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  • Christian People Are Prayerful  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,777 views

    E.M. Bounds says in his book on prayer: Nothing distinguishes the children of God so clearly and strongly as prayer. It is the one infallible mark and test of being a Christian. Christian people are prayerful. The worldly-minded are prayer less. Christians call on God. The world ignores God and ...read more

  • The Stages Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,877 views

    THE STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Several years ago I heard someone describe the Christian experience as similar to that of a piano player, and suddenly the commands of the Bible made more sense and seemed less daunting. When a person begins playing piano, do we expect them to play a piece by ...read more

  • Bad Experiences With Christians

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Apr 4, 2009
     | 2,025 views

    BAD EXPERIENCES WITH CHRISTIANS A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Rt. Hon. Adam Ingram MP. I dared to ask him about something I had heard to see if it was true. I had been told that Adam Ingram as a young man had attended the BTI (Bible Training Institute) Bible College in Glasgow. ...read more

  • Un-Christlike Christians

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 3,436 views

    UN-CHRISTLIKE CHRISTIANS A couple of months ago, there was a story on CNN of a Christian school basketball team that beat another team (another Christian school, I think) by the score of 100 to 0. It was a slaughter. The coach of the winning team, even though it was clear that the other team was ...read more

  • Barefoot Christians: A Parable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,630 views

    BAREFOOT CHRISTIANS: A PARABLE "I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,278 views

    NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

  • What Makes A Christian

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
     | 2,032 views

    WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN "The true Christian desires less and less of the things and comforts and pursuits and goals of this world, and desires more and more the things that are eternal, that are pleasing to God, that are divine in nature. What do you witness in the people around you who claim to be ...read more

  • Call Me A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,105 views

    CALL ME A CHRISTIAN A deacon, who was full of himself, was teaching a boy Sunday School class. He was working hard to stress the importance of living a Christian life. With an air of arrogance he asked, "Why do people call me a Christian?" After an ...read more

  • Decline Of Christianity In America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,372 views

    DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA North America is the only continent on earth where Christianity is not growing. Only 17.5% of the population of the US attends church on a regular Sunday. During the 1990’s there was a 19.4% decline in church attendance. 85% of churches in America are ...read more

  • Gallup On Committed Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,095 views

    GALLUP ON COMMITTED CHRISTIANS Fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians, says pollster George Gallup, who adds that these people "are far, far happier than the rest of the population." Committed Christians, Gallup found, are more tolerant than the average American, more ...read more

  • Five Names Of Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 1,469 views

    FIVE NAMES OF CHRISTIANS Scripture gives five names to Christians— 1. Saints—for their holiness in Christ; 2. Believers—for their faith; 3. Witnesses—for their testimony; 4. Disciples—for their knowledge; 5. ...read more

  • Christians Still Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,667 views

    CHRISTIANS STILL PERSECUTED * Last year (July 2009), Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City was told that she would help a doctor perform an abortion or be fired. Even though the hospital knew it was against her Christian values. * In September of 2009 at Pace ...read more

  • Self-Centered Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,865 views

    SELF-CENTERED CHRISTIANITY John Koessler pastored for years before becoming a professor in the pastoral studies department at Moody Bible Institute. In 2007 he wrote, A Stranger In The House of God, chronicling his experience in various churches. "Most of the Christians I know are disappointed ...read more

  • When A Christian Grows

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 2,114 views

    WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the ...read more

  • Christian: Christ In One

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 1,448 views

    CHRISTIAN: CHRIST IN ONE What is a Christian? In the LETTER TO DIOGNETUS, which dates back to the second century A.D., an anonymous writer describes a strange people who are in the world but not of the world. "Christians are not differentiated from other people by country, language, or customs; ...read more

  • Christian Caste System

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
     | 3,225 views

    CHRISTIAN CASTE SYSTEM Division is the opposite of unity. When we exclude or separate others based on race, socioeconomic status, age, appearance or personal hygiene we are dividing. In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and ...read more

  • Christians Are Known For...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 3, 2011
     | 1,723 views

    CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR... If you were to Google the phrase "Christians are known for" what do you think the results would be? What are people who call themselves followers of Christ known for... whether good or bad? The following are some of the results you would find: ... being trustworthy ...read more

  • How Christians Are Different

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,071 views

    HOW CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT A Second Century believer, in a letter to his friend, Diognetus, described how Christians are alike and different from others. He wrote, "Though they are residents at home in their own countries, their behavior there is more like transients...Though destiny has placed ...read more

  • Capitalism Without Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,371 views

    CAPITALISM WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY Pure Capitalism--that exists without a Christian influence--can become an empty shell. When Christianity is taken out of the picture of Capitalism...greed and selfishness take over. Capitalism without Christianity can result in all kinds or evils. You can end up ...read more

  • We Will Remain Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,454 views

    "WE WILL REMAIN CHRISTIANS" An American journalist in 1993 interviewed a group of children from a Sunday school in southern Sudan where Arab Muslims regularly raided their village and slaughtered Christians. Many of their relatives had already been killed. The journalist asked, "Would you turn to ...read more

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