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Millions Far From God

Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Sep 17, 2011

MILLIONS FAR FROM GOD In the latest global statistics, they say that the population of Earth is now 7 billion people. About 2 billion of these people claim to be Christian. Not everyone that claims to be a Christian is truly a Christian. Maybe there is about 1 billion that are true followers (I ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

Charitable Giving Was Steady Last Year, As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Charitable Giving was steady last year, as employment and the economy stabilized Americans gave an estimated $240.72 billion in ‘03, slightly up from the previous year, according to Giving U.S.A. Estimated giving in ‘03 equaled roughly 2.2% of the nation’s GDP, the 5th year since ’71 that it ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009

FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

Scripture: John 15:5

Tags: Fruit Of The Spirit

Searching For The Treasure  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2011

SEARCHING FOR THE TREASURE When Betty Goldstein of Staten Island, New York, entered the hospital, her husband Ron wrapped her 3.5-carat diamond ring in a napkin for safekeeping. But in a forgetful moment, the 63-year-old Goldstein threw the napkin in the trash. When he realized his mistake, he ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 2:1-15, Luke 15:8

Tags: Wisdom

Labour Mightily For A Healing Spirit. Away With ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001

Labour mightily for a healing spirit. Away with all discriminating names whatever that may hinder the applying of balm to heal your wounds...Discord and division become no Christian. For wolves to worry the lambs is no wonder, but for one lamb to worry another, this is ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Forgiveness General, Endurance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tithe

Contributed by Babatunde Bello on Aug 7, 2011

TITHE What is Tithe? Tithe is the tenth percent of our total income, which include basic salary, allowances and any other extra money you receive, such as tips, honorarium, or any source of fund that increases your ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christian A. Schwarz And His Team From The ...  PRO

Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004

Christian A. Schwarz and his team from the Institute for Church Development in Germany analyzed responses from 4.2 million people, from more than 1,000 churches in 32 countries. In the book he writes: “An interesting corollary result of our research was the discovery that probably no factor ...read more

Denomination: Adventist

Just How Bad Is It Out There? And What Really ...  PRO

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008

Just how bad is it out there? And what really are we up against? Well, let me share with you some of the information I gleaned from 17 pages of fairly up to date statistics. [SLIDE 4] I learned first of all that sex is the #1 topic searched on the internet. Now I wasn’t really surprised to ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Three Types Of Fruit

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023

The fruit of the Spirit is singular. it is "fruit" and not "fruits". It is only one letter, but it matters deeply. When you walk in the Spirit, all of these things described in Galatians 5:19-23 will be present in your life. However, there is a three-fold outline in Galatians ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:19-23

Tags: Holy Spirit, Flesh, Fruit Of The Spirit, Spiritual Maturity, Walking In The Spirit  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

At The Time Of This Writing, The Story ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

At the time of this writing, the story dominating the national news involves the execution of former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein. On December 30, 2006 the gun-toting dictator, who ruled Iraq with an iron fist for 24 years, was taken to the gallows. This 69-year-old despot, who ruled in ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Stop For The Boat People

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

STOP FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE On Aug. 8, 2004, the Vietnamese community of Westminster, California, celebrated one of the kindest and bravest acts performed by a stranger on them. On Nov. 13, 1985, ninety-six Vietnamese refugees despaired for their lives and their families’ lives when the engine of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Tags: Christian Love

Tending Your ...

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 9, 2010

TENDING YOUR GARDEN Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Grew Up In What I Would Consider, Lower Middle ...

Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012

I grew up in what I would consider, lower middle class. In the schools I went to as a kid there were really 3 levels of kids when it came to income. You had the rich kids. These kids had a Playstation AND N64, which were big when I was kid. They had huge houses and a TV in every room. Then you had ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Christian Church

Counterfeit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 27, 2012

COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY Several years ago in Kentucky a man walked into a Dairy Queen, placed his order and then paid for it with a $200 bill. The cashier gave him $198 in change and he drove away. Some time later in the day I guess the manager noticed that something didn’t seem right about this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Tags: Discipleship

Misapplied Scriptures: Genesis 6:3

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 14, 2023

Introduction: There is any number of Scriptures that have been used out of context or simply misapplied over the years. A Christian magazine listed about a dozen of these back in the early 1980’s and, I must say, some of the author’s insights were something I had never thought of before. Maybe I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:1-8

Tags: Flood, Noah, Misapplied Scripture

Denomination: Baptist

H ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

HOMESCHOOL Homeschooler numbers continue to grow. Brian Ray of National Home Education Research Institute estimates 1.9 million to 2.4 million K-12 children were home educated during 2005-06. Research shows homeschoolers on average exceed the national average on standardized achievement test for ...read more

Tags: School

Beware Of Attachments

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011

BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS Felipe Massa of Brazil should have won the Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore in September 2008. But as he drove off from a refueling stop while in the lead, the fuel hose was still attached. By the time his team removed the hose, he had lost so much time that he finished ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Tags: Sin Bondage To

New Year's ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

New Year’s Resolutions The Christmas celebrations are over. Now comes that time of the year when many people make New Year’s resolutions. With fixed determination they try to achieve what they have announced at some party. However, they seldom keep those New Year’s resolutions. Why not? There ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20

Tags: New Year's Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Leprosy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012

HOW LEPROSY WORKS According to the Jewish Encylopedia: Priests were in charge of the diagnosis of all diseases. They were not allowed to live in a community that didn’t have a doctor. Those who were diagnosed with the curable strain of leprosy had to appear before a priest every 7 days. Once ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 12:4-15

Tags: Affliction

In Ghana, Africa, The President Wanted Us To Stay ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 1, 2007

In Ghana, Africa, the President wanted us to stay in his country and keep preaching what we were preaching because it was changing so many lives. I told him that it was the Word of God that was changing lives. The Lord gave us a wonderful soul-winning ...read more