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  • Contributions To U.s. Churches In '05 (Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    Contributions to U.S. churches in '05 (most recent data available) were 2.58% of members' income vs. 2.56% in '04 according to empty tomb. Giving to "church, other religious organizations" accounted for 72% of funds directed to charity. The under-25 age group gave 87% of their donations to ...read more

  • John Hyde Was Known As "Praying Hyde". He ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 23, 2008
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    John Hyde was known as “Praying Hyde”. He earned this moniker because of the countless hours he spent on his knees pleading for the souls of those he was called to reach in India. Prayer was the power of his ministry. Thousands came to faith in Jesus Christ in direct response to his prayers. ...read more

  • Prayer: Specific ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    PRAYER: SPECIFIC DIRECTION The late great English writer, journalist, philosopher, poet, biographer, and Christian apologetic Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936) and several other literary figures were asked one evening what book they would prefer to have with them if they were stranded on a ...read more

  • John Hyde Was Known As "Praying Hyde". He Earned ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
     | 1,327 views

    John Hyde was known as “Praying Hyde”. He earned this moniker because of the countless hours he spent on his knees pleading for the souls of those he was called to reach in India. Prayer was the power of his ministry. Thousands came to faith in Jesus Christ in direct response to his prayers. ...read more

  • June 25, 1963 The Supreme Court Struck Down ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 10, 2008
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    June 25, 1963 the Supreme Court struck down legislation that would allow school prayer. The case was Engel V. Vitale. It was a 22 word prayer that went like this: "Almighty God we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country". ...read more

  • Although He Follows No Rules, We Know Satan ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,418 views

    Although he follows no rules, we know Satan attacks on three fronts: through the flesh, through the world, and by direct assault. The Flesh: In the 1936 Spanish civil war, Franco’s Loyalist Army defeated the Republican Army in Madrid. It was the key battle of the war and led to the establishment ...read more

  • Teachers Important

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    TEACHERS IMPORTANT 64% of U.S. adults believe teaching is one of the most important jobs in America today; 20% disagree. The same survey found 80% of adults say their teachers were at least somewhat important in shaping the direction of their lives. 39% say teachers were very important in that ...read more

  • It Is The Story Of A Blind Boy With His Father ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on May 1, 2009
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    . It is the story of a blind boy with his father on a hill flying a kite. The young lad had the kite string in his hand and a smile on his face which was pointing to the skies. Eventually someone came and asked the unspoken question “What can you possibly get out of flying the kite?” The boy ...read more

  • On Our Vacation One Year, We Borrowed My Dad's ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
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    On our vacation one year, we borrowed my dad’s boat and went up to a beautiful mountain lake in Western Arkansas. It was narrow with fingers reaching into the mountains and piny woods. It was beautiful. The problem arose when we decided to head back to the boat landing. We missed a turn and headed ...read more

  • John Ortberg Said He Recently Saw An Actual, ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 25, 2009
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    John Ortberg said He recently saw an actual, academic, peer-reviewed journal called Journal of Happiness Studies. "Positive psychology" is the big new trend looking for how people can be happy. One theme that keeps cropping up is the happiness paradox which says: "the more directly one aims to ...read more

  • 19th Century Saint Horatius Bonar Said This

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 22, 2009
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    19th Century saint Horatius Bonar said this "He that would be like Christ, moreover, must study him. We cannot make ourselves holy by merely trying to be so, any more than we can make ourselves believe and love by simply energy of endeavor. No force can effect this. Men try to be holy, and they ...read more

  • What Was The Point?

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
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    WHAT WAS THE POINT? Alan Scholes, a former agnostic, testifies from his experience: "I had often heard my religious friends say, 'Jesus died for our sins' or 'Jesus died to save the world.' I could see how the good example of Jesus’ actions might possibly influence some men and women to live ...read more

  • The Sheep Know The Master's Voice

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 3, 2010
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    THE SHEEP KNOW THE MASTER'S VOICE "Early one morning, I saw an extraordinary sight not far from Bethlehem. Two shepherds had evidently spent the night with their flocks in a cave. The sheep were all mixed together, and the time had come for the shepherds to go in different directions. One of ...read more

  • Evangelism: Making Disciples

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011
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    EVANGELISM: MAKING DISCIPLES If you walk out into the parking lot this evening and someone says to you, "How do I get to Atlanta?" You say, "Well, get in your car." Well, that’s good advice. That’s the start of it. But you also need to say, "Start your car and head south and a little bit east ...read more

  • Gratitude For A Savior

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
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    GRATITUDE FOR A SAVIOR A lady was on a lake steamer when her little girl fell overboard, and the woman was almost frantic. A gentleman on the boat had a large Newfoundland dog. The dog was directed to leap into the water and save the child. He did so and swam ashore with the little girl, part of ...read more

  • Destiny Around The Corner

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Sep 10, 2011
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    DESTINY AROUND THE CORNER Sometimes emergency intersects with the anointing! God can use the most humble servant to speak some great directions into our lives. God sometimes puts very big messages in very little packages. Samuel spoke into Saul’s life because he heeded the word of his servant ...read more

  • Where Are You?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
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    WHERE ARE YOU? But to be able to get where you’re going, you first have to know where you are. I learned this over Thanksgiving when I was in Atlanta. We used our Garman to get around as we were unfamiliar with the area. Garmans are great because all you do is enter the address of where you want ...read more

  • Even Billy Graham Doesn’t Win Them All. ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 18, 2012
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    Even Billy Graham doesn’t win them all. There’s a story about Billy Graham when he was visiting a city for one of his crusades. He had written a letter to his wife and was looking for a place to mail it. Outside the lobby of his hotel, he came across a young boy. He asked the boy if he knew how to ...read more

  • Creation Shows The Glory Of God!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
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    "The stars are God's fingerprints. The sun is a mere smidgen of His radiance. The moon is to remind us that He doesn't sleep at night. The vastness of space proclaims the infinity of His wisdom, while the sand pebble indicates His thoroughness with the puniest details. The lion hints ...read more

  • The Sad Story Of Stephen Foster

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 1, 2021
     | 2,282 views

    One cold January morning in 1864 a man was found lying in a heap in the seedy Bowery section of New York, bleeding from a slashed throat. He had staggered to a wash basin, which fell and shattered. A doctor at the scene used black sewing thread somebody found to suture the wound. The man—an almost ...read more