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  • What Is Christianity?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? A number of years ago, in preparation for a discussion period on a Christian radio program, an interviewer went into the streets of Philadelphia to ask people this question: "What is Christianity." The answers were surprising. Some said that Christianity is "the American ...read more

  • Laminin

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009
     | 1,969 views

    LAMININ Now here is the craziest thing. It is amazing. Some of you probably have seen this. In Christ, all things are held together. The heavens. The earth. And even our bodies. This is amazing. It is totally outrageous. And we call it Laminin. I first heard this through a preach named Louie ...read more

  • Someone Has Pictured Legalism And Libertinism As ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 8, 2009
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    Someone has pictured legalism and libertinism as two parallel streams that run between earth and heaven. The stream of legalism is clear, sparkling, and pure; but its waters run so deep and furiously that no one can enter it without being drowned or smashed on the rocks of its harsh demands. The ...read more

  • John Howard Griffin Was A White Man Who Believed ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    John Howard Griffin was a white man who believed he could never understand the plight of African-Americans unless he became like one. In 1959, he darkened his skin with medication, sun lamps, and stains, then traveled throughout the South. His book, Black Like Me, helped whites better understand ...read more

  • Robert Sutton Shares What Is Another Impossible ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
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    Robert Sutton shares what is another impossible story: “A television program preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics featured blind skiers being trained for slalom skiing, impossible as that sounds. Paired with sighted skiers, the blind skiers were taught on the flats how to make right and left turns. ...read more

  • When A Man Learned That An Elderly Woman Could ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 4, 2010
     | 1,479 views

    "When a man learned that an elderly woman could no longer buy her medicine and pay her rent, he came to her rescue. He took her into his home and treated her as if she were his mother. He gave her a bedroom, prepared the food for her meals, bought her medicine, and transported her whenever she ...read more

  • To Whom Are You Giving?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
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    To Whom Are You Giving? An experience in the life of English preacher and theologian Andrew Fuller illustrates this truth. James Duff, in Flashes of Truth, told of a time when Fuller went back to his hometown to collect money for foreign missions. One of his contacts was an old friend. When ...read more

  • Physical Death Will Continue Until The Lord ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 15, 2010
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    Physical death will continue until the Lord returns and takes us home to heaven. However, the sting has been taken out of death. A boy and his father were driving down a country road on a beautiful spring afternoon, when a bumblebee flew in the car window. The little boy, who was allergic to bee ...read more

  • When 19th Century American Artist James Whistler ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on May 11, 2010
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    When 19th century American artist James Whistler was at the height of his artistic career, a wealthy patron purchased one of his pictures on the condition that the artist would accompany him home and help select a spot to hang the picture. Once at his mansion, the man held up the picture first here ...read more

  • Richard Calson On Forgiveness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
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    RICHARD CALSON ON FORGIVENESS Let me conclude with in the words of Dr. Richard P. Carlson, Professor of Biblical Studies at Gettysburg Seminary: "God’s forgiveness in Jesus Christ is a scandal. It goes out to sinners regardless of their religious or social standing. It breaks into human existence ...read more

  • Grace And The Book

    Contributed by Paul Searight on Aug 24, 2010
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    GRACE AND THE BOOK Dorothy Sayers wrote, "If men will not understand the meaning of judgment, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace." 

 IF you don’t realize what you could have faced at the judgment - what your sins really deserved - you’ll never appreciate the ...read more

  • Poll On Salvation

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 1, 2010
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    POLL ON SALVATION 56% say a good person can earn their way into Heaven. 44% say if a person does not consciously accept Christ as savior, they will be condemned to Hell. 44% say all people experience the same outcome after they die, regardless of their religious beliefs. 34% say there are some ...read more

  • Revenge In Witnessing

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 10, 2011
     | 3,309 views

    REVENGE IN WITNESSING Yubis was filled with grief and didn't know where to turn. Yubis' husband--a pastor--was brutally murdered as a martyr in Colombia for his faith and teachings of Jesus Christ. As a result, their two-year-old daughter was despondent--and she stopped speaking. She would only ...read more

  • What Makes Your Face Shine?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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     | 4,016 views

    WHAT MAKES YOUR FACE SHINE? A Hindu trader in India once asked a missionary, "What do you put on your face to make it shine?" With surprise the man of God answered, "I don’t put anything on it!" His questioner began to lose patience and said emphatically, "Yes, you do! All of you who believe in ...read more

  • Bumps Show Character

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 4, 2011
     | 1,721 views

    "BUMPS" SHOW CHARACTER The other day I had a very full cup of coffee. VERY full. To top it off I had to walk back to my desk with it and, as fate would have it, I bumped into the desk corner while walking there. The coffee spilled. There's no hiding spilled coffee on a book or paper and, sure ...read more

  • Where's Your Security  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Aug 11, 2011
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    WHERE'S YOUR SECURITY (NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Investors lost $1 trillion in the in the stock market Monday as the debt crisis in Europe, lackluster economic news and a downgrade to the U.S. credit rating spark fears of a double-dip recession. Investors placed their wealth in the hands of a man ...read more

  • Maskepetoon

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 29, 2011
     | 1,692 views

    MASKEPETOON When the first missionaries came to Alberta, Canada, they were savagely opposed by a young chief of the Cree Indians named Maskepetoon. But he responded to the gospel and accepted Christ. Shortly after ward, a member of the Blackfoot tribe killed his father. Maskepetoon rode into the ...read more

  • Diocletian

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 4, 2011
     | 1,833 views

    DIOCLETIAN In its first 300 hundred years the Christian church endured repeated waves of persecution. But perhaps the worst came while Diocletian was emperor of Rome (A.D.284-305). Convinced that the Christians were conspiring against him, Diocletian sought to annihilate them throughout his ...read more

  • Billy Graham: Can Money Buy Happiness?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012
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    BILLY GRAHAM: CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS? Rev. Billy Graham: "The Bible warns that money cannot buy happiness. Money cannot buy true pleasure. Money cannot buy peace of heart. And money cannot buy entrance into the Kingdom of God. If God has given you more than your neighbors around about you, ...read more

  • Worship Warrior  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    WORSHIP WARRIOR I like the way songwriter and worship leader, Brian Doerksen, puts it. He says, "Becoming a worshipper means becoming a warrior... And by toning that down...we have sent men and women away from the church in droves. It's time to call them back," Doerksen says, "as worshiping ...read more

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