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  • King Becomes A Peasant

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
     | 5,087 views

    KING BECOMES A PEASANT King James V of Scotland would on occasion lay aside the royal robe of king and dress as a peasant. In disguise, he could move freely about the land, making friends and entering into their difficulties, appreciating their handicaps, sympathizing with them in their sorrow. ...read more

  • One Neat Dad From A Treasury Of Bible ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,141 views

    One Neat Dad from a Treasury of Bible Illustrations: Did you ever notice in the TV family The Walton’s how the father was always available; or in Little House on The Prairie, how Laura’s dad was always there for the tight squeezes? Contrast these situations with the modern dad who is gone from ...read more

  • Boomerang!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 27, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,048 views

    Boomerang! (07.28.05--Appreciation--Ezra 5: 1-2) “When someone does something good, applaud! You’ll make two people happy.” The life-long motto of film magnate, Samuel Goldwyn, he knew that appreciation was a two-way street. The one who received it benefited as well as the one who gave it. Both ...read more

  • 37% Of Christians Shop In Christian Stores. A New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,377 views

    37% of Christians shop in Christian stores. A new CBA-Barna survey reveals that 34% of adults have shopped in a store that specializes in Christian products in the last 6months, up from 30% in ’91. Close to 4 in 10 Christians (37% or roughly 6 million people) visit a Christian store in a typical ...read more

  • How America Does Church Unattached

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,382 views

    HOW AMERICA DOES CHURCH UNATTACHED People who had attended neither a conventional church nor a faith community during the past year represents 25% of adult Americans. A third of these have never attended a church. Intermittents - participated in a conventional church or a faith community within the ...read more

  • How America Does Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,369 views

    HOW AMERICA DOES CHURCH "Unattached"--people who had attended neither a conventional church nor a faith community during the past year represents 25% of adult Americans. A third of these have never attended a church. "Intermittents"--participated in a conventional church or a faith community ...read more

  • Grief

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 17, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,583 views

    On Death and Loss… He was 50 years old. The cancer was aggressive and relentless. The pain was unmanageable and agonizing. In two months he was gone. I didn't have the opportunity to say good-bye and if I did, what would I say? Could I get the words out? Our last communication, me in Port ...read more

  • E ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
     | 2,031 views

    ENOUGH Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough." The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has been more ...read more

  • Carlyle Had A Very Devoted Wife Who Sacrificed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,755 views

    Carlyle had a very devoted wife who sacrificed everything for his sake, but he never gave her a single expression of appreciation for which her heart yearned. She came to regard herself as the most miserable woman in London and evidently died of heart hunger. After her death, Carlyle, reading her ...read more

  • People Who Attend Church, Synagogue Or Other ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,949 views

    People who attend church, synagogue or other religious services once a week live 7 years longer than those who never go, according to a study that appears in this month’s ...read more

  • Pray Often

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 1, 2008
     | 2,120 views

    PRAY OFTEN I want to do a little participation here: If you LOVE chocolate, raise your hand. (Wait.) Now, before I go any further, look around at those whose hands are not raised--these are the heathen, non-chocolate-loving people! Now, if you have your hand raised, and you have had some ...read more

  • How Pervasive Is The Christian Faith In American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
     | 1,438 views

    How pervasive is the Christian faith in American culture? We know that four out of ten adults read the Bible in a typical week, four out of ten attend a church service, eight out of ten pray to God, two out of ten attend a small group, and one out of four attend a Sunday school class. But what ...read more

  • In An Interview With George Marsden, Professor Of ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on Mar 1, 2005
     | 1,871 views

    In an interview with George Marsden, Professor of History, Notre Dame University, regarding the fundamentalist - modernist controversy of the late 1800’s - early 1900’s the question was asked: "What do you appreciate most about fundamentalists?" Marsden replied thusly: "Fundamentalists are ...read more

  • There Was A Time When Anyone Who Read The Bible ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
     | 1,388 views

    There was a time when anyone who read the Bible in England did so at great risk. But a man by the name of Wycliffe saw in the Bible the remedy for the ills of his country. There was no English Bible in existence , so in the face of bitter opposition, he translated the Bible into English. People ...read more

  • The Cost Of True Greatness Is Humble, Selfless, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,825 views

    “The cost of true greatness is humble, selfless, sacrificial service. The Christian who desires to be great and first in the kingdom is the one who is willing to serve in the hard place, the demanding place, the place where he is not appreciated and may even be persecuted. Knowing that time is ...read more

  • Last Chance  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 181 ratings
     | 3,889 views

    LAST CHANCE When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of “O, Little Town of Bethlehem,” was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. ...read more

  • When Bishop Philip Brooks, Author Of "O, Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Emil Boniog on Dec 10, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,159 views

    When Bishop Philip Brooks, author of “O, Little Town of Bethlehem,” was seriously ill, he requested no friends come to see him. But when an acquaintance of his named Robert Ingersoll, a famous anti-Christian propagandist, came to see him he allowed him to come in right away. Ingersoll said, “I ...read more

  • There Was A Lady That I Knew That Really Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,425 views

    There was a lady that I knew that really was good to me, her name was Bonnie. She was a godly woman and during the time I knew her she was very dear to me. For some reason her name kept coming to mind one week. I planned to write her a card and express to her my appreciation to her. Well, like many ...read more

  • I May Never See You Again

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 17, 2017
     | 2,480 views

    Phillips Brooks of Boston became quite ill and would see no visitors. However, when Robert Ingersoll, the noted atheist, heard that his friend was sick, he called at his home and was admitted at once. "I appreciate this very much," said Mr. Ingersoll. "But why do you see me when you deny ...read more

  • Things Churches Can Do To Build Greater Interest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,672 views

    Things churches can do to build greater interest in religion, according to a Gallup survey: improve communication with members (21% of respondents); concentrate more on personal spiritual matters (19%); become more involved in community matters (18%); focus more efforts on young people (14%). Other ...read more

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