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  • The Parents Of A Young Soldier Killed In Action ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 2,720 views

    The parents of a young soldier killed in action gave their church a gift of money as a memorial to their son. During the presentation service, the mother of another soldier whose son was overseas whispered to her husband, “Let’s give the same amount for our son.” “What’s the matter with you?” he ...read more

  • I Remember A Few Years Ago Seeing An Ad In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 92 ratings
     | 2,912 views

    I remember a few years ago seeing an ad in the paper for a drive in passion play. It was like a drive in movie, you could watch the story of Jesus, the passion play without ever getting out of your car. And I’ll never forget the ad. It said this: “Come and experience the life of Christ all from ...read more

  • Unopened Gifts  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 16, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,851 views

    [illustration] Imagine how a parent would feel if on Christmas day when the gifts for their children were handed out, the children just took them, said “Thank you,” and laid them aside with no attempt to open the gifts not even to find out what they were! Imagine how the Lord must feel when he has ...read more

  • Christmas Signs  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,162 views

    CHRISTMAS SIGNS - From a toy store: "Ho, ho, ho spoken here." - In a bridal boutique: "Marry Christmas." - Outside a church: "The original Christmas Club." - From a department store: "Big pre-Christmas sale. Come in and mangle with the crowd." - In a Texas jewelry store: "Diamond tiaras: $70,000. ...read more

  • The Article "What Good Is A Tree?" In Reader's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,561 views

    The article "What Good Is a Tree?" in Reader’s Digest explained that when the roots of trees touch, there is a substance present that reduces competition. In fact, this unknown fungus helps link roots of different trees--even of dissimilar species. A whole forest may be linked together. If one ...read more

  • Dave Brown, Author Of "Entertaining Ourselves In ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,401 views

    Dave Brown, author of “Entertaining Ourselves in church” speaks about “Neil Postman, a professor of communications arts and sciences at New York University wrote a fascinating book called, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. He says, “Postman doesn’t write as a ...read more

  • When John G. Mitchell, Of Multnomah School Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,448 views

    When John G. Mitchell, of Multnomah School of the Bible, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, he heard Dr. G. Campbell Morgan preach. The man knew his text, and young Mitchell was impressed. In fact, he asked the visiting Bible teacher how he understood Scripture so ...read more

  • A Heavy Wagon Was Being Dragged Along A Country ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 2,265 views

    A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of oxen. The axles groaned and creaked terribly, when the oxen turning around thus addressed the wheels, “Hey there, why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we—not you—ought to cry out!” Those complain first in our ...read more

  • A Young Boy Complained To His Father That Most Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,257 views

    A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring to him—too far behind the times, tiresome tunes and meaningless words. His father put an end to his son’s complaints by saying, “If you think you can write better hymns, then why don’t you?” The boy went to his room and ...read more

  • Peter Kreeft Tells Us That In The Latin Rite For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,758 views

    Peter Kreeft tells us that in the Latin rite for the burial of an Austrian emperor, the people carry the corpse to the door of the great monastic church. They strike the door and say: “Open.” The abbot inside says: “Who is there?” “Emperor Karl, the king of ...” The response from inside: “We know ...read more

  • Economist Jonathan Gruber Has Found A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,708 views

    Economist Jonathan Gruber has found a statistical correlation between attending church and a Better Economic Outcome. Published in a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, he finds a household with double the normal rate of religious attendance has 9.1% more income. That extra religious ...read more

  • In Whom Do We Trust? Americans Say They Have A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 1,041 views

    In Whom Do We Trust? Americans say they have a great deal of confidence in these institutions: · The military (66%) · The church or organized religion (60%) · The police (57%) · The U.S. Supreme Court (50%) · The presidency (48%) · Banks (44%) · The medical system (40%) · The public schools ...read more

  • The Importance Of God: Gallup's Princeton ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
     | 2,337 views

    The Importance Of God: Gallup’s Princeton Research Center finds 50% of Americans rank the importance of God in their lives as a 10. Other nations rankings are: Brazil 87%, Nigeria 87%, Turkey 81%, South Africa 71%, Chile 58%, Argentina 57%, India 56%, Mexico 50%. More Americans say religion’s ...read more

  • Christian Giving Down: The Empty Tomb Reports ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 2,329 views

    Christian Giving Down: The Empty Tomb reports that church donations have dipped to a 35 year low. As a portion of after-tax income, giving has fallen from 0.66% per capita in ’68 to 0.38% in ’02. However, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that giving to the 400 largest charities rose 2.3% in ...read more

  • Of Unchurched Americans, Two-Thirds Believe In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,659 views

    Of unchurched Americans, two-thirds believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ and that he was resurrected from the dead. The belief that Jesus Christ will return to earth someday is held by 62 percent of all Americans. Of the total American adult population, nearly half believe in creationism, and 37 ...read more

  • When John G. Mitchell, Of Multnomah School Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,324 views

    When John G. Mitchell, of Multnomah School of the Bible, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, he heard Dr. G. Campbell Morgan preach. The man knew his text, and young Mitchell was impressed. In fact, he asked the visiting Bible teacher how he understood Scripture so ...read more

  • Trekkie Fans – Familiar With Tuvok And His Vulcan ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 9, 2006
     | 787 views

    Trekkie fans – familiar with Tuvok and his Vulcan mind meld. By placing his fingers strategically on another’s face their thoughts become his thoughts and the Vulcan would say, “Our minds are one.” This is the picture language of Fellowship in this text. They were a living, breathing organism that ...read more

  • Listen To Me Now. There Was This Christian Man ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,082 views

    Listen to me now. There was this Christian man who was asked if he could remember the sermon that was preached recently. When told ‘no’, he was asked why he even went to church if he seemingly got so little out of it. His reply went something like this: ‘well I don’t recall all the meals that ...read more

  • You Know, I Have Met Many A Christian Who Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,328 views

    You know, I have met many a Christian who are pew-potatoes. Have you ever heard of a pew-potato? Like a couch-potato, who is content to sit in front of a television, never doing anything, a pew-potato is content to come to church from week to week, sit for a few minutes and listen to a sermon, ...read more

  • We Find Ourselves In An Interesting Time In Our ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
     | 1,327 views

    We find ourselves in an interesting time in our churches history again. We are losing for a season Sherrie, Becky and the kids, this after just losing David, Juliann and Wyatt, boy it would be easy to lose heart. Yet God keeps giving me great expectation for this upcoming year, something that ...read more