Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
based on 1 rating
| 5,014 views
MISSED OPPORTUNITY
In 1269 Kublai Khan sent a request from Peking to Rome for "a hundred wise men of the Christian religion...And so I shall be baptized, and when I shall be baptized all my baron and great men will be baptized, and their subjects baptized, and so there will be more Christians here
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN
At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade."
I had bad news for him. God has a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 4, 2011
DIOCLETIAN
In its first 300 hundred years the Christian church endured repeated waves of persecution. But perhaps the worst came while Diocletian was emperor of Rome (A.D.284-305).
Convinced that the Christians were conspiring against him, Diocletian sought to annihilate them throughout his
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 23, 2012
based on 2 ratings
| 4,667 views
ENCOURAGING BABIES
In 1995 twin girls Kyrie and Brielle were born prematurely. Weighing only 2 pounds each, they were watched over very carefully each in their respective incubators. Kyrie began putting on weight immediately, but Brielle struggled--she cried and cried, leaving her gasping and blue
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2012
SURE YOU WANT TO WIN THE LOTTERY?
When William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in a 1988 lottery, one of the first things he did was try to please his family. Unfortunately, his kin was of the unfriendly sort. Post's brother hired a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit some money. Other family
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
based on 1 rating
| 3,993 views
John Wesley’s Covenant Prayer
Romans 12:1-2
I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee,
Exalted for thee or brought low by thee.
Let me be full, let me be
...read more
Denomination:
Adventist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 14, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 1,713 views
FAITH IS KNOWING, BELIEVING AND PERSONALLY TRUSTING
• Imagine a ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean it is filled with people and in the middle of the ocean there is an explosion. Many people lose their lives,, but a number are still alive. They begin to run to the lifeboats.
• The 1st man though
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2008
“We must not be troubled by unbelievers when they say that this promise of reward makes the Christian life a mercenary affair. There are different kinds of reward. There is the reward which has no natural connection with the things you do to earn it, and is quite foreign to the desires that ought
...read more
Denomination:
Other
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Mar 3, 2008
Sharing our faith is full-time employment…. So many think that it’s a Sunday morning, 9:30-2:00 job and maybe an hour or two on Wednesday nights… But the Bible lets us know “that Satan the adversary is roaming to and fro as a lion seeking whom he may devour…” And if you know anything about lions,
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 6, 2008
Top 10 Signs You’ve Hired The Wrong Guy To Mow Your Lawn:
10. He shows up with a pair of nail clippers and a Ziploc bag
9. On the side of his mower you notice the stenciled silhouettes of 13 cats
8. Stops frequently to nap inside the grass-catcher
7. Always trying to impress you by stopping the
...read more
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Mega-Gifts ($1 million or more) most often go to colleges and universities. Religious organizations, services for the needy, and umbrella campaigns are the big losers, according to the Institute for Jewish & Community Research’s report, Mega-Gifts in American Philanthropy: Giving Patterns
...read more
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 9, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 10,102 views
PROMISE?
We make a lot of promises to others and many promises are made to us. Sadly, too many promises are broken on both ends of the equation. God, however, never breaks a promise.
…………………………………………………………..
Don’t let the broken promises of this world keep you from believing the promises of God.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by David Nuhfer on Jul 16, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 2,713 views
Misdirection in a football game is fun. Misdirection from Satan is deadly. He has been doing it for thousands of years, from the time in the Garden of Eden when he got Eve to believe that God was holding out on her and Adam, to Exodus when he got the Israelites focused on hating Moses, to the time
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Sermon Central