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  • Christian Herter Was The Governor Of ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
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    Christian Herter was the governor of Massachusetts in the 1950’s the story is told of a time when he was campaigning, when he came across someone whom he was about to ignore, but found himself having to notice. Apparently, he was having a really hard day campaigning, missed his lunch and came in ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 4,182 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
     | 1,875 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
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    "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

  • Christian Code Of Conduct  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 3, 2008
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     | 3,586 views

    CHRISTIAN CODE OF CONDUCT We should all commit ourselves to a code of conduct that glorifies the Lord no matter where we are at in life. Why? Because it will benefit those around us and make God look good. Here are few dimensions to the Christian Code of Conduct: (This code was adapted from a ...read more

  • Onward Christian Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
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    Onward Christian Soldier It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut ...read more

  • Fair-Weather Christians  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 9, 2008
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     | 2,688 views

    FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIANS During the American Revolution, farmers who joined the Continental Army during the spring and summer went AWOL in the fall and winter. They were known as "summer soldiers". They signed up with the Army after their crops were planted, they fought the British over the ...read more

  • Christians Die Better

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,760 views

    CHRISTIANS DIE BETTER On May 28, 1914 a ship called the Express of Ireland hit another ship and began to sink quickly. As the ship began to sink in the cold Atlantic Ocean it was discovered that there were not enough life belts on board for all the passengers. On that ship were 130 Salvation Army ...read more

  • Christian Book Publisher ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,184 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

  • The Stages Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    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

  • Un-Christlike Christians

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
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    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

  • Barefoot Christians: A Parable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    BAREFOOT CHRISTIANS: A PARABLE "I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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     | 4,662 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

  • Call Me A Christian  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
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     | 2,385 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
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     | 3,792 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

  • Christians Still Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
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    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
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     | 4,312 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
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    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

  • Christian: Christ In One

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 1,829 views

    CHRISTIAN: CHRIST IN ONE What is a Christian? In the LETTER TO DIOGNETUS, which dates back to the second century A.D., an anonymous writer describes a strange people who are in the world but not of the world. "Christians are not differentiated from other people by country, language, or customs; ...read more

  • Christian Caste System

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
     | 3,689 views

    CHRISTIAN CASTE SYSTEM Division is the opposite of unity. When we exclude or separate others based on race, socioeconomic status, age, appearance or personal hygiene we are dividing. In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and ...read more