Invitation | Why Church?

A New York City Businessman Moved To The Country ...  PRO

Contributed by Eric Snyder on Mar 4, 2002

A New York City businessman moved to the country and bought a piece of land. He went to the local feed and livestock store and talked to the proprietor about how he was going to take up chicken farming. He then asked to buy 100 chicks. "That’s a lot of chicks," commented the proprietor. "I mean ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:4

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Growth In Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Randy Frazee Has Written A Book Called "The ...  PRO

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002

Randy Frazee has written a book called "The Connecting Church." He has a son who was born without a left hand. One day in Sunday School the teacher was talking with the children about the church. To illustrate her point she folded her hands together and said, “Here’s the church, here’s the ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Church Small Groups

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Behind A Church In The Small Town Of Flint Hill, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 25, 2002

Behind a church in the small town of Flint Hill, Virginia, you will find the grave of a young seminary student named Albert Gallatin Willis who died on October 14, 1864. Albert Willis’ story is unusual. Albert Willis served with the famedcommand of Mosby’s Raiders during the Civil War. Because of ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

Why Go To Church?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2002

WHY GO TO CHURCH? A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I’ve gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single ...read more

Tags: Faith, Impossible, Abide, Church Practices

Staying Warm Together  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003

STAYING WARM TOGETHER In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided early on they were either going to live or die as a group." The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water threatened to kill them slowly by ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:24

Tags: Christian Love, Church Body Of Christ, Church Small Groups

The New Testament Does Not Picture Solitary ...

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004

The New Testament does not picture solitary religion; some kind of regular assembly for worship and instruction is everywhere taken for granted in the Epistles. So we must be regular practicing members of the church. Of course we differ in temperament. Some (like you-and me) find it more natural to ...read more

Tags: Unity, Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational