Abraham

Sometimes When I'm Talking To Teens, I Draw An ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2001

Sometimes when I’m talking to teens, I draw an analogy between the bonding capacity of the body and adhesive tape. Adhesive tape is not made for repetitive use. The strongest bond adhesive tape is capable of making is formed with the first surface to which it is applied. You can remove the tape and ...read more

Tags: Relationships, Purity, Marriage

M. G.k. Chesterton Once Said In The 1990's: ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 16, 2002

M. G.K. Chesterton once said in the 1990’s: “Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask yourself the question, ‘Why was it put there in the first place?’ Howard Hendricks says, “You are I are living in a time when fences are being removed all around us. America is playing a ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just In Case You Might Think That I'm Making This ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004

Just in case you might think that I’m making this up, I want you to know that this really did happen to me and that it is a TRUE STORY..... I was recently browsing through the latest issue of Children’s Ministry magazine (back to front, an odd habit that I picked-up from my husband) and came ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection, Children