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  • Billy Graham On Johnny Carson

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 8,157 views

    Billy Graham on Johnny Carson I was reading the other day. Years ago Billy Graham was a guest on the Johnny Carson Show. At one point in the conversation Johnny Carson said, “You know what, Billy? I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, we’d do Him in again” Billy Graham leaned forward in his ...read more

  • A Recent Barna Study Finds That 72% Of Teens In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,368 views

    A recent Barna study finds that 72% of teens in '07 pray in a typical week, vs. 81% a decade ago. 48% attend a church worship service, vs. 53% in '97. Just 35% attend Sunday school, 33% youth group, 32% ...read more

  • Mind ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
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    Mind Reader? The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, reported on February 9, 2007 that a team of scientists has determined that reading brain waves can reveal a person’s intentions. Literally, if this report is true, science has determined a way to read the mind and determine what you intend to ...read more

  • Vernon Grounds Writes, "A Friend Told Me Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    Vernon Grounds writes, “A friend told me of an incident that happened while he was in seminary. Since the school had no gymnasium, he and his friends played basketball in a nearby public school. Nearby, an elderly janitor waited patiently until they finished playing. Invariably he sat there reading ...read more

  • Satan's Best Strategy

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 14, 2008
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    Satan's Best Strategy Satan called in some of his lieutenants to help him develop a strategy for keeping God’s people living in defeat. One strategy after another was suggested. To keep God’s people living in defeat, it was decided that they could try to keep them from prayer, the Bible, and ...read more

  • Religious Practice Varies By Race: A New Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,746 views

    Religious Practice Varies By Race: A new Barna survey examined 8 elements of religious behavior (reading the Bible, praying to God, giving money to churches and watching Christian television) and discovered that blacks are the most religiously active racial group. Blacks were also notably less ...read more

  • A Young Couple Very Much In Love Were Getting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,750 views

    A young couple very much in love were getting married in church. However, Sue the wife was very nervous about the big occasion and so the Pastor chose one verse that he felt would be a great encouragement to them. 1 John 4:18 which says “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear” ...read more

  • My Home Church Always Put On A Christmas Play ...

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Dec 30, 2006
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    My home church always put on a Christmas play with the children of the church. And one evening, I was being especially disruptive downstairs as some of the younger children were getting ready for their parts in the play, and my pastor came downstairs to try and bring us under some sort of control. ...read more

  • Receiving A Wonderful Gift

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 16, 2011
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    RECEIVING A WONDERFUL GIFT The only son of a very wealthy man had his 21st birthday on Christmas Day. His mother gave him some gold cufflinks and engraved gold pens. His uncle and aunt bought him a set of TaylorMade R9 golf clubs that combined Flight Control Technology and Moveable Weight ...read more

  • Sir Christopher Wren, The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2004
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     | 1,504 views

    Illustration: Sir Christopher Wren, the most famous architect of his time, built St. Paul’s Cathedral. He began in 1676 and it took him 35 years to build it. He was 44 when he began and was 79 when he completed it in 1711. Sir Christopher Wren built St. Paul’s’ Cathedral, but actually he didn’t lay ...read more

  • Finding Rage/Anger  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,857 views

    Finding Rage/Anger I wanted to find out what the Bible had to say about ’rage’ so I went to an on-line Bible search program and typed in ’rage’. Up came 153 selections. I thought, "wow, the Bible has a lot of rage in it." But then as I began to read I noticed I not only had ’rage’ but I also had ...read more

  • Genesis And Revelation

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019
     | 3,243 views

    The two books the devil hates most are Genesis and Revelation. Why? • In Genesis the devil's doom is pronounced. • In Revelation it’s carried out. It is the Devil's Obituary. Satan would tell us Genesis is myth and Revelation is mystery—don't pay attention to either one! Did you ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time, A Young Minister Tried To Quit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,861 views

    Once upon a time, a young minister tried to quit the ministry in absolute disgust. He was tired of the immaturity of the people and disillusioned by the politics and lack of spirituality of the leadership. He “reasoned” if the church, God’s ambassadors, was that badly corrupted then Christianity ...read more

  • What Are We Preaching?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 25, 2021
     | 1,885 views

    WHAT ARE WE PREACHING? False teachings abound whenever people do not know the truth. Many of our churches today do not teach the truth because many pastors do not know the Bible. In our seminaries, almost 50 percent of professors now teach that there was no virgin birth of Jesus, and that story ...read more

  • Several Years Ago My Wife And I Bought Our 2 ...

    Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
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    Several years ago my wife and I bought our 2 small grandsons new bicycles for their birthdays. We did not have a truck available at the time, so we bought the bikes unassembled. My son and I realized that it would not be a big task to assemble the bikes. We began the process without reading the ...read more

  • Evangelicals Most Active Although They Only ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Evangelicals Most Active Although they only account for about 8% of he U.S. adult population evangelicals are the most religiously active segment. In a typical week 80% attend church, 92% read their Bible, 60% attend Sunday school and 48% volunteer at church. Also a ...read more

  • Gallup's 2005 Update Of Americans' Confidence In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Gallup’s 2005 update of Americans’ confidence in institutions finds the Military is #1 followed by Police #2 and Organized Religion as #3. HMO’s were ranked lowest. (Gallup Alert 6/1/05) 45% of American adults say they read the Bible during a typical ...read more

  • Some Of The World's Unhappiest People Are ...

    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,835 views

    Some of the world’s unhappiest people are Christians. A man once described today’s Christians in this manner. = “Some Christians are too Christian to enjoy sinning but too sinful to enjoy their Christianity.” = “Some Christians have enough religion to keep them out of the bar on Saturday night, but ...read more

  • When Prayer Isn't All You Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
     | 3,281 views

    WHEN PRAYER ISN’T ALL YOU NEED Tim Hansel, Holy Sweat, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 63. In my late twenties, a bunch of my friends and I decided to sail around the world. I have to admit, though, at the time I was a bit worried. I hadn’t even sailed before. I was uneasy and anxious. So I spent a ...read more

  • A Recent Issue Of Christianity Today Magazine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,429 views

    A recent issue of Christianity Today magazine has an interesting article on doubt. The author (Mark Buchanan) tells of meeting a man who called himself a skeptic. He asked if the man had ever read the Bible. The man answered, “No, not really. I told you, I’m a skeptic. I don’t believe it.” ...read more