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  • Don't Fear Your Capture

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
     | 2,345 views

    DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be. Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the ...read more

  • We Can Transform Our Lives--Even When It Is No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 2,633 views

    We can transform our lives--even when it is no longer possible to receive our parents' blessing. (Source: John Trent and Gary Smalley, "The Blessing". From a ...read more

  • Heart For The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 3,494 views

    HEART FOR THE LOST Throughout history, believers have had this heart for the lost. John Knox, for example, reflected Paul’s sorrow for his people when he said, "O God! Give me Scotland or I die!" David Brainerd, the great missionary to the North American Indians in the early years of the 18th ...read more

  • In 2002, The Gallup Index Of Leading Religious ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 2,590 views

    In 2002, the Gallup Index of Leading Religious Indicators reached its lowest level, demonstrating the public’s most negative overall rating for organized religion since the index began in 1940. The poll found that confidence in organized religion had declined. In 2002, only 45 percent of Americans ...read more

  • A Man, Charged With Stealing A Turkey, Appeared ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 3,071 views

    A man, charged with stealing a turkey, appeared in court. He told the judge that his action was an answer to prayer. When the judge asked him to explain, the man said: "Well, Judge, it was the night before Thanksgiving, and I didn’t have a turkey. I prayed for the Lord to send me one. At midnight I ...read more

  • Hypocrisy Is Like The 12-Year-Old Boy Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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     | 6,000 views

    Hypocrisy is like the 12-year-old boy who was waiting for his first orthodontist appointment and was a bit nervous. Apparently he wanted to impress the dentist. On the patient questionnaire, in the space marked "Hobbies," he had written, "Swimming, riding my bike, and flossing." That’s a ...read more

  • Alan Peters ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jan 29, 2009
     | 1,938 views

    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

  • To Use An Analogy, Salvation Only Opens The Door ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 3, 2009
     | 2,911 views

    To use an analogy, salvation only opens the door to God's University of True Wisdom. It remains up to each of us to choose to attend His classes, study His teachings, follow His mentors, and pass His exams by fully and correctly applying what we have learned. This is what it means to 'have the mind ...read more

  • It Is A Subject So Vast, That All Our Thoughts ...

    Contributed by Billy Nale on Feb 5, 2009
     | 3,153 views

    "It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity... But while the subject humbles the mind, it also expands it. Nothing will so enlarge the intellect, nothing so magnify the whole soul of man, as a devout, earnest, ...read more

  • Cheer Him, Boys!  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 6, 2009
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     | 3,635 views

    "Cheer Him, Boys!" There was a fire in the big city, and the firemen flung their ladders together, and went up in their brave fashion to the very topmost story to rescue the people that were trapped. One after another was rescued by the brave firemen. All had been rescued, it seemed, No! As the ...read more

  • Why Stick With Milk?

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,270 views

    WHY STICK WITH MILK? Why would someone continue with a staple diet of milk only? Simple. Milk is easily and quickly swallowed. Meat, on the other hand, is much more substantial. It needs to be chewed, savored and broken down before it can be swallowed. Usually, we have to wait for it to cook. ...read more

  • A Mother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 4,779 views

    A Mother’s Resolutions 1. When I forget to go to the grocery store, I will not boil the macaroni necklaces my children made for me in preschool. 2. I will pack the kids’ lunch boxes the night before so I don’t throw in a slab of frozen lasagna as they’re running for the bus. "It’ll defrost by ...read more

  • Hope For A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,088 views

    HOPE FOR A CHANGE In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh...there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have a dog’s life, but the change will require them ...read more

  • Prayer Changes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 11,408 views

    PRAYER CHANGES THINGS A lady was out hitting all the local garage sales when she came across an old needlepoint picture that read, "Prayer Changes Lives." She bought it, took it home and began to look for just the right place to hang the new picture. Finally, she decided that it went well in the ...read more

  • Prevailing Upon Mercy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 8,424 views

    PREVAILING UPON MERCY R. C. Sproul tells the story of when he was a college professor. At the start of the semester, the class of about 150 students had three papers due, let’s say, at noon on October 1st, November 1st, and December 1st. The penalty for a late paper was a zero grade. At noon on ...read more

  • Christian Book Publisher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,204 views

    CHRISTIAN BOOK PUBLISHER STATS Christian Book Publishers receive a combined total of almost 250,000 manuscripts during a typical year with some of the 300 publishers receiving more than 10,000. On average about 5% of those submissions get published or approximately 12,000 titles a year. The ...read more

  • 75% Of Americans Identify Colleagues From Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,717 views

    75% of Americans identify colleagues from their church as the most important group or network in ...read more

  • 20% Of All Web Sites Visited By Protestant Laity ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,635 views

    20% of all web sites visited by Protestant laity are Christian. ...read more

  • Divorce Costs Everyone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 2,523 views

    DIVORCE COSTS EVERYONE High rates of divorce and unmarried childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers at least $112 billion each year. It is estimated that family fragmentation costs taxpayers more than $1 trillion each decade; about $70.1 billion is at the federal level, $33.3 billion at the state level ...read more

  • Common-Ism In The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,235 views

    COMMON-ISM IN THE CHURCH Years ago I ran across this following definition of the various forms of government. They compared capitalism (the economic model we try to follow in our country) with communism and socialism, and they used a simple illustration to drive their point home. In a capitalist ...read more