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  • Many People Believe That Traditional Church Music ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 2,649 views

    Many people believe that traditional church music is vastly superior to the contemporary church music being written today. But the date on which a song was written does not insure it’s worth either theologically or musically. Milburn Price, a Church Music professor, gave the following example in an ...read more

  • Giving To Missions  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 26, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,358 views

    GIVING TO MISSIONS Americans give $700 million per year to mission agencies. However, they pay as much for pet food every 52 days. A person must overeat by at least $1.50 worth of food per month to maintain one excess pound of flesh. Yet $1.50 per month is more than what 90 percent of all ...read more

  • Freedom To Find God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,613 views

    FREEDOM TO FIND GOD Every president invokes God and asks his blessing. Every president promises, though not always in so many words, to lead according to moral principles rooted in Biblical tradition. The English writer G. K. Chesterton called America a “nation with the soul of a church,” and ...read more

  • When Pope Julius I Authorized December 25 To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 4,140 views

    When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the ...read more

  • Adopted Children Are More Likely To Have Parents ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,427 views

    Adopted Children are more likely to have parents who are older, married, wealthier and more educated than children raised by biological parents, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. 2.1 million adopted children and 4.4 million stepchildren lived in U.S. homes in ‘00. Together, these children represented ...read more

  • Titanic: The Romance

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
     | 1,847 views

    (Video Clip montage from Titanic - mpeg 2:58) It was that tragic, true story that served as the backdrop for the blockbuster film Titanic, which steamed past all other movies to become the top grossing movie of all time. It earned $601 million. It was the #1 movie in America for 13 weeks in a ...read more

  • When Pope Julius I Authorized December 25 To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,283 views

    When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the ...read more

  • Pearl Harbor! The Morning Of December 7, 1941, ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,781 views

    Pearl Harbor! The morning of December 7, 1941, found 353 Japanese airplanes swarming all around the Harbor site. Within a couple of hours, America lost 8 big battleships, 6 major airfields, almost all planes, and 2,400 men. That happened at 7:50 AM in what was supposedly a surprised attack. But ...read more

  • Pearl Harbor The Morning Of December 7, 1941, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,480 views

    Pearl Harbor The morning of December 7, 1941, found 353 Japanese airplanes swarming all around the Harbor site. Within a couple of hours, America lost 8 big battleships, 6 major airfields, almost all planes, and 2,400 men. That happened at 7:50 AM in what was supposedly a surprised attack. But ...read more

  • Women ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,231 views

    WOMEN GIVING Women make 84% of all philanthropic decisions and 80% of all major consumer-buying decisions. The number of women-owned businesses with 500 or more employees grew by 125% from ’97 to ’03. Business owners give an average of 7% of their annual income vs. 2% for the average household, ...read more

  • On Tax Collectors

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 20, 2010
     | 1,891 views

    ON TAX COLLECTORS In Kiev, MONEY CHANGERS sit in little booths with a small window. You can't see their faces, and they mutter to you in Russian as you hand over American dollars in exchange for Grivnas. Whenever I exchanged money, I seemed to be getting more Grivna for my dollar because the ...read more

  • How Corrie Ten Boom Got Started

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 13, 2011
     | 1,994 views

    HOW CORRIE TEN BOOM GOT STARTED Corrie Ten Boom following WW II, understood that God was leading her to come to America. She survived the Nazi death camps and wanted to tell her story. She arrived here with only 50 dollars; no friends; no place to stay; and no speaking invitations. She writes, ...read more

  • How Did You Become A Christian?  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,208 views

    HOW DID YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? A couple of years ago a 22-year-old woman spent the night at our house before flying out of San Antonio to return to her country of China. She was a Chinese Christian who had come to America to translate some Christian literature into Chinese for the house churches ...read more

  • Six Kinds Of Toxic People

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 2,665 views

    SIX KINDS OF TOXIC PEOPLE Life Coach Cheryl Robinson says there are six kinds of toxic people. There are the blamers who are always complaining about what is wrong in their life and blaming others. Then there are the drainers. They’re like vampires who will come and suck everything out of you ...read more

  • Where Was God On 9/11?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
    based on 1 rating
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    WHERE WAS GOD ON 9/11? In his article, "Ten Years Later", R.C. Sproul said: "A full decade has passed since America suffered the tragedy of 9/11. Ten years ago, I repeatedly heard the question raised: 'Where was God in all of this? Where was God on 9/11 when the planes crashed into the twin towers ...read more

  • Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, Has Decided To Leave ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 3,191 views

    Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, has decided to leave Victoria’s Secret because it clashes with her Christian beliefs. “I just became so convicted of honoring the Lord and my body and wanting to be a role model for other women out there who look up to me,” Bisutti said today on “Good Morning ...read more

  • About Orion

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,368 views

    ABOUT ORION It doesn't take much for me to believe in our great God. Just this past Friday morning...about 5:30am....I went outside to walk our dog and couldn't help but notice the stars in the sky. They were brilliant. I looked up at the constellation Orion and saw what is actually the 6th ...read more

  • Ayn Rand Vs. Christian Community

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014
     | 4,349 views

    What we observe in that early community of Christians stands in stark contrast to the philosophy of Ayn Rand, who has been getting a lot of press lately. She is known for her belief in what she called Rational Egoism which translates Rational Self-Interest which she described as "The Virtue of ...read more

  • Godly Counsel

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 7, 2016
     | 5,064 views

    GODLY COUNSEL Proverbs 11:14 is a timely verse for the United States of America. It declares, “A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.” God has placed godly men and women around you in the Body of Christ. Use their wisdom, experience and ...read more

  • Cuban Missle Crisis Compared To Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
     | 2,381 views

    Cuban Missle Crisis Compared to Spiritual Brinkmanship It is October 14th, and the sun is reflecting mirages of water on an Air Force base runway in southern Florida. The silence of that scene is interrupted as a long-winged plane touches down on the runway and taxies to the hanger. A thousand ...read more