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  • Evangelistic Zeal  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,009 views

    EVANGELISTIC ZEAL Mordecai Ham emerged as an evangelist from Kentucky at the turn of the century. He had a background in business and the study of law. From the very beginning his approach was zealous and blunt. Rather than sit and talk with Christians at revival sites, Ham insisted on being taken ...read more

  • The Zeal Of Communists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,282 views

    The Zeal of Communists. In the late 1940s Whittaker Chambers was called to witness before a New York Grand Jury against Alger Hiss, one of our high government officials. Chambers, a one-time Communist, accused Hiss of trying to transmit confidential government documents to the Soviet Union through ...read more

  • J. C. Ryle On Zeal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,107 views

    J. C. RYLE ON ZEAL Recently I found a book by Bishop J.C. Ryle, the first bishop of Liverpool, England on the subject of zeal. He wrote: "Zeal is a burning desire to please God, to do His will, and to advance His glory in the world in every possible way. A zealous man is preeminently a man of ...read more

  • What We See Urged In The Nt Is Zeal, Which Is Not ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 23, 2008
     | 2,139 views

    What we see urged in the NT is zeal, which is not quite the same as the fad word "passion" (which implies the necessity of emotional exuberance and is emotionally driven) or "urgency" (which implies a desperate God and is usually guilt driven). Zeal is a spiritually driven energy grounded in a ...read more

  • Kindness Has Converted More Sinners Than Zeal, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,395 views

    "Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, ...read more

  • 3 Truths About Passion

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Apr 27, 2008
     | 3,396 views

    3 TRUTHS ABOUT PASSION • Nothing significant is ever done in life without passion. • Most winners in life are just ex-losers who finally got passionate. • The worst ...read more

  • Every Believer Is Impacting The Spiritual Vigor ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
     | 2,070 views

    Every believer is impacting the spiritual vigor of those around him! Gordon McDonald gave the following list... • Igniter- The Holy Spirit is the Creator of authentic spiritual energy! Do you provoke others? “I’ll paddle!” • Sharer- “… that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith ...read more

  • William Durant-‘to Give Life Meaning, One Must ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 25, 2008
     | 1,380 views

    William Durant-‘To give life meaning, one must have a purpose ...read more

  • Thomas Costain's History, The Three Edwards, ...

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Sep 10, 2008
     | 2,241 views

    Thomas Costain’s history, The Three Edwards, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was often called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means “fat.” After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger brother Edward led ...read more

  • Onward Christian Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,822 views

    Onward Christian Soldier It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut ...read more

  • Passion For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 4,750 views

    Passion for God A. W. Tozer said, “God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues His labors always in a fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty ...read more

  • I Don't Know About You But I Was Here At 9:30 ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Dec 6, 2008
     | 1,632 views

    I don’t know about you but I was here at 9:30 this morning and when I came to open the door I didn’t see a line of people waiting outside for me to open the door so they could come into God’s house and worship. A when we gathered to study God’s word there were less than ___ in Sunday School class. ...read more

  • The Life Of The Early Church Didn't Spring Up ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 30, 2008
     | 1,654 views

    THE LIFE OF THE EARLY CHURCH DIDN’T SPRING UP FROM THE BOTTOM UP, NOR FROM THE TOP DOWN. PAUL SCANLON WRITES OF MEETING A BAPTIST PASTOR WHO FOR TWENTY YEARS HAD BEEN IN MINISTRY AT THE SAME CHURCH. HE AND HIS WIFE HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND FINISHED UP VERY ILL ON MEDICATION. I WAS SPEAKING TO ...read more

  • When We Are No Longer Alert As God's Watchmen, We ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,290 views

    When we are no longer alert as God’s watchmen, we have a tendency to be insensitive to all the dangers around us. I can’t help but be reminded of a frightening experience we had when my eldest son was working the late shift at a bakery. He came home dead tired one night and I was already asleep. ...read more

  • It's Sort Of Like The Fable That Evangelist D. L. ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,560 views

    It’s sort of like the fable that evangelist D. L. Moody used to tell. It seems there were two eagles. One of the eagles won every race and the other eagle was jealous. One day, the jealous eagle overheard a hunter say, “I’d bring down that eagle if I had decent fletching on my arrows.” The eagle ...read more

  • Yet It Is So Difficult To Convince Others To ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,053 views

    Yet it is so difficult to convince others to take that course, even when they see it. The problem is that only God can give the appetite for the Scriptures that brings such great spiritual nutrition. The natural man is like a dying cancer patient to whom food has become detestable. The ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 3,382 views

    ON ENTHUSIASM A bee’s stinger is 1/16th of an inch long...the rest of what you feel is enthusiasm! Here’s an illustration of a man with too much enthusiasm: The storekeeper had only one fish left in his icy barrel. A lady asked for a big fish, and he reached in and showed it to her. She wanted a ...read more

  • Revivals Are Born After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,513 views

    REVIVALS ARE BORN AFTER MIDNIGHT A. W. Tozer: "There is considerable truth in the idea that revivals are born after midnight, for revivals (or any other spiritual gifts and graces) come only to those who want them badly enough. It may be said without qualification that every man is as holy and as ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,462 views

    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • John Newton, The Writer Of Amazing Grace, Said ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,565 views

    John Newton, the writer of Amazing Grace, said – "What will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord ...read more