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  • The Fight  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 197 ratings
     | 3,950 views

    John White, Have you ever gone fishing in a polluted river and hauled out an old shoe, a tea kettle, or a rusty can? I get a similar sort of catch if I cast as a bait the word holiness into the murky depths of my mind. To my dismay I come up with such associations as: thinness hollow-eyed ...read more

  • Fighting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 3,515 views

    FIGHTING SIN Poet Carl Sandberg once said, "There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud." Colorful, old-time evangelist Billy Sunday said of sin, "I’m against sin. I’ll kick it as long as I’ve got a foot. I’ll fight it as long as ...read more

  • Church Fights

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,216 views

    Church Fights I’m told that there is a church in Texas that debated over the issue of telling a lie. Some felt that there were some occasions in which a little white lie was acceptable. The others felt that there was never an occasion in which a lie of any kind was acceptable. The discussion got so ...read more

  • Fight Club

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Feb 9, 2008
     | 2,256 views

    In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One who makes our lives more beautiful than what they could ever be on their own. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, About ten years ago, a movie came out that just about everyone saw. It was called “Fight ...read more

  • Fight For Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,139 views

    Fight for Joy John Piper offers 15 Biblical things we must do to fight for joy. (I can only list them today, and commend to you his book, "When I Don’t Desire God.") This list reminds me that faith does not produce inactivity, but God-centered activity: 1) Realize that authentic joy in God is a ...read more

  • Faith Fights  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,114 views

    FAITH FIGHTS Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. I heard a story about a midwestern farmer 50 years ago. The farmer went to the bank to borrow money to buy seed to plant his whole farm in corn. He fired up the old tractor ...read more

  • Fighting The Wolves

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 3,510 views

    FIGHTING THE WOLVES There was a pastor of a local Church who was concerned about some unsavoury business outside his local school. His protests finally led to a court case and the opposing barrister tried to do everything he could to discredit the pastor. "Are you a pastor?" the lawyer ...read more

  • Fighting Temptation

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 4, 2023
     | 704 views

    Have you seen the Kid’s Candy Challenge videos? • What happens in the Kid’s Candy Challenge is the parent tells their small child or children that they can have some candy • But they have to wait until mom or dad gets back • The candy is set right in front of them • Along with a phone to ...read more

  • Fight Like Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,258 views

    FIGHT LIKE MEN The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty -- that slavery will be your portion, and that of your ...read more

  • Putting Up A Fight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,551 views

    Putting Up a Fight Charles Spurgeon may have been the most evangelistic preacher to ever walk the earth. His heart hurt for lost people like no other preacher that I have read. Listen to what said about hell: "If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they ...read more

  • It Is Not Enough To Fight. It Is The Spirit ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,101 views

    It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. ...read more

  • Elephant Fights In Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,816 views

    ELEPHANT FIGHTS IN CHURCH An African proverb says, "When elephants fight, grass gets trampled." Elephants do not throw their weight around for nothing. The average African elephant weighs 16,534 lbs. The largest elephant on record weighed about 24,000 pounds and was 13 feet tall! Wild elephants ...read more

  • We Shall Fight...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 2,138 views

    WE SHALL FIGHT... Who can ever forget Winston Churchill’s immortal words: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the ...read more

  • Fight Like A Man

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 819 views

    A man came to his pastor who had attended church for 25 years and was a respected, leader in the church, said, "Pastor, I've got something to tell you. I've never told this to a soul, extremely difficult to tell you this now, but my wife and I have had a fight every day for the past 30 ...read more

  • We Aren't Fighting For Victory; We're Fighting ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,629 views

    "We aren’t fighting for victory; we’re fighting from ...read more

  • Hannibal The Great Was A Carthaginian Military ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010
     | 2,473 views

    Hannibal the great was a Carthaginian military commander around the year 200 B.C. He is thought of as one of the great military leaders of all time, alongside Alexander the Great, Napoleon, and others. There is a story that says as a boy Hannibal begged his father to take him to a war overseas. ...read more

  • I Will Fight No More Forever

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jul 1, 2005
     | 2,599 views

    In 1877 Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce Indians… Surrendered to the American Army… There was a movie made in 1975 about Chief Joseph and his battle to remain free… It was entitled, “I will fight no more forever”…. As a teenager in the 70s, I remember this movie… The speech that he gave when ...read more

  • Billy Sunday Fights Sin

    Contributed by James Pless on Jun 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,788 views

    11581. Billy Sunday Fights Sin Billy Sunday, the baseball evangelist and reformer, never spared himself nor those he wanted to help in the vigor of his attacks on sin. He thundered against evil from the Gay Nineties through the Great Depression. He preached Christ as the only answer to man’s needs ...read more

  • A Volunteer Fire Department Was Fighting The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,539 views

    A volunteer fire department was fighting the blaze engulfing Julia Campbell cousin’s barn. As he watched, he dialed his insurance company on his portable phone, but there was no answer. “How come my agent is never there when I need him?” he asked in frustration. One of the firefighters ...read more

  • The Trouble With Fighting For Human Freedom Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,192 views

    "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression ...read more