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  • Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,334 views

    "Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash as a child. 2. People who wash are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash, but it got boring. 5. I wash only on Christmas or Easter. ...read more

  • David Limbaugh Has Written A Book Called, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,986 views

    David Limbaugh has written a book called, Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity, and in it he observed: "It’s one thing for Christophobes to be nervous about Easter and Christmas, given their obvious association with Jesus Christ, but surely holidays like Valentine’s Day ...read more

  • Christian Businessman Fred Smith Reported That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,799 views

    Christian businessman Fred Smith reported that the membership of the Moscow Baptist Church was 5,600, the attendance 6,000, and the participation level almost 100 percent. The Russian Christians are zealous for their faith. The pastor told Mr. Smith, "In Russia, we have no four-wheel Christians." ...read more

  • Trampling Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,090 views

    TRAMPLING DEATH The early Christians understood that death had been conquered by the resurrection of Christ; this theme recurs repeatedly in their writings. Again and again one is struck with the note of victory in the attitude of the martyrs as they faced death. St. Athanasius wrote of this ...read more

  • Method Is Not What Matters Most  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Jun 1, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,223 views

    METHOD IS NOT WHAT MATTERS MOST "Among the many myths of modernity, none has been more devastating to the church than the belief that method is what matters most in ministry. And nowhere has this myth been more pernicious than in preaching. Steeped in homiletical method, preaching is now more ...read more

  • The Planting Story : A Little 8 Year Old Boy Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
     | 1,230 views

    The planting story : A little 8 year old boy was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinates in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days ...read more

  • John 14:6 – "Jesus Told Him, ‘i Am The Way, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,733 views

    John 14:6 – “Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’” This is so hard for prideful people to accept. Elaine Pagels (author of The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ) says she had an epiphany while ...read more

  • Church Nevers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,156 views

    CHURCH NEVERS 6. Never ask an usher to break a $20. 5. Never do a cannonball in the baptismal tank. 4. Never hold a church business meeting on Super Bowl Sunday. 3. Never tell the pastor, "We love your church and we might even come back next Easter." 2. During youth group activities, never bungee ...read more

  • Sometimes We Are Lured In Very Easily. Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,491 views

    Sometimes we are lured in very easily. Two brothers were getting ready to boil some eggs to color for Easter. "I’ll give you a dollar if you let me break three of these on your head," said the older one. "Promise?" asked the younger. "Promise!" Gleefully, the older boy broke two eggs over his ...read more

  • Valentinus  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,198 views

    VALENTINUS "Valentinus was the name of a young man who lived in Rome during reign of Claudius II when Christians were being persecuted. Although he was not a Christian, he helped them, but he was caught and put into prison. In prison he became a believer in Jesus. Because of this, Valentinus was ...read more

  • Baptism Long Ago

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,360 views

    BAPTISM LONG AGO Centuries ago the circumstances of one's baptism would come on Easter eve at midnight. In the semidarkness, he or she would disrobe and descend into the waters to be immersed three times, in the name of the Father, then the Son, and finally the Holy Spirit. The newly baptized ...read more

  • God Is Your Father

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jul 25, 2018
     | 4,675 views

    As a child, before my brothers and sisters and I would sit down for breakfast, we would ask our father what we could do to please him so that he would let us eat breakfast. He’d tell us. If we wanted lunch money for school we would ask our father what would please him. He’d tell us. At supper time, ...read more

  • In "The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe," By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,162 views

    In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis we have a story of the power of resurrection. When Aslan the Lion came back to life, it meant hope for those who were enslaved by the White Witch. Resurrection introduced new life--the hallmark of Christianity. Some time ago Time Magazine ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,650 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

  • A.m. Hunter Says, "'remembering,' In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
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    A.M. Hunter says, “’Remembering,’ in the biblical idiom, is not to entertain a pallid idea of a past event in one’s mind, but to make the event present again so that it controls the will and becomes potent in our lives for good or ill” (quoted in David Garland, The NIV Application Commentary: Mark, ...read more

  • Swindoll States, "His Journey Reversed Direction. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,639 views

    Swindoll states, “His journey reversed direction. His mind did a turnaround that would ultimately transform him from the inside out. That’s the essence of genuine repentance-the mind does a turnaround…So many things within Saul’s thinking changed-and changed completely. He changed his mind about ...read more

  • With All The Hustle And Bustle, I Thought We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Tucker on Dec 16, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,124 views

    With all the hustle and bustle, I thought we needed to be reminded why Christmas is a good idea. Without Christmas… • The candied fruit market would completely collapse! • Our boring, uneventful lives would have no stress at all! • Eggnog would just be a slimy, high cholesterol beverage. • ...read more

  • 1 From Strength To Strength We Sometimes Go, Then ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
     | 4,635 views

    1 From strength to strength we sometimes go, then again we're sinking low, In the shadow of a mountain looming high above our heads. We need not fear what lies ahead for the Word has clearly said, That our faith would be sufficient to make the mountain disappear. CHORUS: Speak to the mountain, ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christ's Birthday How Few, His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,470 views

    “How many observe Christ’s birthday How few, his precepts O, ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.” –Ben Franklin, Christmas was not celebrated during the 1st 2 centuries after Christ’s life on earth. In AD 245, when a group of scholars attempted to pinpoint the exact date of Christ’s ...read more

  • Origins Of Carnival  PRO

    Contributed by Vonnie E James on Aug 27, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,209 views

    Origins of Carnival The origins of carnival date back to the ancient Greek spring festival in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine. The Romans adopted the celebration with Bacchanalia (feasts in honor of Bacchus, the Roman equivalent to Dionysus), and Saturnalia, where slaves and their masters would ...read more