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  • A Spiritual Rhythm

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 16, 2009
     | 2,961 views

    A SPIRITUAL RHYTHM Developing a rhythm in your spiritual life means organizing your life around times of stopping to remember God. What is important is not the length of time but that you regularly stop to refocus on God. It could be five minutes or forty minutes. It could be your break time. ...read more

  • A Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,805 views

    A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS In 1963, my grandfather was serving as the Senior Minister of West End United Methodist Church in Nashville. West End is situated right across the street from Vanderbilt University, and has always been a wealthy, predominately white church. One communion Sunday, a black ...read more

  • A Missionary In The Orient Tells How A 20 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Errol Joseph on Jul 16, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,747 views

    “A missionary in the orient tells how a 20 year-old man approached a temple, removed his sandals, and bowed before the idol. Drawing a dagger from beneath his shirt, in one quick swipe he cut off his tongue and offered it to the silent, lifeless image. In minutes he lay unconscious in a pool of ...read more

  • Engage The Congregation In A Pricing Game. Ask ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,376 views

    Engage the congregation in a pricing game. Ask them to estimate the value of objects in the worship room. Enlist assistants to tape a blank piece of paper on each object and write the estimated value. After the congregation has estimated several object values ask for a child to come and stand by ...read more

  • The Real Issue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,466 views

    THE REAL ISSUE "Even a superficial study of church history reveals that the Spirit of God blows with hurricane force only through those prophets and lovers who have surrendered to the folly of the cross. If there is little power and shallow wisdom in our preaching, teaching, worship, and ministry, ...read more

  • Herbert Schlossberg, In His Book Idols For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,257 views

    Herbert Schlossberg, in his book Idols for Destruction, astutely observed: “Western society, in turning away from the Christian faith, has turned to other things. This process is commonly called secularization, but that conveys only the negative aspect. The word connotes the ‘turning away from ...read more

  • Following The Sunday Morning Service, The Pastor ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,885 views

    Following the Sunday morning service, the pastor stood at the back of the church, shaking hands with the worshipers as they left. As one man shook hands, he looked intently at the pastor and said, "Powerful sermons, Pastor. Thoughtful, well researched. I can always see myself in them…and I want ...read more

  • A Man And His Teenage Son Were On A Fishing Trip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,575 views

    A man and his teenage son were on a fishing trip miles from home. At the teen’s insistence, they decided to attend Sunday worship service at a small rural church. As they walked back to their car after the service, the father was filled with complaints. "The service was too long, the sermon was ...read more

  • The Result Of Nationwide Statistical Survey ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 22, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,899 views

    The result of nationwide statistical survey conducted by Dr. Baby Ruth Santos-Hablo for the evangelical churches in the Philippines, the average church membership during their regular worship services attendance is ranging only from 50 to 80 believers. The real reason according to her is not the ...read more

  • Beware In Your Prayers, Above Everything Else, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,871 views

    "Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, ‘above all that we ask or think’. Each time, before you Intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, ...read more

  • Many Different Dates Have Been Observed As The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 17, 2007
     | 1,054 views

    Many different dates have been observed as the birthday of Jesus. January 2 was the first we know about. Later May 20 was observed. At different periods Christmas has been on April 18, April 19, March 25, March 28, and January 6. For a long time the Eastern Orthodox Church observed January 6 and it ...read more

  • The Famous Young Man Who Died In A Car Crash A ...

    Contributed by Vonnie E James on Oct 13, 2008
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     | 3,534 views

    The famous young man who died in a car crash a week or so ago was nicknamed "Kaution". He drank of the fountain of idolatry –for it is said that he washed his car three times a day and treated it like God. Noticed both he and the thing he worshiped were destroyed. This morning God is reminding ...read more

  • Merely Mode!" Job 38:1-41 Key Verse(S): ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 15, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,873 views

    “Merely Mode!” Job 38:1-41 Key verse(s): 1ff:“Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm.” When tragedies happen, do you marvel at their randomness? Seven people are gunned down in a church on a Saturday evening. A young boy of 15 and an old man of 74. The newspaper headline called it ...read more

  • Soul Surfer: Fulfill God's Destiny

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
     | 4,127 views

    * SOUL SURFER: FULFILL GOD'S DESTINY Soul Surfer is the inspiring true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. Bethany lost her left arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith in Jesus Christ. Bethany ...read more

  • The First Glimmers That Excluding Design ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 1,308 views

    The first glimmers that excluding design artificially restricts science come from admissions by scientists opposed to design. The arch-Darwinist Richard Dawkins begins his book The Blind Watchmaker by stating, "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been ...read more

  • Tricia Mccary Rhodes Stated, "When He Delivers Us ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 27, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,335 views

    TRICIA MCCARY RHODES stated, ”When He delivers us from sin’s dark cell, an amazing thing happens: Our eyes are unveiled to see what we were created for, what we’ve longed for without knowing it. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the ...read more

  • Define Miracle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,699 views

    DEFINE MIRACLE A miracle is a divine intervention into, or interruption of, the regular course of the world that produces a purposeful but unusual event that would not have occurred otherwise(Geisler). Scholar, William Lane Craig gives us an even more simple definition: A miracle is an event ...read more

  • What Might We Do In Our Families To Celebrate ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 18, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,298 views

    What might we do in our families to celebrate Christmas as a holy day? Of course, we remember that its date was first set purposely to coincide with the Roman festival of the returning of the sun, so that it was indeed initially a pagan holiday. In order to celebrate it, however, the first ...read more

  • Recently I Stepped Into The Restroom Next To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,777 views

    Recently I stepped into the restroom next to the office where I work. Another employee was standing there with a scowl on his face, and complained to me about the smell in the bathroom. I was rather puzzled. Just by the very nature of their purpose restrooms have a tendency to contain some very ...read more

  • Trekkie Fans – Familiar With Tuvok And His Vulcan ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 9, 2006
     | 776 views

    Trekkie fans – familiar with Tuvok and his Vulcan mind meld. By placing his fingers strategically on another’s face their thoughts become his thoughts and the Vulcan would say, “Our minds are one.” This is the picture language of Fellowship in this text. They were a living, breathing organism that ...read more