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  • The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,885 views

    The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

  • Ups Cookie Man

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
     | 1,524 views

    Story – UPS Cookie man. Took his own money and made awesome chocolate chip cookies. folks in the office could have the first one free, After that – memorize a bible verse. Boss – you must stop. So he went in to talk with the boss.... With a plate of cookies, Wow ...read more

  • Hope You Never Sin

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011
     | 3,806 views

    HOPE YOU NEVER SIN When John Wesley served as a missionary to the American colonies, he had a difficult time with General James Oglethorpe. The general was known for his pride and harshness. One time Oglethorpe declared, "I never forgive." Wesley replied, "Then, ...read more

  • Survivorman And Esau

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
     | 2,660 views

    SURVIVORMAN AND ESAU I love to watch things like Survivorman - he goes all over the world and survives in the harshest enviornments. But he is like Esau! Self-sufficient, I have never seen him bow his head in prayer and ask God for help; I ...read more

  • Abram And Lot

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 5, 2012
     | 2,673 views

    ABRAM AND LOT "Lot, walking by sight, chose on the basis of what appealed to him. His choice was self-seeking and self-gratifying. ... Abram, on the other hand, walking by faith, generously let Lot choose first. ... He had learned that it was not by his own plan that he would come into ...read more

  • The Minister Should Have Access To A Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,531 views

    The minister should have access to a good personal library or to a convenient source for good study materials. There are those who object to commentaries or information available from sources other than the Bible. It was Spurgeon who appropriately said, "Me thinks it rather ...read more

  • Tombstone Inscription

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,379 views

    Tombstone inscription. Pause now as you pass by, As you are now once was I, As I am now, so you must be. Prepare yourself and follow me. • Bertrand Russell said, “Death is a night of nothingness.” Friends the Bible says we are destined to die ...read more

  • Never Forget

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
     | 3,173 views

    Listen to this great quote my Andrew Murray: “Never forget for a moment that it is sin that has led to the great transaction between you and Christ Jesus; and that each day in your fellowship with God, His one aim is to deliver and keep you fully from its power, and lift ...read more

  • I Would Like To Share With You Something That I ...

    Contributed by Kent Mishleau on Apr 5, 2010
     | 3,664 views

    I would like to share with you something that I have been learning. It is a bit of an imagination bible story game. We pick a face part such as nose eyes ears and mouth. Lest say nose. We close our eyes and imagine a bible story. Let’s think about Esther as she has Haman and the King for a meal. ...read more

  • The Late Henri Nouwen, A Great Theologian And ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 10, 2007
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    The late Henri Nouwen, a great theologian and priest, retells an old story in his famous book, The Wounded Healer: “One day a young fugitive, trying to hide himself from the enemy, entered a small village. The people were kind to him and offered him a place to stay. But when the soldiers who ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,850 views

    “Medicine for America” “God Rules Over Nations” Psalms 22:28 says, “for dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.” The King James Bibles says, “…He is the governor among nations.” God can restore our Supreme Court system to making decisions like the one made in 1892, ...read more

  • Failure Maybe Opportunity?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 12, 2020
     | 3,292 views

    REMEMBER FAILURE MAY BE BUT AN OPPORTUNITY---- GEORGE CAMPBELL MORGAN, 12/9/1863. He died May 16, 1945. He preached his first sermon at 13 years of age. In 1888 a young man named CAMPBELL MORGAN had made application to the WESLEYAN SCHOOL of ministry. Campbell was one of 150 men to apply ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines-Another Woman At A Well

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 7, 2022
     | 1,384 views

    Introduction: Many of us are familiar with the story of “the woman at the well” in Samaria who spoke with Jesus (John 4). Many years before, another woman, at another well, helped save David’s life and maybe even the kingdom! Text, 2 Samuel 17:15-20, KJV: 15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,766 views

    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • They Sent Me To Finish  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 2,975 views

    THEY SENT ME TO FINISH With all the pomp and prestige that the Chinese government went to in order to put their best foot forward, there was one person who they honored who stood out. He is now in his seventies, but China brought him to Bejing as an honored guest. Why? The odd thing is that John ...read more

  • Although Jesus Drank Wine, And Wine Was The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 26, 2002
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     | 2,164 views

    Although Jesus drank wine, and wine was the normal drink of his day, we need to balance that with the fact that Jesus said that He would no longer drink wine untill He drank of the New Wine in "that Day." Wine has deliterious effects, the least of which is not just the destruction of the body ...read more

  • When G. Campbell Morgan Was A Young Christian He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
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     | 3,965 views

    When G. Campbell Morgan was a young Christian he used to visit several elderly ladies once a week to read the Bible to them. When he came to the end of Matthew’s Gospel, Morgan read, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age." He added, "Isn’t that a wonderful ...read more

  • Evangelicals Most Active Although They Only ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,416 views

    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
     | 1,494 views

    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

  • Proof Of Divine Inspiration

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 3,407 views

    PROOF OF DIVINE INSPIRATION The story is told that Frederick the Great of Prussia once asked a court chaplain for proof of divine inspiration of the Bible. The response was simply, "The Jews, sire." Dr. Adrian Rogers has written that "Israel is God’s yardstick, His blueprint for the world." And, ...read more