Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 5, 2011
PRETEND-WORSHIP
Pretend-worship is the picture of a little boy looking up at his dad as a bird lies dead at his feet. His open, palms-up hands are accompanied with the caption at the bottom of the picture: "It wasn't me daddy". But, as we're
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
based on 40 ratings
| 1,379 views
A few years ago, Chris and I stopped at the Waffle House, because we had this craving for waffles (she may have been pregnant at the time). The interesting thing about the Waffle House is that they don’t serve waffles. I mean, they have one plate which features waffles. But it’s mostly just
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
Alan Peters explains:
Whenever Christian believers gather together to worship, they create the opportunity for a miracle to occur. Worshippers who have experienced this miracle describe it in a number of ways:
• “We all seemed to be thinking and feeling the same things.”
• “There was such
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
But how about this definition of sound worship by William Temple:
"To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God,
to feed the mind with the truth of God,
to purge the imagination by the beauty of God,
to
...read more
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 1, 2008
One of the greatest definitions of worship ever laid down was laid down by William Temple: “To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
based on 5 ratings
| 3,361 views
David Brainerd said to Jonathan Edwards once:
"I do not go to heaven to be advanced but to give honor to God. It is no matter where I shall be stationed in heaven, whether I have a high or low seat there, but to live and please and glorify God.... My heaven is to
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 18, 2003
based on 19 ratings
| 2,486 views
This may be an urban myth, but it’s good anyway...
The US standard railroad gauge – that’s the distance between rails – is 4 feet, 8-1/2 inches. Why such an odd number? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and American railroads were built by British expatriates – that is, people who
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
Do you want a definition of worship? A. W. Tozer said,
"We are called to an
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 1, 2002
based on 2 ratings
| 7,526 views
Worship
Isaac Watts wrote fifty-two books, twenty-nine of them on theology. But he is best remembered for his hymns. He wrote more than seven hundred, and even today the average modern hymnal will have twenty or more of his songs--276 years after they were written. When he died he was reciting one
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 8, 2002
based on 66 ratings
| 6,572 views
ILLUSTRATION
The Call to Worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing "Up from the Grave He Arose" as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church. The last lady was
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 16, 2002
based on 23 ratings
| 6,462 views
MARRIAGE: A DEFINITION
Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that’s too warm, beside
...read more
Denomination:
Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2003
based on 53 ratings
| 4,472 views
THE DEFINITION OF BARBECUING
It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion:
1) The woman goes to the store.
2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
3) The woman prepares the
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012
based on 2 ratings
| 5,823 views
HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS
Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean?
ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.
ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 7, 2009
based on 1 rating
| 2,459 views
THE DEFINITION OF A BBQ
It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion:
1) The woman goes to the store.
2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert.
3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking,
...read more
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 17, 2009
based on 3 ratings
| 2,853 views
DEFINITION OF GOSSIP
Ken Sande, in his book on conflict resolution, The Peacemaker, gives the following definition for gossip. If you are taking notes, this is the definition you will want to write down. "To gossip means to betray a confidence or to discuss unfavorable
...read more
Denomination:
*other