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  • Living Dangerously  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,052 views

    LIVING DANGEROUSLY Living dangerously. That was one of many themes in Brennan Manning’s superb book The Signature of Jesus. Manning presents a radical alternative to the normal everyday, ho-hum, “comfort zone” mentality lived out by so many “so-called Christians.” His final statement in the ...read more

  • The Generals Of Insignificance  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Scarce on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,640 views

    The Generals of Insignificance In the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Mengel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany talking to his generals. Mengel painstakingly painted the generals first around the outside of the ...read more

  • The Native Groups In The Peruvian Amazon Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Harold Miller on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 82 ratings
     | 4,072 views

    The native groups in the Peruvian Amazon have only known Christ for one generation. Just one generation ago they were fearful, aggressive, and animistic; all their contacts with outsiders were marked by violence. But now there are transformed. One missionary writes that since embracing faith in ...read more

  • Barna Research Group Reports That 31% Of U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,619 views

    Barna Research Group reports that 31% of U.S. adults (10 million people) have not attended a Christian church service in the past 6 months. This is up from only 17% just 18 months earlier. The jump is attributed to growing numbers of Baby busters, men and non-white adults not attending church. This ...read more

  • Don't Fear The Unchurched: Thom Rainer, Author Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,967 views

    Don’t Fear The Unchurched: Thom Rainer, author of The Unchurched Next Door, recently interviewed unchurched people across the U.S. to understand how they think. Many Christians think anytime they share their faith they’re going to be blasted, criticized, and ridiculed. The research shows 90% of ...read more

  • In The Year A.d. 303, The Roman Emperor ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,641 views

    In the year A.D. 303, the Roman Emperor Diocletian issued a decree which he hoped would extinguish the spreading flames of Christianity. One of his primary objectives was the seizure and destruction of the Christian Scriptures. Later that year, officials enforced the decree in North Africa. One of ...read more

  • House-Church Movement 1 In 5 American Adults ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 838 views

    House-Church Movement 1 in 5 American adults attends a house church at least once a month, (if a small group counts as a church). The Barna Group estimates 70 million Americans regularly attend or have “experimented with” a house church. More than 20 million adults attend home churches each week, ...read more

  • Married Or Single?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,564 views

    MARRIED OR SINGLE? John McArthur said: "The married person’s interests are divided between the earthly and the heavenly. And so it should be. It is not that the married believer has divided spiritual loyalties or that the unmarried is more spiritually faithful. Many married believers are holy in ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer And Andrew Murray On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 6,835 views

    A.W. Tozer and Andrew Murray on Humility Humility and dying to myself are inseparable. A.W. Tozer nailed the nail on the head, saying, “In every Christians heart there is a cross and a throne and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross he remains on ...read more

  • Jesus Loves Me

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Aug 8, 2011
     | 4,374 views

    JESUS LOVES ME "Jesus Loves Me" is one of the most well-known Christian hymns. This hymn was originally a poem that was included in a novel. The poem was spoken to a dying child to bring them comfort. A musician later added the music, and since 1860 it has become one of the most well-known ...read more

  • How To Promote Good Health In Infants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,966 views

    HOW TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH IN INFANTS A person who is "born again" starts a new life similar to that of a newborn infant. Seven rules that promote good health in babies can be adapted and applied to a Christian’s spiritual growth. 1. Daily Food. Take in the "pure milk of the word" through study ...read more

  • Tithe And Offiering

    Contributed by Rev. Vinod Rasaily on Oct 19, 2016
     | 7,801 views

    "I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them, and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields." Nehemiah 3:10 The Pastors and Worship team of Jerusalem Church were no where to be found. The reason? They ...read more

  • Stepping Out-Of-Bounds

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 1,978 views

    STEPPING OUT-OF-BOUNDS I had missed a game winning free-throw. I swore that would never happen again. So I practiced until I became excellent at free-throws. In the next big tournament, I swished two free-throws. On the last one, I heard an ear-splitting whistle in my ear. I had stepped over the ...read more

  • Church Raided, Literature Confiscated In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,377 views

    Church raided, literature confiscated in Uzbekistan posted March 5, 2007 The Voice of the Martyrs has received photographs of police officers interrogating believers in and around a church in Qarshi (“Karshy”), Uzbekistan. According to VOM sources police burst into the service on February 25, ...read more

  • End Time Beliefs: A Tyndale House Sponsored Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,064 views

    End Time Beliefs: A Tyndale House sponsored Barna Group poll indicates 40% of Americans believe the world will end in supernatural intervention, 50% aren’t convinced that the physical world will end and another 10% aren’t sure. Of the respondents who believe the world will end, 38% gave a ...read more

  • Return To The Right Path

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
     | 4,900 views

    RETURN TO THE RIGHT PATH In one section of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Christian and Hopeful are walking the King's Highway to the Celestial City. The path, once smooth and easy, becomes rough and hard. Then they come to an attractive place called Bypath Meadow. They climb over a fence into ...read more

  • Lee Strobel Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 4,031 views

    LEE STROBEL STORY I have been fascinated by the testimony and story of Lee Strobel. Lee was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. By his own testimony he was ruthless. He liked his high end lifestyle of work, travel and partying. By his own admission he was an atheist. He had no time for his ...read more

  • Grace Story/Joke

    Contributed by Bruce Blythe on Apr 13, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,997 views

    There are not many stories/jokes that illustrate Grace (plenty of definitions of Grace though!) so I made this one up for my sermon on Romans 11 (Reciprocity No, Grace Yes). Hope people find it helpful. Blessings. Bruce A Jew, an Islamic and a Christian were drinking coffee on a ship. Then the ...read more

  • Islam Is One Of The World's Fastest Growing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,754 views

    Islam is one of the world’s fastest growing religions. It is estimated that there are 2 billion followers of Islam, (Muslims) worldwide and that there are close to 6 million converts in the U.S. I’ve listed for you some of the main differences between Islam and Christianity. (1) Christians believe ...read more

  • Attended By Angels! (08.10.05--Character ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,473 views

    Attended By Angels! (08.10.05--Character Counts!--Mark 1: 12-13) Why am I tempted so much? Sometimes it just gets to be a real burden just coping with the day-to-day temptations that never seem to go away. “If God really loves me, why am I tempted so much?” A number of years ago the Douglas ...read more