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  • 3000 Miles Wide And 3 Inches Deep

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 13, 2012
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     | 2,620 views

    3000 MILES WIDE AND 3 INCHES DEEP According to a 2008 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 57 percent of evangelical church attendees said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life. In fact, 70 percent of Americans with at least some religious affiliation shared that idea. The ...read more

  • Method Is Not What Matters Most  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Jun 1, 2012
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     | 3,352 views

    METHOD IS NOT WHAT MATTERS MOST "Among the many myths of modernity, none has been more devastating to the church than the belief that method is what matters most in ministry. And nowhere has this myth been more pernicious than in preaching. Steeped in homiletical method, preaching is now more ...read more

  • Christmas Means ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
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     | 5,776 views

    Christmas means that… He descended that we might ascend (John 14:3) He was born that we might be born again (John 3:3) He became a servant that we might become sons (Galatians 4:6-7) He was forsaken that we might not be forsaken (Matthew 28:20) He died that we might live (John 5:24) He came down ...read more

  • A Man Bought A Lawn Mower From A Boy At A Yard ...

    Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 12, 2013
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    a man bought a lawn mower from a boy at a yard sale and took it home. After many tries he could not get it to start and went back to the boy. "I thought you said it ran great" he told the boy. The boy said it does, but you have to cuss at it first! The man said, I can't cuss I'm an elder in my ...read more

  • Eusebius On Christian Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 2, 2013
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    EUSEBIUS ON CHRISTIAN COMPASSION The Christian conquest of the Roman Empire came not by the sword, but by the preaching of the gospel joined with acts of compassion. In the middle of the 3rd century AD there was a terrible plague and many died. The pagans and doctors left the cities to avoid ...read more

  • I Will Give You Two Apples  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 29, 2014
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    I WILL GIVE YOU TWO APPLES An atheist and a little boy in his neighborhood were talking one day about God, church and faith. Finally, the old neighbor said to the little boy, "Son, I don’t see how there could be a God in this world with all of the problems we have. I will give you an apple if you ...read more

  • Praying For Revival - Martin Lloyd-Jones

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 24, 2018
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     | 2,145 views

    When did you last hear anyone praying for revival, praying that God might open the windows of heaven and pour out his Spirit? When did you last pray for that yourself? I suggest seriously that we are neglecting this almost entirely. We are guilty of forgetting the authority of the Holy Spirit. . . ...read more

  • The Arrogant Skeptic Is Condescending. I Remember ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
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    The arrogant skeptic is condescending. I remember a young man who grew up in a Christian church but was going through a period of doubts. He berated his mild-mannered girl friend regarding her faith by saying, “You don’t believe that for yourself. You’re just repeating what somebody else told ...read more

  • One Of The Past Gold Medalists On The U.s. Swim ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    One of the past gold medalists on the U.S. Swim Team gave this account as to the cost of the medal that he had won. He had swam a total of 45,000 miles in the last four years. From now until the 2000 Olympics, he will have swam an equivalent of two times across the Pacific Ocean. -All of that is ...read more

  • Just Good Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    III. THIRD–YOU CAN’T RUMBLE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES BECOME LUKEWARM. A. VERSE 16, IS NOT A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON LOSING THEIR SALVATION, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PERSON TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Recounts That, When He First Started ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    C. S. Lewis recounts that, when he first started going to church he disliked the hymns, which he considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as he continued, he said, "I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and ...read more

  • Richard Kauffman Says: "The Cross Has Become A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Richard Kauffman says: “The cross has become a piece of jewellery, a beautiful decoration in a church, a symbol of faith. It is difficult for us to pass back through the centuries of tradition to see crucifixion as a form of capital punishment so horrible that polite people would not so much as ...read more

  • Do It Myself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,198 views

    It is said that D.L. Moody, in his early days in Chicago, was a regular attendant on the noonday prayer meeting at a local church. At one of these meetings a rich brother rose and told those present of an opportunity to do a certain good thing if only three or four hundred dollars could be raised ...read more

  • I Heard A Quote That Was Made By The Man Who ...

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Jun 19, 2007
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    I heard a quote that was made by the man who started the first police force in Britain. ‘The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen…’ Robert Peel ...read more

  • Richard Kauffman Says: "The Cross Has Become A ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 6, 2007
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    Richard Kauffman says: "The cross has become a piece of jewellery, a beautiful decoration in a church, a symbol of faith. It is difficult for us to pass back through the centuries of tradition to see crucifixion as a form of capital punishment so horrible that polite people would not so much as ...read more

  • A Rich Farmer From The State Of Texas Once Went ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    A rich farmer from the State of Texas once went to the airport, walked up to the ticket counter, put $500 on the counter, and said, "Sell me a ticket." The clerk responded: "Yes, sir. Delighted to. Where to, sir?" Whereupon the farmer replied: "It doesn’t make any difference. I’ve got business in ...read more

  • Cheap Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 21, 2008
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    CHEAP GRACE Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, ...read more

  • A Parishioner Called His Vicar Up, Very Angry On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 10, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,909 views

    A parishioner called his vicar up, very angry on a Monday morning. "Rector," He said "I tried to get you on Friday, but you weren't in." "It was my day off," the vicar replied. "Day off?" the parishioner stormed. "The Devil never has a day off." "Well, if I didn't have a day off," the vicar ...read more

  • Janet Paschal, A Wonderful Gospel Singer Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 28, 2008
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    Janet Paschal, a wonderful gospel singer wrote a song that includes these words… “They said it wouldn’t last Said God’s word would pass away into mere history They thought the church He built would end Replaced by modern times and trends But countless generations proved again His truth keeps on ...read more

  • Always Had An Uplifting ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
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    Always Had an Uplifting Prayer Scottish minister Alexander Whyte was known for his uplifting prayers in the pulpit. He always found something for which to be grateful. One Sunday morning the weather was so gloomy that one church member thought to himself, “Certainly the preacher won’t think of ...read more