Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2011
Tony Evans writes: "Make no mistake about it. No matter how big a church's staff may be, there is always a primary leader who has been invested by God with authority and responsibility. This leader is not a despot, and he is accountable to the body of elders...There has to be a place where the buck
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 2, 2012
GEDDIE'S MISSION
Dr. John Geddie was a Scots-Canadian missionary who was known as "the father of Presbyterian missions in the South Seas." In 1848 he pioneered missionary work in the New Hebrides islands, Aneityum (Anatom) and worked there for God for 24 years. On the tablet erected to his memory
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
based on 1 rating
| 2,593 views
Oh! men and brethren, what would this heart feel if I could but believe that there were some among you who would go home and pray for a revival: men whose faith is large enough, and their love fiery enough to lead them from this moment to exercise unceasing intercessions that God would
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 15, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,052 views
One of the ways to buy back a slave in the ancient world was to offer an equivalent slave or even a superior slave to buy back. That is exactly the way God choose to buy us back he gave his one and only Son in exchange for us.
NIV Life application Bible. Mark 10:45. For even
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 4,281 views
… All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23 NIV)
Somerset Maugham, the writer, once said, “If I wrote down every thought I have ever thought and every deed I have ever done, men would call me a monster of
...read more
Tags:
Whitemarsh states, “The founding fathers envisioned the growth of a mighty nation under God. Governor William Bradford expressed their hope”…As one small candle may light a thousand so the light here kindled hath shown unto man, yea in some sort to our whole
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
Jas 4:1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? Jas 4:2 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,772 views
I heard about a little girl. One night her mother said, "Did you say your prayers?" She said, "Yes, I did, but I didn’t say those same old things to God we always say every night. I told Him the story of the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,584 views
I asked an elderly woman once, “If I go to church and the preacher says nothing worth hearing, is it any use for me to go?”
“Of course not,” she replied curtly.
But a young man overhearing our conversation intruded, “I don’t see why a man,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 1,236 views
The coworker replied, ’It is like being a pumpkin.’ God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you
...read more
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 3,274 views
A little boy was trying to get to sleep but was frightened. He shouted down from the bedroom, ‘Dad, it’s dark up here and I’m scared.’ His father shouted back, ‘Don’t be afraid. God is with you.’ After a few second’s pause, the boy yelled again: ‘Get
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Illustration from Stories for Preachers:I’ve never met a person whose greatest need was anything other than real, unconditional love. There is no mistaking love. You feel it in your heart. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to
...read more
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sermon Central