Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
"Many, I am afraid, think that being a Christian is primarily just a personal individual thing, like something that will benefit me. Even a church can be a very selfish venture if it is meant only to enhance the members. A congregation is not a religious club run for the benefit of the members."
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
PHARISEES WANT A SIGN
The word peroushim, transliterated "Pharisees," means "separated ones." Their attitude is that external observance of the hundreds of prescriptions of the Law is the essential human response to the covenant of God. They seek a sign–-and remember that Jesus has just given
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Catholic
Contributed by Keith Maynard on Feb 17, 2009
based on 3 ratings
| 3,321 views
GIVE HIM THE POST AND LET'S MOVE ON
The story’s told about a young preacher who was pastoring a very traditional and established church. The church was beginning to experience phenomenal growth. It got to the place where the sanctuary was no longer suitable for the congregation. They were going to
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 10, 2009
Keith Getty, who wrote the hymn "In Christ Alone" says there are three signs of the church on decline:
1. The church becomes decreasingly knowledgeable of God.
2. The church becomes increasing obsessed with itself.
3. The
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 10, 2009
"In a time when Christian values are in near-total eclipse, only a countercultural expression of the church will have the spiritual and social power to speak the gospel word to a dominant
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 2,186 views
"I think the world of today would go mad, just frenzied with strain and pressure, but for
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,846 views
Sunday does not belong to business. It does not belong to the merchants. It does not belong to industry. It does not
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 1,362 views
"If Sunday had not been observed as a day of rest during the last three centuries, I have not the slightest doubt that we should have been at
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 1,346 views
Sunday is natures law as well as Gods. No individual or nation habitually disregarding it has
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 1,638 views
"O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 16, 2012
NOT ENOUGH CHAPELS
An elderly woman was being conducted through a great cathedral in Europe. The guide spoke of its beauty of design, calling attention to the statues and painting. The woman was unimpressed. At the conclusion of the tour she asked the guide, "How many souls have been saved here
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Sermon Central