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  • De-Evangelizing The Neighborhood

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2022
     | 1,229 views

    A few years ago I heard a story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving. They had about 500 people attending, had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to church through their ministry. The problem was that the church was ...read more

  • Jesus Seems To See The Whole Story Of His People ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,889 views

    Jesus seems to see the whole story of his people coming to fulfillment in his time and in his own person...He is claiming to be a new David...In talking of liberation...he is identifying himself as a new Moses, a new lawgiver who gives the people a new law?...In calling people to faith...In ...read more

  • Sometimes Sharing Christ Takes Interesting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,193 views

    Sometimes sharing Christ takes interesting forms. For months I left the church well into the late night hours. Periodically I would see a man huddled on the corner of our property. At first I feared the man. You see our neighborhood is rough and we have many homeless individuals that roam the ...read more

  • De-Evangelizing The Neighbourhood  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,350 views

    De-evangelizing the neighbourhood I was at a conference a few years ago where they told the story of a church that looked as though they were really thriving: they had about 500 people attending, and had many outreach ministries reaching their community, and many people were coming to Christ and to ...read more

  • D.w.i.!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,936 views

    D.W.I.! (06.07.05--Family--Eph. 6:1-4) The American family under assault! Did you know that one out of three children in the United States are growing up without a father present in the home or that last year in a number of major U.S. cities more children were born out of wedlock than within? ...read more

  • Let's Think About That For A Moment. In This ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,615 views

    Let’s think about that for a moment. In this country, we are living at a time of nearly full-employment. Although interest rates have headed back up some recently, we are still enjoying some of the lowest interest rates our country has seen in decades. When I bought my house in 1990, I was ...read more

  • Ode To Mom

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,072 views

    ODE TO MOM (from Pearl Sewell and Patti Cowell). POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work ...read more

  • The Power Of Daily Scripture Reading

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 3,860 views

    ian Hardin tells the story of traveling a lot for work with his friend Bobby. As they travelled, he’d read the Bible aloud to him. But he wasn’t reading the Bible to gain deep insights… or to solve theological quandaries. He was just reading it… yet even then, it often said something that got stuck ...read more

  • God: Frank, You Know All About Gardens And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,334 views

    GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature, what in the world is going on down there in the U.S.? What in the world happened to the dandelions, violets, thistles and the stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand ...read more

  • Ode To Mom  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,266 views

    ODE TO MOM (from Pearl Sewell and Patti Cowell). POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable ...read more

  • Is The Church On The Endangered List?  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,048 views

    ** IS THE CHURCH ON THE ENDANGERED LIST? Many Americans are on a spiritual quest. This should be good news for the church. But, according to researchers, many of them are choosing noninstitutional forms of religion. A recent poll by Gallup shows that weekly church attendance is holding steady at ...read more

  • Memorial Day In The Military, Medal Of Honor ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,662 views

    Memorial Day in the Military, Medal of Honor Recipient It’s 3am on a cold winter day. Patchy snow covers the landscape as Loudspeakers overhead blare telling everyone to get to their places. Surrounded by sandbags, concrete barriers and roughly 10,000 soldier, sailors, airman and marines, Bagram ...read more

  • Postman

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Dec 1, 2023
     | 741 views

    In the quiet routines of everyday life, a seemingly ordinary event unfolded – a postman knocking on a door, bearing a letter. A child-like voice responded from within the house, promising to come and receive the letter. However, minutes passed without any sign of the resident. The postman's ...read more

  • Something For Nothing?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,501 views

    SOMETHING FOR NOTHING? Are you hoping for personal change this year? Are you planning to reach your goals by way of hard work or wishful thinking? Do your plans for growth in the New Year sound like this: From the Desk of: Don Genereaux Honorable Secretary of Agriculture Washington, ...read more

  • The Circles Of Life

    Contributed by Patrick Marino on Mar 16, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,892 views

    The circles of life I remember when I was a kid, seeing my mom hand feed my sister. I realize that she did the same with me as well. After a while I began to take the spoon and feed myself. At first it was a little messy (missed my mouth most of the time). As time and experience went on, I ...read more

  • Trapeze Faith

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 4,229 views

    TRAPEZE FAITH Church growth writer Dr. Win Arn told of an experience he had: "’Jump . . . go ahead . . . jump!’ The words flew upward from boys and girls some sixty feet below. High above, I clutched the bar of a trapeze swinging back and forth in great arcs. At the apex of each swing, an ...read more

  • In His Book, "Leadership Pain: God’s Classroo...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,031 views

    In his book, “Leadership Pain: God’s Classroom for Growth,” Sam Chand writes, “Pain isn’t the enemy. The inability or unwillingness to face pain is a far greater danger.” He then tells the story of Dr. Paul Brand who was treating a four year old named Tanya at the national leprosy hospital in ...read more

  • Spiritual Fruit

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 27, 2008
     | 3,943 views

    Spiritual Fruit I have something in my treasure chest that you will recognize today. This small limb is from a very specific tree in my back yard. Do you know what kind of tree it is? Try and guess. This limb is from an apple tree. Every year this APPLE tree gives Vickie and me a lot of ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,298 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • God's ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
     | 4,380 views

    GOD’S GARDEN Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn. Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most ...read more

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