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Christian Love Impacts A Heartless World  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009

CHRISTIAN LOVE IMPACTS A HEARTLESS WORLD We live in a heartless world. The last United States census missed at least 5.7 million people who were anonymous even to the census takers. Every year thousands of unidentified and even unidentifiable bodies are found across North America. And only one out ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Tags: Christian Love

Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010

Brothers Reunited After Fighting Each Other During the Civil War James Campbell and his brother Alexander immigrated to America in the 1850s. James settled in Charleston where he worked as a drayman and clerk; Alexander lived in New York and worked as a stonemason. On June 10, 1862, Alexander wrote ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Tags: War

Blessed Are The Pure

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 27, 2011

BLESSED ARE THE PURE A couple of years ago we went to Ottawa as my wife Joanne had some work to do there, so Thomas and I tagged along to check out our nation’s capital. One of the places we visited was the historic Canadian mint – where money is made – and we had a tour but unfortunately no free ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Tags: Sermon On The Mount

The Gates Will Not Prevail

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 17, 2011

THE GATES WILL NOT PREVAIL Jesus said: "Upon this rock (of Peter's testimony that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" Matthew 16:18 Now the odd thing about Jesus' statement was this: Gates don't attack. ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You Must Choose

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 10, 2021

I went to my Acupuncturist this week, like I do every other week. She was busier than usual and so she put my ears seeds in before the acupuncture. (The ear seeds help with different types of problems.) As I was sitting there, she put the ear seed on a place that she has never placed it ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:1-9

Tags: Easter, Choose

Denomination: Baptist

Ten Rules For Improving The Church

Contributed by David Parks on Jun 3, 2022

TEN RULES FOR IMPROVING THE CHURCH 1. Tell yourself over and over that since you are not perfect you would not fit into a perfect congregation, if one existed. 2. Instead of picking out the worldly members to point to, pick out the sincere, dedicated, spiritual members and thank God for them. You ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-2, 1 Peter 4:8, Matthew 7:1-5

Tags: Church, Encouragement, Judgementalism

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Flood In Contemporay ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010

ILLUSTRATION THE FLOOD IN CONTEMPORAY TERMS AUSTRALIA - rising flood waters stranded 500 people… The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more heavy rain… high alert for severe weather and flooding. Local rivers are already at their peak. Many roads and bridges are underwater and the town of ...read more

Tags: Samson

Denomination: Baptist

70% Of Halloween Shoppers Start Contemplating ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

70% of Halloween shoppers start contemplating their costumes as early as August claims buycostumes.com®.(Foster ...read more

Tags: Paranormal

President George W. Bush Regularly Reads The One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

President George W. Bush regularly reads the One Year Bible published by Tyndale. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

2 Billion Of The Worlds 6.3 Billion People Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

1.2 billion of the worlds 6.3 billion people are ages 10 to 19. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

3% Of All Web Traffic And 2% Of All Surfing Time ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

3% of all Web traffic and 2% of all surfing time involved an adult site during August. (The Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Addiction

About 70% Of The Couples That Cohabit Will End Up ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

About 70% of the couples that cohabit will end up divorced, not counting breakups of those who never marry. (The Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce

There Are Roughly 97,000 Western Missionaries And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

There are roughly 97,000 Western missionaries and about 101,000 non-Westerners working cross culturally in ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Goodness That Lasts  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001

GOODNESS THAT LASTS A little girl said she liked Santa Claus better than Jesus because "you have to be good for Santa only at Christmas but for Jesus you have to be good all the time." Much of the Christmas observance at church is not far removed from that attitude. ...read more

Tags: Discipleship, Christmas, Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Several Years Ago, James Eads Built The First ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 9, 2002

Several years ago, James Eads built the first steel bridge in America. It spanned the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. No one believed that it would support its own weight. Eads ordered 14 locomotives to stop on the bridge at the same time. The people then trusted the ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Church Of God

Called Pay By Touch, A New Technology Lets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Called Pay By Touch, a new technology lets consumers pay for purchases with a finger scan linked to their financial accounts. The technology eliminates the need to carry credit or loyalty cards, checks or cash for purchase. A few southern Piggly Wiggly stores are already using ...read more

Tags: Money

The Knowledge Of God Is The Cause Of Things. For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274), Italian philosopher, theologian. trans. by Anton C. Pegis, The Basic ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Some Of You May Know Of Fiona Coote. At The Age ...  PRO

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jun 8, 2008

Some of you may know of Fiona Coote. At the age of 14 she became youngest heart transplant recipient in Australia. However Fiona has another claim to fame: She has received not just one heart transplant but three. On three occasions she ...read more

Tags: Heart

Denomination: Lutheran

Shakespeare's Mistake

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

SHAKESPEARE'S MISTAKE In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II, Caesar asks Brutus, "What is't o'clock?" Brutus replies, "Caesar, 'its strucken eight." The great Bard had forgotten that mechanical clocks were not invented until 14 ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Denomination: Brethren

Jesus' Fulfillment Of Prophecy

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 26, 2011

JESUS' FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY Let’s take it up a notch and calculated/probability/one person fulfilling 48/300 Messianic predications/OT would be: one in a trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, ...read more

Tags: Prophecy

Denomination: Baptist