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  • The Body Reaching Out

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,358 views

    THE BODY REACHING OUT When I was in seminary and I moved into the dormitory, I went to the largest church in Fort Worth at the time. I was looking for a church to join, because I believe it's important for Christians to be a part of a local church. I didn't like the idea of "shopping around" for a ...read more

  • Thoughts On The Body Of Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 18, 2012
     | 5,696 views

    THOUGHTS ON THE BODY OF CHRIST Here are some thoughts on The Church from a few 30 on down in age individuals from the book "The Relevant Church": Quotes: Brian Kay, "It is impossible to be a follower of Christ and not be part of a local church!" "No one can have God as Father who does not also ...read more

  • The Body: The Image Of God

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 2,700 views

    THE BODY: THE IMAGE OF GOD Paul Brand writing about what it means to be in the image of God in his book In His Image: "We will not explore the psychological and mental attributes in each one of us that might reflect the image of God. Instead, we will center on a community, that group of God’s ...read more

  • One Body To The Death

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
     | 2,564 views

    ONE BODY TO THE DEATH On February 19, 1945, near the end of WWII, 800 American ships amassed to assault the island of Iwo Jima with its two strategic air strips 600 miles south of Tokyo. The Marines had fought a total of 43 months in the Pacific in World War II and in this one-month assault on Iwo ...read more

  • Arthritic Church

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,720 views

    ARTHRITIC CHURCH Dennis is suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis. Many of you are familiar with the disease. The body attacks itself causing pain, disfigurement, and an inability for the body to function as it should. My friends, the Bible says that we are the Body of Christ. This church and our ...read more

  • Diversity In The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,739 views

    DIVERSITY IN THE CHURCH Philip Yancey put it this way in an article in Christianity Today just this last November. He writes, "As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. Beginning with Pentecost, the Christian church dismantled the ...read more

  • The Nobodies Of The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,109 views

    THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in ...read more

  • The Church Household

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2007
     | 2,335 views

    (1 Timothy 3:1-13) Chrytsostom writes, "The church leader must be ’one that governs well his own house.’... For the church is, as it were, a small household. In a house there are children and wife and domestic duties, and some person has to provide order for them all. So in the church there are ...read more

  • The Invisible Church  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Sep 25, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,070 views

    The Invisible Church Warren Weirsbe tells a story of a free-lance missionary that visited a pastor friend asking for financial support. "What group are you associated with?" his friend asked. The man replied, "I belong to the invisible church." His friend then asked, "Well, what church are you a ...read more

  • Yet Membership In A Confessing Body Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 26, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,127 views

    Yet membership in a confessing body is fundamental to the faithful Christian life. Failure to do so defies the explicit warning not to forsake "our assembling together." His understanding of this prompted Martin Luther to say, "Apart from the church, salvation is impossible." Not that the church ...read more

  • Church Membership Vows  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,905 views

    Church Membership Vows Will you ___________, take your church to be your church; to live together in the holy covenant of membership? Will you love, comfort, honor, and keep your church and be faithful to your church as long as you live? Do you ___________, take your church to be your church, from ...read more

  • The Problem Is Not That The Churches Are Filled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,999 views

    "The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews ...read more

  • Importance Of Church Friendships  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,394 views

    IMPORTANCE OF CHURCH FRIENDSHIPS A new Gallup study commissioned by Group Publishing shows that people with close friendships in their church are very satisfied with their congregation, less likely to leave their place of worship, and have a strong friendship with God. Church members who have a ...read more

  • Which Church Is Yours?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,339 views

    WHICH CHURCH IS YOURS? There's a cartoon with a picture of two men rowing boats. One was wearing a dog collar and in his hands was a punting pole. Also in the boat were rows and rows of people cheering him on. In the other boat, the man rowing, also wearing a dog collar, had in his hands a ...read more

  • Three Bones In Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,216 views

    THREE BONES IN CHURCH Church members may be divided into three classes in a mere skeleton outline: wishbones, jawbones, and backbones. The wishbones are always languidly hoping that their church will somehow grow without their effort. The jawbones talk their way out of doing things, and the ...read more

  • A True Church Family

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,505 views

    A TRUE CHURCH FAMILY Fred Sigle, preaching minister at Garfield Christian Church in Indianapolis tells about Mark Knutson. On August 28, 1993, he was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer. When diagnosed, he was already in the late stages and was only given a short time to ...read more

  • Who Owns The Church?

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
     | 1,873 views

    WHO OWNS THE CHURCH? My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?" I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?" I tried to tell him that the ...read more

  • Common-Ism In The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,773 views

    COMMON-ISM IN THE CHURCH Years ago I ran across this following definition of the various forms of government. They compared capitalism (the economic model we try to follow in our country) with communism and socialism, and they used a simple illustration to drive their point home. In a capitalist ...read more

  • The Church Is Called The Body Of Christ. Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on May 4, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,377 views

    The church is called the body of Christ. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if the members of our physical bodies behaved like the members of the spiritual body sometimes do? HEART - "You know, I’m just stuck in a rut. For the last 45 years all I do is beat and beat. Lub, ...read more

  • One Day It Occurred To The Members Of The Body ...  PRO

    Contributed by Judah Thomas on May 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,495 views

    One day it occurred to the members of the body that they were doing all the work and that the belly was having all the food. So they held a meeting and after a long discussion decided to strike work until the belly consented to take its proper share of the work. So for a day or two the hands ...read more

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