Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 2, 2001
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British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his
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Contributed by Steven Chapman on Feb 7, 2001
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In Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster told of Billy Graham preaching at Cambridge in 1955. For three nights he tried to make his preaching academic and enlightened, but with no effect. Graham finally realized that presenting the intellectual side of faith was not his gift and began preaching
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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John Hus: 1369-1415
John Hus of Prague was burned at the stake at age 46. His crime was an uncompromising preaching of the gospel and calling for church reform in pre-reformation Europe.
His Sunday pulpit was the Bethlehem Chapel adjacent to the University of Prague. Czech nobles had built the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2009
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BURIED TREASURE FOR ISAAC
One night, a poor Jewish man named Isaac from Krakel, Poland, in a vivid dream, saw a buried treasure hidden under a particular bridge in the distant city of Prague. For the next two weeks, he dreamed of the particular city, the same bridge, and the buried treasure. The
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 24, 2010
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A Nation of Bible Illiterates
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians.
• 48% could not name the four Gospels.
• 52% cannot identify more than two
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
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THE PREACHER AND THE FARMER
Years ago, a young man had just gotten out of Bible College where he’d spent several years learning all the theological terminology that he thought would make him a successful preacher. He’d just been hired at a country church and he was determined to begin bringing new
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Contributed by David Parks on May 31, 2012
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METHOD IS NOT WHAT MATTERS MOST
"Among the many myths of modernity, none has been more devastating to the church than the belief that method is what matters most in ministry. And nowhere has this myth been more pernicious than in preaching. Steeped in homiletical method, preaching is now more
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Contributed by Rick Palmer on Oct 14, 2018
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While fishing in the dark in a very deep canyon can present very obvious problems it can produce some unexpected experiences as well.
It was a warm summer night about 2:00 AM, dark would be an understatement as the moon was nonexistent at least in the bottom of our canyon. Trout was
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A Prayer for Preachers
O God, our Father;
you love all your children.
Those at home and those away from home.
As I proclaim the gospel,
may your voice be heard, calling.
May Christ our Lord be praised.
Good news; hope for the hopeless
Good news; love for the broken
Good news; forgiveness at the
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