Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
based on 1 rating
| 2,557 views
Church Growth: According to the 2003 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church experienced a 12% growth. Catholics followed with a 2.5% increase, while Mormons and the Assemblies of God each reported 2% growth in ‘01, the latest year for which figures
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 2,398 views
During the Second World War, a church in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members of this particular church went to see what was left and found that the entire roof had fallen in, leaving a heap of rubble and broken glass. Much to their surprise, however, a statue of Christ with
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
Martin Luther’s preaching aroused the Church from a thousand years’ slumber during the Dark Ages — the devil’s millennium. It is easy to understand why when we discover how Luther preached. He said, “I preach as though Christ was crucified
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 20, 2002
based on 37 ratings
| 1,199 views
“In fact, 15 percent of everything Christ said relates to this topic (money and possessions) – more than His teachings on heaven and hell combined. Why did Jesus put such an emphasis on money and possessions? Because there’s a fundamental connection between our spiritual lives and how we think
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical Free
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2002
based on 12 ratings
| 1,927 views
[Gandhi Can’t Compare to Christ, Citation: Michael Green, The Message of Matthew (IVP, 2000), p. 141]
Author Michael Green writes:
Only Jesus fully understands God the Father.
Great people have discovered and taught many true and noble things about God.
Nobody has known him with the intimacy of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 28, 2005
based on 1 rating
| 3,528 views
Andrew Murray once said about this “Christ’s servants have the spiritual power to use the Name of Jesus only insofar as they yield themselves to live only for the interests and thework of the Master. The use of the name always supposes the surrender of our
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Alan Tison on Dec 7, 2005
based on 14 ratings
| 2,457 views
Before the birth of Christ, no royalty would ever show their humility. That would be too human, too common. Kings have parades & entourages to draw the focus toward them.
When Queen Elizabeth last visited America, she brought with her the following items
• 4000 pounds of luggage – 4 outfits for
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central