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  • Gen X In Church: The 48 Million Gen X Group Tends ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Gen X In Church: The 48 million Gen X group tends to go to church with greater frequency than do Boomers (78 million). They are searching for excellence and authenticity and have shown that once they find these qualities in a church, they remain surprisingly loyal. Gen X has shown a tendency to ...read more

  • Of Unchurched Americans, Two-Thirds Believe In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,716 views

    Of unchurched Americans, two-thirds believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and that he was resurrected from the dead. The belief that Jesus Christ will return to earth someday is held by 62 percent of all Americans. Of the total American adult population, nearly half believe in creationism, and 37 ...read more

  • John Maxwell States, "It's Amazing What Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 11, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,786 views

    John Maxwell states, “It’s amazing what can happen to and through an ordinary man when God pours a little hardship and the power of the Holy Spirit into the mix…One ordinary man, a little persecution, and a touch from the Spirit of God led to massive conversions in the city of Samaria. As Jesus had ...read more

  • Rest Your Whole Weight On God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Rest your whole weight on God a. Ill: There once was a man, named John Paton, who was translating the Bible for a South Seas island tribe. John Paton discovered that the natives had no word for trust or faith. One day a native who had been working hard came into the missionary’s house, flopped ...read more

  • Keeping The Aquarium

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
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     | 2,376 views

    KEEPING THE AQUARIUM "With all our education, our fine buildings, our image of the church, we are doing less to win people to Christ than our unschooled forefathers did. We're no longer fishers of men, but keepers of the aquarium, and we spend most of our time swiping fish from each other's bowl." ...read more

  • The Master Of Religiosity

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 29, 2009
     | 2,518 views

    THE MASTER OF RELIGIOSITY He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious ...read more

  • In Haifa, The Largest City In Northern Israel, ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 11, 2010
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    In Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, a policeman, who knew his Bible, got on the trail of a gang of smugglers. The smugglers had used an donkey-drawn caravan to escape from the police, but the policemen managed to capture some of the donkeys. The clever officer let the beasts of ...read more

  • Don't Just Hang On...hang In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    DON'T JUST HANG ON...HANG IN Decades ago, Oswald Chambers wrote about spiritual perseverance, defining it as... not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated. The Bible is full of examples of men and women who didn't "just-hang-on" ...read more

  • Lions

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010
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    LIONS Lions roamed the countryside and forests in Mesopotamia, and the people feared them and greatly respected their power. Some kings hunted lions for sport. The Persians captured lions, keeping them in large parks where they were fed and attended. Lions were also used for executing people. But ...read more

  • Sharing The Cup With All

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
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    SHARING THE CUP WITH ALL One Sunday morning in 1865, a black man entered a fashionable church in Richmond, Virginia. When Communion was served, he walked down the aisle and knelt at the altar. A rustle of resentment swept the congregation. How dare he! After all, believers in that church used the ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
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    JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

  • Making Lemonade

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 13, 2012
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    MAKING LEMONADE Charles Goodyear went to jail for a contempt of court citation. Imprisoned, he went to work in the kitchen and worked on an idea in which he developed the method for vulcanizing rubber. Martin Luther was forced to stay in Wartburg Castle and his lemonade was his translation of the ...read more

  • Raptured?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
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    Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they’d been caught away without him. "We didn’t mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He’s ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Spent A Couple Of Years At Purdue ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 14, 2012
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    Years ago, I spent a couple of years at Purdue University and some of the classes I took were in Philosophy. In one of those classes, the professor (who was an atheist) stood up in front of the class and said “Jesus didn’t die on the cross, and I can prove it.” His proof? He said that when a ...read more

  • B. Tennessee Williams Tells A Story Of Someone ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2001
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    B. Tennessee Williams tells a story of someone who forgot- the story of Jacob Brodzky, a shy Russian Jew whose father owned a bookstore. The older Brodzky wanted his son to go to college. The boy, on the other hand, desired nothing but to marry Lila, his childhood sweetheart- a French girl who ...read more

  • Mistakes Happen  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 4, 2002
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    MISTAKES HAPPEN The following series of advertisements reportedly appeared in a daily newspaper: Monday: "The Rev. A.J. Jones has one color TV set for sale. Telephone 626-1313 after 7 p.m. and ask for Mrs. Donnelley who lives with him, cheap." Tuesday: "We regret any embarrassment caused to ...read more

  • The Wichita Eagle Newspaper Recently Ran An ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 1, 2004
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    The Wichita Eagle newspaper recently ran an interesting story. There was a pond in the middle of a housing development that was kept stocked with fish. Evidently, a child had thrown a toy basketball and it rolled into the pond. One of the residents saw the ball bouncing around in a strange ...read more

  • One Evening Mother Was Busy Fixing Supper. Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 5, 2004
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    One evening mother was busy fixing supper. Her little boy came up to her and gave her a piece of paper. She dries her hands on her apron and reads. For cutting the grass: $5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00 For going to the store for you: $.50 Baby-sitting my kid brother while ...read more

  • Have You Ever Watched The Classic Mgm Movie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Mar 28, 2005
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    Have you ever watched the classic MGM movie Ben-Hur? The story was originally written by a civil war general – General Lew Wallace, who as boy was raised in a Christian home but as a man was indifferent to religion. He was a dreamer, a romantic, and a seeker of fame and fortune. Wallace rose ...read more

  • When We Have The Opportunity To Speak To Another, ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Dec 23, 2006
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    When we have the opportunity to speak to another, to share with them how God makes a difference in our lives, to encourage them to prepare for the coming of God, will we get the message right? Or, will we talk only about the incidentals and not what is important? On Sunday December 17, 1903, a ...read more