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  • A Parable Of Parables  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,857 views

    A PARABLE OF PARABLES The content of belief is important: Jonathan Whitfield was preaching to coal miners in England. He asked one man, "What do you believe?" "Well, I believe the same as the church." "And what does the church believe?" "Well, they believe the same as me." Seeing he was ...read more

  • Sound Biblical Thinking

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 3,005 views

    SOUND BIBLICAL THINKING There is no substitute for sound, biblical thinking. John Gardner: "An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent theologian. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in theology ...read more

  • Imaginary Jesus

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 2,178 views

    IMAGINARY JESUS Matt Mikalatos has written a fictional story entitled, "Imaginary Jesus." In that story the main character encounters a wide variety of people who claim to be Jesus, but who actually represent our diverse and ever-changing depictions of who we want Jesus to be and the roles we want ...read more

  • While Interpreting Things Of Difficulty, Such As ...

    Contributed by David Tack on Mar 28, 2011
     | 1,800 views

    While interpreting things of difficulty, such as eschatological issues, the simpler things of this life and God’s commands should be embraced. Preach the gospel saving message to the lost and desolate, love the Lord your God with all your heart, love humanity with unconditional love; and, strive ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,318 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • Sound Theology

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
     | 3,685 views

    SOUND THEOLOGY In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy and Linus are staring out the window, watching it rain. Lucy says, "Boy! Look at it pour. What if it floods the whole world?" Linus, "It won't. In Gen. 9, God promised Noah that would never happen again. The sign of that promise is the rainbow." Lucy, ...read more

  • Athanasius Contends For The Deity Of Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,933 views

    ATHANASIUS CONTENDS FOR THE DEITY OF CHRIST If Jesus is something less than God, he has no right and no power to forgive our sins. If Jesus can’t forgive our sins, we have no hope. Yes, the doctrine of the deity of Christ is worth contending for. And there is nobody God used more to contend for ...read more

  • Right From Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 25, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 7,169 views

    Every day: 1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers 1,106 teenage girls get abortions 4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases 500 adolescents begin using drugs 1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol 135,000 kids bring guns or other weapons to school 3,610 teens are assaulted; 80 ...read more

  • Wrong Way Riegels  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 12, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,488 views

    WRONG WAY RIEGELS The story of "Wrong Way Riegels" is a familiar one, but it bears repeating. On New Year’s Day 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran 65 ...read more

  • Is It Wrong For A Christian To Declare ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,410 views

    Is it wrong for a Christian to declare bankruptcy? To answer, we need to separate the moral from the ethical, or the biblical from the legal. Our legal system allows individuals and businesses to have some protection from creditors through the various bankruptcy laws. However, I don’t believe a ...read more

  • Wrong Side Of The Boat  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 14, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,091 views

    [Wrong Side of the Boat] People who refuse to get involved in problems of their community are like the two shipwrecked men in a lifeboat. From their end of the boat, the pair watched as those at the other end bailed frantically to keep the boat ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,734 views

    Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith. Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it? For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between Irwin Troll and Gaylord Buzzard. Gaylord is reading the daily paper and observes, "First we ...read more

  • The Directions Were Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,390 views

    The Directions Were Wrong The doubleheader train was bucking a heavy snowstorm as its steam engines pulled it west. A woman with a baby wanted to leave the train at one of the little stations along the route. She repeatedly called, “Don’t forget me!” to the brakeman responsible to call out the ...read more

  • Looking In The Wrong Place  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 10, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,290 views

    LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE Billy Graham tells the story of a man looking for his wallet on the street. Someone asked him what he was looking for. He said, "I lost my wallet." The other person said, "Where did you lose it?" He replied, "About half a block up the street." The other person ...read more

  • Winning On The Wrong Horse

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 10, 2009
     | 2,643 views

    WINNING ON THE WRONG HORSE In Kentucky there were two farmers who owned racing stables – and these men were great rivals. One spring, both of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. One of the farmers hired a professional jockey, thinking that this might just give him an edge. The race ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Loyalty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 3,238 views

    THE WRONG KIND OF LOYALTY There is a story of a Japanese soldier, Lt. Hiroo Onada, left on the island Lubang in the Philippines on December 25, 1944, with the command to "carry on the mission, even if Japan surrenders." Onada continued his war alone. All efforts to convince him to surrender or to ...read more

  • To The Wrongs That Need Resistance, To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,390 views

    "To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in ...read more

  • To The Wrongs That Need Resistance, To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,367 views

    "To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in ...read more

  • Right And Wrong And Ruby ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,193 views

    RIGHT AND WRONG AND RUBY BRIDGES A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public schools to African-American children. White parents in the community decided to keep their children at home if this verdict was enforced. They made it known that any African-American children who came to ...read more

  • Driving The Wrong Way

    Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,773 views

    DRIVING THE WRONG WAY An older gentleman was driving home from work when his cell phone rang. His wife was on the line in a panic and said, "Honey, be careful driving. I just saw on the TV that some maniac is driving the wrong ...read more