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  • The Teacher Of The Third-Grade Sunday School ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    The teacher of the third-grade Sunday School class was planning to take her students on a "field trip" to the church service, so they could get an idea of what morning worship looked like. Before they left their classroom, she thought it would be a good idea to caution them against being noisy in ...read more

  • Charles Simeon Devoted The Hours From Four Till ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Charles Simeon devoted the hours from four till eight in the morning to God. John Wesley spent two hours daily in prayer. He began at four in the morning. Of him, one who knew him well wrote: "He thought prayer to be more his business than anything else." Martin Luther said: "If I fail to spend ...read more

  • Golf Pro Lee Trevino Met A Fan In A Coffee Shop. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Golf pro Lee Trevino met a fan in a coffee shop. The woman asked him to sign a napkin, but Trevino refused, saying he knew she wouldn’t keep it. “So she pulled out a $5 bill,” Trevino recalled. He said, “I wrote a nice little note in the margin and signed it. Thanking me profusely, she ...read more

  • When David Hume, The Infidel, Was Criticized For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    When David Hume, the infidel, was criticized for going to listen to John Brown, the godly Scotch minister, he replied: “I don’t believe all that he says, but he does, and once a week I like to hear a man who believes what he says. That man preaches as though he thought the Lord Jesus Christ was ...read more

  • There Was Once A Godless Seaman Who Was In A Boat ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    There was once a godless seaman who was in a boat fishing with his godless companions when a storm came up which threatened to sink the ship. His companions begged him to offer a prayer; but he hesitated, saying it was years since he had prayed or even gone to church. Finally, upon their ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, Thomas K. Beecher Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Many years ago, Thomas K. Beecher once substituted for his famous brother, Henry Ward Beecher, at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Many curiosity seekers had come to hear the renowned Henry Ward Beecher speak. But when Thomas Beecher appeared in the pulpit instead, some people got up and ...read more

  • Someone Wrote: What Is Your God? "Whatever You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    Someone wrote: WHAT IS YOUR GOD? "Whatever you love most, serve most, seek out most, give to the most, worship the most, and care about the most is your god. Your “god” can be your career, your bank account, the way you look, a particular position or degree, influence, power, or physical ...read more

  • A Family Celebrated Christmas Every Year With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A family celebrated Christmas every year with a birthday party for Jesus. An extra chair of honor at the table became the family’s reminder of Jesus’ presence. A cake with candles, along with the singing of "Happy Birthday" expressed the family’s joy in Jesus’ presence. One year on ...read more

  • Joy To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    JOY TO THE WORLD Sadly, our period in history is not, by any means, the first to argue, fight or shoot at one another over our opinions about what does and does not make a worthy song of worship. Nor is ours the first in which there were scores of people in the congregations who sang the words of ...read more

  • How Great Is Our God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 12, 2009
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    HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD If this doesn't inspire you worship God with every millimeter of your being, if thinking about this ginormous God does not compel you to shout for joy and sing His praises with all of your being, then I don't know what will. Probably nothing. Chris Tomlin wrote these words ...read more

  • Looks Great, But Where's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    LOOKS GREAT, BUT WHERE’S GOD? I am reminded of the story about how a cowboy ventured right off the range one Sunday and attended church. This was a fine church; one of the town’s best and most influential. And the people wore suits that even Armani couldn’t afford. The problem is the cowboy ...read more

  • Praise The Lord And "Amen"

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 16, 2010
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    "PRAISE THE LORD" AND "AMEN" Story has it that there was a preacher that was trying to sell his horse. One day a potential buyer came to the church for a test ride. The preacher said, "Before you start, you should know that this horse only responds to church talk." Go is 'praise the lord' and stop ...read more

  • The Destroyed Temple Is No Longer Regarded As ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 18, 2010
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    "The destroyed Temple is no longer regarded as the place of God’s earthly presence. The Temple built of stone has ceased to express the hope of Christians; its curtain is torn forever. Christians [now] look toward the east, the rising sun. This is ...read more

  • Comfortable In The Presence Of Majesty

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 17, 2011
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    COMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAJESTY It isn’t good to be too comfortable in the presence of majesty. There is a story about a man named Lear who was hired to give Queen Victoria art lessons. Things were going well, and Lear started to feel quite at home in the palace. He enjoyed standing in ...read more

  • Giving It Back One More Time

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2011
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    GIVING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME Years ago the Crown Prince of India gave to Queen Victoria the most precious thing he had. He was a child prince and he gave to the Queen of England, the "coroner diamond". The coroner diamond is perhaps the most famous diamond of all history. Do you know how big it ...read more

  • Praising Him With Lifted Hands

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    PRAISING HIM WITH LIFTED HANDS I attended a Conference in Overland Park, KS. The host pastor stood up before the opening worship service and said, he grew up in a controlled, dignified and domesticated worship service. He said no one in that church raised their hands in praise. But then when he ...read more

  • It's Ok To Clap

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    IT'S OK TO CLAP In 1989, I was an intern pastor at Boston Avenue UMC, a 8,300 member church in downtown Tulsa, OK. Let me give you an image of our worship service. We wore full robes and vestments, we processed with a choir of more than 60 people with the the cross leading the way. We sang hymns ...read more

  • Blankets Or No Blankets  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
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    BLANKETS OR NO BLANKETS A good Presbyterian minister of Old Scotland, of the staid and orthodox type, had a poor old woman in his congregation who was in the habit of saying, "Praise the Lord," "Amen," when anything particularly helpful was said. This practice greatly disturbed the minister and ...read more

  • Sometimes The Analogy Of The Caterpillar Turned ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 9, 2011
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    Sometimes the analogy of the caterpillar turned butterfly is over-used. But we can’t help it because it’s a powerful image of the metamorphosis we undergo in our relational development toward God. Our caterpillar state is one of restriction. We are bound by realities of time and space that ...read more

  • Callous On His Knees

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 2, 2011
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    CALLOUS ON HIS KNEES The historian Eusebius tells us that St. James, first bishop of Jerusalem, "had a kind of callous on his knees, because he was always on his knees ...read more