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  • Spiritual Consumerism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM In February 27 2009 article from the website “Slate” titled, “Why American churchgoers like to shop around” also caught my attention. That article cited statistics from a Barna Group survey that revealed that one in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in ...read more

  • Stay Out Of The Stagnant Water

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
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    STAY OUT OF THE STAGNANT WATER Palmer Chinchen, in his book, True Religion, talks about traveling to the western edge of Zimbabwe with his brothers to raft the Zambezi River, starting at the base of the Victoria Falls. The falls are the largest in the world, more than a mile wide and three hundred ...read more

  • For Some Strange Reason We Think That The ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 2, 2011
     | 1,842 views

    For some strange reason we think that the righteous go to church. That is Pharisee thinking. The Pharisees were the teachers and rulers of the law. They felt that they knew more than anyone else and were also above everyone else. The church should be viewed as a hospital and not a place ...read more

  • Kingdom Infrastructure

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 10, 2011
     | 2,588 views

    KINGDOM INFRASTRUCTURE America’s economic health is partly dependent upon infrastructure: speedy roads, bridges, trains, electrical capacity, usable water, high speed internet, trained or skilled workers, etc. Healthy churches are foundational to getting God’s work done: they support the ...read more

  • The World: A Temporary Container

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 3, 2012
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    THE WORLD: A TEMPORARY CONTAINER The first garbage day after Christmas must be the biggest garbage day of the year. You can tell what most people got for Christmas by just looking at the garbage pile in front of the house. We usually throw out all the boxes--unless you have children who like to ...read more

  • Not Enough Chapels

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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    NOT ENOUGH CHAPELS An elderly woman was being conducted through a great cathedral in Europe. The guide spoke of its beauty of design, calling attention to the statues and painting. The woman was unimpressed. At the conclusion of the tour she asked the guide, "How many souls have been saved here ...read more

  • The Mortal Work Of Art

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
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    THE MORTAL WORK OF ART Shelley Jackson is a writer. Yet, you cannot read anything she's written in a magazine, book or screen. Instead, you have to look at people. Her story is written on human skin. Her story is called "Skin." Jackson calls it "a mortal work of art." It is a fictional piece ...read more

  • Died And Rose Again

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 7, 2012
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    DIED AND ROSE AGAIN "The whole story of the Church is one which imitates the story of her divine Master; she dies and she rises again. She was buried in the catacombs; she rose again with Constantine. She died in the Dark Ages; she rose again with Charlemagne. She died ...read more

  • Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Will Protect Him

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 29, 2012
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    LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP WILL PROTECT HIM Lord of the Rings is a story written by J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Christian who led C.S. Lewis to the Lord. Although he made it clear that his stories are not allegories, he still wrote from a Christian worldview and you can learn good biblical ...read more

  • Downward Trends In U.s. Christianity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    DOWNWARD TRENDS IN U.S. CHRISTIANITY In George Barna's new book on U.S. Christians called Futurecast, he tracks annual changes from 1991 to 2011 and shows that all the major trend lines of religious belief and behavior ran downward except two: More people claim they have accepted Jesus as their ...read more

  • The Banyan Tree

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
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    THE BANYAN TREE The Banyan is native to India, but they can be found in the United States and other parts of the world, especially Asia. It grows as a young tree and then, as it gets larger, the heavy limbs put forth roots which drop to the ground to form a secondary trunk to support the large ...read more

  • Storage Wars. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
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    I enjoy watching a TV show called Storage Wars. In this reality show people bid on storage units that have been abandoned after having five minutes to look at them from the doorway. I enjoy watching because many times they find some great treasures worth a lot of money buried in all the other ...read more

  • We Are Here! We Are Here!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 23, 2013
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    WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! From movie, "Horton Hears a Who!" Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The "Who" people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard -- it was life and death by the way -- they did this to let the rest of the world around them know that ...read more

  • Do Not Let Others Discourage You

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 18, 2021
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    Over the last few Wednesdays, we have been studying how to make wise choices in who are your close friends. One of the main points is- To have a close friend, you have to be a close friend. We live in a time where people enjoy destroying other people and leave them discouraged. In our sermon ...read more

  • Why Teens Go To Church The #1 Reason (44%) Say, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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    Why Teens Go to Church The #1 reason (44%) say, It makes me feel closer to God. 24% go to learn about God, 8% because their parents make them go, 10% because they can be with other Christians, 5% because they like their Sunday School class and 10% for a various other reasons. Youth group is a big ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • St. Pixels, The World's First Online 3d Church, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,168 views

    St. Pixels, the world’s first online 3D church, was created by UK Christian webzine shipoffools.com and is sponsored by the Methodist Church of Great Britain. During it‘s pilot run it had as many as 41,000 attempts to log in to the church and averaged over 7,300 visits per day. More than half the ...read more

  • Let Me Share Story With You About Some Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Feb 6, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
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    Let me share story with you about some church people… It’s about 4 people in the church whose names were Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody… The church had some financial responsibilities and Everybody was asked to help… Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it… Anybody could have ...read more

  • I Like Jerry Cook's Vision: "To See The Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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     | 1,520 views

    I like Jerry Cook’s vision: “To see the church become what Jesus was in the world – a center of love, designed for the healing of broken people, and a force for God.” (Love, Acceptance and ...read more

  • Murren Helps Us To See A Clear Picture Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 13, 2005
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     | 4,390 views

    Murren helps us to see a clear picture of a healthy and a healing church by reminding us what the Bible says we as the Body of Christ should be doing: The Believers are devoted to one another and give preference to one another (Romans 12:10). They love one another (Romans 13:8). They refrain from ...read more