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  • Christian Book Publisher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 933 views

    CHRISTIAN BOOK PUBLISHER STATS Christian Book Publishers receive a combined total of almost 250,000 manuscripts during a typical year with some of the 300 publishers receiving more than 10,000. On average about 5% of those submissions get published or approximately 12,000 titles a year. The ...read more

  • For A Christian, Life Is Not Divided Into The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,737 views

    "For a Christian, life is not divided into the secular and the sacred. To him all ground is sacred ground, every bush a burning ...read more

  • It Is Impossible For A Man To Be A Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,508 views

    It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Christianity Is Not To Avoid ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,954 views

    "The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; ...read more

  • The Stages Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,828 views

    THE STAGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Several years ago I heard someone describe the Christian experience as similar to that of a piano player, and suddenly the commands of the Bible made more sense and seemed less daunting. When a person begins playing piano, do we expect them to play a piece by ...read more

  • Bad Experiences With Christians

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Apr 4, 2009
     | 1,985 views

    BAD EXPERIENCES WITH CHRISTIANS A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Rt. Hon. Adam Ingram MP. I dared to ask him about something I had heard to see if it was true. I had been told that Adam Ingram as a young man had attended the BTI (Bible Training Institute) Bible College in Glasgow. ...read more

  • Un-Christlike Christians

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
     | 3,407 views

    UN-CHRISTLIKE CHRISTIANS A couple of months ago, there was a story on CNN of a Christian school basketball team that beat another team (another Christian school, I think) by the score of 100 to 0. It was a slaughter. The coach of the winning team, even though it was clear that the other team was ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,255 views

    NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

  • What Makes A Christian

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
     | 2,013 views

    WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN "The true Christian desires less and less of the things and comforts and pursuits and goals of this world, and desires more and more the things that are eternal, that are pleasing to God, that are divine in nature. What do you witness in the people around you who claim to be ...read more

  • Call Me A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,093 views

    CALL ME A CHRISTIAN A deacon, who was full of himself, was teaching a boy Sunday School class. He was working hard to stress the importance of living a Christian life. With an air of arrogance he asked, "Why do people call me a Christian?" After an ...read more

  • Decline Of Christianity In America  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,342 views

    DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA North America is the only continent on earth where Christianity is not growing. Only 17.5% of the population of the US attends church on a regular Sunday. During the 1990’s there was a 19.4% decline in church attendance. 85% of churches in America are ...read more

  • Gallup On Committed Christians

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,068 views

    GALLUP ON COMMITTED CHRISTIANS Fewer than 10 percent of Americans are deeply committed Christians, says pollster George Gallup, who adds that these people "are far, far happier than the rest of the population." Committed Christians, Gallup found, are more tolerant than the average American, more ...read more

  • Christians Still Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,643 views

    CHRISTIANS STILL PERSECUTED * Last year (July 2009), Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City was told that she would help a doctor perform an abortion or be fired. Even though the hospital knew it was against her Christian values. * In September of 2009 at Pace ...read more

  • Self-Centered Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,821 views

    SELF-CENTERED CHRISTIANITY John Koessler pastored for years before becoming a professor in the pastoral studies department at Moody Bible Institute. In 2007 he wrote, A Stranger In The House of God, chronicling his experience in various churches. "Most of the Christians I know are disappointed ...read more

  • When A Christian Grows

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 2,094 views

    WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the ...read more

  • Christians Are Known For...

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 3, 2011
     | 1,704 views

    CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN FOR... If you were to Google the phrase "Christians are known for" what do you think the results would be? What are people who call themselves followers of Christ known for... whether good or bad? The following are some of the results you would find: ... being trustworthy ...read more

  • How Christians Are Different

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,020 views

    HOW CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT A Second Century believer, in a letter to his friend, Diognetus, described how Christians are alike and different from others. He wrote, "Though they are residents at home in their own countries, their behavior there is more like transients...Though destiny has placed ...read more

  • Capitalism Without Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,353 views

    CAPITALISM WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY Pure Capitalism--that exists without a Christian influence--can become an empty shell. When Christianity is taken out of the picture of Capitalism...greed and selfishness take over. Capitalism without Christianity can result in all kinds or evils. You can end up ...read more

  • We Will Remain Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,421 views

    "WE WILL REMAIN CHRISTIANS" An American journalist in 1993 interviewed a group of children from a Sunday school in southern Sudan where Arab Muslims regularly raided their village and slaughtered Christians. Many of their relatives had already been killed. The journalist asked, "Would you turn to ...read more

  • The Christian Is Like A Diamond

    Contributed by Colin Bain on Dec 1, 2011
     | 6,191 views

    THE CHRISTIAN IS LIKE A DIAMOND The difference between a lump of coal and a perfect diamond is simply that although they are both carbon, and although they are both crystal-like in structure, the lump of coal is dark and dirty, while the perfect diamond lets the let shine through. The diamond is ...read more

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